sur aman 0, 6, stscta, Before Judge P. Grant Jones Shanghai, July 26 All Haidar, a watchman employed bythe Municipal Counelt sought to Fecover "$68 from. Mr, G._ Sinclair, fenter assistant engineer of the Public Works Department, before Judge. Grant Jones in H, M, Supreme Court Yesterday.
Pinintit told the court that_ the claim way for balance of wages duc.
said he wae discharged from his employment after an incident with 30 colles of the Public. Works depart. font." He said' he. wan attacked by the cools atler Ive hid eauuhthotd ff one. of them while preventing the theft of property of the department Mr, Sinclair fu the witness-box there was no question that the walehwould be paid. Reverting to indent with the coolies witness said plainti reported for work with an. arm swathed in bandages "the following morning and told hin th Injuries bad been "sustained during the prevention of a theft. Witness Added that he communtated with th polled who informed. him- that. the Eoolies and the plalti with another Indian were taken. to. the. Wayside police station after the incident in consequence of further informa tion made by the police witness said, veeommended the Council charge the man. The Indian he sad, seas told to call on August 1, when fre would: resolve. $1010. which was more than what he was claiming, The man. was told, ho said, that Mis ices would be suspended immediate. ly, but that he would. be paid Unti hie received "formal notice charge.
dismissing the case His Lordship polited out that defendant yas not Fit the employer of the plainti who {vad enjoined to call atthe defendant' mee on August 1, when he would delve the money.
Witness went on to say that. the room in the barracks was entirely AL for confinement of a man, being airy and suiielently spacious. Wit= hess valse" said he examined Pie Witlson before he was sent to det tion anid found him in w fit and woe Lance-Corporal Joseph Hartwell of the Military police atthe Tifcryg Road camp' told the coroner that he patrolled the detention barracks on the morning of July 19. Outside Wiltson's room he looked in and saw the private sitting on the bed boards with a bucket in front of him. "Atte telling what equipment he was to wear at 9 am, witness went to the Jontee. "When he returned to the room later he saw Sgt. L. J. C. Munday and Pte. John Bruton attending deceased.
Sgt. L. J. C, Munday of the military. police next described his visit to the room where Pte. Willson confined, "He said that after rece! ing no response to his knocking unlocked the door and on entering the room he saw the private hanging by his neck from a window bar of the room, supported by two straps forming part of his equipment. cided that the tips of the toes of the private wore touching the ground, but were not supporting him. Wit ess immediately obtained a razor blade and cut. the straps. "Willson was Jad out on the floor and showed Ro' movement. "Capt. Levis later took charge, witness. said, and the private was taken in a stretcher to on ambulance. Tu reply to the coroner he explained that men in detention usually kept their equipment with them in the some room, while razors were kept in the ames of the barracks.
Supporting evidence was given vy Staff Sgl. Edgar Hopkins, "MPS.C. who went on to explain that deceased could only get to the bars of the window by standing on a shelf which was in 'a corner of the room. When Pte. Willson was let down, witness said, he appeared lifeless, but his body quite warm. 'The previous day, he met the private who quite normal. Witness had reason to believe' that he was de-
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Pie, John Bruton of the RAME. was next called into the witness-box He told the coroner that he examined the pulse of deceased and found Wt quite' strong on the morning of July 19. "Witness applied Schaffer's method of artificial respiration which, he explained, was generally applied to induce resuscitation in drowning cases.
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