Pala Singh was charged in HM.
the Registrar (Ble, C. Lil Haines), place Gaur se Slay 6, before with having. failed to attend the Shanghai Special Atea District Court on April 25 after having been ordered to do #0 by Hi. M. Supreme Eauee for Chia. pane under Afticle 200 of the China Order cation wag. brow
in Council (1028).
The Chief Clerk of the Court (3.
GO. Anderson), after referring ihe' Article under. which the eas being "conducted, Article G0, which detailed. Penalties: for non-compliance. with the Court's instructions, said that the facts were briefly as. follows:
a Gonsulate-General had eel letter fromthe Shanghai Special tea, District Court asking for, Pala, Singh's attendance April 25 to entitled "Koku Singh v. Fuh Foh-tung." A summons to this effect iwas, served on Pala Singh on April }24. "Tt was only fair to say that the summons was served on him at Jthe Paulun Hospital, where he was undergoing medical treatment, and that he had intimated to the summons' server that he expected to be operated on April 25. Inquiry by the server, however, resulted in information to the effect that no operation was contemplated.
Evidence of arrest was given by Det. Sgt, J. R. Harvey, who said that he had received and executed warrant for Pala Singh's The Court Usher said that nad served Pala Singh, as stated, Jon April 24.
Pala Singh, in a statement from the dock, said that having undergone operation on his hand he was tunable to leave the Hospital. "While hho Tealized that Court summonses must be obeyed, he. could not obey ithe summons involved in the present proceedings due to his condi-
Det. Sgt. Harvey, recalled, said that a medical oticer at the Hospital had told him that Pala Singh had been operated on for tuberculosis lof the right hand.
cautioning Pala Singh, the Registrar said it was evident he had treated the" summons very ightly. It would have been easy {for him to have notified either the Court or the Court officers that he Jwould be unable to attend Jon the advice of his medical attendants and to have submitted medical certificate to. that effect. JAnother subpoena for Pala Singh's attendance at the Special Area [Court would be issued and if that were not obeyed he would be liable to a fine of £5 or one month's
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