In H, M. Supreme Court on Thursday before Judge G.W. King, Amar Singh sued Kalla Singh to recove: the sum of $440. Mr. Tycho Wing, appeared for plaintiff and Mr.-A. E. Seddon represented defendant Plaintiff said that he had leat, the money to defendant when the Intter approached him and tol him that he was to be the overseer and employing agent of watchmen for a steamship company. He needed the money in this business, witness added, and he would employ plaintist permanently.
Tu his defence Kalla Singh said that he met plaintiff and several other Gndians on February 2%. They enticed him to a room and by cree made him append his thumb print to four picees of blank Paper. One of these was the document, he alleged, which plnintif had brought to Court, the amount, ete,, being filled in later. Defendant stated also that plainti@ had stolen $60 from him whilst they were it the room together.
Det-Sgt. Cummings also gave evidence, saying that defendant had reported to him that he had been forced to place thumb marks on paper.
After an Indian. police inspector had. given evidence of character about defendant the case was ad~
Journed until 2 p.m., to-day.
'A. judgment sammons also came: to the attention of Judge King' daring the morning, when Shara, Singh alleged that Hira Singh had failed to pay what was due according to the judgment which Judge it Peter Grain delivered in the original action on January 5, a which time ho ordered defendant to pay plainti" $170 at the rate of $5.per month.
Mr. A. M. Preston informed the Court that" defendant had paid nothing at all, and as he was earning $25 per month as a police cook, hho. would ask the Court. to. order the payment of what was in arrears, and' that he would not alter the original Judgment, bat that defendant must pay. the amount another $5 on. April would be liable to a goal sentence. Defendant agreed to make the pay-. ments,
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