Inspector Young said that on Septemmer 28 defendant ordered two motor-car Outer Covers ana two inner tubes valued! at Ts. 78 from the Dunlop Rubber Ca. These goods were never actually delivered to him personally. They were taken delivery of by a man to whom Hinton had sold them. On October 3 he ordered further goods. They were delivered, at his hong address, 5 Foochow Road. In payment for the goods he gave a post-dated compradore order for Tls. 165.62, the value of the two lots. It was passed to the bank and returned, marked on the back, address unknown, Det.-Sub-Insp. Hunter said he arrested Hinton at 11 a.m. on October 23 im Chief Inspector Wheeler's office at the Mixed Court. When defendant had been cautioned and the warrant read over to him, he replied, "Quite correct, I have received the goods. ut I did not intend to defraud in any way.
Sydney G.
Hayes. commercial assistant at the Dunlop Rubber Co.'s offices, gave evidence that he received the orders for the goods. The orders were signed by the person to whom they were delivered. When witness received the second order he was in doubt about payment. He refused to deliver and the coolie went away. Later he received a_ telephone message from Hinton & Ca., asking that the tyres should be delivered. When witness asked about payment, he was told that. the cheque, for that lot and the tyres ordered previously, would be sent- On receiving the compradore order he noticed at once that it was post-dated about 15 days. It turned out to be a bad one. On going to 5 Foochow Road he found the offices of Hinton & Ca. locked. He could get no information about them.
Accused said his compradore had absconded, and was asked by the Magistrate whether he could pay the prosecutors the value of the goods. He replied that he could not.
The Magistrate said there were certain elements about the case which tHe police ought to consider before they went on with the proceedings. They would have to show that the man deliberately intended to defraud. In other words there was the barrier between civil and criminal proceedings to consider. They would have to prove their case up to the hilt that accused had no intention of paying for the goods.
Shanghai differed from England, where it was very difficult to get credit. If you did get credit in England and there was any suspicion afterwards about your obligations, you_would soon hear about it. In Shanghai, as all knew, it was a very common thing to get credit. Most of us could go into any shop in Shanghai and get credit. He (the Magistrate) could go into his club credit for drinks, or into compradore's and. get: it, Save when he travelled on a tr: which he did but rarely nowata—he wags not obliged to carry any money at all on him.
Bail was fixed in two British sureties of $100 each, and the cused remanded.
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