King sentenced Norman W. Bowler, to two months' imprisonment.
Bowler made an eloquent plea for Pai mercy, in which he said that he had) been sentenced to six. months' imprisonment by the British Court ini Poking, at the conclusion of which he was to be deported. After some little talk, he made it clear to his Worship that he-would like to have the sentences run concurrently so that at the expiration of his first sentence, in August, he would be able to return to England. He believed that at Home he could make a fresh start. Mr. King accordingly ruled that the present sentence! should run concurrently with the tone which he was now serving.
In giving evidence, Madame K. Guignard, who owns the boarding a5 legal adviser to Marshal Sun Chiar-fang at a salary of $1,000 a month. She lent him a machine, the property of Mr. Ashley. Accused did not return it.
Mr, C. A. Ashley, chartered accountant, said that he knew accused under the name of Norman Barry-maine, He had previously lent defendant the typewriter, but when he (witness) went on holiday, be left ithe typewriter with Mrs. Guignard.
In reply to Mr. King, witness id that he did not authorize Bowler to take the typewriter away. He was under the impression that the accused had gone for good. Had they both lived in the house, he would have been willing to allow] accused to use the machi Accused, the prosecution having! closed their case, that he had taken the typewriter to Peking. It was there now, It had been taken over as part payment of a debt, In reply to Mr. King, Bowler said that} the machine had been taken from the house in which he had been living, it had been commandeered. He could not get it back. At the} "ime he took the typewriter, he fully intended to bring it back, to which] Magistrate replied, "there is an old saying that there is a certain place paved with good intentions, isn't there?" At the con. Jelusion of defendant's explanation, was sentenced as above.
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