The prosecution, continued Dr. Sellett, had produced no evidence of a criminal nature, and it was hard to believe that' they ever expected the case to come to Court.
was also hard to believe that a man in Dadanashvill's position, with over a million dollars at stake, got to Viadivostock and could not get away, Why Ezra abandoned the case' when the question of Jurisdiction was decided was another matter.
Dealing in opium, proceeded coun. sel, was a bad thing, but some things were worse, and he suggested that from the evidence before the Court one of the complainants, if not both, were guilty of something worse than dealing in opium. And if the Court believed that Gwanho Ca. purchased this opium, it!
believe that Zagarilli told a deliberate lie and that he was guilty of what amounted to attempted extortion.
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