The Archive · 1928

SAUSAGE SUIT

The case again came up in H, Mf.

inreme Court, before Judge G. W. King. on Thursday morning, in which Messrs. Joseph King & Ca. asked for an injunction to restrain Mr. Thomas Freeman from sell sausages and pork pies under his own name. Mr. Tycho -Wing appeared for the defendant and Mr. HI. D. Rodger for the plaintiff.

In November, 1926, the Thomas Freeman Sausage Manufactory was sold outright to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Tessar and. Mr. Boris Krim, ky, Me, Thomas Freeman promis-more, herein showing his youth and inexperience. He had hoped to win. the Champions, among other things, and thus be able to wipe out hi debts. Finally, however, he ha realized what he had done, and, i May, had written a full and com: plete confession to his employers, giving all he details. He had pre-mized to make every effort to refund the money, and his mother, by. selling her jewels and borrowing: from her friends had managed raise $300, which had already been paid in.

Judge King realized how easy it was in Shanghai, yet the accused had embzsied the money, ani moreover had not been a case of sudile temptation, ut wae a continued foffencs. "He had undoubtedly held a position of trust, and if leniency were shown in this ease, it would have to be shown in others, which would not be in the interests of justice. Judge King, " therefore sentenced the accused to tires months' imprisonment with hard Jabour, on each charge, the sentences to run consecutively. separated them.

As her first ness, Mrs, Luna presented her considerable reiteration of questions what she had seen.

Mrs. Luna was told by the court not to make sians while her witness was examined, Thereafter the house boy gave a sumepeet account of what he had seen. His followed by that of another amah of Mrs. Luna's who said she had, never seen any quarrelling time. Asked by the court wished to question her witness, Mrs, Luna said that she did, a1 questions were asked first in Spanish, translate afterwards into lish' and then into Chinese for ess, whose answers were then tion of the fight.

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