§ Colonel DAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India, whether he can inform the House of the verdict on a European named Beattie, manager of a tea-garden in Assam, charged with the culpable homicide not amounting to murder, coupled with that of grievous hurt, of one of his coolies; and whether he can give the nationality of the members of the jury who tried the case?
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§ Earl WINTERTONThe verdict was not guilty, and the accused was acquitted by the Sessions Judge. It has been stated in the Press that the jury was composed of four Europeans and one Indian. It is open to the local Government to appeal to the High Court against the acquittal if they see grounds for doing so.