Life of Ahmad — Page 610
POLICE HARASS AHMAD as as 610 Ahmad as stated in court that the prophecies about the Rev. Abdullah A thim and Pt. Lekhr a m had been made at their written request and with their consent. Muhammad Bakhsh, who was a prosecution witness, stated that he had been at Batala from 1893. In his opinion there was real danger to Muhammad Husain from Ahmad as. Sayyid Bashir Husain, Police Inspector, also appeared in court and deposed that there was real danger to peace and that there had been strong suspicion against Ahmad as in the matter of the murder of Pt. Lekhr a m. There was no suspicion against Muhammad Husain. The houses of Ahmad’s as enemies were also searched when Pt. Lekhr a m was murdered. A list of 58 defence witnesses was presented to the court on behalf of Ahmad as , but the District Magistrate wanted to know the purpose for which each witness was to be produced. Both counsel in the case wanted a postponement at this stage, so the magistrate ordered that the case should be heard at Dhariwal on January 27th. This ended the proceedings on January 11th, 1899. On January 13th, 1899, a revised list of 37 witnesses was presented to the court and, as desired, the purpose for which each witness was to be produced was also specified. But on January 17th, 1899, the District Magistrate remarked that the defence witnesses were still too many and that therefore he would allow only those witnesses who belonged to Gurdaspur district along with two from