si hai, 9h April.
Before F. S. A. Hour: Fudge.
Esq., Assivtant SING YUEN-KEE ¢. MRS, F. BENTLEY, This was a judgment summons on a claim of $11.90 by Sing Yuen-kee, Chinese tailor, against Mrs. F, Bentley he had lest track of one of the men. They were not present, bur a warrant had been issued for Li feNei said that the Magistrate had stated it wou'd not be necessary to issue a warrant for Wang asthe man would apps:
Mr. Phil ips mentioned t" the Court that had been filed by x certain Lu to the effect that it exonerated Wan-sun, Lu Tse-dong was called and examined at some length by the Assessor and gave the follo ing evidence The land tox m collected by the old man wi red in Court at the last sitting -n the ease. The old man was a runner in the employ f the Paoshan Mazistrate. The money wes for land at the oh Rifle Range. Tne Municipal Council had not paid the land tax for four years and the country people were _eaus-ing him trouble. "He was connected with the purchase of the Lunt. Tue country people were unwilling te sell to a man named Chang Vu who was a middleman employed by Ying Wun-sun, Witness was asked by Ying 1o assist in buying the land. That was in th: of Kuang Hysii (ab it was a district" Paoshan hsien—then a nuinber of nthers followed, and finally witness's name. The inference was that witness was the tax collector for the land, but unfortunately he was not. The Ass sear then asked him to make a plain stitement as to who wrote tie printed and other characters, Witness replied that he wrote them all, He did not know who wrote the draft in which the form was printed, but thought it must have Leen the tax collector or Chang. he written. characters were written by a friend; he did not know who. It was some time afterwards when the money was paid, He did not know exactly when, but it was first advancol by Ying. The money was paid te him (witness). Te was some 84) or 850 dollars. When the transfer was made some money was also paid, The country people expected 800 cash per mow. He aid w how many mow there were, He had given the sum alvaneed to him, Ying, to Chang Yung-ssu.
Who Assessor asked if Mr. Godfrey had riy questions to ask Mr. McNeill th wht lo would have tunity, replied that he would. defendant stated that when the. him to do it quickly. ug bensh Mr. Phillips ached that his client be summons was first head she was ill and the land the Coureil refused leased on Messrs, Cushny & -Si could not appear to answer it. She had the land tax (Chang, the leman, no money, and she could not say when she security. had told him se) on account of its "This the Court granted, would live any, as her husband was out of not he i te the work, His Worship adjourned the case sine Council' cults there The last wines, Lu, was ordered be detained at the Mixed Court po ling were so many differ who owne ne security, Wairants were out fi ai different sizes of Lund. The hers wanted when arrested people male trouble because the would be fixed for some day next had not been paid, Ma. A. Dallas
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