The Archive · 1922

'DEFENDANT'S EXPLANATION

Proceedings were continued on nesday.

Through Det-Sgt. Schmidt, Mrs. Thomasevitch, wife of a boarding house keeper of Range Road, com: plained against having been described in the- newspapers as a Russian. She and her husband were Poles.

Mr. Faithfull—A distinction without a difference.

His Worship—I don't agree. Russians and Poles are wide apart.

Mr. Thomasevitch was re-called, after some discussion on the question of procedure, and said that defendant agreed to pay him $145 a month for two rooms with board, He understood that defendant's father would be responsible fcr all the debts of his son, and when defendant said the cheque in ques-

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