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શે. આ કરની પેઢીને ઈતિહાસ
Guru Gumanji. The document was given to me in the prayerplace. I do not know how it came into the possession of my Guru. It must belong to the gadi. The letter from Joetaram was to my Guru."
૫. યતિશ્રી મોતીજીની જુબાની ઉપર દરબારશ્રીની ટીકાની નોંધ આ કેસમાં આ પ્રમાણે અંગ્રેજીમાં લેવામાં આવી છે–
“This witness produced exhibit No. 27. His evidence is important, because he produced the document which it is contended is a forgery. So we give his evidence in full, simply remarking that the production by a witness in whose possession it had only been fot six days, the non-appearance of the person in whose possession the document had previously been, and the non-production of Joctaram's letter, are circumstances of suspicion sufficient to throw grave doubts on the genuineness of the document."
f. 241 &falqox hal 191.2491a fal. 3031737 241 4HQ APREL 241721 sat
"68. I come now to the document Z (27). It was produced by the witness Motiji (32), a Jati of Porbandar. He deposed that he had brought the document from Dharnand Suri, a Jain Acharya.
“ 69. The learned counsel for the Thakore impugned its genuineness on the ground that it was produced at a late stage in the case. The Shravuks replied that it was only lately that they heard where the document was. This is possible. It was also contended that the ink looked too black for such an old document. The ink is dark; but it does not follow that, because a document is old, the ink must have faded.
“ 70. It must be remembered that the document was produced before Captain Barnewell as far back as A. D. 1820, and has been repeatedly referred to in previous proceedings. Captain Barnewell wrote : An agreement was entered into between the heads of the Shravuks and the ancestors of the present Palitana Chief, when, in consideration of protection, a moderate contribution was stipulated for by a written instrument which is forthcoming.' The document was therefore produced. Captain Barnewell refers to the
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