Claiming that the injuries xeceived at the motor accident would permanently impair _her health, Zafira Elahi, the—eight your-old daughter of Mr. Hagi K. Elahi, British, brought action against Mrs.
Gladys O'Benion Hogan, American for G.$5,000 damages in the \U.S. Court. for China on Thursday. Judge Milton D._Purdy reserved the judgment.
The proceedings, which opened on Thursday morning, lasted for five plaintiffs' mental sufferings. Ao-|h pages mani serene een att lie SSRs, Uae, Fae his 3 ted earnings had expectancy drawn up by the in-mere AN AES seraer corea: a smemet first bean bat ni ait fader ras Suleeed eae was the first of its heard by was no aviation law which the court may apply to the case, the arguments of the counsel for both patties were of great interest. The following are. some of the impor-fant points of arguments made Dr./S. Francis Liu—That, since ino. aviation law had been promulgated by the National Govern-meng, the Civil Code would bs applicable to the case. In accordance with the. Civil Code, the defendant firm, in the capacity as passenger carriers, was Fesponsible all accidents except when such cient mere camped tooth force majeure or faults on part 0 the passengers, Evidence, however, showed that the defendant rat rar negligent in seecing employees, thereby "causing the the: ug, the manager, was brought to 'Shanghai from his native home in Shaoshing, and appeared before Judge Hsu in the Special District Court on Thursday morning. iwas remanded in custody for further hes ie. Sung' is the father of the missing youth, Sung Zung-foh, compradore of Messra. Reiss, Massey and Company.
Both Mr. Sung and his son di appeared on August 19." "In the Special District Court yesterday, the father denied the charge, saying that he was not the one who bale anced the accounts and was unaware of the shortage.
M-Treatment of Young Girl A story of cruel treatment of a young girl was told in the First, Special District Court on Friday when an application was made before Judge Dao by the police for gi the disposal of Ah Liu, a 12-year] old girl, who was found chained to the Wall of a house at 258 Yangtszepoo Road on September 30 snd who, was later released and taken to the police station.
Court Inspr. Lees, prosecuting, fold the Court that, on the after-non of September $0, a Chinese named Tsu King-tse reported Yangtszepoo Police Station Blood" Army.
According to police evidence, ac-Jcused sent recently to the complain. fant four threatening letters, state ing that ghelr "troops" had" received orders from their superiors to leave here for the war front, but they were badly in need of money, so they asked the complaine fant to grant them a loan of $30,- 000. "The letters. instructed " the complainant to send his representa tive to meet accused at the corner of Avenue clu Roi Albert and Rue Victor Emmanuel in the French Concession at an appointed time, Besides the letters, the complainant also received from accused several telephone messages regarding the money. Subsequently, complainant reported to the police' who arrested the first accused at a place in the French Concession where accused was going to meet the complain-fant's representative to te regarding the money.
ren by the first accused led to the arrest of the second who admitted fat the police station that he had plainant, 4 written the four letters to com-
Anornen batch of 270 Chinese arrived here from Japan by the "KS, Shanghai Maru on Sunday, According to them, a large number fof Chinese merchants in Japan ate hours. The plaintiff was—represented by Messrs. Schohl and Lurton, while Blessrs, Fleming, Frankaceldent..'so. it should be. held responsible for the payment of ization to plaintiffs. that one Woo Ah-nee residing at 253 Yangtszepoo Road had a gir] about 10 years old whom he had due to return to China shortly be-Jeause of the Japanese aggressions jin Mancharia,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.