'The First Special District Court on Friday reserved its judgement till next Tuesday in the civil case in which Mr. A. Bershadsky, chief the Astor House Orchestra, was sued by Me. R. T, Hamilton, Briton, for $1,100, allegedly due to' the plainti commission, It was alleged by plainti that he hed found the fob for Mr. Bershadsky who, it was alleged, gave a written promise to pay ten per cent. commission for the position which Mr. Hamilton had found for, him. The contention for the defence was that the commis sion had been paid long enough.
Russian Defendants Not Guilty M. A. Etinghoft-Laurice and M. I. vVessiliet-Bonderoff, Russians, accused by Mr. J.C. West, American, in, the First Special District Court of unlawfully appropriating to their own use certain' property. belonging to he complainant contrary to Art. 356 of the Chinese Criminal Code, and further accused of an offence under Art. 363 of the same Code, have been found not guilty by the Court, The case arose out of the lease last year lof the premises known as the "Im~ perial Hotel", 941 Bubbling Well Rood, bythe' two defendants. "Mr. West said inthe Court that he had Full authority to represent the Recoletor Mission (Spanish mission), owners of the premises at O41 Bub-ling Well Road. Counsel in the case wore Mr. T. C. Leong for the com-Diamant and Mr. G. BIN. Kraslavsky for the defendants.
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