Mr. Musso, before opening the case for the prosecution, drew the Court's attention to a letter which Mr, Fishman had received from Mr. G. "Dadanashvilli stating that he had been refused permission by the Soviet authorities to leave" for Shanghai and that he had spent. two weeks in prison. The detained correspondent added that gould not be present, he requested Mr. Fishman to protect his interests in the present action, Mr. Musto here added that N. 'E. B, Beri position had been dealt with at the Jast hearing. He would appear in due course as a witness, In outlining the ease, consol <aid that the charge against defendant Was une of disposing of 180 caves of opium which were stolen route from Constantinople to Viadit Vottok per the N.Y.K, steamer Kamagata Maru. He claimed that. there were other defendants apart from the one in the dock. If the Court found that the theft had been com mitted and that the others im= plicated were members of the sue kong (Gwanho & Ca.), ther others, when apprehended, shoul stand their trial also, Mr. Musso then dealt with the agreement which was amonget the documents seized by the police authorities. This showed, he said, that there were two big parties in this combine, one to import opium and the other to distribute it, one looking after transportation ' and Production and the other seeing to the business side of the concern, This document had been found in defendant's room, and obviously, counsel contended, meant that de: fendant contemplated the impc tion of opium and smuggling it into Chinese territory. This was the Part of the combine which looked after the distribution; the document distinctly said that 20 distributing offices would be opened in Chinese territory. Two other defendants were mentioned in the agreement as distributors, and in the list of shareholders there was the name of another defendant for whose arrest a warrant had been issued, another who had already been charged, and also the one who appeared in Court on Monday. There were also mentioned a lot of people who had not yet been identified and who had not been proceeded against.
The Exhibits Counsel then dealt with an agreement made between defendants end cne Bakovoif for the purchase of 10,000 kilogrammes of. opium. This document was also found in defendant's premises.
'A Dill of lading was next put in oan exhibit. 'This' concerned a Saipment from Constansinople to Viadivostock per the steamship Kamagata Ma:
The chartering of the Kamagata Maru, was the next issue, © The charter party, explained counsel, was assigned ig Mr. Kentwe Gffice, with a man named Leonoff a8 charterer. The price was 100,000
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