Chinese American Fined for Misuse of Premises George D. Wing, Chinese-American, appeared, before Mr. N. E. Lurton, Commis at "the and his riesha was going at an ordinary speed and along a straight course. When the. collision occurred, he was thrown out of the asha, on to his right shoulder, and received a severe bruise.' The riesha was, he thought, about a foot away from the kerb when the collision took place but witness did not hear the accused sound his horn, A doctor's certificate was then produced.
'The next witness, Mr. G. Mayne, said that he saw the accident as he was going along the road in the opposite direction. 'The car was behind and tried to pass the ricsha, In doing s0, it struck the smaller vehicle and' dragged it along a distance of about seven or eight feet. Accused had to go about 18 feet before he could pull up the car, Witness could not say whether accused sounded his horn but he thought that the car must hat been going at a speed of about 18 miles an hour. The riesha was running straight when witness saw it and the car appeared to swerve a litre, The defendant said that he was going very slowly and was a little distance behind the riesha. A Ford car then came toward him and there was just enough room for him to pass between the Ford and the Tiesha, However, he succeeded in doing this and had just got clear when he heard a bump at the back of his ear, so he looked round time to see the ricsha turning over. The rear wheel had struck the ear. Defendant. held that he was fully Justified in passing between the the Ford and this, said, was proved by the fact' that he was able to pass through successfully, To his mind the reason for the collision was the fact that the coolie must have got nervous over the nearness of the car and swerved toward it.
This evidence was corroborated by a Chinese passenger, morning charged with permitting, opium smoking. and gambling on his premises and, further, - with, failing to register the names of guests registered in his lodging house at No. 6 Woochang Road.
Schmidt and other gave evidence to the effect that they raided the place on the 14th instant and found opium and gambling paraphernalia in the room, 14 men standing round tone of the tables. The bow! of the opium pipe was still hot when the police entered the building.
Accused pleaded not guilty' and] contended that as he was not present at the time of the raid, he could not say what took place during his absence. However, he was fined $25 on the first charge and $5 on the second. Both there sume were in gold currency and costs are to be added.
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