The Archive · 1925

Loss of One

A claim for the alleged loss'of fur oat entrusted to" leat cafe was the subject of proceedings be: fore Judge Sir Skinner Turner at M. Supreme Court on. Thursday. Plaintif was R. L. A. Hornly, who sought £158 damacer" ngainee the Carlton, Lal Mr. JR. Jones, for plaintiff, xald that the coat had been" entrusted defendants by. the plaintiff.

Mr. J. F. Badeley, for defendants, aid he wax not ready to go to trial Jot the action, The amount. claime fed wax a Targe one—aver $1,000, He thought he wie entitled tans wer in detail The Judge—Short cute have taught me. one or two severe. les sons. Hadn't you better say' no= thing a the Deen momen ft. Badeley—I was only going to ask that my friend should give! fall particulars, The Jadge—t think the host thing for me would be simply to ord: ler pleadings. You can give me a of of elaborate details then and see you te successful Tue sessions of the Mixed Court on Tuesday time—by 10 v'elock to be exact, They started at a couple of minutes past 9.30, Der-Suu-Ivsrn. Hunter pro. secured two Chinese at the Mixed Court on Monday for being concerned together in planning a robBery' at 17 Elgin Road, the house of a wealthy Chinege' in whose employ tone of the accused was for some time.—The police got wind of the affair and arrested the accused in Kiukiang Road before they could Start on their campaign. On one of the prisoners was found a pistol Jand sever bullets, and on the other vas a false, moustache—-A emo was granted for a week to permit the police to make further inquiries,

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