There were about one hundred and fifty armed men in it; and, after a little bravado, they all surrendered, and were brought to me.

Mohiboollah had, however, gone off, on the pretence of collecting his rents, two days before; but his father and brother were among the prisoners.

All who were recognised as having been engaged in the robbery, were sent off prisoners to Lucknow, and the rest were disarmed and released.
Among those detained were some notorious robbers, and the gang would soon have become very formidable but for the accident of my passing near.

He had got the lease of the estate through the influence of Akber-od Dowlah, one of the Court favourites, for the sole purpose of converting it into a den of robbers; and, the better to secure this object, he had got it transferred from the jurisdiction of the Nazim to the Hozoor Tehseel, over the manager of which the Court favourite had paramount influence.

He was to share with his client the fruits of his depredations, and, in return, to secure him impunity for his crimes.