wore charged on remand, with being concerned together in illegally collecting, likin within the limite of the Settlement on various dates between October}
26, 1907, and February 21, 1908.
Zun King-loong was described as likin runner; the other accused was! alleged to be the manager of the Poh shipping hong.
H, Wright prosecuted on tatu ofthe Connell Mr. Wright—I am here to represent. the Council, who, in preferring this)
are seting in the interests of the community of Shanghai, and I am not here on behalf of any individual merchants who have been compelled to pay what they consider an illegal and improper tax. It is the duty of the Council to protect the public against any form of native taxation within the Settlement limite, and where discovered, to take immediate measures to have it stamped out., It so happens that these proceedings are the result of certain information and disclosures supplied local paper _merchante business within the grievance of these merchants with regard to this tax is s matter for the native authorities, and not one in which the Court can afford any redress. But I propose to show the Court that by the evidence before it this tex is both an illegal and an improper one, and one which the merchants are quite within their rights in refusing to pay.
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