Coroner Finds No Blame Attaches (o British Gaol or S. M.
The inquest on Bur Singh, the Sikh who died in hospital while in the custody of the British Gaol authorities recently, was concluded on Monday afternoon, Dr. T. M. Burton produced 'a report from the Public Health Dejartment which went to show that there was no poison in the body.
The Coroner (Mr. G. W. King)
the evidence and brought jet that deceased died in Shipping Ca. to Pay G. $45,016 to Nanyang Ca: U. S. Court Verdict Upheld on Appeal The Circuit Court of Appeal San Francisco, has just delivered judgment on appeal of the greatest interest to shippers and merchants in general. The facts, as stated when the case originally came before the United States Court for China, were that the plaintiffs, the Nanyang Bros. Tobacco Ca, (repre sented by Messrs. Schuhl Schoenfeld) in May, 1920, purchased considerable quantity of tobacco from an American firm who shipped it in a vessel belonging to the Green Star Steamship Corporation, the defendants (represented by Messrs, Davies & Bryan). On the arrival of the cargo here it was found that a large number of the abi spoiled. The plaintiffs therefore claimed G.$45,016 damages from the steamship company.
The defence first of all argued that the cargo was not properly packed, but this was waived after it had been pointed out that the question had been fully thrashed out in another case. The defence then decided to rest their case on the point that the suit was not filed until after the stipulated time. The answer to this was the time limit for filing the suit ws dependant on the plaintiffs giving notice of the damage, but the defendants themselves had given such.
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