Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 58
58 discovered that he had no jurisdiction to issue such a warrant, as the offence charged was alleged to have been committed in Gurdaspur district. Therefore, he trans- ferred the case to the court of the District Magistrate Gurdaspur. This office was held at the time by a certain Captain Douglas. In this case, all the enemies of Hazrat Ahmad as, whether they were Hindus, Christians or Muslims, joined together and left no stone unturned to try and put him in jail. An Aryah Samaj lawyer offered his services to the Christian missionaries to conduct the case free of charge on their behalf. Several Muslim Maulawis also volunteered their help to give evidence against Hazrat Ahmad as. Maulawi Muhammad Hussain of Batala was one of these who appeared as a witness in the court to support the prosecution story. When he appeared before Captain Douglas, Abdul Hamid reaffirmed his story that he was sent by Ahmad as to kill Dr. Clarke. The District Magistrate summoned Hazrat Ahmad as as well and had his statement recorded. Captain Douglas examined the story told by Abdul Hamid before him, and that told by him before the District Magistrate Amritsar, and found many discrep- ancies in the two statements. He also noted that Abdul Hamid had made one statement one day and the next day