Melik-Vartenian, a Persian, who Fecently accused a conductor of the French Tramway Ca, of a breach of ttaMle regulations in the French Concession Chinese tribunal, has been awarded $1,970 damages by the French Consular Court in a civil suit which is a sequel to the criminal action in the Chinese tribunal. The Plaintiff alleged that on May 4 this year, he was a passenger on No. 4 tram of the defendant company. On. Route Say Zoong. the tram stopped, and the conductor opened the iron te and seated himself inside th tram. The plaintiff, seeing the trot stopped, wanted to' step out, but, at this moment, the tram started again, and he fell on the street, it was leged. Mr. Paul Premet, attorney-at-law, represented Mr. Melil.
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