Nir, Bayan then said that accused 5 charged. with being a profes-foal, gambler and; he. proposed: to Show that there was a, Wheel. at 24 Noith Honan Road years ago Which, was, run, by: accused. He proposed, to. show that, the. Ritz. was pat as @ Casino, and-as a public gambling. house.and that accused Gureia.was connected with that. He farther proposed to show that ever since. Garcia. came to. Shanghai, he [was engaged in gambling business and would. mention. that, if the charge was not broad enough to suit, under. Chinese law, it could always be changed.
Dr. Fischer said that, if Mr, Bryan wanted to charge accused with having been a gambler all his. life land to prove that his grandfather was a gambler all his life, he was welcome to do.s0 but he could not 0 outside the present charge into matters in which there was evidence before the Court," There were only two charges against his client, Ten years ago, Mexicans en-Joyed extraterritoriality and accused was under: those laws.
Judge Wu—Please stop there, Dr, Fischer. The Court is prepared, according to Chinese Law, to hear evidence of: two kinds, direct and circumstantial. But Mr. Bryan need. not go into the matter further, (To: witness), You can just answer "I Fden't know" if you do not know.
Witness—But it makes me look so ridiculous if, as president' of the company, I say I'don''t know about. the affairs of the company, Mr. Bryan then continued his exa mination of witness and. asked he had come to court under subpana, to which witness replied that he had not, None of the marshals of the U.S. Court has served a subpoena on him, Dr. Fischer objected to leading questions. and drew the Court's attention to the fact that Mr. Sutterle was a witness for the prosecution, Continuing, witness said that he did not know what Garcia's business was: he was sure of it, Dr. Fischer again objected, whereupon Judge Wu said that, with th constant objections, no progress was being made in the trial of the case. 'The Court was perfectly willing. to allow. counsel to object because he had confidence in them but, as things were now going on, the case would never come. to an' end. He had oranted them a.spesial privilege but they had abused: this. so, inthe ireumstances, he must deprive then of the right to object to each other's questions. According to Chinese law. the power of questioning witness was vested in the Court above but now that two lawyers who had besan ranted special privileges because they were better acquainted with the case had abused them. As a matter of fact, only the Court could question' wi esses but he had de-uted this clit to counsel, Fischer had constantly objected and 50 he would have to withdraw the withdraw th Dr. Fischer—Acconting to the Chinese law, I have the right to to object, are Judge Wu—Yes, but not the 2
Judge's Patience Exhausted Dr. Fischer—But Mr. Bryan has asked the same question ten times and it is stupid. "My liens are in body that the ease should nacsu und aal and Iam as anxious as any.
that they should. be released. I don't want to waste the time of the Judge Wu—This Court desires to uphold the Chinese law and, therefore, matters must be carried on in an impressive manner. As these unnecessary questions and these unnecessary objections have exhausted my patience, I withdraw the right Th granted you, itness—Your honour, I have come to Court willingly to testify and am ready to do that. I have two members of my staff to supply all the information we have but I complain most emphatically at being asked questions which tend to drag past history and be asked to give expressions, opinions and ideas. Task the protection of the Court.
The Judge—It you are asked to express an opinion, you need not answer. There is no.need for you to ask for the protection of the Court.
Det. Supt. R. W: Yorke was called but not examined. A. E. Ferris and W. Knight of. the China Realty fo. and the Telephone Ca,, respec-
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