The Trial of Shama Charan Pal. An Illustration of Village Life in Bengal

Manomohan Ghose giving the circumstances in which he undertook the defence of the accused and explaining the excited state of public feeling in the locality 1./1 re the crime was committed. [...] The report of a trial may be tedious in its necessary repetitions but it is obviously the best method of getting hold of the unvarnished truth in a particular c ase and it is hoped that a glossary of Bengali terms r in the present instance remove one of the obstacles which generally lie in the path of the English reader. [...] The office is honorary and is generally given to persons of some importance in the village but the duties are such as often to cause friction and in the present case the villagers had actually petitioned against the Panchayets. [...] Information of AM had happened was then carried to the Police Station of Domjore by Panda and Uday the Chaukidar of the village and the Sub-Inspector Rasik Lal Bose came to the village the same evening. [...] Pandu then went and breaking through a bamboo fence in the verandah of the baitakkhana hie went through the verandah and round through the door to the west of the baitakkhana and so round into the yard to the south of the house.