United States Court for China on Wednesday stated that facts in the case of C. Herbert Webb v. The China Press, Inc., which were not stipulated definitely in the bill of particulars -of the defendants might be ruled out at the hearing if they proved inimical to the interests of the plaintitr, Two weeks ago, Judge Purdy! ruled that the defeidant's counsel should provide a bill of particulars covering certain affirmative allegations in defendant's answer to the original complaint. Yesterday, he was informed that—defendant's }counsel had given a vague bill of particulars to counsel for the attorneys for Mr. Webb. Mr.
Rodger, of Rodger & Husar, and Mr.
Franklin appeared for Mr. Webb, Defendant was not represented at the hearing.
Mr. Franklin told the Court that defendant alleged certain actions on the part of the plainti without pecifiying the dates or giv-ug the names. Counsel for defendant stated that plaintiff charged the defendant with assigning under-employees of the "China Press" to do certain work for which they were unfitted and then cancelling these orders; of failing to write suffd editorial matter for the "China of entertaining in the "China.
office persons who had nothing to do with that publication; and several similar allegations, none which, they said, were accompanied with names, dates and circumstances.
Plaintiff's counsel wanted an order to issue from the Court directing them to be more explicit with thei charges in order that plaintiff's counsel might meet the allegations in the trial, which opens to-morrow morning.
Judge Purily said he did not fancy! the idea of giving an order when counsel for both sides were not represented in Court; that he very mutch feared if an order were to} issue it could not be complied with by the time the case is to be opened; but that he would give counsel for plaintiff time in which to meet the Issues after the case begins and that nui he would see that no facts are allowed to be brought out for which ti's counsel had refused lied mention in the bill of particulars and which had not been "Back home, lawyers make a lot! about bills of particulars, but when these are provided they' generally put them on the side of their desk and go ahead to try the case," said Judge Purdy. "I know, because T've had many of them' furnished to hen L was a practising lawyer.
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