Dealers And Transporters in the Mixed Court on a Levy Issue Before Messrs. Allman and Yui at the Mixed Court on Thursday, Wong Zung-long, representative the Tung Zung Tang Pig 'l'raders" Guild, charged Chow Tkeh-foo, Dzung Siao-sung, Pao Tseng-wah and Tsong Zu-ling with conspiring together with intent to defraud by means of advertisements representing themselves as promoters of an association known as the Pig Traders' Mercantile lransporta—tion Association, and that by means of this association they unlawfully threatened the complainants and attempted to levy and collect from them an unlawful tax of two silver cents per head on alt Pigs yi into Shanghai bly) pig dealers. Plaintiffs were represented by. Messrs. K. E, Newman, J. W. Schoenfeld and R. G. Macdonald, and Dr, O. (Fischer-appeared for the defence.
Mr. Newman said it was an extremely important case and the evidence of a number of witnesses. would have to be heard. There was much detail to be gone into and this would take some time.
The Court decided to hear the case on Thursday next at 10.30 a.m.
Two Chinese were charged on. Thursday with attempting to obtain $150 from the Asia Banking Corporation by means of false pretences. Det. Sgt. Douglas gave evidence of the arrest and said that a cheque had evidently been stolen, signed, and later presented to the bank for payment, which action eventually led to the arrest of the men. Mr. H. D. Rodger, for the defence, said that his clients were resp lo men, employed for the past 10 years by a Gen. Li in the French Concession. Bail' was fixed at $150 each and the case was remanded for a week, L. Y. Lugovia, a Russian, appeared before Messrs. Mead and Tsang at the Mixed Court last Friday morning for failing to pay Municipal rates amounting to $111.58 on premises at A772 Broadway and 1692 Hwakee Road, after due demand had been made. Defendant recognized the amount of rates only up to April 1, 1922, when he sold out his store. new tenants, his suoopssors, he submitted, should be responsible for the remainder. If these people refused to pay, he said, he would assume liability, but he could not do so before August next as he now only had two coppers (produced) which he could call his own money. He had had confiscated by the Soviet Government more that 25 million gold roubles and had lost a large sum also as a result of the recent typhoon at Swatow. The Court made an order for defendant to pay within a month, failing which tae Council could institute civil proceeding; against him if they wished.
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