No attempt had been made, counsel for the defence went on, to call Chi-mese constables to support the sergeant's statements, and no attempt had been made to support the latter's statement that the flour being sold was only to be purchased by indigest Chinese on the orders of the 255. Mr. McDonald submitted it this was not a fact. "Why did he not call the proprietor and ask him if the flour could be'sold to the Indians?" he asked.
He then dealt with Sergt. Adamis' statement that very, very insolent manner," that' be had used the following terms: "You can't fight the Germans and maskee India. Shanghai is not an English place." Mr, McDonald eóntended that these statements were entirely imaginary.
"I subthit that his evidence is, in some respects, valueless," he contitiued. Inspector Gavan, he said, did for séerh to hear much of what hapd did seemed to see less. Des-the evidence of Probationary int Bowers as "remarkably Mr, MeDonald stated that this
spe of matters. Mr. Haines agreed that Dut an entirely different complexion Sergt. Bowers had given his evidence very fairly, Most Polite his witness had asked the Indians evidence, Mr. the latter's demeanour, his general behaviour and answers had been unsatisfactory and, if he might say so, as pert and as truculent as they could be, "If he could Behave in that way in this Court before Your Honour and, when he was subjected to a cross examination, which in my was mild end unprovocative, he could adopt an attitude like that, it dóés mot require any strong imagination to envisage what his behaviour probably was when he was dressed in a little authority. He had in his power people like my client, "He completely lost his self control, deter-Thined by a brutal dnd unnecessary display of force, to crush into serflike obedience anyone in that crowd, whd attempted to ask him questions, An attitude and actions süch as these are rare occurrences, indeed, in the case of British officials charged with the duty of maintaining law and Order, both in the British Empire and in this no man's land in which we have to live at the present."
Parasites "Mr. McDonald submitted that therd had been no assault and, if it was held that there was an assault, it was only one of a trivial nature and completely justified. He submitted that the charge came within the provisions of Rule 62 of the China Rules of Court, His client, he said, was a law-abiding citizen, who had been ini Shanghai five years. He was receiving $81 a month as a watchman and a free hut He messed with his brother and brother's wife. In Indid he had a wife and family to whom he sent money when he was able. "Like many other unfortunate people he has been feeling acutely the baneful actions of that detestable class of parasites—the food pro-Mr. McDonald continued.
He explained that his client bad at small shops, whith ad found it imanywhere, four at this Banta Singh the were arrested by the Central Police on Monday, were brought before the District Court yesterday
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