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1908 Supreme(Mad) 169

CHARLES ARNOLD WHITE, MILLER


JUDGMENT

Miller, J.

1. The appellant Chidambaram Pillai has been convicted of offences punishable under Sections 124A and 153A of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to transportation for life: the occasion of the alleged offence was a speech made by him at the Thai Poosa Mantapam in the bed of the river Tambraparni at Tinnevelly on the night of the 9th of March last.

2. Objection was taken as in Criminal Appeal. No. 503 of 1908 to the complaint and the authority under which it was made. Mr. Sadagopachariar did not appear for the appellant in Criminal Appeal No. 503 of 1908, but he was heard before the hearing of that appeal was concluded, and it is after hearing and considering his arguments that we have in that appeal held that the complaint was sufficient and duly authorized. For the same reasons, we arrive, in this appeal, at the same conclusion. It is further contended that the charge is defective because it does not set out what portions of the speech of the accused are within the provisions of Section 124A, and what are within those of Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The whole speech is set out. The charges are that, in making the speech, the accused attempted to excit





















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