Sir' Peter' Grain continued—the hearing of the action in _pro-ete by Ezra Abdullsh Hardoon (claiming to be a cousin of the. late Mr. 8. A. Hardoon, of Shanghai) against Mrs. Liza" Hardoon (the widow), executrix and sole beneficiary under the will, with a view to determining the validity of the will. The plaintiff is represented ty Mz. H. P. Wilkinson, K.C., with. Mr. H. Browett, and the defendant)
Mr. Eldon" Potter, Hongkong, with Mr. G.'H. Wright; whilst Mr. H. B, Samuel, of London, with Mr. E. L. Hartopp, is, folned' as a plaint! on behalf of fr. Isaac Silas Jacob Barden, of Bombay, who also claims to be relative of the deceased.
Mr. Potter, resuming his address from the previous day, elaborated on the argument, in proof of which he cited many cases, that the Court ras competent to take jurisdiction over a British protected person, Who, in that role, was legally a. British subject, that it was perfectly proper for a person to acfquire a domicile of choice in Shang-ai, and, accepting those two principles, the Court had to administer {ts own law, which, he contended, was the law of England, Mr. Pot-{ter again emphasised that, actually, was a Chinese Court, in that it Was established by the consent of. the Chinese Government, but it was. 20 established for the purpose "of administering their own. law to British subjects, independent Chinese law, and the law sanctioned. by the Order-in-Council was the law of England. "Mr. Hardoon, he perty up to the time of his death, seizing to own the whole square which his residence was located.
Mir, Hardoon svas_on the Muni pal Council, as a British representa-Eve, from 18990 1908." So far as withes knew, Mr. Hardoon's lend all was registered in' the British Consulate, 'The title deeds for land "the. Foreign. Settlement, even' when foreign-owned, all emanated From a Chinese offelal and bore an official Chinese seal. He believed all transfers "had to be registered at the Chinese Land Ofice. Ground rents were paid to the Chinese Government.
Cross-examined by Mr. Samuel witness: believed the bulk of Mr. Hardoon's property was in the International Settlement. He -could only call to mind one piece in the extended roads area which belonged to Mr. Hardoon and that passed out of his possession some time ago. Witness admitted "that it was a matter of common knowledge that on tone occasion armed Chinese had been prevented by force from entering the Settlement. The attitude a ways had been that the Settlement was neutral, and it was so regarded in the Great War, Witness admitted acquaintance what Mr. Samuel styled that jewry deserving institution called the Shanghai Volunteer Corps," and he had served in it, It was maintained to some extent out of the budget lof the Municipal Council and partly by the Volunteers themselves.
'Witness was cross-examined' as to the constitution of the Corps, its Command; and various other pat ticulars, especially as regards th Russian Detachment, and said thi hho had no special knowledge and he would prefer that such questions were put to someone with more inaana's) <|amtorded bin, way 2] claimed, by virtue of the togsly British on mate knowledge. He stated, how-fever, that the Russian Detachment subject, and' he had established a/ did. lice duties and gaol duti Won Win," $1040." Places,"
20, $10.80,
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