Only one of three Chinese defendants appeared at the Mixed Court -tast Friday when Mr. Grant Jones, British Assessor, and Magistrate Yui heard the summonses against them for non-payment of rates. The three men summoned were: Char Sung-mow, B260 Kiangse Road: Tsaung Woo-tsang, Ad Szechuen Road; and Wong Ssu-chung, 226 Szechuen Road, and it was the first of these who appeared in Court.
Mr. G. H. Wright, appeared to to prosecute for the S. M. Council.
Mr. Wright said that 12 sum: monses had' been applied for, and of the 12 nine had paid and with regard to them he would ask for court fees.
The Assessor said that there were only three men before him and he knew nothing about the other nine.
Chief Insp. Vaughan said he had been asked by the Acting Commissioner of Police to say that 12 summonses were issued on Thursday morning, but were not served owing to a message from the Superintendent of Revenue. The summonses were held up until 2.90 p.m when another telephone message was received stating that nine of the 12 had paid un.
The Assessor said that the names of the nine in question should be on the charge sheet, and Mr. Wright asked that the error might be rect? fied whilst the other three cases were being dealt with.
The Assessor assented, and said that the proper procedure was to ask for withara and costs.
The case of Char Sung-mow was then taken, defendant appearing in person.
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