'File 19/176 I (C 39) Bahrain Finances' [‎193r] (410/654)

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tho Portguoso Fort, tos found guilty of mur.ierin ius
neighbour's wife, vtitb whoin he hfld an intrigue. Ue was
sentenced to death and aicuted by shooting.
liquor G asea*
The imrjortation ^nd consumption of eny tor® of
alcohol is forbidden in Bahrain. TTnfcrtunotely during
recent years the illegal manufacture of liquor haa increased
very considerably. A ramber of raids were made by the
olice durin;- the year and heeiry sentences were imposed on
cousumers end irskers of xiquor.
Ci.1 tured i ^eerl Caee ^.
A case which attracted i«uch attention bom locolly
end outside Bahrain was one in which a local merchant was
conyicted of im ^ortia? two cultured pearls, one of which he
sold knowing it to be cultured. The mercnaut was a brother-
in-law of Shaikh lohamed bin lea, brother of the Kuler. ana
most unsuitable efforts were made by some o. ms nighly
placed relations to prevent a conviction. The cese was
brought by the Police and tried in the Bahrain Court. A
coirr .ittee of everts Including the Continental pearl mer
chants, was consulted as to the pearls themselves. The
culprit, Abdulla -1 Said, wis sentenced to pay a une of
Rs. 3000/- and forbidden to trade in pearls in Be ;irain for
44*etre '
The imuosition of this sentence vas greatly
apnreoiated by the ueariing co-aunnity who realise the
danger to their trai 'e which results from truf ^io in cultured
pearls#
^ yidi C aser
The most imnortent civil case dealt «ith daring the
year wee the Siadi Estate Case in which two cousins are the
parties. Property and money exceeding in value seven lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of Ruppes are involved in thii case which has not yet b«M -
completed. The court fees alone, collected upX till now