Advocate, with whom was Mr. Reader Harris, prosecuted and M. Strafford Levinson was for the defence.
After a short opening, Mr. Wilkinson called Inspector Mellows who said he first heard of the trouble on the str. Hanamet on May 20 at 6 am. It was by his orders that the injured man was taken to hospital.
One of the witnesses named Moller had disappeared and despite inquiries witness had not been able to trace him. Witness was fairly sure Moller had left Shanghai.
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