Uneucceseful Claim for 't1s.100 for a Damaged Poke: Sequel to a Friendly Lift In H, M, Supreme Court of Tuesday, before Jouge Peter Krain, Olga Ouralskayn claimed from Mr. Edward loyd the sum of Tis, 100, damages for injuries to a Pekingese dog.
Plaintif's story was that she saw defendant outside the French Club one night last December, aod mistakit him for someone jim. She accepted invitation fo go for a short car-ride. She had the dog with liber, and in the car defendant..bjt it with his fist, bruising its eye and breaking a nerve. A few days later "she saw defendant again and asked him for Fra. 1,009 for injuring her dog. 'She had the animal under her arm, and he hit it again, though this' time she was not, sure that Ihe was not frying to hit her. She valued the animal at Tls. 100, because in addition to its being a pet, she made money out of its jefendeaé denied the whole story. He stated that he was trying to start up his car "on December 16 ut 8 o'clock in the evening. Tt would not start very well because the night was cold, and the woman came up to him and asked if he was not Mr. Barry. He replied in the negative and she told him she considerable trouble with her servants during the day, and (Mr Kentwell was, unable to accept an Adjournment until the afternoon, and accordingly withdrew, and his Lordship thereupon promised the accused to look after their legal interests.
In opening. the case for the prosecution, Mr. H. P. Wilkinson (Crown Advocate), said that ghee was a form of butter compound used by the natives of India, and arrangements were made by Sikh police, watchmen and others obtain consignments from India. Ghee for the men in the various Police stations was taken over by the senior havildars and distribut-Watchmen and others. had. been ed by them, but that for the
given to the two accused, who were Granthis attached to the Gurd-ware in a priestly capacity There was, however, nothing of w sacred character about this business transaction, It w Aistribute the ghee and collect the money for it. Tt was found at the end of amount named in the charge, and when asked to explain, one of them said that some of the money had hoon spent for Gurdwara purposes and in the enter jo deputation of Sikhs who came here from Singapore. This, however, had nothing to do with the Gurdwara funds, and the accused were never asked to-expend money in that way. A meeting was hell at the Gurdwara, the explanations offered were not accepted, and the two accused were dismissed.
In atiswer to his Lordship, the Crown Advocate agreed that it would "not necessarily be a. cri minal offence if the men spent money on an object they thought they were entitled to spend but in fact were not.
Evidence was then called, and Det. Sub.-Inepector Yorke suid, with regard to the arrest, that ne. of the accused rang up Central Station and asked if there was a warrant against them, and later both men came to' the station, Sirdar Sahib Buddha Singh, Jomadar, stated that the Ghes Fund, was collected from Police and various other Sikhs and paid into an account in the Chartered Bank, and witness alone was thorized to sign cheques. A por-jon of each consignment waa given to the accused to dispose of, and they were responsible for collecting the money and paying it in to the treasurer. They had no right to do anything else with the money. When the shortage was discovered and the scoused were questioned about, it, Sucha said. be had collected '$450, some of which ho had used for himself fand some for the Gurdwara fund, adding that ho would repay when he had hoon reimbursed by the Gurdwara and received some deferred pay due to him, Amar explained that he had used some of the money in connexion with the Singapore deputation. He also said that money hed not been paid by Sikhs who had gone to mexico. This. acci mised to settle up when he te ceived his deferred pay. A moating of Sikhs wes held to consider the matter and the accused wore dismissed from the Gurdwara, ACCUSED, Fvidenco was given by the Tréa-snyer of the Ghee fund, to prove the amounts unfrcounted for, and the afternoon session witness was cross-examined at consider. able length by both the accused. Tio admitted that the account was made out. in the name of the Gurdwara, hut hold that the no-cased were personally. respon ble, Ho denied having been furished with a list of Sikhs who cowed money to the fund and said that a list now put in by Amar Singh was exhhited for the first time, The trial was adjourned until next) morning,
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