The Court opened at 10.30 a.m.
Me. Dausaoxp—In answer to the question: your Worehip put to mo yesterday, I am willing now to withdraw the summons for conspiracy, and leave your Worehip to deal with the other summons simply.
Mr. Warxswatout—I am sorry you have done that, because you elaborately proved that the property of the compluinant—so that it is a consi racy to deprive a man of another mau's property.
Soy Cuona was than called. Examined by Mr. Drummond, he said, giving his erkdencs in Pidglu-Englieh, that ho lived near the Soochow Creek, and was an iron merchant, Last Saturday morning he went out and returned at a little after eleven, and found the compradore and shroff of the American Trading Ca. and Yung plainant) at Witness a th not got it; he had given it back to the man from whom he had it. He did not toll them who this man Tt was a man named Chun King. who had borrowed Tls. 600 from witness on the security of the delivery order. Chang-king-wing had come from Yun-kee, who wanted to borrow the money on the security of i te his but he agreed to lend it to Chang-king-wing. Before the men came to him from the American Trading Company on the Saturdey morning, Chang-king-wing had ro-Whun. witness. told the compradore. that tid the loan and got the delivery order.
he had not got the delivery order, the compradore asked wherein was, Witness said he could not tell him, Fo sai they must got the delivery order thal Yung-kee wanted to go out, and t pradore told the shroff to follow Vu wherever ho went; but witness said, wanichee fear'; he must come back all same two man go, one man can do." Yung-keo was then allowed to go alone. The compradore went back to his office, and the shroff remained at witness's hone, the compradore having told him to see where Yung-keo and witness went. Yung-Keo came back at half-past one; but witness was not at home then. Witness's shroff told him that Yung-kee had come back, with a policeman and another:
Cross-examined by Mr. Wainewright—Tt was the shroff whom witness told that Yung-kee would come back; the com-Pradore had gone then.
Yan-xer was then called and examined by Me. Deummond through the interpreter. He said his real name was Yin Teo-ving but his business name, and the name by which he was always known, was Yun-kee, He did business in the iron trade. He knew the plautiff, whose hong-name was Yunykee. He bought from the plaintiff 425 fed paid for it, He had taken delly piculs and 38 catties of chain iron, and
of 200 piculs and some odd cattle On the 14th he tried to got delivery of the rear at Hongkew Wharf, and they refused to deliver it. They did not give any reason, and he did not ask for he went back to Yung kee. It was on the 14th day of the 6h moon that he bought the iron from Yung-kee. He pai for it in two instalmonte—the first, Tis 401.35 on the 6th of the 7th moon. "Ti was for 300 piculs and 67 cattle. He took delivery on the 8th of the 7th moon; and paid the second instalment of the purchase on the 13h of the 7th moon. The balance was Tie. 439, Yungim the Customs Pass when he paid the talment, and the delivery order on the 8th of the 7th moon, Alter the purchase all the cargo was aald to witness; Yung-kee had nothing more to do Wainewright, 2 por picul for at was the market pric: He had a return commission of one per cent. from the man to whom he paid the money. He did not know what Yung-koe gave for the iron. Two days before he bought the iron e been worth Tis, 2 per picul; there had been little or no change in the marke!
Tsten SUNG-Yun was Lion called. Hy said hewasa broker, doing busiuessiniron cargo.
Saturday morning, about half-peat was going towards the Fre Concession, and when near the English Club he saw the complainant and another Chinaman, who was pulling the complainant, He believed this other Chi-aman was employed by the American Trading Company. He asked the complainant what was the matter, and the replied, "This man belongs a Hong (American Trading Com-go there." Witness where, and did not stay riy more, The other Chinaman was using strength to pull the complainant, He was on the English side of the bridge over the Yang-king-panz when he saw that, There were only those two there two rickshas were following them. He did not look back afterwards, to compli The Compl whether the man was till
struggle; he only said, going, I'm not going." had on a white bamboo the other man had hold of sleeve. The two mon had th and were shouting. There was no crowd around them.
Mr. Davanionp said this was the case for the prpsecuti WAINEWEIGHT said he did not propose to occupy the Court ey making preliminary observations. As they were how clear of the conspiracy, they had to their undivided to ti risenment. evidence had been given to show that the accused was in any way connected with any action that the shroff might have taken on the Bund. The accused could scarcely be found guilty of a false imprisonment of the complainant because his shroff plucked the complainant by the sleeve on the Bund and a little ani imated coi ersation took
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