'Statement of Witnesses taken by Colonel Phayre' [‎12r] (23/40)

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Novembee 12tli, 1874.
Bal0 ?' Hamal, aged about 50 years, is in custody, and is re-called
and further examined.
^ State precisely what are your dutiej in the Resident's private office
room every morning.
hamals sweep the room first, and then I clean the tables, chairs,
c., empty the basin, bring fresh water in the kooja. I arrange the bath-room
which adjoins the private office, and see that bathing water, &c., is ready.
^ Who is in the habit of bringing the sherbet that I drink ?
A—Abdoola usually brings it, but Faizoo sometimes brings it. It is not
always brought whilst I am in the room.
Q—Who brought the sherbet on the morning of the 9th, Monday ?
A—I did not see the sherbet at all.
Q Did not Abdoola on that morning bring the sherbet ?
A—I did not see him bring it.
Q Could any one have brought the sherbet without your knowledge ?
^ ^ » ^'lien I went into the dining-room it could have been brought.
Q -D 1( i you see I 1 aizoo at all on the morning of the 9th ?
^ -^ 0 * ^ may have seen him, but I do not recollect.
^ ^ ou c l eai i the washhand-stand table and you say you did not see the
sherbet on Monday the 9th instant. Do you usually see it there ?
A I always see it there, but I did not see it on the morning in question.
Q Did you see Abdoola in the private office room on Monday the 9th ?
^ I saw Abdoola, but he had no sherbet with him.
9 You have said above that sometimes Abdoola brings the sherbet and
sometimes Faizoo. Did you ever see Faizoo bring it ?
(After much prevarication the witness declines to acknowledge that he
ever saw Faizoo bring any sherbet to the Resident's room. The witness shows
a marked disinclination to say anything whatever about Faizoo.)
Q—How many years have you been employed at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ?
A—About six or seven years.
Q—Do you know the Maharaja's Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Salam ?
^ ^ know him by sight, but I have never had anything to say to him. He
usually comes with the Maharaja.
Q—Have you ever seen Salam at Faizoo's quarters ?
A—Yes, I have.
Q—Has the Resident ever injured or offended you in any way ?
A—No, not in the least.
Before me this 12th day of November 1874.
(Sd.) R. P hayee , Col., Resident.
Novembee 12th, 1874.
M ahomed A hmed , Mussulman, age about 50, Bheestee, Baroda Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
states I*
I live in the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. compound, next to the old Hamal Govind Baloo. I
have been employed at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. since the time of Mr. Andrews, Acting Resi
dent, about 25 years ago.
Govind Baloo lives in the next room with his wife ; no one else lives with him. I
know Salam the Maharaja's Arab Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. . He always goes to Faizoo's room, and
sits there. I have seen Faizoo go and talk to the old Hamal, Baloo Govind, outside
his room. I have not seen him go there for the last month. I cannot say whether
he goes there or not at night.
This examination, having been read over to the witness in Hindoostanee is
acknowledged by him to be correct.
(Sd.) Mark x of Mahomed Ahmed, Bheestee.
Before me this 12th day of November 1874.
(Sd.) R. Phatee , Col., Resident.