The two Cantonese charged with arson in connection with recent tires at 208, 209, and 210 Honan Road were again before the Court. In the absence of Mr. A. White-Cooper, Mr. F. Ellis appeare the defence. Mr. L. E. P. Jones again conducted the prosecution, The prisoner Ten was first called. He described himself as the proprietor of a hong in Honan Road, dealing in sundry ods and also la exports and imports, including medicine s, Previously he wa manager for a fiom in Sun Francisco, and afterwards in business at Hongkong. He arrived at Shanghai about the end of last February, and early in March he purchased the goodwill of his present shop for $235 Tls. 3,500 in a draft on the Deutsch-He brought vith him from Hongkong about Asiatische Bank. This was cashed for him by the No. 2 compradore of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, with whom he (prisoner) left the cash on deposit. He subsequently drew Jout Tls. 1,200 to purchase morphia that morphia was now stored in one of the China Merchants' Company's godowns. He produced the godown order made out in his name. He drew out other sums which
of which Tls. 900 was eventually drawn to deposit us bil with the polies. Although he took over the Honan Road shop on the date named, he didn't open business till June; The delay was caused by the fact. that, his man.er became wrong in his head and to besant away. The second prisoner w: then engaged at $3 a mouth with a commis. sion of 5 per cent. on the net profits of the business, but no other interest in it. He (the present witness) was a married and had his wife and_two children with im in the house at Honan Road. With his stuff there were altogether ten persons in the house, He described the distribution of the sleeping apartments among. the ten. Karly on the morning of the 23nt August, while still in hed, he wakened by the ise of a tire which had broken out next sins, found what the roused the inmates all went downstairs nished. 'The ame day Detecti' came and questioned him ab surance. His police was kept in low-box in the accountant's room on the ground-floor. He was also asked if he was the proprietor and he said that he was, using the Cantonese dialect. He had not been able at first to understand the Detective who used the local dialect. He was then taken to the police station, and on the following day was ailed out.
At the request of Mr., the Assessur, referring to his notes, said evidence had boon given of a tire which occurred ducing the period prisoner was actually in custody.
Prisoner, further examined, said that after his release on bail, he was again roused by the noise of a fire next door. He awakened his household and sent them all downstairs. His clothing and personal effects wore in the house in boxes which could be easily opened.
Cross-examined prisoner said the clothes was partly his and partly his. wife's. the occasion of the Inst fire (on 26th aalling to him in the local dialect but August) he heard a lot of people did not know what they were saying, He went on to a platform at the back of his house and there saw the fire next dow Some reeds were burning, and several people were trying to extinguish the flames, His business was mostly, but not entirely, with Cantones sino apprentice in the shop but s school: boys; one was a student at lego, nad two were the Cantonese school They were included in the ton people of is household, but they only boarded in his house. They were respectively his son and two nephews. One of the latter under stood a few words of the local others none, On the occasion of th fire which took plice after seven the morning, he looked out from his back window and saw a small fire in some reeds. He told his boy to throw a bucket of water over it, The fire was soon put out. The knew nothing of any tires before then. He did not soe the hole in the wall until the detectives had been to the house. The balance of the bail for himself and his managereame froma friend and from ashopkeeper, who advanced it. The godown order for the moral jut the end of July. The morphia first was stored in Dr. King's house, and then in prisoner's shop for ten' days before it went to the godown. The removal was due to the fact that he did not sell any morphia and it was cheaper to store the godown. Six bottles were also placed inthe shop by Dr. Tea and afterwards removed. Prisoner had never personally arranged for his insurance, but, left it the manager, who had since become a lunatic. Dr. Ten arranged for his own insurance on his morphia The second prisoner, said he was employed at 210, Honan Road, as manager and
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