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The Charges Against Indian "Oculists." EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE. Mr Mathews' Reply for the Crown. I The trial of the four Indian oculists-Heere 3hah, Kbair Deen, Shahah Bedean, and Karim Bakhsh-will be concluded to-day. Consider- able progress was made with the case on Saturday—all the witnesses were called, and the speeches, both for the defence and that made by Mr Mathews in reply for the Crown, delivered. Nothing now remains but for the Judge to sum up the case and the jury to Irrive at its verdict. These 12 gentlemen were very anxious on Saturday to know the sums paid by the witnesses for the defence who had undergone operations at the hands of the accused. tb turned out that two of the witnesses were Jreated free, one paid 10s 6d per week for 27 weeks at Wellingborough, and the same sum for 11 weeks at another place. The total payments by other witnesses were much smaller. Dr. Dodd, who has given evidence for the prosecution, recalled, stated that he had ex- amined the eyes of witnesses who had been called for the defence, and who had deposed to success- ful operations. He deposed to the specific disease of the eyes from which each witness was suffering, and expressed doubt as to some of the alleged operations. The red-hot iron treatment men- tioned by the witness Palmer was coarse and brutal. The Common Serjeant: But bs says it did him Jood. Witness: It might by setting up a counter Irritation; but counter irritation was seldom resorted to in such a case, because the disease was a slow chronic one. The cutting of the temples was also an excessive mode of treatment. He could find no present disease in the case of the boy Martin, and he could not say that the treatment of the accused did not effect a cure. As to the case of Maria Allen, the operation performed was successful, but it might have been better done. Mr Jarvis, upon the conclusion of the case, argued that the question for the decision of the jury was not as to the competency of the prisoners, j but as to their bona-fides. Their mode of con- ducting operations might not be up to the nine teenth-century standard, but they had been attended with success, and had been beneficial to the persons operated upon. The Common Serjeant said he should hold that the presence cf the accused in this country was of he gravest disadvantage, and the reason why he had had the evidence translated to them so care- fully was that, should the jury come to the conclu- sion that they had acted bona-fide up to now, they would not again be able to set up such a plea in favour of a irethod which was so cruel and barbarous. Mr Mathews, in reply for the Crown, reviewed in considerable detail the salient features of the case. and contended that no possible defence could be made for such treatment as that resorted to by the prisoners. It was inconceivable to understand how the men could be said to possess the skill or the knowledge requisite for carrying out successfully the operations they undertook. One of the most significant features in the case vas the absence of any expert evidence on behalf of the prisoners, and as 'regarded the insinuation of jealousy, which was imputed to the prosecu- tion, no greater slander upon the great medical faculty of England could well be imagined. The trial was adjourned.

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