Plaintiff sued to recover $9.17, for ice supplied, Defendant admitted that he owed the plaintif some money, but he did not exactly know how much—the plaintiff had so frequently delivered short weight. The $9.17 con After a time, that he (de by the foreman of the ti aintiff what the weight in pounda The proper weight should have been 47-lis., but on one occasion it was us little as wndl for the whole of the fifteen day more or less deficiency, went on ist, when the ff, having been informed of the definey, and told that he would have to make it good, was discovered to have pu weighing bottom of his i: under the ice. detected, plaintitt bolted out of the works, and some time afterwards was found in Hongkew, given into custody, and taken before the Mixed Court. The Chinese Magistrate ordered him to be cangued for a week at the gas works for his fraud. Notwithstanding this punishment, plaintiff pers ed in charging for the full weight of ico, at 70 cents per picul, the contract price. This of course was refused, and the summons was issued, The average weight intiff was about 34lbs. per the book kept by the (Book produced.)
His Hoxovr having calculated the entries inthe book, found that, taking the average during the fifteen days when the weight was checked, only 1,000 catties had been supplied by plaintiff, while the weight he charged for was 1,00 catties. For 1,000 catties, the price would be $7.
Defendant said that wat hat he made the figures come to. He was quite wi ig to pay for 1,000 catties, if His Honour said was the right amount, and through Heding, the interpreter, said he supplied 1,310 catties in one month and six days. He was to supply 35 catties por day, at 70 cents per picul, and bad always supplied that amount.
The Foreman was next called, and on plaintiff being asked if he saw him weigh the ice,
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