A more serious question was this, contended counsel,—whether the men {employed by Mr. Crawley were quired to take out licences at Mr. Crawley had a licence to trans sect his business and sell ice-cream, when and where he pleased. Certainly his employees could also sell the ice-cream as his agents, but counsel was not going to deal with that point just now. The most important question at present was the arrest and the release of the poor coolie who hag walked into th Revenue Department to sell exam without a licence, The Assessor said that he had not interrupted Mr. Schuhl because of the very interesting arguments he had put up and he was desirous "of hearing thes at length, asked Health Inspr. Page by what right did the Health Department limit the number of hawkers? licences. "A. licence is applied for, and then refused," he said, "then some poor coolie is arrested for not. having a licence in his possession." glttP® Page said that he gid not no Assessor said that in all these eases Mr. Crawley took the full responsibility, He had told the health inspectors before of this and they should have gone to the U. S.* Court to take the matter up against Mr. Crawley.
Health Insprs. Page and Howard said that they hag preferred [charges in the American Court last Saturday when Mr. Schuhl appeared for the defence. The care was missed.
The Assessor—It would not have been dismissed if the charge had pro= perly been framed. This case will be dismissed, The charges should be frameg in the proper way. Mx, Crawley assumes the whole responsibility. The fouls is with the Health Department, Inspr. Howard—Meanwhile, the business will go on merrily.
The Assessor—Yes, but that your business, I don't want to make Any comment here.
The matter was a very small one, counsel, but it wag most serious thousands and thousands dollars of business were involved in the ice-cream each month, the ice-cream being imported from Amer One of the largest means of dis tribution by Mr. Crawley through his hawkers. Under the Jaws, submitted Mr. Schuhl, Shanghai Municipal Council had not ight to limit the number of wwkers a business. man was entitled to have. If they could, then they could limit the number to one and one only. The business then would be controlled by the Council and not by Mr. Crawley himself and the result would be that the business could not be enlarged. The Council certainly could not attempt to run the business for Mr. Crawley, who was entitled to all the licences he required for tite transaction of his business. If the Council could con-
10NG proclamation has been issued by the Kiangsu Provincial Court on the subject of death sentences. The proclamation states that sentence of death should only be passed where the gravest of offences are concerned, and stances surrounding the crime.
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