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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.' [356r] (637/878)
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
on this subject, please quote
No .J 681/681/1.
ar" "address—
not to any person by name,
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
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£50,
Foreign Office.
S.W.l.
12th March, 19 25.
Sir,
I ajn directed by Mr.Secretary Chamberlain to refer
to the letter from this department ilo.E 6267/5283/1 of
the 8 th August, 1924, regarding the murder of an Abyssinian
woman by a
sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
, lhakur Singh, of the Indian escort at
His Majesty’s Legation at Addis Ababa.
2. The procedure for the trial of the murderer
formed the subject of correspondence v/ith the Abyssinian
Government, who claimed that the trial should be conducted
by their authorities and in their country. As it was
extremely undesirable on political grounds to allow a
British subject to be tried by an Abyssinian court on a
grave criminal charge, His Majesty’s Chargfe d’Affaires
was instructed to press for the removaJ of the prisoner
to Aden for trial there. In the end the Abyssinian
Government tacitly withdrew their claim, and the man was
tried in the Court of the Consul General at Addis Ababa,
was found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to six
years rigorous imprisonment, and has been removed to Bombay
to serve his sentence.
3. The Abyssinian Government, however, did not waive
their claim to jurisdiction without demanding the payment
of blood money to the relatives of the murdered woman.
His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires had been autnorised, witu
Treasury consent, to pay blood money up to a maximum of
fifty pounds. His Majesty’s Minister at Adais Ababa ne.s
ftie Under Secretary of State,
India 0 ffic e.
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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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