William Alexander Dalgarno, who stated that he was in the property office at Jardine, Matheson & Ca, gave evidence to the effect that he had known accused for over a year. Questioned about the compradore order which bore his endorsement, Dalgarno said compradore order given to me by Wadham of his losses over the the English Derby." it course his account was credited with the amount, namely, $3,000. The order had nothing whatever to do with a land transaction.
He had never, asserted witness bought land in Hungjao in connexion with Palmer & Turner and Wadham. He had asked Wad-ham to buy and sell land, just he would ask any land broker. Witness remembered giving Wadham referring to about 50 Hungjao, but iven for the sole purpose of secing whether accused could sell it. Witness had had no other business transaction with Wadham.
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