Cousens Mr. E,,'T. Maitland for tint' Dar; "Ravald" MeDonat for afore Mr, C, H. Haines, H.M. Registrar Shanghai, June 13.
the complaint made ' by Jagat Singh, who alleges he was struck with a stick and had his hair pulled, against Hira Singh, Hazara Singh and Ajit Singh, ' was continued yesterday in H. 'M. Police Court, before the Registrar, Mr. C. 3. Haines, Mr. E, T. Maitland repre-vented the plainti, while Mx. Ranald MeDonald appeared for the Jagat Singh was recalled by Mr. MeDonald for cross-examination, and stated that he was not a Sikh, as had been previously understood, but a Brahmin, although he attended the Sikh religious ceremony at _the Gurdwara, Questioned about what happened inside the temple, he denied that whilst Hira Singh was talking to the secretary of the organization hho jeered at him, saying that Hira Singh was cross-eyed, He was not drunk and did not challenge any of} the defendants to fight, added the plaintiff. He produced'in court an envelope which contained hair alleged to have been pulled out by the defendants during the struggle which later took place outside the building. Mr, MeDonald said, "I put it to you that this hair merely came In summing up Mr. Haines: said," "the conclusion T have already come to is that there is nothing against the [three accused. Both Hira and Jagat Singh were equally wrong in starting '2 quarrel in the temple. T do not think there 1s suffelent evidence to Justify my finding anything against Hira Singh. T am therefore going to dismiss the charges against all three.
suspect that action has already been taken by the religious community but that has nothing to do with me."
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