John Yarker – In Memoriam

IN MEMORIAM—]OHN YARKER I invite not merely every Very Illustrious Ρ.Ρ., but every decent man, to sustain my protest by following me from this illegally and treacherously convoked assembly. The Convocation was then adjourned sine die by unanimous consent. To this speech we attach an account of the legal proceed- ings on which it is based : IN THE COURT OF THE DISTRICT JUDGE OF CHINGLEPUT O. 5. No. 47 of 1912 J. NARAYANIAH-P!az'7ztzj Versus MRS. ANNIE BESANT—Defendant THE WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE _PLAINTIFF I. J. NARAYANIAH, the plaintiff above, is a Government Pensioner living at 118 Big Street, Triplicane, Madras. His address or service of all notices and processes, through his Vakil at Madras, care of Mr. P. N. Anantana Chariar, B.A., BL., High Court Vakil, Chingleput. 2. Mrs. Annie Besant is the President of the Theo- sophical Society and has her permanent place of residence at Adyar, near Madras, at the Head-quarters of the said Society. 3. The plaintiff, who had been a member of the Theo- sophical Society prior to his retirement, was, at the beginning of 1909, invited by the defendant to take up his residence I5