The Archive · 1940

Question of Jurisdiction

Sate v, aLIF sion Coussens Mr. PI Watkin Willams for Sate.

Before Mr. C. H, Haines, 1.31, Registrar Shanghai, Moy A case was adjourned in HAL Police Court yesterday to decide whether a dairy was in Settlement for Chinese territory, as It had been Slated "during the hearing of the case that it was believed one half fas in the Settlement while the ther half was outside, Before Me. CoH Haines, WIM, Registrar, Dalip Singh, who had appeared earlier in the moming as defendant in a case in HUM. Supreme Court, was charged with selling mille on April 19 without a licence, contrary to. Bye-Law 34. The prosecution was brought by the Public Health Dept,, SMC.

Inspr. E.G. Trodd, " Wayside Police Station, iold the Court that he had enquired about an alleged delivery: of mile by. the defendant {o the Indian stof in Ward Road Gaol "and that he tad questioned defendant about this matter." Dalip Singh had denied ever selling or olivering milk to Ward Road Gaol fas he had) a contract with the Western Dairy' on Singapore Road to deliver between 200 to 300 pounds of milk dally. He produced the contract. in Court Mr. E, J, Sluis, chief inspector of the Public Health Dept." stated that he had inspected the defendant's dairy where he saw about fows and three buffaloes in filthy "and" insanitary eonaitios Defendant had never taken" out licence for the sale of milk, "Questioned by Att. P, "Watkin Willams, defendant staied that his dairy was upside the Settlement. and' that he delivered milk to the Western Dairy. on his premises and received payment on "his premises. The case was then adjourned, Laveeny by Trick San, yRED Wort Couywr: ste, PI Watkin Williams. for Siena Sac WB. Newman for afore Br, C. Me Haines. HIA, Registrar Shanghai, May 10.

(On a complaint of having obtained typewriter from Messrs, Dodwolt Ca, Ltd, on false pretences by means' of "trick on April 3, Prod Woelz. appeared before Mr. "C, H. Haines, "HM, Registrar, in TIN. Police Couit yesterday. Me. P, Wat. kin Williams prosecuted the ease for the S.M.P. while Mr, K. B. Newman appeared as counsel for the accused, Leo Yih-soong, assistant employed bby the Li Ho pawnshop at 118 Route des Soeurs, said that at 440 pam. 0 April 3. foreigner came, into the shop and pawned a typewriter, Wit. ness identified a book which was produced in court as" foreigners' Signature book belonging to. the pawnshop. The number of the typewriter which was pawned was in the book. When the police inquired concerning the typewriter, he handed the machine over to the police, In answer 10. question put to him Mr. Newman, the witness said that any important property were Pawned by foreigners the shop assl-Mins must ask. the foreigners sign the book. The sum of $165, which was written in the book, was the amount advanced for the type: writer.

Wong Miao-kung. shipping cleric at Dodwell's, said that he saw a foreign. for in a black suit yo into the ins ager's office on the afternoon of Aprit 3-and come out with a typewriter, Aller a conversation with Me, Georg 'S. Dovey, manager of the equipment department, the witness followed the foreigner in a rickshaw along Jinkee Road to the Bund, and then South along the Bund. At Han. kow Road there was a trame jam and the witness Tost sight of the man hho was following. "He could not identity the foreigner, Mr, Ralph Allan Saunders, Marine Superintendent of the Asiatic Petro-Teum Company, said thay no one by the name of D. Wilson was ever the floating staff of the A.P.C. Int Saunders said that he knew all of the members of the floating staff and the accused was "not on it, Miao Ah-nae, a coolie tu the ploy of Dodwell & Ca, said that he went to Central Police Station April 8 where he handed over $105 and brought out a, typewriter. "He brought the "iypevriter, a small Underwood, back to Mr, Dovey.

'A detective-sergeant of the SP. Mr. John Henry Ware, said that' 8 oan. on April 5 he' went to the Li Ho pawnshop and inspected an Underwood portable typewriter No. G-1221626, He took the typewriter from the shop to his office in Central Police "Station where it remained until' 3 pan. on Aprit 8, when he handed it over to Miao Ah-mag, an employee of Dodwell & Ca, Br. R.M. Goldsack of the office equipment department of Dodwelt's,

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