Life of Ahmad — Page 711
as THE WALL 711 interrupting and passing remarks in spite of the orders of the court. Ahmad as was happy to have had the opportunity of vindicating his prophecies in court and thus a large number of people who had gathered in the court became his witnesses. There were several E. A. Cs. and Government officials, such as Ganga R a m, Mirza Zafrullah Khan and Muhammad Abdush Shak u r present in the court. They were all struck very much by the wonderful force, conviction and authority with which Ahmad as spoke before all in the court. He was summoned as a witness, but everyone felt that he behaved and spoke there as the supreme judge. There was another hearing of the case on August 10th, 1901, when defence witnesses such as Kishan Singh A rya appeared. Two of them had previous convictions. On August 12th, 1901, the District Judge delivered judgment in favour of Ahmad as. After stating the case and summarising the arguments in the words of the parties, the Judge recorded the issues involved and then recorded his decision as follows 168 : 'The parties are the Mughals of Qadian. The plaintiff, being the son of the elder brother, is the cousin of the defendants. The sister of the defendant, Mirza Imam Din, is the wife of Mirza Ghulam Qadir, the deceased elder 168 I have seen the original file in the Record office of Gurdaspur: Case No 800. Date of institution August 29th, 1900. Qadian Bundle No. 172.