Ricsha Coolie and His Filipino Fare In the U.S. Commissioner's Court on Tuesday morning the firs, case up for preliminary hearing before Mr. N. E. Lurton was that of Paciano Solano, a Filipino, charged with assault. Sub-Inspeefor Powell conducted the prosecution for the Municipal Police. It is alleged that the accused after being hauled by a rishca coolie from Yuhang Road along Chaoufoong Road and thence to the Public Gardens, tendered four coppers in payment and on being asked for more, struck the coolie in the eye and ran into the Gardens. The coolie pursued him, calling out to a policeman for help and the accused was arrested by a Chinese constable.
The constable gave evidence of arrest, saying that he did not witness the assault, but saw the accused running with the coolie in pursuit.
J. Winestein, a Russian employed in the Chocolate Shop Kiosk, stated that he saw the accused strike the coolie, and the coolie also gave his version of the affair. Accused said that he bargained with the coolie to take him to the Gardens, as he was a stranger and did not know the streets, that he paid him the stipulated amount 13 coppers, and that the coolie laid hold of him. He was bound over to the U.S. Court for China with bail of G$so,
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