Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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Page 19
... effect . The office of minister was abolished . The internal administration was trans- ferred to the servants of the Company . A system , a very imperfect system , it is true , of civil and criminal justice , under English ...
... effect . The office of minister was abolished . The internal administration was trans- ferred to the servants of the Company . A system , a very imperfect system , it is true , of civil and criminal justice , under English ...
Page 21
... effect , they never per- ceived the gross inconsistency of which they were guilty . But the inconsistency was at once manifest to their vicegerent at Cul- cutta , who , with an empty treasury , with an unpaid army , with his own salary ...
... effect , they never per- ceived the gross inconsistency of which they were guilty . But the inconsistency was at once manifest to their vicegerent at Cul- cutta , who , with an empty treasury , with an unpaid army , with his own salary ...
Page 30
... effect of uniting the old servants of the Company . Clavering , Monson , and Francis formed the majority . They instantly wrested the government out of the hands of Hastings , condemned , certainly not without justice , his late ...
... effect of uniting the old servants of the Company . Clavering , Monson , and Francis formed the majority . They instantly wrested the government out of the hands of Hastings , condemned , certainly not without justice , his late ...
Page 31
... effect of their reforms was that all protection to life and property was withdrawn , and that gangs of robbers plundered and slaughtered with impunity in the very suburbs of Calcutta . Hastings continued to live in the Government ...
... effect of their reforms was that all protection to life and property was withdrawn , and that gangs of robbers plundered and slaughtered with impunity in the very suburbs of Calcutta . Hastings continued to live in the Government ...
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... effect of the statute under which the trial took place , it was most unjust to hang a Hindoo for forgery . The law which made forgery capital in England was passed without the smallest reference to the state of society in India . It was ...
... effect of the statute under which the trial took place , it was most unjust to hang a Hindoo for forgery . The law which made forgery capital in England was passed without the smallest reference to the state of society in India . It was ...
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