Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 59
59 had added several details which were missing from the first. This made him suspect that someone was tutoring him. Abdul Hamid was in the care of the Christian mis- sion during the time that he pretended that his life was in danger due to his statement against Hazrat Ahmad as. Captain Douglas postponed the case for four weeks and asked the Superintendent of Police to remove Abdul Hamid from the custody of the Christian missionaries in order to record his statement again. As soon as he was brought before the Superintendent of Police and questioned by him, Abdul Hamid fell at his feet crying and confessed that whatever he had said against Hazrat Ahmad as was a lie. He was neither sent by Ahmad as for the purpose alleged nor had anything to do with him. He told him that he was coerced by some of the employees of the Christian mission to say what he had said in the court. He also disclosed that sometimes these employees used to write on the palm of his hand, so that he could look at it in case he forgot the names and addresses of the people to be mentioned in the statement. After hearing this confession, Captain Douglas dis- charged the case and gave an impartial verdict in favour of Hazrat Ahmad as. Not only did he discharge Hazrat Ahmad as honourably, but he also gave him permission to prosecute the Christian missionaries who had brought a false charge against him. Hazrat Ahmad as, however,