Justice? From whose of view-the offender or the offended?
What only on ordinary man. But, he is no ordinary judge. Do when he has to deliver a sentence against a backdrop of racial and political difficulties and overwheloming odds? And his own conscience?
This is only an ordinary man. But, he is no odinary judge. Herein lies the difference.
This is an autobiography of Maurice Collis who, starting from the bottom rung of the ladder as a plain Citizen, ventually became the Magistrate of Rangoon, but not until he has to overcome many trials outside the court room.
Chapter 1
1. All Souls
2. Beside the Irrawaddy
3. The Necromancer
,etc.
Chapter 2
1. District Magistrate
2. The Chinese
3. The Princess
,etc.
Chapter 3
1. Rangoon Society
2. The Servant
3. Sir Charlesd Prosecutex
,etc.
Chapter 4
1. Sedition
2. The Arrest of the Mayor
3. The Mayor Arrives
Chapter 5
1. The Earthquake
2. The Massacre
3. The Colloquy on the Road
,etc.
Chapter 6
1. After the Massacre
2. The Mutiny
3. The Inquiry
Chapter 7
1. Sir Charles Goes on Leave
2. The Lieutenant of the Camerons
,etc