In H. M. Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr. G. W. King, Amar} Singh, a watchman' at Messrs. Watson & Co's, was charged with assaulting and causing actual bodily harm to Bakhtawa Singh, a watchman at Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co's, by striking him with axe on September 22. Mr. E. T, Maitland prosecuted on behalf the police and Mr. JG. Priest~ wood defended.
Complainant, a Malwa, said that, 7.15 am when he was opening 4 door in the Whiteaway Building, defendant struck him with a "fighting. axe" and wounded him in the leg. The incident was a sequel to the trouble in the Gurdwara on July 25, defendant, who was a Majha, having threatened to take revenge because witness -took a stick into the Gurdwara, though defendant also had a stick.
Cross-exatined—At the time of the assault there was not a policeman on duty at the Nanking Road and Szechuen Roud omer.
Mr. Maitland—Not until 8
Iarnam Singh, 'A Chinese employee of Messrs. watson & Ca., whose duty, Mr. priestwood suggested, was to ware se Indian watchman' watching, but she. replied with dignity that he ¢ceived Into customers, said he saw defendants assault the com= Ininant, The latter did not. revoke them. On the way to the ration, whilst Amar Singh was held y a Sikh policeman, witness saw Takhan Singh strike him on the ack with a stick.
The Other Side Harnam Singh, giving evidence, aid he was walking on the opite side to Watson's. When wit-
Witness said he did not see the defendant before the assault, He heard defendant say:—I have cut your leg off and now you can do what you like."
Dr. A. D. Wall said that complainant had a large wound on the left leg which, though not serious to life, might have been detrimental to the use of the leg. It could have been caused by an axe or a knife. It was a downward blow either from the left side or in front.
Cross-examined—Such a wound could have been the result of an accident,
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