Brings Suit for Wlegal Detention of Belongings Judgment in favour of Mrs. Annette Loca was given yesterday by Judge P. Grant-Jones in H.M. Supreme Court against Miss J. D. Cubban. The plaintiff, who is an Italian, claimed $500 as damages caused by the defendant when she detained her typewriter for non-payment of rental for her flat at 1000 Vu Yuen Road.
The defendant, when questioned by the Judge, stated that she had been made to understand by detectives of the Western Shanghai Area Special Police Force that she could detain the plaintiffs belongings for nonpayment. She continued that she was willing to return the typewriter to Expected In Sydney Sydney, May 12.
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—Reutei the plaintiff on condition that she paid her $100.
"You had no right to detain anything" said Judge Crani-Jones, adding that the English law obliged one to have a court warrant before undertaking the detention of any pos+ session of another person for refusing to pay for the room. The defendant was instructed to return the type: writer immediately, to pay the plaintiff $300 as damages and all court costs.
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