3 judgements in Alipore Bomb Case 1908-10
3 printed proceedings and judgements in the Alipore Bomb Case, the first and landmark case of India’s revolutionary struggle, 1908-1910.
The papers relate to the appeals in the case by which time Sri Aurobindo Ghose had been acquitted. The provocation for the bombings was the Partition of Bengal by the Viceroy Lord Curzon.
DOCUMENT 1: Judgment by Chief Justice Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins, dated 23 November 1909. He was accompanied by Justice H. W. C. Carnduff; pp. 65
Begins with the list of appellants and their lawyers, followed by the judgment. First page signed on top ‘Harington J’ and last blank page carrying a list of 19 Bengali names in ink. Also, Bengali names occasionally written in ink along margins inside; thread-stitched as issued.
DOCUMENT 2: Remarks and opinions by Justice H. W. C. Carnduff on the above judgment, also dated 23 November 1909. pp. 31
First page signed on top ‘Harington J’ and last blank page carrying a list of 5 Bengali names in ink; thread-stitched as issued.
The above 2 documents evidently issued together. The last page of Document 2 says: Calcutta: Printed by Supdt, Govt Printing, India, 8, Hastings Street.
DOCUMENT 3: Remarks and opinions by Justice R. Harington, dated 18 February 1910. pp. 20
The first page bears 2 Bengali appellants names on top in ink.
Thread-stitched as issued. The last page says: Calcutta: Printed by Supdt, Govt Printing, India, 8, Hastings Street
All 3 documents seem to have belonged to Justice Harington.
13.2 x 8.4 in (33.2 x 21) cm (each)
The appeal in the Alipore Bomb Case was decided by the chief justice and Justice Carnduff of the Calcutta high court on 23rd November 1909. The death sentence of Barindra Kumar Ghose, Ullaskar Dutt and Upendra Nath Banerjee was converted to transportation for life, while transportation for life of Hem Chandra Dass was maintained. The death sentence of Bibhooti Bhusan Roy (Sircar) and Hrishikesh Kanjilal and sentence of transportation for life of Indubhusan Roy were converted to transportation for ten years. The transportation for life of Sudhir Kumar Sircar, Abinash Chandra Bhattacharjee and Paresh Chandra Mullick was curtailed to seven years. Transportation for seven years to Sisir Kumar Ghose and Nirapada Roy was cut down to imprisonment for five years. Bal Krishan Hari Kane was acquitted, while Ashok Chander Nandy died during the pendency of appeal.
The third judge, Justice Harrington, awarded transportation for seven years to Birendra Chandra Sen and transportation for five years to Sailendra Nath Bose and acquitted Indra Nath Nandi, Sushil Kumar Sen and Krishto Jiban Sanyal, as the two previous judges disagreed in the case of these accused.
Barindra Kumar Ghose, Upendra Nath Banerjee, Hem Chandra Dass and Ullaskar Dutt, sentenced to transportation for life, Indubhusan Roy, Bibhooti Bhusan Sircar and Hrishikesh Kanjilal, sentenced to transportation for ten years and Sudhir Kumar Sircar, Abinash Chandra Bhattacharjee and Birendra Chandra Sen sentenced to transportation for seven years, were expatriated to the Andamans. (Source: indianetzone.com, online)
(Set of three)
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