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JUDICIAL*

Rflhrain Court*.

Shaikh Salman bin Homed Al-IQialifa and The Adviser.
No. of cases dealt with approximately, 3ooo
n n new n n 800
fe, 3 -a,-s* *>■
Court Fees collected

The Khalifa ?Iurder Cases.

The most important cases dealt with by this court during
the year were the Khalifa Murder Cases, which included the
insuccessful attempted assasination of H. E. Shaikh Earned in

1926. The fact that the court was empowered to try the
Khali^f Shaikhs, and also to pass a death sentence in the
case of another murder, has considerably strengthened its
reputation and importance in the eyes of the people.

The Khalifa Shaikhs who were convicted were, Shaikh Hamud
bin Subah, previously prSe.dident of the Mujlis ut Tijarah,
Shaikh Hamed bin Abdulla Al-Ghatem and Shaikh Ebrahim bin

Khalid bin Ali, a nephew ofl Shaikh Isa bin Ali.
The actual murderers, or would be murderers^in all the

cases were a gang of Hassawis and Nejdis under the leadership
ofl a man named Mohained A1 Mullah* These,men were ready to
hire themselves out for any work of this sort. They resembled
in fact a gang of Chicago Gunmen* They were undoubtedly

responsible for most of the murders, attacks on villages and
robberies with v®.lence which occured in Bahrain during the
last 10 years.

Many of their exploits took place after the retirement
of Shaikh Isa when conditions were somewhat disturbed and also
immediately after the excitement caused when a Baluchi Levyman.

ran amuck,shot an Idian Officer and an Indian N.C*0. and
wounded the Political Agent*
Although the men remained in Bahrain7tsse of them were