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9. In support of that case, Tej Ram, Abu Singh and Koka Ram were called and spoke to the movements of Nihal Singh on the 19th December. Zorawar and Tej Ram spoke as to Nihal Singh having had a dispute as to the Awa estate, and Zorawar as to the threatening language alleged to have been used by Umrao Singh to Nihal Singh. Mahasukha spoke as to his having been brought by Hira to Gobardhan, and as to Gobardhan inducing him to join in the murder by representing that he had arranged with Umrao Singh and Raja Baldeo Singh that Rs. 10,000 or a village would be given for the committing of the murder. He also spoke as to the fact of Gobardhan shooting Nihal Singh at the bridge, and the subsequent disposal of the body. A man called; Sarwan stated that on the evening of the murder he saw Gobardhan and two other men at the bridge. Wali Husain spoke as to the statement made by Mahasukha on the evening of the 20th December at the thana at Itmadpur, of the marks at the bridge, in the arhar field, and under the babul tree, of the finding of the body and the marks on it, and of his searching for Gobardhan at his house on the 21st of December. Amir Khan proved that on the 16th of December 1885 he had examined Gobardhan in Narki in reference to a burglary, when Gobardhan stated that he was in the service of Umrao Singh and that he was going with a letter to Awa from Umrao Singh to Raja Baldeo. The witness identified the counterfoil of his diary, dated the 16th December 1885, which contained a copy of Gobardhan's statement on that occasion. The copy was in the handwriting of a constable who was then acting as a clerk, and was signed by the witness. This witness was not cross-examined at the sessions trial as to the entry in his diary or as to the fact of his having seen Gobardhan in Narki on the 16th December 1885. This witness gave his evidence on the 13th October 1886, and was subsequently, on the 19th of October, recalled, examined and cross-examined, but not as to what had taken place on the 16th December 1885. Juala Prasad produced a statement made by Mahasukha before Mr. Redfern, then a Joint Magistrate, on the 24th of December 1885. Wazir Ahmad, constable, stated that on the 16th of December 1885, he brought Gobardhan from Garhi Godhi, to Amir Khan at Narki, and that on that day he had seen Koka Ram, Gobardhan and some other men at a well at Garhi Godhi. This witness was cross-examined, apparently to see if he was near enough to Gobardhan, at the interview between Gobardhan and Amir Khan on the 16th December, to hear what passed, and to impugn the accuracy of the statement that he had in fact brought Gobardhan to Amir Khan on that day. Balwant, a constable, identified the body of Nihal Singh. Kanak Was examined as to the taking of the dead body to 'Agra, and' as to its having been carried by eight men (kahars).