nmsde to Ching Yue. Security was given in the shape of piece goods and yare. The two orders that had been put in as evidence were part of the security. At the request of the manager. the witness forwarded them to Mesers. Jardine, Matheson & Ca On Angust_ 18 he wrote again. On August 10 he went round to. Messrs, Jardine, Mathesoh's office and asked them to endorse the orders, but they said they could not.
Cross-examined by Mr. Jones—Wheo the orders were placed with, the bank so immediate advance was made. These two orders only formed part of the security. To the best of his knowledge witney anid that he didn't thi collapse, and the collapse of the banks with
about a great crisis, Wheo mbioh be man cine had, brought went to Measre, Jardine, Matheson's office, they told bim that they could not endorse the orders until certain invoices which bad been advanced {o Ching Ye, had been paid.
Charles W. Beswick stated that be was employed in the import department of Mesars, Jardine, Matheson & Qo. At the tim incidents related in this case, he was in charge of the department, He was sent round to the offices of Messrs. Platt, Teesdale, and Macleod. He saw the orders and ex-preseed surprise to them that they we: endorsed on the back, He also said thought they would be honoured presentation, He told his superiors what he had seen and they instructed would aot be boscared, him to telephone and say that th
In reply to Mr. Jones the witness said that Ching Yue ner disclosed the fact that he was foanclog his goods with a foreign bank, stated that this dis ute was Bedwoen te?
Mr, Jones, before ¢ alling any evident
persons who hed been dealing with Chiog Yue. There was no question about it that by the action of thie man they bad both suffered " loss, Through his suppression of the fact that be was dealing with the International Bank acd pledging the goods to trem, be was able to get this advance from Jardine, Matheson and Ao. The defendant's house was a very large one and imported goods ith whom they did a very business and they did not maki of foreign banks as other ux did. With " view to having control mip of their dealers and only done with hich hed been printed pon the top of bad been thought oat, Atthe time that the defendeots dlinery forms, made the loan to Ching Yue the delivery order bed been brought in to the office by the latter with a request for the cargo, and he asked the defendants to pat fe chop on the back.
The person in charge at the time shop on and filled in. Ching? "Yes: name. That was how the two orders came to have the endorsement upon them, and so far as the firm was tow. cerned no one had kaowladge of their
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