ملف ٢/٩ II "رقم. ٢/٩ مجلد II القضايا الجنائية" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٦] (٤٢٢/٢١١)

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To H.S. Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah.
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With reference to my letter No. 170, dated the 3rci Rajao and
connected-correspondence relative to the revolver oelieved to have
been stolen from my former Interpreter, Ibrahim. I have delayed
writing any further on the subject until now, as I have be eh awaiting
a reply from Mr. D'Mello, which has now arrived.
I received a reply from the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Basrah,
at the time in which he gave me Ibrahim’s answers to the questions
which I had asked regarding the make and size of the revolver, and,
as these are correct, I consider it to be proved beyond any shadow^
doubt that the revolver in question really is the one which was
stolen from Ibrahim in Ramadhan 1337, as reported to the late Shaikh
Salim in Mr. Duello*s letter No.628, dated the 3rd July t^l^ wnich
is equivalent to the 4th Shauwal 1337. V j f ^
I had been unable to trace any reply to this letter, but Mr. D Hello
tells me that the late Shaikh Salim did not reply in writing but
promised verbally to have inquiries made and to try hnd arrest the
thief and recover the revolver. It however was not recovered./ Hr.
M3* Hello t ell s ..ma- -t>lae•;rrf L " , th i <r -bfref-t Ibrahim had^eason to
suspect one of the servants of the Customs, which is interesting in
view of the fact that Shaikh V^b^illah as-Salim says in uis letuer
^f the ISt Raiafr<l339 t5h^/Abdullah bin Bstefe Haj^i ’Ali
it tlirough/anotb^r employee of the Customs. Atr a servant of the
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'Ali had obtained
Customs waV-suspected, my fr*iend Khan Sahtb Xodul Latif was doubtless
informed at the time, and will no doujjt remember the case*
In-any case, whoever t/ieli'iief was.-whlcK' IS a minor Poifit, I think
that Your Excellency will agree that, as Ibrahim has correctly gi\^n
the number of the revolver and has correctly answered, my other
questions about it, which he could not possibly have done had it not ^
been his, it is proved that the revolver is his and that it should
be returned to him.