مجموعة ٣٠/ ٢١٠ (٢) "نفط البحرين: توظيف أفراد البروفو الأمريكيين لضبط العمال الأمريكيين." [و‎‎٣‎٦‎٩] (١٠١٣/٧٤٥)

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} aj or T. Hickinbothanj, J .1 , C . J . J
e lolitical A^ent,
t Bahrain*
To Tne Hon T _.le the Political resident
. in the isr&ian Gulf,
. Eu&hire*
bir,
I have the honour to inform you that the f oil owing
officers of the united States x-jcny called on me this morning
and questioned me with regard to the procedure for dealing
with American subjects who committed criminal offences in
Bahrain
Brigadier-General Boy all, (finance)
Colonel stetson (Finance)
Colonel Benkle (Judge advocates Branch).
2. I explained to them the significance of the
Bahrain Order-in-Council and v/ent on to describe in detail
the procedure for dealing with Europeans and nmericans
accused of offences against the In li a n penal Code* I
read to them the relevant sections of the Criminal Procedure
Code viiich provided for the trial of European British
subjects and explained that .jnericans could and would he
treated in exactly the same v/ay . They enquired with
regard to the arrangements for the custody of convicted
persons and the procedural with regard to appeals* I
explained that we were not v/el'l equipped as far as jail
accommodation v/as concerned but that there was provision
for the imprisonment in India of persons convicted by the
Agency courts and that in the case of anything but very
short sentences I would request that the confii ement was
carried out in India. ,/ith regard to appeals I explained
that an appeal’lay to the Chief Court at Bushire. In
answer to a further question from Brigadier-General Bpyall
I stated that the us ; ual method of executing persons sentenced
to death in Bahrain was by shooting and not by bagging.
3. 3r i gad ie r-General hoy a 11 enquired whether any
hmerican diplomatic or military 7 official was in possession
of a copy of the Bahrain Order-in-Counci 1 or of our
(Agreements with the Shaikh of Bahrain. I informed him
that I could give him no information on this point*
Brigadier-General noyall then enquired whether the procedure
in Euv/ait a rd Hus cat were the same as here and I stated
that, speaking from memory, the procedure was exactly the
same in Kuwait so far as .American Subjects were concerned,
but that in Hus cat there was a eli^itly different arrange
ment because the 'United States Government were themselves
in treaty relations va th the Sultan of Huscat-and until
the beginning of the 'present century they maintained a
United States Consul at 1 us cat itself.
4. I understand that the party are here in connection
va th f i nan ci al agr e e me nt s b e twee n t he sahr a in He tr o le urn
Jompany and the Her s ian GuIf servi ce wornmand re gardi ng
equipment to be loaned to the Company from United states
military sources* They propose to leave for lihahran on
the 28th of Hay and will return on the 29th of lay.