Asked whether he opened negotiations with Mr. Hammond through Mr, Grosse, with a view to settling: the matter, witness said, "I only asked Mr. Grosse to assist me in getting the case heard og soon as possible because I was all but ruined."'
On the matter of having endeavoured to sub-let the premises, witness said he inserted an adver-fisement in the newspapers. But as soon as applicants heard that Mr. Hammond was the landlord they did not bother about thu flat.
Mr. Nicholas Leashin, now manager of ithe Oriental Advertising Agency, said that one bath had been removed because it was in the way of fitting up a dark room. Witness admitted that he had made a mistake in not asking Mr. Hammond's_ permission for its removal. Mr. Roussolsky took the other bath.
Mrs. Krukoff, plaintiff's wife, said Mr. Hammond's'boy, on the afternoon that the furniture was removed, said: "Mr. Hammond talked no can take away." Defendant's employee pushed her from the cart and cut the ropes.
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