Summing up his Lordship said this was but another case it was lot to try as the result of the appalling use of fire-arms in this town. As far as he could work it Jout he hiad, about once every year, a case involving: the unjustifiable juse of firearms more or less tragic results. The last case of jeho sort he had had to try started with the death of two people shot Hin a shop in North Szechuen Road, and it resulted in the subsequent jeonviction and execution of the man who did the shooting. Tt was only by the merey of God that the man fin the dock that day was charged with the offence of wounding with ntent, instead, of the graver crime, murder. "Had" the bullet gone two lor three inches higher up death [would almost certainly have—resulted.
As the story had been told that: Jday there was only one question for the jury to decide. Did he Intend it or did he not? There was not the slightest doubt that his the hand that fired the shot. His defence was that he took the revolver merely with the intention of frightening his man. As to that [they had all the evidence, and the story of the amazing behaviour of the prisoner when the man was on the ground. Without wai J—and this was Lester's own story whether Welsh was injured or not, he prodded him with his foot, as he described it himself, or kicked described by' the prosecution, and said he ought to shoot him through the head.
The Judge, after reviewing the evidence, commented that there w Colonel Ushakoff came in and ho would do the same for another three or four months, when various other Russians might appear in torn. The case should be terminated so far as that court was con Jcerned. Plaintiff was a member of ithe French bar practising in Tientsin, and the interveners might have no fear of being able to recover anything to which they might be found to be entitled.
ender Harvis asked that the hhis client had gone to Tientsin to tute proceedings against Mr. Fermus in the French Mixed Court, Mr. Goldring's position was that client's claim would have to be made against the party. sizcossful in the action at Tientsin, and if Judgment were given now i: would knock ira out altogether.
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