J. P. Busser & Ca. yr, M. 8. Hinna, Mr. Loftus Jones said that this was a judgment summons and he appeared for the judgment creditors.
Doses Solomon Hibba stated that he was a British subject and al judgment debtor in the case. He had' not yet satisfied the judgment or any part of it, because he bad no money. When ho bought the shares he had not the whole of the money. He did not buy the shares for himself but for another party. The contract was, however, made in his name, Ho bought the shares for a Chinaman named Li Cheng-kee, who was supposed to be a merchant and bad his office at L297, Foochow Road. He bad never been to the house in question but had gone there after the Chinaman had run away, when ho was told that the man had never lived there. The house was occupied by other Chinese. He only eng. "2d for the man and the inmates said that they knew nothing about him. Ho first made enquiries about the Chinaman in the middle of September. The Chinaman gave him the order for the shares at the Hongkong Bank on the 19th June. The Chinaman asked him to buy Raub shares forward July, and to try to get them as cheaply as possible. He had met the man previously outside the gate of the Hongkong Bank with other Chinese. They used to be on the top of the steps. The Chinaman in question was there on his own hook, and was supposed to be a merchant. He thought he went there to buy shares. He did not give him any contract and retained Bisset's contract all the time. The Chinaman did not ask him for any contract. He told him about it the very same day that he confirmed the purchase of the chares. Ho kept Bisset's letter on Sie but made no other
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