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though no doubt most of the offohflwrp are drivers of
hired transport vrho arc outside the jurisdiction of the
Court, A new oodo ia bping prepared by the Bahrain Government's
Judicial Advisor,
In the shoplwftf<ig'oaoo an Iraqi had rooently urrived
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in Bahrain, and almQat immediately wont into business with
a gang of local burglars* They "broke into a shop and removed
an iron safe, whioh thoy topk out into the deeert and "buret
open. Next day the entire party attempted to leave for Qatar

in a launch but were prevented "by the Passport Department -
not because of any BUBpioion of their activities but because
they had no travel documents, The Iraqi was tried in u Court
Session, after the other men had already been sentenced

by the Bahrain Court to yarying terns of imprioonment of four
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years downwards. At first the man said ho knew nothing
whatever about the oase, but later he ohanged his plea to
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one of Guilty, He was sentenced to Two Years Rigorous
Imprisonment which he is now serving on Jidda Island,

A European Bnployee of BAPCO was charged with Causing
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Grievous Hurt, Dangerous Driving and "Drunk in chargo" ,
. He had spent a convivial evening with friends in the
R,A.F, Sergeants1 Mess, and afterwards drove baok in what was
obviously u reckless manner, getting hopelessly lost in the

backstroetB of Muharraq, An elderly man was run over, having
both legs broken, and the our did not stop. The accused denied
all knowledge of this accident but the Court convicted him.
He did not appeal, and served Throe Months Imprisonment in the
Police Port, The injured man filed a civil suit and was able
to collect what money stood to the man's credit in BAPCO -

about Rs,2,500, The aaoldent occurred before the advent of
compulsory insurance,
A case of some public importance was one in which u

Pakistani, masquerading as a Muscatl with a different numo,
appliod to the Passport Officer at the Agency for a travel
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