Last week: at the Chess Club) the Imperial Hotel, Range Road, appeared in UL Jai. Supreme Court before his Honour Judge Peter Grain on Monday to answer summons brought by the Great-light Electrical Company.claiming the sum of $298 for work done the Imperial Hotel. The. de-fondants were Gujan Singh, Bishan Singh and Sucha Sing!
Mr. R. C. Faithfull ropresented the plaintiff company.
The Chinese proprietor of the plaintiff company, in evidehee, Stated that the work was done la November of last year. He was employed by a Mr. da Silva, the fourth partner in the cancer He was not suing -him in. thi Court owing to the fact that Mr. Silva was a Portuguese citizen. (ho total amount incurred _w '$008, Dut of this sum Mr, Silva Min Panty tp Gnisn Singh, wit in reply to Gujan Singh wit ness said he knew the defendants were partners in the firm because he had seen Gujan Singh himself hand over the $100 to da Silva, which had been paid on account.
The defendants pleaded that though they were partners with da Silva there was some di over the partnership and they did hot foe! tha: they should be liable for expenses he incurred. He had refused to allow any of them on the premises so that they id not see the books and had no idea whether the concern was paying, or losing money. When they did enter the hotel he told them to get out because the guests would be annoyed if they saw Indians there, They did not what work was done in ¢on-with the electricity and whether or not da Silva had paid the balance.
"The Judge pointed out, to the defendants that they had their remedy open to them by suing da Silva in his own Court. If they consented to case it would be tee &, them judgment in thi in wuy case they might bring in the 'Portuguese' Court inasmuch a6 the judgment would prove partnership "and would prove that the bill really did exist and that da Silva was liable for his there of 'Defendante agreed ° to thi course and judgment. was' given Ex-Company Manager Gaoled for Nine Months and Expelled Uf the four charges of fraud against Mr. W," Wallace, former Moneger vot "the Chine' Pncife trading Company, three were dismissed by Int Martin British Assessor, and Magistrate Kuan in the Mixed Court on (Wed ease hay engaged. the. Courts attention for some time past and has aroused a good deal of public: interest.
"The carly part of the daya prowedings were occupied by the cross examination of defendant by) "Ho Foi" apposring on behalf of one of the Chinew complain:
Questioned with regard to. nationality,. accused. claimed that he was an American. Ho was) hot the only foroiguor, employed wit the company ihe aint being Messrs. Becon, Howell and Echificn and winelya " position fas thea of" manager: Ho" had nothing, to-do wil the company'
ance at all, excepting that he igned the cheques.
"Taam the victim of iny Chinese colleagues" mid' Str. Wallace Taters® those people, who are. longer to be found in the Settle:
Dr. Fischer; appearing on chat of the accused, in his addrosy to the Court, pleaded that Wallace's Statement' that lhe Ohinese werd responsible for the frauds was tacked by the fact that thay' were no longer to be found, The cor duct of the accused himself was) ery differents "As soon ta heard that the police wore looking for him he at once turned up face the music. A case of this Hind wae not brought," to Court with the object of getting a man sent to gaol," but rather in the ope the complainants would get their money back, Therefore ho asked thatthe accused be not sent' to prison, but that the cases be transferred to the civil courte, If thie were done there as 8 Poe sibility of the wy being return and a inga lifs would wot be Fulinedy-vab Tease ae fora. the East was concerned. Admittedly Wallace had been earsfess, but he hud done nothing criminal. Ail the. allegations ntiowited. to wore that he had obtained credit and] when the time came to pay had toon tntble to find' fa toma, When a similar case came before the British Court a few months)
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