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were suspected at the time until by chance one of them was
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arrested stealing a boat ot the end of 1928. The Local
Police and the Amir of Kanamah obtained clues as to the
existence of the gang. • One by one they were traced and H3EX8MI
arrested. Police investigations revealed that the same men
were implicated in a series of murders and dacoitry terminating
with the attack on Shaikh Ilamed end a raid on a village two
miles from Kanamah shortly afterwards.
The investigations required very careful handling, The
position of the Police was extremly delicate as the principals
in the crimes were members of the Ruling Family with influence
in the highest places. Haji Salman, SujJrintendant of the
Arab Police, deserves particular credit for his work in the
case and for the undoubted risks which he ran.
Eventually the murderers themselves were tried in the
Agency Court, being foreign subjects, Kost of them confessed
and they were found guilty and sentenced to various terms of
penal servitude. The general public, with little knowledge
of legal niceities, considered that the men should have been
excuted especially because they had made an attempt on the
life of the Ruler. During the trial one of the accused
tried to escape and was shot down by the guards, In the
course of the trials the accused gave evidence against the
Khalifa Shaikhs who had ordered them to commit the offences.
H. E. Shaikh Ilamed was informed of the accusations
made against his relations and after some consideration he
decided that they too should be tried, by the Bahrain Court,
augaented for the occasion by Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa A1 Khalifa.
Shaikh Hamud bin Subah was found guilty of instigating
an attack on the house of one of his tenants at Tubli, eight
years ago. The owner of the house was killed. He wea
sentenced to pay Rajpoo corresponding to^*70 Riyials, blood
money, according to Arab Custom, The son of the murdered
man refuaed to accept it, demanding a life for a life, and

though he was urged many times to take the money he persis-