Chinese Plaintiff and a Transaction in Jade Before Mr. G. W. King, Registrar, at H, M, Supreme Court on Monday, Yung Ching-Kee sued D. Abraham, of Abraham Bros., Jinkee Road, for 8160, balance of account on a trans-faction in jade. 1
Plaintif' gave evidence as to supplying the Jade to defendant, receiv. ing © deposit of $100, and' alleged that when he went next day. to ce of $50 defendant the $100 from him. He id this beemuse he was dissatisfied with 'a. previous purchase of $500 Worth of Jade, now declaring that the price he agreed to pay was too high. Te had been agreed, in regard to this $500 transaction, that it should stand if defendant did. not ive notice of cancellation before December $1, and this, witness declared, had "not bean' done, "If" added' plaintiff, "he found he had made a bad bargain, he must put!
with it" When defendant "robbed" him of his $100, witness took him to the police-station, and the officer on duty advised him that 4 apponred. to. be a. civil dispute which should be referred to "an arbitrator. Apparently, defendant
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