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Prisoner’s Defence.
“I was formerly in the service of Capt: Peters & was so when I was taken [ILL].
“On the 16 or 17 of July last Siri Dher Takoor & Callypersaud brot a camp basket to my house & desired me to keep it as Siri Dher was going to Khezerpoor.
I ask’d the contents, he said it contained only wearing apparel & brass pots. It was locked & I kept it so;
It is usual to keep wearing apparel &c in Camp baskets & I had no suspicion that it contained such valuable things. I had known Siri Dher a yr & ½.
I will call wtses to prove that the basket was brot by Siri Dher & deposited with me.
1 Wts