Mr. John Palm Jones, headmaster of the Shanghai Jewish School, said that he had arranged to go! down to the races with his wife and} Mr. Macdonnell on the day in question, and there was a rush at) the time of leaving home, since witness arrived half an. hour late. At the last minute he found he had very little money with him and, there being no time to get a cheque cashed, he asked his wife to: take a cheque with her from her own book, ey hoped it might not be necessary, but witness lost money on the first three races and then asked Macdonnel] if he could get the money for him. Mrs. Jones gave defendant the cheque, which had no writing on it. As they had no pen jand_ ink, witness suggested that defendant should go and fill it in and endorse it and bring it back for Mrs. Jones to sign. He wished defendant to endorse it because he and his wife were not so well known. After the next race Witness saw defendant, found that he had not yet cashed the cheque and told him to hurry up and do 4 80. He saw defendant again after j the next race. He was in a great hurry, going to weigh in, and thrust $100 into witness's hands and ran off. When Mrs. Jones learned that the money had been obtained with her cheque she' pointed out that she had' not signed! it. and when this was mentioned to j Gefendant, who was just mounting for a race, he said, "All right, Pil see about it." Defendant was tired and exhausted when he got home anid not at all fit, and he remained at witness's house for severa] days. Witness gave him the $100 back on, the Tuesday morning. As he was away during the whole day the matter of the cheque was only referred to incidentally, and it was understood that defendant would see about it and get the matter squared up. On the morning after his friend's arrest, witness' and his wife went with him to Mr. Hanr mond's. office, and there witness -explained the whole thing, how it! came about that the cheque had been presented - in this way. Mr. Macdonnell produced the $100, and said he had had it ready all the week, and Mr. Hammond said he had no feeling in the matter, but it wag then out of his hands and they must see the court officials.
Asked by Mr.. Wing why the cheque was not filled in before they started from home, witness said for the} one thing they did not know how much money would be needed, and they hoped it would not. be necessary to cash the cheque at all. They iliad plenty of time to fill it in at the race course, but had no pen and ink. Witness thought Mr. Macdonnell had arranged things and did not attach any importance to it_at all.
When the heaving was resumed in the afternoon, Mrs. Goldia Jones, wife of the last witness, corroborated her husband's evidence.
Tu cross-examination by Mr. Wing, she said she attended the races fairly regularly, but had never before taken a blank cheque with her. She herself took the cheque from the book. The form was not taken out in sequence, but was from the back of the book. She took it from the back because she did not think it would be necessary to use it. She did not think about it at the time, simply tearing out the cheque. It bore the date of April 21 (but this she dich not know until the cheque was shown to her in Mr. McDonald's office).
Mr. Wing—That was also a race day?—I do not remember.
Is it possible that cheque was taken from the book by someone else earlier than the date you say Certainly not.
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