LONG TRIAL ENDED
CONSPIRACY CHARGE ARMED RISING IN INDIA THIRTY MEN CONVICTED (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) CALCUTTA, Ist May. After a. trial lasting, nearly two .years, in which 500 witnesses were examined, 30 men were convicted by a special ..tri. Initial in Calcutta on a charge of- conspiracy to wage war, against, the King. Six were sentenced to life transportation, three to . teh years’ imprisonment,, nine to seven years,’ and the remainder to from six to one year. Four were acquitted but two were immediately rearrested under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, while two who turned King’s evidence were pardoned. The conspiracy was described as onp to promote a simultaneous armed rising throughout India and Burma, to facilitate which men were recruited and arms,’ explosives and funds obtained through widespread dacoites, robberies and-mur-ders. ’ ~
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 2 May 1935, Page 7
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