His Lordship, in giving judg~ ment, said that this wasa motion in a series of three or four actions which were brought. originally the provincial court at Tientain by tone Fevmur, a French—citizen, against the Siberian Agvivultural Corporesion, La, a British limited ability company. The sctions wore promissory notes drawn the whole Povatiey 207 various sums c# money story. Whatever was the result, [and da the reason. prisoner was in the [favour 8, N, Shendrikott dock that dey was drink. His own Were ce? notes "due a: various story, not the evidence against him, dates i> ye year, The was that he was drinking s0 heavily that nothing pulled him together Fermus. "cho was hut more drink, and then more Practis!
Jdvink. He could "mot give it up. known ven after he committed the wound [88 value but his actions were to proceed to Was f": ize purpose the Astor Bar to drink there, to the [all the storey due on the noter Continental bar and to other bars, CM€ es7!- always drinking, drinking. It was [leat typical and a sad story; that a man who had held the positions Lester said he had held should have sunk till he stood in that dock to-ay all as a result of drink. Again rentinded the jury to ask selves the question, was the action)it the Vetween the parties had sen tried by the Teened 2 Agile of tha: in ho gave judgment for After this a series Somamenced, a yas made by ho asked to Intervene the srowid that intentional or unintent After a 20 minutes tre Jury brought Renee ok gene.
Was the yeh! person to have the moneys, 38 subject of these notes, and leader wi stered, siefun Corporation aut,"
Brothers Killed in the War. ary 28, the defendant Asked what he had to say teat [compar cre two alfidevits, one sentence of the Court should not [endensss..¢ to obtain leave to dew be passed him, prisoner [fend che other calling "upon pleaded with the Judge to be lenient. Malyes: maintain—o¥® reim"
said he number of [Uish claim which was the subs brothers killed in the war and. his|Ject master of the action, and in parents, "were getting old. aMdavit the defendant asked that the result of this trial [compan "<pressly stated that the should not be allowed to reach their claim ears.
The Jude, passing sentence, said March %. cis matter for then 2.2 charges and ousts, other in subject mate
came hetero the jury hed brought ina verdict [the judge x. the Tientsin court and of his opinion, perfectly its be rightly, Prisoner had pleaded for leniency on behalf of his parents, aration) should pay the Well, he should have thought of within one week, his family before he had done the yarding settlement of shooting. "They (the Court) knew "in regard to the sub: the cause of his downfall ect © <f thie action between the cause of the down!
Ferma et Malysin, by the many who stood in the criminal's comperens court, "and further ord-dock. she parties be at liberty, "It is appalling to me," the snerally. The result of Judge repeated, "with what levity seas that the Siberian people use firearms out here, Corporation (the 'The least sentence I can pass upon the notes) was out of the you, William Lester, the very lo Picture ltcgether? they paid the say, is that you be imprisoned and money' into court," received their kept 'o hard Labour for a term of taxed costs up to date, and did veal not appee? eny further in the mat= ter t all. They had therefore lett en the veerrds the plaintiff, the
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