'A Russian pedlar, S.A, Poumaraff, of P, 182 Point Road, was again brought before Judge Ling in the Provisional Coust on Wednesday, charged on two counts, viz, with selling liquors without: frst, obtain. ing a Veence from the Shanghai Municipal Council and with keeping liquors which were injurious. to public health. At last week's hearing the case was remanded in order that an analysis could be taker Sob-Inspr. Watson testified that kad gone to accused's shop on [Joly 7 and ordered some drinks from him. Witness was. not wil form at the time. Accused actually sold him the drinks, witness paying for one and signing a chit for the others.
Health Inspr. J. Howard said that the liquors were not exactly urlous to the health but they were of a very poor quality. The spirit was very, crude and it had not matured sufficiently.
Accused denied that he sold the Liquors and said that he did not take possession of his present house until July 10. The police came in jon July 11 with the summons.
The Judge:—Were you preparing to sell the liquors?—Accused—It is true that bad the liquors in my Possession but they wore. samples} which Thad bought and which I was going to send to Tsingtao, Tientsin and other places. T did not intend to sell them locally. 1 had not started business when I was summoned, Sub-Inspr. Watson said that} accused was in the house long before July 10, He had actually sold witness the drinks on July 7.
Accused denied this and said that} the only occupied a room in the! house before July 10, He could not have sold the drinks on July 7 because he did not then have full possession of the house, The drinks must have been sold by another Russian. He might have been pre-[sent when the drinks were. sold and he might have interpreted. He bought the liquors from the former tenant.
Sub-Inipr. Watson contended that accused was not telling the truth, At the last hearing, accused had produced a bill saying that he bought the Hquors from a place in the French Concession.
Accused said he did not make the liquors himself. He had bought them and he produced the bill which showed that he bought 22 bottles. He had all 22 bottles now and so he could not have sold any.
Paid a wholesale price of $20.40 for the 22 bottles, the brandy' costing $1 a bottle and the whiskey $1.50. He could not say what the selling price was because he did not' sell any of the liquors.
In reply to Judge Ling, Sub-Inspr. Watson said he had suspicfons that the liquors were injurious to public health but he could.not prove it, The bottles bore no Health Inspr. Howard was recalled and he said that, if accused had bought the liquors at the price the said he'did, he must have known that they were no good. Good Whiskey cost about $3 a bottle and brandy from $2.25 to-$2.50, whole sale price.
'Sub-Inspr. Watson said that officer of the American marines had reported that, after taking accused's, (drinks, tone of" his: men' had been hopelessly drunk for hours,
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