Atthe Mixed Court on Wednesday (10th instant) before Mr. Chang (Magistrate) and Mr. 8, F. Mayers (British Assessor) the case of the Municips! Council v. Ying Wan-sun again came before the Court.
Mr.; D. McNeill (Messrs, Dowdall, Hanson and MeNoill) apported for the Council and Mr. 'T. Morgan Phillips (Messtis. Drummond, Phillips and White-Cooper) for the defendant.
Me. Phillips suid he was not present when the case was first in the Court and he did not know the exact charge preferred against his client. He would like to have a formal statement made.
The Assessor stated that the charge was avery simple one. Ying bad handed cor-tain tax receipts to the Municipal Council, which were subsequently suspected to be forgeries and it was a matter of Sinding whether they were forgeries or not.
Mr. Phillips said there was no evidence so far to show they were actual forgeries.
The Asvessor replied that when ti papers wore suspected they were sent to the Mixed Court magistrate to express an opinion if they were forgeries. The magistrate did not give an opinion but forwarded them to the Paoshan magistrate, who stated they were forgeries.
Mr. Phillips asked if there was any evidence from the Paoshan magistrate.
The Assessor naid the Paoshan magistrate had written a letter to the effect they were forgeries.
Mr. Phillips said that precisely similar receipts had been given by the Paoshan magistrate upon which the British Consulate had issued title-deeds, The Assessor thought the next step would be to take the evidence of the other witnesses in the case, and a man named Wang, who had formerly been in Yinz's employ as a clerk, was called.
Mr. McNeill asked to see the receipt. Wang in reply to Mr. MeNeill said he was at present unemployed. He was staying with Ying Wou-sun, He had nothing do with the preparation of the parer. could not recognise the foreign writing. He wrote the Chinese characters. He had hibited without permission.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.