The Alipore Bomb Trial

TENTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS

    His Lordship resumed the further hearing of the reference in the Alipore Bomb Case.
 

   The Advocate-General, continuing his argument in the case against the Sen Brothers, referred to a letter written by Hem Chandra Sen, the elder brother, to Susil and Biren, the appellants. This letter was found in the possession of Susil at Sylhet. On the envelop was the address, 128-1, Keranibagan Road and dated April 1908. This letter gave colour to the fact that Biren was

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going to Japan. The letter showed that Susil, a boy of 16 years of age, had left school and had no occupation. Still he was in Calcutta and took interest in the political movement. He took interest in the prosecution of Bepin Chandra. Pal. He was a constant reader of Sandhya and took part in a seditious riot outside the Police Court and was whipped by order of the Magistrate which evidently had no effect on him. The defence had taken a monstrous line in regard to this letter although it had been shown that Hem was the elder brother and Biren was living at Keranibagan at that time. The defence had asked his Lordship not to believe this because the handwriting was not proved.

     The Advocate-General then referred to several other letters incriminating the two Sen brothers and had not concluded when the Court rose.

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