An unemployed native was charged at the instance of Mr. Potier, Portusuese Consul-Genersl, with creating a disturbance and wilfaly damaging property ut No. 3, Nor-h Svochow Roxd, on the 10th instant.—The prisoner had been previvusimprisonment expulsion from the ly convicted and sentenced to a term of Setil-ment for a similar vffonce. He was now sentenced to two years' imprisonment, 16th March.
Before Mr. Sux (Assistant Magistrate) and Mr B. Twysax (British Aste-sor).
An Insurance Fraud. insurance broker, one Ssu ing the sum of Tls. 1,000 from the Phew! Fire Insurance Company and further with attempting to fraudulently obtain the sum of Tls. 2,000 from the Netherlands Fire Tosuranee Company, by means of tale" claims, between the 14th and 2ist of February, 145.
The case had previously been before the Court on the 10th instant.
Me. Ohlinger appeared for the defence, Mr. F. M. Brooks watch: d the case'on behalf of Sun Saw-ching. who bad already been convicted, and Mr. E. H. Lem watched the proceedings on behalf of one Ah Ching, i" whose name the policy taken out with the Netherlands Insurance Com-who bad audited the compan books riy had been made out.
The evidence given by Sun Saw-ching at and accounts since its incorporation. the previous hearing was to the effect that "At the close of the evidence, Kuh Yunz-chang had asked one of witness's Mr. Hughes addressed the Court on clerks to wake out the fraudulent claim behalf of his clients. He said it was which Kuh mute-l to the Insurance difficult to understand what case was offices. Afterwards Kuh- took witness to a vague suggestion of francly but. no 'There a shroff took then into a, foreigner' made against Mr. Moreing. There was the Insurance. office we collect the money. room where Kah' received 'a compradore order which was afterwards cashed downstairs for two orders for Tls. 600 and Tle. 800 respectively. Kuh paid witness $86... Kah had previously told him thatrout of the order for Tls. 300 the compradore would get Tis, 100.and the in terpreter Ts. 200, Kuh cashed the other order at a. motive bank and promised to. mest witness at an opium shop fa. North Honan Road next dry to divide the money. The m ney ws mover divided and witness only received the $86. The policy was taken out by the defendant a year ago, witness's bebait. The fire occurred on the 10th of February. Kuh cold witness iat_he had large experience in making out claims, and later told witness that he had handed im the claim to Messrs. Little and Ca.
The shroff above referred to gave evidence that Kuh presented the dain and the money way paid on the 17th February, and that San Sawehing wis present atthe time. Kuh put the orders in his ud the balance of $264 wax paid to him in notes. Nothing was said about commission, hut Kuh stated that Sun Saw-ching owed him money.
Cros-examined—The list of furniture handed in by the sured was in, Chinvs and was translated by witness, the transla tion being handed to Mr. Dally, Neith: r of the papers was signed by tie assured. The claim was handed in by Kuh, and Sun Saw-ching was not then present The claim was paid to Sun, who handed Tis, 200 to Kuh.
Mr. H. W. Daldy, of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, gave evidence that two days after he fire, Sun was brought to the office by Wong; he had no payers or claim He wns told to go away an! make out his claim. Three or four days labor the interpreter brought up the claim with the translation of sume. Tw. days after this witness saw Ching, who was brought up by the interpreter." Witnos asked him 8 fow questions and was satisfied about the claim. He claimed 1,029 taels. Witness wrote cut. compradore order ani receipt for Wong and took the order downstairs to get: it signed and told Ching to sign the receipt. Witness then came upstairs again and gave the compra: dare o: der to Wong and he yave witness receipt. The broker Kuh had nothing 10 io with any claims and witness only dealt, direct with the, assured. The firm had no brokers as recognised agents. The prison er yot bu-invsy and paged it wherever he like: xnd received a commission, "When there was 0° lose got a. commis: ion from the xssuced, with which insurers had nothing to do. Witness considered thin practice a bad custom. The shraf said that the broker must be preseat when claims were paid. This was not a rule of the office; it w-s only an understanding with the Chinese, Cross-examined—If a broker brought in any business he was brought to witness for approval. It wax a custom for outside brokers to be paid a commission. Witness knew that the accused did nut sco him the day the claim was presenta!. Witness only dealt with Wong. Chinese might have a different custom. Witness had no dealings with the broker or the assured, The claim in Chines was signed and presented by Wong to witness. The Chinese claim was written on white paper, which was contrary to the usual custom.
See Ah-san, a compradore in the employ of Messrs. Fobes and Ca., said that the claim ror Tls. 2,000 against the Netherlands Insurance Ca. passed through his hands. It was in the name of Ah Ching "ud was issued to Kuh. Ching's brother presented it to a man named Ab Ling, and Kuh was not present. Witness accepted it from Ching's brother, as the brother had previously ith Ching. Witness had
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