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 ANECDOTES, 29 kerjee, a pleader of the Krishnaghur bar who defend- ed the poor helpless people in the lower Courts. We subjoin below the letter of Babu Kristo Das addressed to Mr. Ghose on this subject. Calcutta, 20-3-81 My Dear Ghose, An admirer, who wishes to remain unknown, has forwarded to me for your kind acceptance these three volumes as ' a humble recog- nition on his part of your patriotic services in the Lokenathpore case. It affords me much pleasure in being made the medium of communication on this very agreeable subject. Yours Sincerely, KRISTO DAS PAL. To MANOMOHUN GHOSE Esq. HOW MULUK CHAND CHOWKIDAR WAS SAVED FROM THE GALLOWS. In a similar manner,Muluk Chand Chowkidar who had been sentenced to be hanged by the Sessions Judge of Nuddea, in 1882, on the charge of having murdered his own little daughter Nekjan only nine years old, was saved. The man was undefended, and was to forfeit his life for an offence falsely attributed to him. The Police had tutored his little daughter Golukmoni, Nekjan's sister, to say that she had seen her father trampling down to death, her poor sister Nekjan. The mother had also been induced to corroborate the same story, and the Sessions Judge, with the unanimus verdict of the Jury, convicted him. Some junior pleaders of the court, viz Babus Prasanna Kumar Mitter, Tara Podo Banerjee and Okhoy Kumar Mukerjee thought that the man was not really guilty in the matter, as it was extremely improbable that he should have murdered his own little child without any cause. So, they requested Mr. Ghose to take up the case. He agreed to do so on