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2 / Dec. 13th

both Servants of the Company, as inferior Officers of Sepaheys
Rustom Beg, the Prisoner, was a Mahommedan of that nation or rather set of Men call’d Moguls.
Bissen Sing the deceased was a Hindoo, of a Sect or Family or Cast call’d all of whom have this addition of Sing, and most of whom are fighting Men.
The Witnesses swore Rustom Beg kill’d the deceased by a stab from behind, which cut one side of the Neck and throat.
One Witness swore, that about an English Hour, before the Wound given, Bissen Sing, had said jocosely in discourse with the Sepoys, of whom Rustom Beg
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