The full text of the judgment delivered in the High
Court of Bombay in the Nasik conspiracy case reached England at the close of last week. In view of Sir Henry Cotton's utter- ances—notably his expression of hope that Savarkar would be released—it is interesting to note that not only was Savarkar shown to have preached political assassination at the India House in London in ]907-8, and prepared manuals on the making of bombs for use in India, but that the despatch of a number of Browning pistols to his fellow-conspirators was traced to him, and that it was one of these pistols which was used to murder Mr. Jackson at Nasik. The sentence of transportation for life and forfeiture of property passed on Savarkar cannot be carried into execution until the technical point raised by the French Government has been settled at the Hague. But, as the Times remarks, this issue has nothing whatever to do with Savarkar's guilt, which has been established after a trial lasting three months before three of the highest Judges in India, one of whom is a, Hindu.
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