Charged with stealing a' typewriter valued' at $240. the property—of 'Messrs. Millington, Ltd, George Raymond Hulbert pleaded' not guilty in HEM, Police Court on Friday: morning.
"Atter evidence of arrest was given, Mr. A. Ricketts, Acting Registrar, allowed the accused bail on one surety in the accused's own recognizance of $250. and one further surety of $250. He further ordered that the passport of the accused be retained by the police. Mr. F. G [Livingstone is appearing for the pre-section and Mr. E. T. Mailand for the defendant. The case will come for hearing again at 215 pin. on Wednesday, November 13.
'A typewriter belonging to Messrs. [Millington's disappeared between midday and 2 p.m. on November 5, counsel for the prosecution said. [Subsequent inquiries made by' the Dolice revealed the fact that the accused had visited Millington's at 9.30 am. on that day and, at 1 pin. was seen by two Chinese witnesses sitting hostilities of January, 1982, amounting to $2,756.64 (2) the plaintiffs be permitted "to reduce the rent to" amount equal to 60 per cent of the resent rate of rent from July 1. this year, that is, the rent should be re-@uced each month by the amount of $551,828, (3) the defendants to pay costs, "The "plaintiffs allege that Wu Chia-chu is now occupying the premises at 448 Canton Read and operat. ing the Fu Hsin Lih Shoe Store at the monthly rental of $830.80; the plaintiff Nien Tsun-yung is pceupying the premises at 456 Canton Read and operating the Jui Sheng Piece goods bhang at the monthly rental of $202.26. the plaintiff Chang Chi-san is occupy. {ing the premises at 452 Canton Road and operating the Shun Cheng piece }goods hong at the monthly rental of $209.79; the plaintiff" Chin Hung-ching "is occupying the premises at 434 Canton Road and operating the Ni Ho Tung Shoe Store at the monthly rental of $188.81; the plaintiff Ni Huan Yao is occupying the premises 'a: 435 Canton Road and operating the Ni Chang Kuan ct the monthly rental of $1881; the plaintity We Tse 18 occupying the Canton Road With regard to the place of anchorage of the Lepanto, Mr, Seddon said that the Lepanto could not have been more than 1% cables. from th He would call attention to discrepancies in the: to the position where the two ships anchored after the collision. If plaintiffs could be one fand a half miles out in that respect, their description of other positions might also be incorrect.
An anchored vessel probably came up. very suddenly to the approaching vessel, and if Captain Chalmers had known that he was within three ables of the Lepanto he would have taken some. action.
Summing up for the plaintitts, str.
MeNelll said that with regard. to the place of anchorage of. the Lepanto, the captain consulted the Chinese pilot before anchoring, and, atter "anchoring, the navigating officer had taken' a compass bearing and a congo finding distance, The distance and compass bearing could not have twen so far out as 1% cables, The defence had produced witnesses who had estimated distances by naked eye and at night. It way Impossible to set "these estimates against a position taken by means of instruments, especially when they differed so widely. After the collision, when the Lepanto had lost her port anchor, she must have dritted and taken up the position ut which Captain Chalmers had thought her to be at anchor before the collision, The case of the obstruction Lepanto's lights had fallen to 1 ground on ithe evi of the witnesses for the defence. Captain Chalmers had admitted that the light which he picked out beyond the Kictwn light vessel might have been that of a vessel under 150 feet in length lying at anchor, Plaintitis alleged that Captain Chalmers' navigation was inexplicably negligent, and no. explanation, been offered for it. have "approached three cables of the Lepanto, and it was evidence of negligence that brought his ship to within a cable's length of the Lepanto, He should slackened. speed' or reversed, Judgment was reserved until a Inier date,
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