GOV. GEN. CLEARED: ACCUSER TO HANG
The verdict of guilty brought against Governor-General of India, Warren Hastings, on charges of corruption has been quashed. .The tables have been turned. Nandkumar, Indian Chief, accuser
and first witness for the prosecution, an old enemy of Hastings, has been tried and found guilty 1 of forgery. His sentence is death by hanging. The charges bring to mind the career of Lord (Robert) Clive (died 1774), who did more for his country than any soldier since John Churchill, Ist Duke of Marlborough, and more for the Indian peoples than any statesman in history. How he was rewarded on his return from India is expressed in Clive’s own words They treated me like a common sheep-stealer.” It appears that Hastings’ political enemies have forgotten nothing.
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Korero (AEWS), Volume 2, Issue 14, 17 July 1944, Page 17
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130GOV. GEN. CLEARED: ACCUSER TO HANG Korero (AEWS), Volume 2, Issue 14, 17 July 1944, Page 17
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