Before Judge Wu, in the Shanghai. Provisional Court, on Friday of Inst "week, Feat Chezogidge, proprietor of the refreshment kiosk in the Public Gardens, was charged with contempt} of court by disregarding a judgment for $650, awarded against him. in favour of M. G. Rozanssey, trad~ ing as the Oriental Wine Import Ca., 6 Rue clu Consular, in respect, of "a quantity of beer obtained by defendant from plaintiff.
N. A. Ivanoff, for plaintiff, stated that defendant had failed to comply with the order of the court. He had-agreed to pay the debt in instalments of $10 a day, and, under this plan, he had liquidated a third lof the amount, but the balance mained unpaid. Defendant had signed a promissory note for the original sum under the terms of which the whole amount—became payable on demand if he failed in his daily instalments. The $650 would have been repaid had defendant carried out his promise, as the Promissory note was signed more than two months ago, Defendant said that business was bad, and he had about $3,000 of uncollected chits, which he was prepared to trade for a bagatelle, He owed money to other firms us well as plaintiff, and was doing his best to meet his obligations. He had even pawned his clothes to pay! plaintiff, and he was not going to run away from Shanghai, He would ay the balance when he was able. He asked the indulgence of the Court to alter the payments from daily instalments to monthly instalments.
Mr, Ivano said the defendant had sold the beer at a profit and had kept the money, but defendant denied this and said that he had not received the money, ax many of his customers had not' paid their; The Judge:—You should stop doing business on a credit basis. 1 will adjourn the case for five days} so that Mr. Invanoff may come to ome arrangement with his client regarding the instalments, (To Mr, Tvnnoff) "You had letter ask your! client if he is-willing to accept monthly instalments,
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