Judge Purdy heard 'A, Ross, plaintiff in leged libel against the "China Press' for $50,000, to umend the petition.
Plaintiff's counsel, Mr. P. Faison, also asked for the hearing to be further adjourned.
alleges that on January 8, 1925, de-Plaintif, in his amended petition, fendants maliciously composed, edit.
and published concerning plain-tift false and defamatory matter follows:—
"Confessing to full participation la the Tls. 7,000,000 conftagrat.on which on March 11, 1921, thr ed for a time to wipe out a large section of the city, Fong Wei-soong, 1M, [before Assessor Whitamore and Magistrate Li was yesterday sentenced at the Mixed Court to serve term of five years, The fire Jaround which the present actions revolve was one of the costliest in the history of Shanghai, the godowns, at 57, 69, 60, 61, 62, 63, Jand 65 Soochow Road which con-
{tained between 9,000 and 3,500 bales Jof steam filature silk, being totally "Following the outbreak a group of 37 local insurance companies paid jour in the neighbourhood of Tls. 6,500,000 and the arrest of the Chinese who confessed to gaving been hired to "set" the fire created tremendous stir, bringing as it Idid possibilities of civil suits for the recovery of millions that had been paid out under insurance po-ides covering the godowns.
"Fong Wei-soong, the prisoner sentenced today was employed in one of the godowns at the time. He involved a foreigner named Ross in the conspiracy, at the same time clearing the sith dealer, Sta.
goes on to state that derided to, and did, stigmaize plaintiff as being " member of the band of incendiaries. The petition pleads that pi been greatly injured in his rebut tion and credit in his business and suffered a great loss of custom, claiming that he would have other wise made a contract A.C, Davis, trading under the name of. Sino-British Traders for 10,000 cases of beer a year for three years—and other loss and injury to the extent of $50,000.
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