'The inquest was held last Friday] morning in the U.S. Court for China, before Commissioner N. E. Lurton on Glen Eastin Rucker, three months' old infant son of Lieut, and Mrs, J. E, Rucker, who was "found dead' by his mother about eight o'clock on 'Thursday evening, an hour or so after he had Veen put to bed. Testimony was heard from Mrs, Rucker, whose husband is attached to U.S.S. Pills-bury which sailed from' Shanghai for Tsingtao on last Monday. She told the court that the baby had been put in'his cot about 6.60 p.m, and that at 7.50 when she had gone into the room again to look at him he appeared to be sleeping, normally, A few minutes past eight. she had gone in again to ascertain that he was all right, and lifting up the mosquito netting, she had founil the baby face downwards and dead. The other Indies living at the same boarding house at 31 Rue Massenet also gave evidence.
The evidence of Dr. A, H. Swan, who conducted the post-mortem at) the International Funeral Directors! establishment, pointed to an abnormal heart condition known as foramen ovolo, a certain opening vetween valves of the heart, normal ly closed after birth having remain-open. This, he said, had been sufficient to ensue sudden death, The verdict of the jury was handed down as due to this heart condition andier other natural causes, Site ing on the jary were Messrs, 1, J. Sheridan, if. V. Bernard, 8." 3, Ellis, B.A. Silagi, T. W. Kelly and A, G, Barnes, L. Conpin was charged in the US. Court for China on Saturday with two breaches of traffic regulations, for which he was fined G.§2, respectively. The police accused him of having caused obstruction trafic by parking his car for an unreasonable length of time on June 23, between 2.25 and 3 pam., in Hankow Road, near Szechuen Road, and again of having failed to obey' the trafic signal at 8.40 a.m. on June 21, Jupce Punoy ruled on Monday! in the U. S, Court for China, in the action' of Lane v. Lane, that the maintenance two of children should be paid for by the father to the mother, Mrs, Block, instead of his paying for the child: en's schooling, as had been indicat.
previously." Mrs, Block, formerly Mrs. Lane, "brought suit several] weeks ago for back alimony, which his Honour disallowed. My. C. Franklin appeared for defendant and Mr, J. W. Schoenfeld, in the absence tis, F. J. Schuh, represented tha plaintiff. la ems Joux Benjamin Thomas, the 15: year-old boy charged in the Court, on several counts involving' housebreaking and grand larceny, pleaded guilty before Judge Bardy, last Friday. Mr. R, T. Bryan acted as counsel for the accused. The youth of the boy calling for len. ie ney, his Honour deferred sentence for 80 days until the Court. should have had time to communicate with the State Department at Washing. ton regarding the feasibility of sending the lad back to. America, where he could be placed in a reformatory or similar institution,
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