1 SS» JUSTICE AND POLICE OF THE KINODOSt
2 There are Causees in all ooiuiderable towns in ihe Cmbiil'donii-
3 niona, and they have deputies over the whole countrji except that of
4 the three or fimr tribes who are reckoned to be in open rebellion.
5 Hie Cauzccs no where interpose unless an ^pUGSti<ni is made to
6 them: this happens mpre rarely in the more remote pacta of the
7 country, where they are chiefly appealed to in civil cases. When a
8 crime is not acknowledged by the accused, it is always referred to the
9 Cauzy, but acknowledged crimes are most £requently decided <m by
10 Jirgas, in the manner already described.
11 The usefulness of the Canzees' courts is in a great ineu-su re destroyed
12 by the corruption which prevails in them ; and, in towns and their
13 neighbourhood, justice is further impeded by the power and influence
14 of the great.
15 The Cauzees are appointed by the King, at the recommendatioa
16 of the Imaum of the household.
17 A few only have salaries from the treasury. There is, liowever^
18 in some plac^, if not in all, a small tax imposed on every family in
19 the district, which goes entirdy to the Causy. Hiey have also fees
20 on marriages ; on affixing their seab to deeds.; and peiliapa on the
21 causes tliev decide.
22 Hie Mooftees hare a fee on every opinion they give $ but this can^
23 not by itself be enou^ to maintain them.
24 The potlioe of towns b managed under the Srdarby theMeecshub^
25 the Mohtesebf and the Baio^a of the Basan.
26 The Meershub answers to the Cntwal in Indi*. He has wtfdmicn
27 under him called IQdiikcliees, who are posted on diftceot guards in
28 the town. In Peshawer, and probabl} in other towns, there are many
29 other watchmen paid by the people of the ward which they guard.
30 The Meershub goes the rounds at night, and takes up thieves, dis-
31 turbers of the peace, and offenders against morals. Both the Meeiv
32 shubs and the Mohtesibs are odious and discreditable offices } and
33 they are probably the source of much oppression. In Peshawer, at
34 least, the Meershub paid an annual sum for his office, and extorted
35 £ees irom gwuing-houses$ wine-shops, persons whom he tooi^ up on
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