Story of Goods Alleged to Have Been Taken by Director:
The Explanation On Wednesday in the United States} Court for China the case was commenced before Judge Milton Purdy in which the Carlton, Ld., asking for an accounting for $8,170.97 worth of furnishings which they allege was taken by Mr. Louis Ladow at the time he was connect-with the Carlton, Mr, H. D, Rodger appeared for iff company and Mr. F. J. Schuhl for the defendant, At the outset Mr. Rodger asked for an adjournment until one of hig principal witnesses Mr. Ps per corn, returned from Japan.. This Wag overruled and the case proceeded with after Mr, Schuhl said that his. client hed come to Shanghai from Singapore for the case, thereby breaking a contract and that he wished to return within a month.
Mr, Rodger then outlined his case taking up the long list of furnishings. which were enumerated in the petition. He then called Mise Stella Leitao who said that she had made the entries in the books of the Carlton, Ld. for most of the items. After going through the list, his Honour said that the question wag not whether the items had been entered, but whether Mr. Ladow had taken them, Mr. J. G. Ball, a director of the Carlton, Ld, was then called and said that he had been through Mr. Ladow's house on three occasions and had seen many of the articles which were on the list in the petition, One was a table which he had, himself, sold to the Carlton, while others were articles of furniture Which were sold to the Carlton by Messrs. Arts & Crafts, Ld.
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