Claiming $218, money and interest on & promissory note, $30 costs, and $11.25" court fees, Gian Singh, re-resented by his attorney, Naranjan Singh, in_H. M. Supreme' Court, on Monday, Oct. 14, was given judgment for $200, plus costs and court fees.
Mr. J. Boyle, the defendant, said that, when he signed the promissory note, $180 only was handed to him, $20 being retained by Gian Singh as interest for two months, He would not have signed the note for $200 if Mr, H.R. Hanson had not been present to_ witness. the transaction thought," he said, "it there was any trouble he would speak up. Hanson, a Dane, promised at the time to be his guarantor, Judge P, Grant Jones pointed out that defendant should not have signed for $200, if he only received $180. "Although you did only receive $180, he said, "he is sueing you on 'a promise." 'There was only power, Judge added, to grant relief if' the Yaets showed that the deduction of $20 made the interest excessive.
Sudgment was given for $200, deducting the interest of $18 asked by the plaintiff. Mr. E. T. Maitland appeared for the plaint The summons brought against Mrs. Judah "Azachee of having created 3 disturbance during a service in the Jewish Synagogue on September 1 came up for further hearing in H. Mf. Police Court last Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Azachee was not present in court but her husband testified that his wife was still in hospital and too ill to attend. Whereupon the Registrar, Mr. C. H. Haines, adjourned the ease sine die, At a previous hearing in September Mr. RJ, Moslem, warden of the Synagogue, complained that the defendant had interrupted a service by shouting for charitable assistance from the congregation. Mrs. Azachee stated that the complainant hed Dlocked all places where she could for help. She had gone to the synagogue to see the rich people. She walked in quietly, when the complainant pushed her back, and threw her bag on the floor.' She and her children had then cried.
'The hearing commenced on Wednesday, September 18, and came up for a' second hearing on Friday. September 20, when the husband of the complainant produced medical evidence to the effect that his wife Inquest Opened on Bachint Singh The Coroner, Mr. C. H. Haines. opened an inquiry into the death of Bachint Singh, a 29-year-old bookkeeper, on Thursday at the Public Mortutry. "The deceased's body was found late on Wednesday in a creek off Hunglao Road. Chinese farmers made the discovery. The hands and feet of the deceased were tied together with strips of cloth, Evidence of identification was given by Pritan Singh, who said that Bachint Singh used to live with him Miller Road. Pritan Singh said that he last saw Bachint Singh alive on Monday, October 14.
Bachint Singh had been employed by the Shanghai Ca-operative Society. Alter evidence of identification, the Coroner adjourned the inquiry until 215 pin. on October 28.
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