In reply to his Lordship, he sai case had been reported as "Joseph Tuck." Me had not written to the paper demanding an apology as he considered that when their error had been pointed out they should have own accord, and effect the article had} not have seen the explanation the paper printed. had not explained to his friends as hho did not feel he coul ask them His it why the! pi such, article should prejudice his The plaintiff then told two stories of apparently good men who in strated from these how iz was! possible for any go wrong, thoweh no one He dis not kn paper towards him, ty say whether the played a Evidence ax to Talk Edward Sing Lins.
int, stated that he had known Shanghai the article referred 1 was published, He told his wife thi Joseph Tack had gone wrong. Me had telephoned Mr, Tuck and thy went, to see him.
Tuck's first intimate Witness believed that the article was]
referred to hi 1. remember accounts of of the court proceedings, and that the name Joseph Tuck had been court: anu second, on the qu of identity, that the person referred to was the plainti' but another He then briefly outlined the evi lence of his witnesses. porter onthe Me had been in the Provisi september 21 and reported th ise of Tuck, who had been known era number of different aliases— ferent names. had different witnesses staires of the trial, and he coul not witness had used the he Was positly Thad been mentioned, fast of the proceed. count, using that time the Franklin Tuck. Between accounts, which were sep hont one week, he had gone up to) A Chinese laweser to ask him some! se, andi the it had then muttered th inst his paper. he followed the culars of the action. Thad said that K€ there was any mis und he would speak to th editor auvt have an explanation put the paper. The plainti had rudely that be should app tion ut the article] in the "Shang! vere haa been a remarkable dropping off his business, and he thought it as the consequence of the article; he other reason. He described how vl had first told him of 1 and he had not at firat believed that the "Shanghai Times" had published such a thing, as the paper knew hin, having Printed his photograph previously: When he became secretary of the Y's Men's Club. He was annoyed anil upset when he read the article fand would not have sued except for the seriousness of it affecting his ood name.
After the publication of the article he had been to two clubs where his reception had hitherto been cordial, his friends hailing him "Hullo, Joe." Everyone had tried to avoid him. Three people he knew of had not] given him business after publication, fas they had done before.
Cross-examined by Mr. Newman, hho stated that he usually read the "Shanghai Times." He had not that it was his friend Tuck, When he told the plaintiff about the} article, the plaintiff had rushed off to get 4 paper.
In reply to his Lordship he stated] that he had heal others ina tram saying that Joseph Tuck had me wrong.
Chang Ts-youns, a Chinese, chief accountant at the Commercial Bank of Hongkew branch, said in the witness box that he had known the plaintiff for 10 years. When he read the article he connected it with Toseph Tuck, his old class-mate, as} name is not a gammon one. Ie believed it until three weeks ago, when a friend had told him the trath. After the publication of the article hho had met Joseph Tuck in the bank, when pi asked for a brief in the Shen estate ease at the Provisional Court, in which witness was interested. He had told Tuck that} all the lawyers had been engaged.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.