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 His Lordship : — " Supposing there was an oppressed minority under Swaraj, would they be right in throwing bombs V* — * No man has a right to throw bombs

"Was it your opinion that it was the oppression of the administration of Mr. Rand during the Plague in Poona that led to his murder?" — 'I think that the measures adopted and their harshness led to the murder '.

"Did you say in your newspaper that in the search of the houses, great tyranny was practised by the soldiers ?"— ' I did

"Did you say that they entered the temple,s brought out the women from their houses, broke idols and burnt holy books ?" — *I mentioned these facts. They are facts '.

"Was it your opinion that Mr. Rand was more than a tyrant ?" — ■' I said that his measures were tyranni- cal '.

Did you say that he was guilty of callous cruelty T* Yes.

Yet you say that your writings had nothing to do with his murder ?" — ' The facts, not my doctrines led to the murder '.

Later, Sir Edward Carson quoted a passage, which said that death cannot be avoided. He asked the meaning of that. The witness said that it was a quotation from a:reUgious book. It meant you are mortal.

Mr. Justice Darling : — " What was the best thing Shivaji ever did ?" — ' He founded the Hindu Empire

"Did he do it by kiUing Afzulkhan ?"— * That was one of the acts '.

"Could he have done it without ?" — ' I can't say