A fine of £1 10s. was imposed at H. M. Police Court om Aug. 26 on Mr. A. J, Headington, of 920 North Sect "Hand ike St, who eae cearamediatal sty bane in injury to Yue Ab-fu, in Nanking Road near Chekiang Road Mr, E. B, C, Hornell by Judge Mila a a the plaintiff, while Mr. N. P. Al longs! sons' \idators, fendants were neither present nor represented.
In H. M, Police Court on Aug. 22, Bishan' Singh was sentenced to two. months! hard 'Inbour for assaulting a small Chinese boy, 'Tsou Ching-sung. Me, John MeNelil was the counsel for the prosecution, an Singh was charged with struck the boy with a wooden baton on the wrist, while the latter was carrying out' his duties as an attendant of the Vienna Cafe, opening and closing the doors of patrons! ears on their way and from the Maria V. Feoktistova, Russian dancer, was sentenced to 25 days" detention by the First Special Dis trict" Court "on" August 23. charges of being drunk and orderly on Yangtszepoo Road Previous "afternoon and having Smashed part of the wire netting of the Yulin Road police station detention room on the same day.
Mr. 0. Rocher, an employee of a local motor car company, charged in the Second Special 'District Coury with manslaughter and negligent driving, was' acquitted by Judge Lion August 21. A. civil action brought by the eomainant against the accused was likewise dismissed.
The present Court. decision is. the first case of the kind. in" which the doctrine of "contributory negligence" in a motor accident was raised in a criminal case in the Chinese Court here:
'Mr. Lan Ssu-chang represented the plaint the civil action, and Dr. On appeared for the defendant.' who
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