Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 18
... brought many lamentable blemishes to light ; but it entitles him to be considered pure from every blemish which has not been brought to light . The truth is that the temptations to which so many English functionaries yielded in the time ...
... brought many lamentable blemishes to light ; but it entitles him to be considered pure from every blemish which has not been brought to light . The truth is that the temptations to which so many English functionaries yielded in the time ...
Page 30
... brought a false charge against another Hindoo , and tried to sub- stantiate it by producing forged documents . On another occasion it was discovered that , while pro- fessing the strongest attachment to the English , he was engaged in ...
... brought a false charge against another Hindoo , and tried to sub- stantiate it by producing forged documents . On another occasion it was discovered that , while pro- fessing the strongest attachment to the English , he was engaged in ...
Page 35
... brought before a committee , over which the Governor presided . Schitab Roy was speedily acquitted with honour . A formal apology was made to him for the restraint to which he had been subjected . All the Eastern marks of respect were ...
... brought before a committee , over which the Governor presided . Schitab Roy was speedily acquitted with honour . A formal apology was made to him for the restraint to which he had been subjected . All the Eastern marks of respect were ...
Page 62
... brought before Sir Elijah Impey and a jury composed of Englishmen . A great quantity of contradictory swearing , and the necessity of having every word of the evidence inter- preted , protracted the trial to a most unusual length . At ...
... brought before Sir Elijah Impey and a jury composed of Englishmen . A great quantity of contradictory swearing , and the necessity of having every word of the evidence inter- preted , protracted the trial to a most unusual length . At ...
Page 68
... brought under the head of felony . Should we severely blame Lord Stafford , in the supposed case , for causing a pro- secution to be instituted , for furnishing funds , for using all his influence to intercept the mercy of the Crown ...
... brought under the head of felony . Should we severely blame Lord Stafford , in the supposed case , for causing a pro- secution to be instituted , for furnishing funds , for using all his influence to intercept the mercy of the Crown ...
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