Customs Man on Trial: Question of an Albi: Judgement Reserved The trial of B. Gaynor upon a charge of assaulting a chauffeur in Avenue Foch by kicking him and striking him on the head on the morning of July 11 was concluded at the U. S. Court on Monday, before his Honour Judge C. S. Lobingier, who reserved. judgement.
Prisoner who pleaded not guilty, was defended by Mr. J. W. Schoenfeld and Mr. H. D. Rodger, acting District Attorney, conducted the case on behalf of the U. S. Government.
In his opening statement Mr. Rodger said that on the morning that the alleged assault was committed four foreigners called for a car at the Del Monte Cafe. Afterwards, according to the chauffeur's story, defendant and three others stopped the car, pulled him out of the vehicle, hit him and kicked him. A doctor's certificate recorded that the complainant was suffering from a badly contused right eye and side, and had possibly a fractured rib.
Defendant had written a letter offering to settle the affair and signed a chit, ordering a car. He acknowledged that both the chit and the letter bore his signature. He denied he was present at the Del Monte on the night of the affair, saying he carried out his turn of duty on board the str. Fengtien as Customs examination officer.
Two foreign and five Chinese witnesses who gave evidence of identification at the magisterial hearing again testified positively to
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