of Wealth The case of Rizaieff v. Serebrianikoft came up again before Mr. Ivanoff, Senior Consul's Assessor, in the Mixed Court, last Friday, on_a judgement summons, r. J. B. Davies representing the plaintiff and Messrs. F. J. Schuhl and J. Em. Lemiere appearing for the defendant.
Mr. Schuhl asked that the defendant be given a further opportunity to pay. He had made every endeavour to meet the judgement, but had been unable to get the money. His business had suffered very severely and he had been extremely ill, whilst there was the further difficulty that he could not leave Shanghai to attend to the branches of his business in Harbi Wladivostok and other places, because the court held his passport as a security. The plaintiff was asking that Mr. Serebrianikoff should be sent to prison. Fortunately this was not possible for debt, under Russian law. Mr. Serebrianikoff had always been an honest man and was trying to do the right thing now and pay his creditors. That was why he did not file a petition in _bankruptry, but, if this bullying of him continued, his counsel would advise him to go bankrupt and then the plaintiff would get nothing at all.
Mr. Davies said that the defendant gave a definite promise on the last occasion that he would pay Tls. 500 that same day. He had not done so. If he had_ the money then, he tad it now. If he did not have it at that time, then he was deliberately misleading the court.
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