The Pigot case : report of the case Pigot vs. Hastie as before the High Court, Calcutta : containing the official documents, the evidence and the judgments in the original and appellate courts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pigot, Mary, plaintiff.

Contributor:

Hastie William (Missionary, Calcutta), defendant.

Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pigot, Mary--Trials, litigation, etc.

Pigot, Mary.

Hastie, William (Missionary, Calcutta)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Hastie, William (Missionary, Calcutta).

Trials (Libel)--India--Bengal.

Trials (Libel).

Libel and slander--India.

Libel and slander.

India--Bengal.

Genre:

Trials, litigation, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Edinburgh (Scotland). Public Library (stamp) (bookplate)

Physical Description:

vi, [2], 338, lxxi pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Calcutta : Printed by Thos. S. Smith, "City Press", 1884.

Summary:

Mary Pigot, lady superintendent of the female mission of the Scottish Ladies Association in Calcutta, sues for slander William Hastie, ordained minister of the established church of Scotland and principal of the General Assembly's Institution. William Hastie found guilty of malicious slander.

Notes:

"The only correct edition."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy formerly the property of Edinburgh Public Library.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

Kislak Center copy has laid in: A correspondence between Rev. W. Hastie and Prof. Kali Charan Banurgi and the editor of the I. C. Herald. Calcutta : Printed by P.N. Shaha, 1881. 18 pages, 21 cm.

Contains:

Correspondence between Rev. W. Hastie and Prof. Kali Charan Banurgi and the editor of the I. C. Herald.

OCLC:

31057127