M. Supreme Court before the Acting Judge, Mr. G. W. King, end a jury composed of Messrs. W. W. Wagstatt, W. M. H, Adams, B. G. Sharnhorst, JO. Barnes, and M.P. Baker, Geoffrey Carlyle Thompson, a boy of seven, on March 21 brought ction through Mr. J. A. Thompson, against the Shanghai Electric Construction Ca. for damages in connec with an accident which occurred at the Bubbling Well tram terminus lust October 17 which resulted the plaintiffs losing his left lex Velow the knee. Mr, M. Reader Harris represented the plaintiff and Mr. H. Lipson Ward the defendants, Handicapped for Rest of Life Outlining his case, Mr. Reader Harris explained the position of the tramway island at the placo.where Avenue Haig joins Vu Yuen Road. The plaintiff, then only six years end ten months old, was coming from the Vu Yuen Road school wit his brother. At the island he waz just mounting the tram, the gates of which were open, when the vehicle started and he was thrown down, sustaining serious injuries to his left leg, which had to be amputated Inter, 'The action, he said, was for negligence on the' part of servants of the tramway company. The Haintiff was asking for damages account of his injury, which was. ruch as to handicap him for the rest of his life, and special damages of $602.53 and $561.50 which covered! radical and hospital expenses and a trip to Hongkong on which he was taken in order to recover his health. The defence, he said, denied they were guilty of negligence and said that the injury arose from the laintif's own negligence or was Contributed to by the plaintiff's negligence. They said, according-to counsel, that the gates of the tram were closed, that the plaintiff ran and was caught in the gate of the first class compartment and fell came into contact with the tram importing ammunition. confusion was created similarity of the names of Sarwaa and the prisoner, the former Paving been recently convicted for assault. Tt was eventually establish:
_that the prisoner was identical! the nporting ammunition.
Judgment His Lordship said that yporting arms and wee very serious er the trailer.
The Plaintif's Story The first witness was the plaintiff himself, who hobbled to a sent near: the witness hox on crutches. There was some doubt whether he would understand the nature of an anth, Uing so young, and His Lordship arked hint: "Do you know what will happen to you if you do not tell the truth?" "No," replied the voltness. It was decided not to from these matches, especially the referee, who is in danger of his lite if his decisions do not meet with approval, and it now should by considered whether it is the League into a Chinese and Foreign Division, with possibly one championship game at the axal of the season between th leaders of the two Divisions. At this one game, the Association cou! possible arrange for enough police to turn out to keep hooligans order. If the Astociation find they cannot do anything, then I think that the foreigners are entitled t> protect themselves, lry refusing: to play against Chinese teams next Season. As a spectator I certainly get no pleasure in witnessing ther ce, where the Chinese "How, How" everything that their own Players do, and jeer and laugh at the slightest error on the part of a foreign player. I consider we all, players and spectators alike, got far more pleasure out of cocoer before the Chinese teams were allowed to participate, and I am firm.
convinced the standanl of football was good, if not better than it to-day. In conclusion I think such outbursts show the need of. keeping our rights to one recreation ground, scheme children can be seat swear him.
He said he was coming home from school that afternoon with his brother and. went to the rer entrance of the tram which was for moving. He put his left foot the step to enter when the conductor slammed the gate and he over talariced ud foil down. The tram.
Leyan to move as soon as the gate was shut. He was positive that the center, gate was open when he tried to
Cross-examined, he stated that he was a few yards ahead of his Urother. He denied that he ran up. to the car. The position of the car was slightly beyond the end of the island and the conductor was inside, He did not know who slammed the Charles Victor Thompson, his brother, aged 10 years and five months, corroborated the testimony of the plaintiff on the main points. Under eross-examination he said that the conductor, came out and rang the bell before starting the The gate closed after hi brother fell. It knocked his hand, hich was holding the rod at the side, off the rod. The car moved at the same time as his brother fell, spectators "nay witness a friendly footfall, without hearing our friends con the field Shells drenped
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