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File 959/1914 Pt 2 'Abyssinia: Order in Council. Recovery of maintenance charges of prisoners convicted in Abyssinia and confined in Aden District Prison.' [233r] (391/878)
The record is made up of 1 item (30 folios). It was created in 24 Nov 1926-14 Feb 1929. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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"an Abyssinian Judge shall preside ^d His Britannic
"Majesty's consul or his representative shall be
"assessor to the Judge for purposes of advice and
"consultation. In all actions before this court
" lf the aefendant bG an ^yssinian subject the case
"shall be decided according to Abyssinian law and if
"the defendant be a British subject it shall be
"decided according to English law. provided that
"shere there is a dispute oonoerning the property or
"estate or a British subject, excepting disputes
"arising out of the holding of real property in
"Ethiopia, any legal proceedings arising out of such
"dispute shall be conducted in accordance with
English law und the ease decided in accordance with
f-ngliah law. Should one of the two parties be lis-
"satisfied with the Judgment of the court the case
'shall be referred to the Emperor of Fthiopls, who
"shall hear the appeal in consultation with and in
"the presence of His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
"and hie Judgment shall be final",
b. Thus, although the Abyaeinian government did
not assent to this draft treaty, and no further progress
was made in the matter, the principle that "mixed" oases
should be tried in a special court has repeatedly been
admitted by us.
6 . It will bo seen from Has Taffari's letter to
h. Coppet (French Minister) in A 50£8/50fce/l/l922, that
the special or mixed" court established by the Abyseinians
in 19E8 was set up in conformity with the Franco-
Abyss inian/
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This part contains papers, mainly correspondence, largely relating to the recovery by the Government of India of the cost of maintaining in Aden District Prison prisoners convicted by British authorities in Abyssinia.
The correspondence is mostly between the following:
- The Foreign Office and the Treasury.
- The Foreign Office and HM Consul, Addis Ababa.
- The Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, and HM Consul, Addis Ababa.
- The Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, and the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department.
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- File 959/1914 Pt 2 'Abyssinia: Order in Council. Recovery of maintenance charges of prisoners convicted in Abyssinia and confined in Aden District Prison.'
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- 38r:476v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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