It took nearly an hour for Mr, Bryan to complete his address. Mr.
Chen then rose and said 1 for the defence, he wanted Ast all to make clear the following points mentioned by the prosecution, na: aely, that criminal negligence on' part. of the defendant had been responsible for the failure of the A-O.B.C., that two heads of the bank, Raven and Brown, had been convicted and tenced by the U.S. Court for China, in connection with the same case, and that the defendant had tried through others, to reach a com: promise with Henry Young, the complainant, out of the court. Mr. Chen stated that the failure of the bank was one thing, that whether the defendant was gullly or not was another, and that these two should not be mixed up. The present case should be dealt with in accordance with the facts and evidence found and the decision should not be infuenced by that in the other esurt. With regard to the efforts to reach compromise with the complainant out f the court, this did not _mean an mission of guilt on part of the defendant, The efforts were made to find out whether there was any civil Dealing with the documentary evidence, Mr. Chen said that neither of the two receipts produced had the defendant's initials or signature. The conversion of the money from safe~ Keeping to call deposit also did not
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