Mr. Newman - asked that an urgent order be made for the native bank to produce its capital book or partnership agreement: that an officer of the Court be instructed to go at Once and secure these.
Magistrate Yui remarked that these were extremely important as they. woud show the status of the bank. An order issued by the bank should be paid by the bank. It was different when a cheque was signed by an individual and dishonoured by the bank. The individual would be responsible, but in case the bank really issued an order and refused to honour it the bank would be made to pay the full sum Payment of bank orders had great bearing on the credit of the bank, said the Magistrate, therefore the Court was anxious to go into cases in which bank orders are dishonoured.. An order would be made for the bank to produce these books.
Det.-Sgb. Beer gave evidence a9 to the finding of the diamond id a pawnshop.
Mr. Lemiére contended that the rule in this Court was that owners should be ordered to pay the pawnshop back the amount of money it had paid for the article pawned.
After Mr. Rodger had opposed this contention, the Court adjourned the hearing.
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