Mr. Kentwell that in. the East shroff's invariatily called at} one's office to collect amounts. clu fon chits. Tt was no, disgrace to be lin debt and Mr. King, the Magistrate, had held that it was no offence attempt to stave off one's creditors, The fact that a man was in debt, or that his finances were not. sound, was no excuse for dismiss a month's notice. Men Shanghai drawing Tls. 1,000 per month were in debt and it was hardly possible for a man with $103) per month to keep ovt of debt.
If merely getting into debt tyted reasonable ground for missal many' men would be dismissed at a month's notice.
Counsel said that he hail protested in the beginning that extraneous! matters had been introduced by tha other side. Since then a had been made to the washing of dirty linen, but it was the other side who started it in the cross-exanimation of the plaintiff, The Judze
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