Vhe Hunan Mint Copper Contract Before his Honour Judge C. 8. Lobingier, at the U. S. Court for China, last Friday, the case of the U.S Government v. Ralph. S. Boyd. who is charged with obtaining is. 30,000 from General Chang Yi-pong, former managing director and authorized agent of the Hunan Provincial Mint, by means of false pretences, was continued. Mr. li. G. Husar, U. S. District Attorney, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. R. S. Haskell appeared for the defence.
Chang. re-called for.
amination by Mr, Haskell, confirmed everything he stated at the previous hearing.
Mr. T, C. Vu, assistant secretary of the Wah Chang Trading Corporation, said Gen, Chang asked him to assist in the drawing up of the Chinese and English contracts for the purchase by the Hunan Provineial Government Mint for the sum of. Tls, 20,000 of 20,000 piculs of copper ingots. Gen. Chang made the request becausc_he did not understand English. Witness went to Loyd's office after midnight on February 16 and, after the contract had been properly drawn up, signed it asia witness. Boyd said that he had the copper in a godown in Yangtszepoo and could ship the ingots to Changsha immediately as be had several ships of his own. Boyd also said that this was the reason why the ingots could be sold so cheaply.
After the general had gone to Hankow, witness acted as his representative and continually asked Boyd whether or not he had shipped the ingots, and was told that the copper had already been sent, but witness later received a telegram from Gen. Chang gsating that no copper had arrived in Changsha, Witness then identified volume mous correspondence between himself as agent for Gen. Chang and Boyd. When witness found out that no copper had been sent, he said, he went and told Boyd he was a liar. "TI then demanded back the Tls. 30,000, but he refused to return it." concluded witness.
The case was again adjourned.
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