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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.' [325r] (575/878)
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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In any further communication
this subject, please quote
J 1604/681/1.
and address—
not to any person by name,
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
1 O O
* w t i
URGMT.
Foreign Office.
S.W.l.
17th June, 1925.
Sir,
I am directed "by Mr.Secretary Chamberlain to refer to
the correspondence on the subject of the serving of sentences
imposed by the Consular Court a.nd by the Mixed Court at
Addis Ababa, which ended with the letter from your department
No.P 1105/15 of 31st March,1915.
2, His Majesty’s Minister at Addis Ababa, has reported
that some British Somalis have recently been arrested on a
charge of murdering five Abyssinians in the province of
Harrar. As will be seen from the enclosed memorandum, the
ca.se is one which has to be tried in the so called Mixed
Court, and not in the Consular Court, and it has accordingly
been arramged that the preliminary examina.tion oi the case
shall take place in the Mixed Court at Addis Ababa, ana the
final sentence be pronounced by the Regent after consulta,tion
with Mr.Bentinch. If the prisoner or prisoners are convicted,
Mr.Bent inch has suggested that they should be sent to ^den to
serve their term of imprisonment, in accordance with Article
56 of the Abyssinia Order-in-Council 1913; it is assumed
from Mr. Bent inch ’ s telegrams that there is no question of the
capital penalty being inflicted.
3. Under Article 35 of the Abyssinia Order-in-Council,
“Where any person has been sentenced to imprisonment by any
“Abyssinian tribunal, the Court may, either by separate
“warrant or by endorsement on the warrant of the Abyssinian
The Under-Secretary of State,
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.
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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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