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the forms of charas and
bhang since he was 18 years of age, i.e., six or seven
years. There
is no family history of any such habit nor of any nervous disease.
The case is one in which
the insanity is clearly traced to the use of hemp.
LAHORE; W. COATES, M.D.,
31st January 1894. Superintendent, Lunatic Asylum.
In the Court of Rai Banarsi Das, Magistrate, 1st class, Dera Ismail Khan District.
Enquiry into the cause of insanity of one Jinda Shah, deceased.
Statement of Imam Shah, brother of Jinda Shah, deceased, on solemn affirmation.
Jinda Shah, deceased, was my own brother. We were three brothers, Jinda ShahIMAM SHAH.
Examined by me.
BANARSI DAS,
Dated 21st November 1893.
Magistrate, 1st class.
Statement of Ghulam Hyder, lambardar of the Mohalla, on solemn affirmation.
I live in the same street in which the
house of Jinda Shah, lunatic, and of his family is
situated. My statement is the same as that of Imam Shah, brother of
the deceased
lunatic.
GHULAM HYDER,
Witness.
Examined by me.
BANARSI DAS,
The 21st November 1893.
Magistrate, 1st class, Dera Ismail
Khan.
Copy of a letter No. 435 of 24th
November 1893, from the Civil Surgeon, Dera Ismail
Khan, to Rai Banarsi Das, Magistrate,
1st class, at Dera Ismail Khan.
I beg to return you original letter No.
1652 with enclosures. It appears to me to be
clear that Jinda Shah, lunatic, became insane from the excessive
use of bhang and charas.
I do not desire to further examine the witnesses Imam Shah and
Ghulam Hyder, not expect-
ing to elicit any further information.