Prisoner was brought up on remand from the proceeding day.
The evidence of Detective-Sergeant McDowell given at the first hearing was Prosecutor, a Customs, gave evidence. Some amusement was "afforded the Court by reason of the fact that he hid forgoitea the address where h~ lives except that it was Hlongiew. He thought it was Nanzing DetectiveSergeant McDowall explained that complainant kept a fruit shop in Wuchane Roxd Prosecutor stated th+t about 11 a.m two days before, a man who had len convicted at the Mixed Court und-r the name of Charles Leach, came to his house and asked $5. threatening if payment was refused j that he would take prosecutor into custody. The man came three times, and on the third occasion prisoner was standing outside in the street.
Cross-examination failed to induce prosector to alter this story, which differed from the information he had previously given to the police.
His Worship pointed out that it was better that hundreds of men should get off than that one should be wrongfully con-viered and that it would be well under the ireumstances not to carry the case further.
Prisoner, who had claimed to be a British subject on the ground that he was born in Singapore, was accordingly discharged.
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