The whole proceedings on the trial of an information exhibited at the instance of the Honourable the East-India Company, against Robert Henshaw, Esq., custom master of Bombay, for corruption in office, and receiving presents, in violation of the Act 33 Geo. III, Cap. 52. Tried by a special jury, in the Court of the Recorder of Bombay, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1805, and the three following days, before the Hon. Sir James Mackintosh, knt., recorder.
Edinburgh: Printed by Alex Lawrie, 1807. Hardcover. The trial of Robert Henshaw, the East India Company’s custom master, indicted for his role in taking bribes from Indian merchants and hoarding and stockpiling rice during the famine years in India.
8vo, vi, 323pp, [2]pp. Tan library cloth binding with leather gilt title label at spine. Deaccessed by the NY Association of the Bar Library, with their stamp on the title page and shelf number sticker lower spine. Covers dusty, spine label chipped; front endpaper loose but present; few final leaves partially detached. OCLC: 62627483. Good + condition. Item #23962
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