whole year. Mr. Beachcroft,
the magistrate, had been with Sri Aurobindo in Cambridge. . . . The case in due
course went up to the Sessions Court and the trial commenced there in October
1908.Sri Aurobindo
Autobiographical Notes
and Other Writings of Historical Interest
Part One. Autobiographical Notes
2. Sri Aurobindo’s corrections of statements in a proposed biography
Political Life, 1893–1910
The Alipore Bomb Case [4]
The case commenced before the Alipore Magistrate’s
Court on the 19th May, 1908 and continued
intermittently for a whole year. Mr. Beachcroft,
the magistrate, had been with Sri Aurobindo in Cambridge. . . . The case in due
course went up to the Sessions Court and the trial commenced there in October
1908.
[Sri Aurobindo indicated that the last sentence should be placed before “Mr. Beachcroft”, changed “magistrate” to “Judge in the Sessions Court”, and wrote:]
The preliminary trial (a very long one) took place before Birley, a young man unknown to Sri Aurobindo. Beachcroft was not “magistrate” but Judge in the Sessions Court.