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  By: Late Prof. Dr. Allah Rakhio Butt                                Extract  from the Judgment: It would be interesting to reproduce an  extract  from the judgment for the benefit of the present day historian. The verdict was published in the Daily Gazette, Karachi dated 9 July 1919 and reeds as under: The accused is the man of education; he is a writer in Sindhi of considerable fluency and skill. He occupies as editor of the Hindvasi (having circulation between 800 and 900 copies) a position from which he can exercise his powers to accomplish a considerable amount of good, or a considerable amount of harm… the Hindvasi, at the time the article “Martyrdom in Delhi” was published, was one of the most important vernacular Peppers in Sindh… The Hindvasi catered for a class of readers, the majority of whom, it is safe to say, looked to it for the formation of their opinions on events of which they had no first-hand knowledge of their own… Now there can be no doubt of the bad effect of th