Messrs. Tsang and Mead were occupied at the Mixed Court last Friday in hearing an applica. jon made by Mr. H. D. Rodger and Mr. K. E. Newman for a re-hearing of tha case of a Chinese who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for being concerned with three Japanese and threa other Chinese in connexion with the smuggling of more than three lakhs' worth of morphia into Shanghai.
Superintendent Vaughan, who appeared for the Police, said that he would object to a rehearing if the defence was unable to show that new evidence could be introduced. There was no reason, ho said, why counsel for the defence did not call the three Japanese at the last hearing as he could have done, Neither was any application made to have them called.
The Court decided that additional evidence could be introduced.
Iraboro Ohya said that so far as he knew the Chinese had nothing to do with the smuggling of the morphia, In answer to Superintendent Vaughan witness admitted that ho had previously served five days' imprisonment for smuggling morphia into Shanghai.
Shide Yoshida told the Court that he was the one who was in charge of the consignment. It was he who was responsible for bring: -ing the opium to Shanghai by the str. Mishima Maru. Prior to leavying Japan he had made arrange. ments for somebody to meet him hut. as this person did not turn up ho went ashore and looked for him. Witness went to the home of a certain Ching in Wuchow Road but he did not take any luggage with him. It was Jater that ho went to the Customs Jotty himself and told a Palace Hotel coolie to take the -morphia to the house in Wuchow Road. He, witness, went there later. The Chinese, witness continued, had no connexion whatever with the smuggling. As owner of the morphia, witness was struck by his conscience and therefore he asked the magistrate at the Japanese Court to allow him to attend the Mixed Court a= a witness in the defence of the Chinese. He took the whole responsibility.
The witness was proceeding to tell how unhappy he felt about having brought trouble upon the Chinese when he was ordered to leave the witness box.
Inspector Vaughan asked witness if it were not a fact that the exam. ming magistrate at the Japanese Court told him that he did not believe a word of his story.
Mr. Newman: I must object.
Tha Assessor: Let the witness answer. The prosecution is entitled to ask questions to discredit the witness.
The witness said that ha did not rem Tr.
Taga Sawa, who gave his eyid-
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