The Archive · 1926

What the Police Saw

C. P. C. 717 said that, whilst on ity on the Nanking "Road.and chuen Road corner, he heard a! lice whistle and saw complainant, ith on upraised stick, chasing two: indians whom he could rot identity.

had not heard of any trouble: viore that. Witness. saw the atehman crossing the road; the her two were on the opposite side Watson's.

P. C. 594 said that the defendats walked past him and had swered. not more than 10 yd., or thin a minute, before "the was seldom that he was dison-"Metle was blown, They were Puran Singh, w Malwa, said that he saw Amar Singh go along Nanking Road, with a. fighting axe under his arm. Amar walked ochind Bakhtawa and with the axe struck him low down on the left leg. Witness asked Amar why he Fad committed the assault and he replied:—"TIt is no concern of yours end if you speak about it I will Leat you." Amar then ran away and -witness called the No. 1 watchman to attend to Bakhtawa.

The defence was a complete denial of all the accusations, the defendant stating that on the morning of the alleged assaults he did not leave the place where he was on duty. "He introduced a witness who [declared that he was with him all the time, The Magistrate dismissed the case, commenting: upon the fact that ther were no independent witnesses, but only Malwas on the one side and Majhas on the other.

Mu. W. H. Wood was charged aet Fridey morning in the American Consular Court before Mr. N. E. Lurton with erossing Szechuen Road along Nanking Road while the! signal lights were turned against him. He pleaded gull fined G. $2.

Monpay was motion day in the United States Court for China.

Judge Purdy set dates for two "cases end dismissed an application for divorce, Lander v. Lander, in which Messrs. S.A. Moss and R. Snyder appeared. The case of James Y. 'T. Waung v. A. Bellasco was set down for hearing on Oct-that of the Yangtze Rapds Steamship Ca, Inc, v. C. R. Cox was set for October 13, this being a motion for judgment by default.

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