Continuing, witness said he had Jdefended two or three men prosecatjed for making counterfeit notes. poorest had ever seen. Phe notes in chis ease were, the Witness next spoke of the trouble which ensued—_upon Dzung's suspension from the Mixed Court, and went on '9 say that during his illness, after the jeceident, Dzung had collected fees Jand failed to attend court. He was very hard up for cash at the time lof his arrest. "When I was are: jed," witness concluded, "it was a }great shock and half an hour passed before I quite realized that I had to get up and go to the police station."
Mr, Newman—Have you ever knowingly had in your possession a forged bank note in connexion' with this case?
Accused—No.
Have you ever at any time uttered a forged bank note?'
Mr. Macleod, cross-examining: You told Det. Sgt. Tinkler that you had defended Chinese in counterfeit bank note cases, and thought that might have some con-sion with this charge?
racking my brain the. whole night Witness—Yes, I aid that. I was] trying to discover some reason for issue of the warrant, and I could fuct connect it with anything until I was told of the Nanziang of Cze men I defended got three years for counterfeiting, and 1 Jthought it just possible that some his friends might have laid a trap to got me into trouble, because T had been unsuccessful Your counsel has suggested that Dzung is the villain of the piece?—That is my view, absolutely. 1 think T can see now how the plot was laid. They studied my movements while I was living at Warren Road, and I know Dung was there during my absence in the day time, They could have taken photographs there and have gone on printing notes without my knowledge. I am a busy man.
When did you first, suspect that Trung was a bad lot?—In October last. "In connexion with a very remarkable case at the Mixel Court concerning a nun, Dzung entrusted with a title deed and he mortgaged it without her consent. L reprimanded him and he promised jto_mend his ways.
Do you really suggest _that Izung was at the head of these forgers?—I_ should say, judging from the evidence that has been riven, that he must have been interested in the forgery. It was he who introduced me t> a servant who turned out to be an ex-convict and a forger. All the servants he produced were men of bad char-
A "Fool Day" Transaction Questioned as to the mortgage the Nanziang property, witness said was only a nominal transfer to Lee. When Dzung suggested the mortgage, witness said: All right, Let us make it a big thing—Tls, 300,000, and date i April 1—'Fool day."
Mir. Macleod—I don't want to say! hard things bub there are reas sons for suggesting this document is mot what it purports to be. You have not loaned Ts. 100,000 ito any-Jone, you have not loaned anything ut all to Leo, and the deed was not executed on April 1.
Witness—It was executed in May.
His Lordship—At the end of the! Gocument you have a formal receipt from Lee for Tls. 100,000, and he received nothing.
Tu answer to further questions, witness said he could give no explanation why the servants should move from Warren Road to Nan-along, except that Dzung must have taken' them there. It seemed that they had conspired to lay the blame on witness if they gdt into trouble, and he thought it was really with view to this contingency that Daung had got him to visit Ni along. He had never lived there for stayed there a single night. He could ndt say why the ex-forger thad told the story of receiving the notes from. him, except as the easiest way of getting out of his own trouble.
An Acquittal The Kentwell trial was concluded! on Monday, the jury unanimously finding accused not guilty of the charges of being in unlawful possession of forged notes of the Bank of Communications, and with uttering the same with intent to] defraud.
When the proceedings were resumed, Mr."Macleod questioned acfietter that he (Kentwell) waa hart up for cash, witness answering that the was naver-in wan of money.
Mr. Macleod—Dzung wrote: "I understand that gu also are badly in need of cash What had you told him which caused him to write that?
tness—Possibly it was that 1 thad signed a Tls. 6,000. guarantee note for him, and 1 wanted to get the cash, T had fourteen of fitveen thousand taels in the bank at chat Hime.
Witness admitted that he rented the houses. in Warren Road. and Soochow Road; also that the on the letter addressed 0
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