The Archive · 1927

Defendant in the Box

Crawley went into the witness box ind under questioning comb, related the cir-which he came China, He also admitted having! been prosecuted in California for fringements of the Federal liquor Iaws, He came to Shanghai because his brother recommended it as a Good place to make money. Further details of his part in the sale of bullet-proof vests, the subquent receipt of id the Various meetings with Yang and Tuan, were elicited from witness by counsel, The evidence in the main. was similar in detail to that given by Widler, Upon resumption after tiffin, Yang was.temporarily brought back to the box, and wrote several specimen signatures. Counsel crowded round Yang whilst he wrote Major Holcomb asked whether he wrote slowly or rapidly, witness replying that he usually wrote in the English language none too rapidly.

Major Holeomb:—Are you netvoun today?

'Judge Purdy:—I should think he would be with all of you standing' round, Counsel:—I'd like to put it in the record that he is nervous to-day.

Yang wrote several specimens! standing and sitting and told Major Holcomb that he signed the contract on a sideboard, whilst the notes he signed in Mr, Schuhl's office were written whilst sitting

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