Compradore.
Kin Yuet-ching, a compradore in the employ of Messrs. Castle Bros., was brought up in custody, remanded from the 4th inst, charged with' forging and altering certain delivery orders, thereby obtaining 163 bales of cotton drills of the value of Tls. 9,234 and defrauding. Messrs. Castle Bros. out of the said sum of money. The prisoner was further charged with obtaining Tls. 5,800 by means of four Bank orders, received from the Ting Shing Hong in exchange for a delivery order for 5,000 bags of flour, the said delivery order being forged.
Mr. Brusliticld appeared on behalf of Massrs. Castle Bros., Mr. Latter (Messrs. Drummond and honoring a represented the Ting Shing Hong, Mr. Nelson (Messrs. Stokes and Platt) watched the case on behalf of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Ca, Mr. L. E. P. Jones watched the case on behalf of the Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Company. and Mr. C. R. Holcomb appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
Mr. Nelson informed the Court that he no longer represented Messrs. Castle Bros, Certain complications had arisen, as a result of which he was now retained by the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company to watch the case on their behalf, He derstood that Mr, Brushfield was now representing Messrs. Castle Bros.
The Assessor said that there were now many firms concerned in the case. Messrs. Castle Bros. were an American firm and he was sitting as an American Assessor. Ho suggested that the other firms should bring their cases before the various Assessors according to their nations Mr. Holcomb said that this was a criminal Tease and any Assessor might sit. There was no civil ought as yet.
Mr. Nelson suid that' there was no civil ease vet; there might, however, be a civil "ase later on.
Inspector Matheson hauled to the Court certain delivery orders which were found in the prisoner's possession at the time of his arrest.
Mr. Brushfield said that the prosecution was for forgery of or causing to be forged certain delivery orders. Certain delivery orders had been altered. There were four delivery orders for bales of cotton drills on the China Merchants' Company. The first was an order for five bales, dated the 4th December, and the five had been altered to fifty. The second order was dated the Sth December and was also for five bales. This also had been altered to fifty. The next was an order for three bales, dated the 10th December, und had been altered to thirty. The last order was for five bales, dated the lith December, and had been altered to fifty. These were all made to the order of one Tai Foong. The orders were not in Counsel's possession, but he understood that Mr. Nelson had them, holding them for the China Merchants' Company, He asked that these orders might be produced.
ong was not at present before the Court, but he (Counsel) asked that he should be summoned to appear. He understood that Tai Foong denied ever having ordered the goods, or having seen, or received, or paid for them. The books and docu: ments of the prisoner were already before the Court, and it was probable that a thorough examination of these would enable the bales to be traced. He asked that the books be examined by some expert and that they be gone carefully through and the entries bearing on the case translated. __Mr. Nelson said that he had intended to make a similar application.
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