gation Ca. Lid, were dismissed in Supreme' Court on Thursday morning by His Lordship, Judge Allan G. Mossop.
Melya Singh said that he had been employed by the No. 1 watchman Harnam Singh, with whom he deposited $22. as guarantee money, Which money he said was paid over by Harnam Singh to Capt. Price. This was denied by the defendant. and it was later learnt that Meiya Singh handed the money to Harnam Singh. He did not know whether Haram Singh gave the money to Capt. Price but Harnam Singh had told him he bad.
'Harnam Singh, who was in Court and was asked' to give evidence. denied all knowledge of the deposit money. Regarding one month's salary of $20 and an additional sum of $750) owed by the firm to the plaintiff, Capt. Price said that the money was at the head office of the Company, and had been since the plaintiff resigned. If Melya Singh called for it it would be given to him.
Bishan Singh, the second plaintiff against Capt, Price, claimed $32 deposit money, salary due for the months of May to July and also $7.50 additional money. In this case the plaintiff had not resigned: he, had been dismissed. Capt. Price giving his reasons said that the man had given trouble on several oc~ casions and when he was told that hho had to obey the orders of the No. 1 watchman, he was insolent. The money due to him for his work and the additional sum of $750 were waiting at the head office of the firm and all the plaintiff had to do was to call for it. All knowledge of sit money of $32 was denied by the defendant.
'Judge Mossop pointed out to both' plaintiffs that Capt. Price was not Fesponsible for the payment of their salaries. He was as much an em-Bloyee "of the China Merchants' Navigation Ca. Ltd, as they were.
Capt. Price told itis Lordship that the custom been to pay the salaries of all the watchmen to the No, 1 watchman who' gave a receipt for the money he drew to the compradore of the company. It was the duty of the No. 1 watchman to pay each of the watchmen their indiviual salary.
Commenting on this procedure His Lordship said that there was nothing to prove that the No. 1 watchman ever gave the money" to each of the Watchmen under him, He suggested that it would be far more satisfactory if each watchman drew his pay individually from the firm and gave a receipt for it. Capt. Price said that since the trouble arose this had been adopted by his
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