Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 78
78 letter in the packet and suggested that Hazrat Ahmad as should make a statement in the court that Rallia Ram himself might have done it so as to get Hazrat Ahmad as into trouble. ‘This is the only way out!’, He said. Hazrat Ahmad as rejected his advice and said that under no cir- cumstance would he make a false statement. ‘You are bound to be convicted and punished if you do not heed my advice,’ said Shaikh Ali Ahmad. Hazrat Ahmad as, however, was determined not to lie. His lawyer there- fore refused to defend him and so Hazrat Ahmad as con- ducted his own defence. The magistrate in whose court he appeared was European, as was the Superintendent of the Post Office who represented the prosecution. The magistrate asked Hazrat Ahmad as whether he had placed the letter in the packet and sent it to Rallia Ram. Hazrat Ahmad as replied that he was not aware of this specific regulation, but he had placed the letter in the packet and despatched it to Rallia Ram. He explained that it was not a private letter; it only contained instructions as to how the article was to be printed. He assured the court that he had no intention of defrauding the Post Office. The Post Office’s Superintendent was adamant that Hazrat Ahmad’s as statement amounted to a confession of the crime and that he should be punished according to the law. The