At the request of the Shanghai Municipal Police, the inquest at Ht, 'M. Court on June 9 on the body of Mr. Leslie Malcolm Bell, who died on June 1, was adjourned to Monday, July 10, in order that the police have more time to further it inquiries into the matter. Also present Superintendent Yorke, of the S.M.P., said that owing to certain developments, the police were asking for an adjournment.
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Haines, the Coroner, these circumstances were, the supe!
The next day, continued Inspector Henri, Nicholas Sotnikof? was questioned, and made the following re-
19 you remember the afternoon Jof January 4, 1933, at about 3 p.m. Bo you remember Killing Dr. Hor mos-Biles achakarat Yes, Tre Basijee Tachakaras bat l dont Te: member exactly how many shots Ere adit There were nine ear tridges in the magazine, and one in fete il th 1 "why did you kill this man?—1 was under his treatment since July 1991 for dysentery and other things, was cured of the dysentery but after this cure I became more and more impotent. I am sure that the medicine he gave me was the caure fof my impotency.
<Whny' did you" not see other doe-tors?—I left myself under his treat ment up to January 1952." From that date I'eonsulted Dr. Boginsk" He then gave an account of, the various "physicians he had called Upon and said-that he was finally' old he had catarrh of the stomach, Continuing, Be said "F returned. Dr. Tachakara and I showed him the Fesult of the analysis. He replied: Well, in that case you had better and see another doctor. Tecan fo, longer cure you."
"WA mysterious, force, continued Sotnikoft's statement, "impelled me to go and see Dr. Tachakara on October 18, 1982. "I saw him again Jand he gave me some medicine and [two doses of powder free of charge, and told me to return in three days, returned, and he asked him if I
He then read an affidavit by the manager of defendant's company, stating that the number of drums had been 1,760, und now only tots Ted. 1,25, "These drums "were n their property, and they, the di fendant company, claimed no interest in them except for godown dues.
Mr. Reader Harris submitted that he should now drop out of the action, ov yeth that it should po the stayed until the matter between counsel was settled. He submit ted that he was entitled to coasts on the first charge of the action, lr. Badeley said: that he accontthe position as Reader, Iarris, The action was for certain specific goods which his hents said were their property.
accepted the statement on the davit that certain of the drums had been delivered, 'The claim now rested on the 1,625 drums, which were the plaint-its' property, who said that they still were, and it was for the court to decide to whom the British subject, should deliver the property. He submitted that as Zung Ca,, could, submit to. the juris diction of the court, ents should be submicied ton'the® court's untie: eDeders to. stay proceedings, pleadings, and. for the ease' tobe ers to. stay proceedings, for tried as Mr, Badeley had suggest cil were made by hie Lords
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