Prosecutor, appeared for the police and Mr. T, Wing defended:
Tt wil! be remembered that Sousa was arrested on July 1 in the offices of Mr. G. E, Marden when he and an alleged accomplice, named de Silve who is now charged in the Por: tuguese Court, went there and tried to sell Mr. Marden a formula for making synthetic opium and to get him to. buy drugs to manufacture the opium, Mr, Marden had been for veral days, under police instrues tions, negotiating with the men, At the conclusion of the proceed= ings yesterday the Court said that they were of the opinion that the thanks of the community was dud to Mx, Marden for his part in exposing the scheme, They did not believe that he, in any way, had encouraged the two men to commit the offence.
Mr. Marden was called to the witness box when the ease re-openeit on Wednesday afternoon, and was erossexamined by Mr. Wing. He had not the slightest doubt of the intentions of the two men to defraud him of several hundred dollars, De Silva had brought the packets to witness" office, and was accompanied by Sousa,
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