Much excitement was caused to-day [March 11, Calcutta] in the Chief Presidency Magistrate’s Court when the Police produced in connection with a case a snake eight feet long, manufactured from yellow, black and white beads. The manufacturer succeeded in producing an extremely lifelike representation of a yellow blacked snake studded with the well known black shell or cowrie marks. Underneath consisted of white beads into which were worked in black the words “Turkish Prisoner 1917”. A coachman by name Salikbin was found with the snake in his possession and as he was unable to give a satisfactory account in regard to the same he was sent up for trial. In the court he informed the Magistrate that not long ago while driving his ticca he found the snake lying on the road. He was given time to bring a witness to prove his assertion.
