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IOR/R/15/2/582
- Record Id:
- 040-000228865
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003b5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023629386.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/582
- Title:
- File 18/13 Bahrain State Police versus Lieutenant-Commander D R S Webster, RINR: Correspondence
- Scope & Content:
-
The file relates to the criminal conviction at Bahrain in September 1945 of Lieutenant-Commander Douglas R S Webster, Royal Indian Naval Reserve (RINR), who was based at the Royal Naval Base, Jufair [also spelled Juffair]. Douglas was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 1000 rupees for an offence under Section 338 of the Indian Penal Code (causing grievous hurt by an act endangering life) and a fine of 500 rupees for an offence under Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code (intentionally giving false evidence in a judicial proceeding).
The file contains correspondence from the Political Agent, Bahrain (including Cornelius James Pelly, who acted as District Magistrate in the case); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; and the Superintendent, State Police, Bahrain.
The file also includes papers relating to Webster's appeal against sentence, October - November 1945, and papers relating to his repatriation, following release, from Bahrain to the United Kingdom via Bombay, December 1945 - January 1946.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228855
040-000228865 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/573-587 : File 18 Judicial
IOR/R/15/2/582 : File 18/13 Bahrain State Police versus Lieutenant-Commander D R S Webster, RINR: Correspondence - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0020]/038-000228855[0010]/040-000228865
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (47 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003b5
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 26 Aug 1945-14 Jan 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 49 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 1, 1A. The following number does not appear in the sequence: 13.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Files: 18/13
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence) appear throughout the file: these numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)