Papers concerning witnesses and prisoners in the case of the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre and the charges of maladministration brought against the Gaekwar.
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Correspondence, telegrams and lists relating to prisoners and witnesses in both the case of attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, and other cases which were been investigated at the time of the Gaekwar, Malharrao's arrest. Matters discussed include arrangements for the confinement and su...
Letter No.27 of 1875 from Frank Henry Souter, on Special Duty, Foreign Department, Baroda to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner Baroda
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Letter regarding certain individuals who had been under police surveillance for some time in regards to the charges against the Maharajah Gaekwar (Malharrao), and informing Pelly that they have now been permitted to return home, but that the witnesses had requested to remain under police protect...
Letter from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys
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Letter regarding the sale of Arsenic in the Bazaae, and regarding the withdrawal of licences for the sale of poison from four of the five vendors, leaving only Shamsoodin with permission to sell it. The letter goes on to discuss the seizure of poisons from those vendors no longer permitted to ...
Copy Service Telegram from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta
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Letter reporting that he had dropped the Bhou Scindia case and had also refrained from sending the Govind Naik case to the magistrate, as well as instructing the police to refrain from further enquiry into either case.
Letter No.650 of 1875 from Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda to Frank Henry Souter, Commissioner of Police, on Special Duty, Baroda
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Letter asking whether three individuals implicated in the attempted poisoning case, and also facing charges for breaching the act regulating the sale of poison, needed to be kept under police surveillance or whether they could be released on bail and requesting a report on the matter.
'Letter No.652 of 1875 containing an Extract from the report on Native Papers for the Week ending 27 February 1875'
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Letter enclosing an extract of a report which appeared in the native papers regarding the arrest of Bulwuntrao Auant Deo, late Nyayadhish of Baroda who it is alleged was arrested and imprisoned without being charged with any crime, and that although his alleged crime is having received bribes th...
Letter from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys
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Letter regarding a visit from Andrew Richard Scoble and Frank Henry Souter in which they concurred that a corner of the Residency Compound should be used for a 'witness tent' and asking whether Sir Lewis would prefer a brick wall to be erected on the site or whether a tent would be sufficient.
Note from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys
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Note requesting that Sir Lewis Pelly be shown a draft of a report on the condition of the prisoners and stating his opinion that exercise be made obligatory for them.
