In H. M, Supreme Court, on Mon-Jday, before the acting Judge, Mr. G. /W. King, T. R. Crank was sued by the Credit Foncier d'Extreme Orient for a debt of $168. Mr. M. Roy, Manager of the company's Shanghai to the defendants, wholagency, said that the defendant had fave him orders for goods, a promised to settle the debt and Mr. Goldring had written both to!definite price being agreed upon. therefore he asked for an adjourn-the Judge and Mr. Wing, explaining! the reason why he could not appear: and asking for a further adjournment.
Mr 1g—I cannot agree. This; is essentially a case where, in the interests of my clients, they should, have their right to Judgment forthwith, His Honour—I cannot understand the position.
You have not} handed over the trucks and yet you. are suing for the price of them.
Mr. Wing—It is a claim for goods bargained and sold and we shall hand them over when we are p: Tt is a very old form of action. the special ircumstanees of the casa it is essential that we secure judgment whilst we hold the trucks and He said he did not keep any books as he had not a big business, He {simply engaged in a transaction and made his profit.
Cross-examined—He understood that Mr.
Abraham had asked Messrs. divert & Ca. if they could give him any information and that, when he told them what the plair tiff was charging, he was told that witness had made a big profit. He denied that he personally asked Mr, Milligan, of Ibert & Ca,, for a false invoice to show to" Mr.
Abraham. The defendant did not tell him that he had done similar' business for years, that he had plenty of time to do it and as well could do it himself, but that, if witness liked to do' it for 1 per ment until that date. His Honour made an order accordingly. ime defendant also wag sued cigment summons by the Shanghai Ice and Cola Storage Cow but the latter were not represented in Court. Defendant said he had been paying amounts off the debt regularly for many months past, which was the explanation of the frequent adjournments of the case. The summons scorned to be kept hanging over him as a threat.
His Honour said that the blaine tiffs ought to have been present. As they were not, he would Jdismiss the judgment summons and ly could be re-inserted in the proper explanation of the ping charges, but there were]
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