No person, in
consequence, ventured out till the execution was over, when they went
to see the Nawab himself converted into smoke; as the general
impression was that as life should leave it, the body was to be blown
off into the air by a general discharge of musketry and artillery.
Moghal Beg was acquitted for want of judicial proof of his guilty
participation in the crime.
Notes:
1. The author's remarks concerning military officers refer to
officers serving with native regiments, now known as the Indian Army.
Before the institution of the reformed police in 1861 the native
troops used to be much scattered in detachments, guarding treasuries,
and performing other duties since entrusted to the police.
Detachments are now rarely sent out, except on frontier service.
2. Firozpur, the Firozpur-Jhirka of the _I.G._, is now the head-
quarters of a sub-collectorate in the Gurgaon district. The three
Districts of the Delhi Territories in Sleeman's time seem to have
been Delhi, Panipat (= Karnal), and Rohtak, which were under the
jurisdiction of the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western
Provinces.
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