Counsel for both the prosecution Jand defence summed up on Satur-lay but owing to the limited time, however, only one of the two lawyers. for the' det Mr. D. S. Chen, completed his address.
Describing Kleffel as the master mind who pulled the strings, and the compradore, Wang Yeh-zal, and the clerk, Tau Vu-soong, as the puppets
'American-Oriental Banking Corpora-the play, of the failure of the lon, Mr. Robert T. Bryan, jr, the 'Municipal Advogate and counsel for the prosecution,"In the course of his! address before' the Chinese Judge, asked for the conviction of the former M. manager of the defunct ink, whose criminal negligence, Mr. Bryan stated, had resulted in the failure of his bank, The A-O.BC., Mr. Bryan stated, was not a limited company acco: ding the Chinese law, but a partner-ship. Since the defendant was the manager and a stockholder in the partnership, he was responsible for all. the Yabilities according to Chinese law. All the prosecution had to prove in the case were that the defendant was the manager of rik, that there was wrongful act, and that the defendant had knowledge of the wrongful act. The defendant had admitted he was the general manager of the bank and he could not defend himself by saying that he did not know certain things in the bank because he was the general manager. The bank was benefitted by the wrongful act.
Talk With Compradore Regarding evidence In the case, Mr. Bryan stated that the witnesses for the prosecution were Henry Young, the Chinese complainant, the compradore, Wang Yeh-zal, and the clerk, Tsu Yuesoong. Young had testified how ho talked with the compradore about his intention of putting $20,000 in the bank for safe-keeping, and hot the compradore, after consulting the defendant, came back and suggested to him to put his money in call deposit account. There was no sug-sestian that what Young had said was untrue. The compradore had corroborated Young's statement in every important detail. The defendant and the compradore had been on good terms until the prosecution, was instituted. Before that, the defendant wanted and needed the compradore to do what he desired. The compradore, therefore, was the puppet and. the defendant was the master mind who pulled the strings behind
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