Court, before Judge A. Krisel, on July 20, the case was commenced of 'U. 8.
Jacob Polenetskey, charged with having struck, beaten and Beilin, complainant, 7 pan, on July 8," on the pontoon of the China Steam Navigation Ca., on the French Bund, where the str: Fengtien was docked.
Defendant and complainant con-meted their own defence, and tinual rebuke on the part of His Honour was necessary during the course of the session to preserve court procedure.
The story told by defendant who is in charge of the American Welch Transportation Ca., was that on the ay in question, when two of his. ployees endeavoured to direct foreign passenger on the Fengtien to a $4 a day boarding house in Wayside, complainant interpolated with a boarding house in Chaoufoong Road which was, described as providing better accommodation than the Astor House for $3 a day. A quarrel ensued and defendant ai rived on the scene to sway business in the direction of the Wayside Doarding house, Finally one of defendant's men was struck in the faze by complainant, according to defendant's testimony, and a fight took place on the pontoon. Defendant himself denied "having struck the complainant or having taken part in the fight.
A 19-year old Russian named S. Goodman then testified that he hua seen the fight and corroborated the Toregoing testimony. He had been told by complainant, he said, that he did not give testimony in the case but would work for complaintant's concern, he would receive 10 per cent. rise in his wages. A Russian driver named Costia Peschalmicoff then gave substantially the same evidence through a translater.
Complainant's witnesses were 1 cart, and the ease was aljourn-
On July 24, accused was fined
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