Acase in which " watchman of the Shang* hhaiand Hongkew Wharf Ca. was accused of breaking the leg of a man, who, it was al-Texed, was stealing timber fromthe Wharf, was heard again, having been adjourned from the 20th June.
Mr. R, Law said that on the 19ch June the coolies were leaving work fur the day, and were passing out of the gate, when the watchman observed the prosecutor carrying 'a bundle of wood, and tailed him to stop. This the man declined to do, and the watelimun nave chase, and struck the other with stick he was carrying. The man ran a distance of about 100 yards and then fell down. When he was arrested and taken to the police station it was found that his leg was broken, end he then accused the watchman of causing the injury by striking jim with a piece of wood. The watchmen wane only permittd to carry a small stick,.a blow from which could not possibly have caused a fractured leg. When the mau's leg was examined it was found that he was wearing a large plaster where the fracture Inspector Bourke stated that the prosecutor was discharg-d from the hospital some little time ayo, but he was still unable to walk, There was great pres-Sure on the hospital accommodation. A certificate respecting the injury, given by Dr. Boone, was handed in.
The constable who arrested the prose-enter gave evidence.
Mr. Law ssid that he could call Mr. Glass to prove that the accused curried
stick. nothing more formidable then " stall pointed out that the that the accused was carrying a thick stick Mr. Glass should have been at Court to give his evidence, but he would order an adjournment. until Friday next, sv that Mr. Glass could attend, Extensive Iron Stealing Case.
This ease, remanded from the 13th inst., in which the proprietors of the hong Yee Dah, North Soochow Rond, are charged with receiving a quantity of iron valued at $1,000, said to have been stole" from the store of Chin Ye-tei and Ca., was resumed.
Mr. Jerni, said thit he had been fructed to appear for th accused, Yee Dah, and understood that the last ' time the ease was before the Court a warrant had b-en issued for the arcest of the part-ne's. He understood that one of the men was quite ill, and as he was a min of god standing, he asked that the matter should be adjourned for a few days.
Mr. Jones, for the prosecution, said that the warrant had been returned the endorsement gone to Wusieh," which was not consistent with the statement of Counsel. It was impossthle for the case to proceed in the absence of the principals.
he men already arrested were merely employees, and not responsible. He understood that only a summons had been issued in the first instance, but he now asked that a warrant should be issued. It was a strange thing that the man was to> ill to attend the Court at the first hearing, and thet as soon as a summons was issued he recovered sufficiently to journey to Wusieh.
The case was adjourned till Monday next to secure the man wanted.
How Cholera is Spread. A Heavy Fine.
The keeper of a fruit against by Mr. N.
Markets, on a charge of exposing for sale fruit unfit for human consumption.
Mr. Hugall stated that about the 26th June when the cholera was very proval ent, he received instructions from the Health Officer to all bad fruit exposed in shops in the Sotllement, and before the order was carried into effect a the opinion that the diminution of the cholera was largely due to the seizures of fruit that had been made.
Inspector Campion having given evidence sto the seizu: e of the fruit, ud stated that the accused had given trouble on_ several occasions, the Court leted a fine of $50.
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