The notebooks of John Hyde and Sir Robert Chambers, a vast and unparalleled source of information about the early years (1774-1798) of the Supreme Court in India located in Calcutta, mention a case that was heard on this day.

Kissnopersaud Jain, a resident of Calcutta, had complained that five persons, Rutton, Harriah, Persaud Pyke, Neeloo and Mohun, had broken into his establishment feloniously and stolen 360 “pieces of Cloth called Saras” (saris) “of the value of five pounds” on June 9 that year. The records mention a 12-member Jury.

Several witnesses were heard and the accused questioned. The verdict pronounced only Rutton guilty, “on the Second Count”, grand larceny.

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