You will have to pay the man's wages to date.
Complainant:—He smashed the bumper of my car by running it into a neighbour's gate and. ho promised to repair it. They will hold me responsible.
The Assessor:—In that case, you can what course you think fit.
Cooutn Sent to Gaon ror Five Years ror Sixn's Dear.
The Mixed Court bench last Friday concluded the trial of a coolie charged with the manslaughter of a Sikh watchman. The evidence showed that, one hot night, a number of coolies invaded a wharf; with the intention of sleeping out in the open. The Sikh chased them away, there was a deal of quarrelling and the coolies returned with bamboo poles, with which they beat the Sikh so severely that he died the next day. The accused was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, the Assessor remarking that the sentence had been reduced because it seemed that the Sikh provoked the assault, having struck the first blow.
Creet Marco Penisuep, Sub-Inspector Foley, charging a mafoo with cruelty to a pony by working it whilst in an unfit state, said that he came across the animal in the neighbourhood of Jessfield Park, in such a pitiful condition that it could hardly stand. The defendant was fined $15, the money to be given to the Shanghai Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and it was further directed that the pony should be taken to a veterinary, the defendant to pay expenses if the animal can be successfully treated, otherwise the pony is to be destroyed.
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