Accused denied that the trunk was his. It did not bear any address nor were the initials it bore his. The trunk was handed to him by a friend in Kobe, who said that contained chocolate samples, and ied) to tranship The Dollar Line refused to do this on the ground that the trunk must be opened for ins inspection. Witness. had no Express Ca. to ship it, He had every reason to believe his friend's statement that the trunk contained only chocolate samples was true and had no reason to believe that his friend was dealing in drugs. He knew the owner well and was asked to bring the trunk to Shang. hai, His (accused's) dealings had been frank and open and ho had nothing to hide. He always signed his own name when 8 criminal intent he would leaped from Shanghai when the trunk was opened, but he preferred to wait and clear himself.
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