The defence denied the allega: tions made by the plaintiff but set-off concerning the defendant's dismissal which had been pit forward had been struck out of the defence. An action has, therefore, already been commenced the Provisional Court by" the defendant against Mr.
Cheong Wing-po, attorney for Mr. Tsang Yin.
Mr. Cheong called to give evidence corroborated the statements of his] counsel. He said there had been no agent for the owner before he himself took up that position, The ship had been chartered to the Soviet Mercantile Fleet, and the Republican' Mercantile Ca. and the North China Steamship Ca. were also only charterers and not agents as had been suggested by the defence Capt. Benz gave his evidence in the afternoon and gave the Court a detailed accounting of his expenses, finally showing that he was owed about $5475 by the plaintiffs for salaries not paid. He claimed a maritime lien and had therefore, stayed on the ship, and besides this when he had tried to leave, the crew who had not received their money, would not let him go unti they had been paid. When he was in Shanghai in August he had seen Mr. Cheong and had _received $2,000 from him and a further $1,500 from the Soviet Mercantile in' part payment, of his expenses. Mr. Cheong had promised to settle further after the next trip, but when Capt. Benz returned to Shanghai he was informed that Mr.
Cheong was not in Shangh:
At this stage the case was ad-Journed until a further hearing, the date of which has not yet been settled upon.
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