MENDES (Lewis A[donijah])
Report of the Proceedings in the Matters of Ameer Khan and of Hashamad Khan (Part Second).
Scarce. OCLC and RLIN locate only the New York Public Library copy of the First Part, NSTC has the BL and India Office Collection copies of both parts.
Amir Khan was a wealthy banker and money-lender at Patna. He was arrested and tried as a member of the Wahabist Conspiracy in 1871, on various charges of attempting to wage war against the Queen. He was convicted and sentenced to transportation for life, with forfeiture of property, but was released on a proclamation of the Queen as Empress of India in 1877.
The first section of the present work is largely concerned with legal discussion of the correctness of the decision to transfer the case from the Sessions Court in the Mofussil [provinces] to the High Court. The second part contains the affidavits of witnesses in favour of the defendant’s appeal on these grounds. The Indian Army and Civil List for 1875 records Mendes as one of the Advocates of the High Court of Bengal.
