The adjourned hearing of the case which Gurbah Singh, a watchman, is alleged to have been assaulted by two compatriots, Amur Singh, unemployed, and Nurang Singh, an '3t_9 pam. on September Tongshan Road was Jeontinued in H.M- Police Court on September 15 before the Registrar Inspr. LIH. Knight prosecuted ea] behalf of ihe Police and accused were represented, respectively, by ae, veto Wing and Me.
Dr. cel Bennett, superintendent} Jof the General Hospital, deposed that complainant was brought to the hospital on Friday evening at about! 9.20 o'clock, Witness made an ex-smaller wounds on the outer side the sight eye, These required five! stitches. Witness dressed the wounds fand sent complainant away.
In erose-examination, witness said the wounds were not serious. He could not say if complainant had been drinking or not.
By thg Court: In witness's opinion, the wounds were caused by @ heavy. tick, This concluded the prosecution and scoused were called for the defence. Both. denied the charge and said that they had been. invited te complainant's quarters. toa -drinking, party to celebrate the victory of one Jof the participants in a lawsuit There were five bottles of "Star Whiskey, all of which were drunk.
Witnesses called for the defence Jcorreborated this testimony and said that they had not seen cither of wee used strike complainant. They were so drunk with the Jlongkew whiskey that they did not know] exactly who delivered the blows.
Mr. submitted that there nce against the first The question as to whether native Yanks orders should be paid wi ten days of their issue or afterwards was the subject of an argunent in the action brought by the Miteui Bussan. Kiasha in Shanhai Special Distt agaist the partners of the Doong Sen Native Bank on September 8.
The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha claim-from the defendants the sum of Tie. 147429. representing the amount ofa native bank order issued by the handed to Kaisha by No Keng-of the metal department of the Japanese firm who later absconded, in payment of certain goods.
After Ho Keng-sing absconded, the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha present-the native bank order to the Doong Sen Native Bank, but the! Tater refused to cash it on, the ground that the manager of the bank was compelled by' Ho Keng-sing, the absconded "broker who as one of the bank's partners, sue Defendants alleged that, accor: tothe usual practice of, na hanks, native bank orders are pay able within ten days, whereas' the order in question waa presented Sfter 30 days. Furthermore, cording to the usual practice, only native bank orders issued by memters of the Native Tankers Asso-cation may be paid to Zoreign firms Ju this nse, defendants claim, the ordos accepted by the Mitsui Bs Kaisha was issued by a non-of the Association. min, defendante alleged that lied, after receipt of th order from Ho Keng-sing, to pro-fent it to the tank which issued it for examination withing the specified Feriod according to the usual Councel in the care were Mr. Chu-ya and Mr. 0. Okamoto for Plaintiffs and Dn. D, 8. Chen for defendants.
Mr. Li argued at some length concerning the allegation made by de-Hendante' lawyer that the Mitsui Wussan Kaisha had illegally obtain-td: the native bank order from the Dank, but defendants' lawyer drew the -Court's attention to the fact! thay only facto were to be disclosed at that, junetare and requested the! Court to order plaintiffs counsel to observe the proper procedure in this. connection. The request was ranted.
Dr. Chen then wotlined what had happened in the past in connection, -vith the ease and said that the der in question was mall and vela because.of the reasons mentione? alive. Furthermore, he said, the native Sank order in question wae obtained by Ho Keng-sing, the ab-scending broker, from Chang Chun lai, manager of the Doong Sen Us tive Bank, who bad n> right to sue any order for the bank, the partners of which naturally refused fo aswme responsibility for its Payment.
Br. Li then said that, irrospestive of whether the manager of the Loong Son Native Tank had been forced by Ho Keng-sing to.issue the order or rot, the, Mitsui Bussan Kaisha had obtained it legally toon Ho. If defendants. insisted,; on, that. plaintit's had obtain.
legally from ife, the Court! should order. them to produce. evi dence in support of their. allegation. Concluding, Mr. Li said, that the native bank orders hitherto ise ued by the Doong Sen. Native Bank bad beea always paid on more than ten day's sight; therefore, the bank should, be ordered. to pay the money involved to plaintif(s,
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