File 959/1914 Pt 2 'Abyssinia: Order in Council. Recovery of maintenance charges of prisoners convicted in Abyssinia and confined in Aden District Prison.' [‎332r] (589/878)

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With reference to the letter from this department
Mo. J 681/681/1 of even date, I am directed by Mr. Secretary
Chamberlain to transmit to you herewith, to be laid before
the Secretary of State for India in Council, a copy of the
record of proceedings in the Court of His Majesty’s Consul
General at Addis Ababa at the trial of Thakur Singh, the
Indian sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. convicted of having murdered an Abyssinian
woman, together with a copy of a despatch to His Majesty’s
Minister at Addis Ababa calling his attention to certain
irregularities in these proceedings.
2, I am to suggest that steps may be taken to
communicate this record to 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. under
whose jurisdiction the convict has now passed.
3. The original record of proceedings which was
forwarded to this department in error has been returned to
His Majesty’s Minister at Addis Ababa,•
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
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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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