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JEWISH BROKERS'
SQUABBLE.
"RIDICULOUS" CASE IN
SINGAPORE.
ALLEGED FAKING" OF CONTRACTS.
This is one of the most ridicu lous cases ever bought into a Police Court," remarked Counsel for the defence when aquabble between
Jewish brokers in the Arcade was inquired into by Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, last week. References were made to the "boosting and faking " of contracts in the local share market.
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BOLSHEVIK SECRET :
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ENGLISH LIBERAL'S £3,000
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"Who is the rich English Liberal who financed the Russian Bolshevik revolution, and got his money hack after it succeeded?
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At the Summary Court yesterday, Kwang Kam Leung, 2 married Road, Shamshuipo, sued Chan Fu: they presented: "Journey's. End" woman living at 303, Laighikok very good "house" last night when Yew, a shopkeeper, of 40, Tai Nam at the Star Theatre. As was to be Street, Shamshuipo, for the re expected the play was well-received An amusing story about him is told by Trotsky in his new book, covers of $400 due to a promissory and each member of the cast same My Life-the Rise and Fall of a note.dated December 14, 1929, and in for his round of applause, Mr. Dictator," ad English translation of a further sam of $43 ns balance of Grant Henderson "Trotter "* which was published last month,
Trotsky came to Loaden in 1907 interest due at the rate of three
was the outstanding player, his for the congress of the Russian per cent. per month. Two women, bumorous relief being much appre- Social Democrats, in which the who had also signed the note, apcintosh Bolsheviks were the driving power;,peared jointly as defendante in the
The party congress of 1907," he reveals held its meetings in a Socialist church in London. It was a protracted, crowded, stormy, and chaotic congress. The second Dùma was still alive in St. Petersburg The revolution wat pubsiding, but it was still arousing great interest, even.. English political circles.
"Prominent Liberals invited the better-known delegates to. their houses to show them off to their
The complainant, George Saul Marshall, was represented by Mr. H. A. R. Paulusz, and Mr. C. E. Smith appeared for the accused, Moses Joseph Nassim,
usually known na Joseph, The charges | guests. against Joseph, were criminal in- timidation, intentional insult and attempted assault.
On Mr. Paulusz informing the Court that two witnesses, who had been subpoenaed by the prosecution wanted 823 each to come to Court to give evidence, his Honour said that that question would have to be decided at the conclusion of the trial.
Depleted Funds.
writ, and they denied hability,
Mr. H. C. Lec, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that the two women defendants were known to the plaintiff some time before the loan was made. They approached her about making a loan to the first defendant, who was not known to
the plaintiff, but she eventually
agreed to make the loan on condi- "The ebbing tide of the revolution that the women also" signed tion was already evident in the the promissory note jointly with.the lessening of the party funds. There defendant. was not enough money for the re- turn journey, or even to carry the congress to its conclusion..
When this sad news re-echoed under the arches of the church, cutting into the discussion on arm ed uprisings as it did, the delegates looked at one another in. alarm.
"We could not stay in the The complainant stated in evi-church, of course. But a way out
was found, and in quite an unex pected form. An English Liberal agreed to lend the Russian revolu- tion £1,000, as nearly as I can remember the figure.
Co
dence that he was an assistant in the brokers' firm of Blake the Arcade, and knew the decused as Joseph. On May 14 last he was sent out by Mr. Blake to get an offer for 2,000 Kinta Tin shares and he went to the Arcade, where all the brokers were to be found. On reaching the Arcade he saw a group of brokers and also Joseph, who with M, Reuben, another
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He insisted, however, on the revolutionary promissory note being signed by all the delegates at the congress, and so the Englishman received a document bearing sev eral hundred signatures, in the characteristic signs of all the races of Russia.
"He had to wait a long time, note. however, for the payment of the
"It was the Soyiet. Government that bought back the promissory note of the London congress.”
broker.
While there he heard Joseph say, I will sell this purcel of tin shares at 81.23." Joseph had o parcel in his hand and another broker, who was nearby asked wit- ness to say "yes" in Arabic. Wit- ness then told Mr. Blake what he had beard and Mr. Blake replied that he (Mr. Blake) had suspected something about the boosting of shares and turning round. Mr. shares at 81.20 but could not recol- Blake told Joseph that he would eut what transpired afterwards be- bot him a $100 that all the book-tween Marshall and Joseph, bat ings he had done were faked. After that witness went to see his client and then returned to the office of Blake & Co., at about 11.30. Here Mr. Blake told him that he had purchased his shares at 81.20.
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Marshall told him something about having had a row with Joseph.
"He is the other man, who de- mands 823 expenses for coming to Court to give evidence,” said Mr. Paulusz when Mr. Manno Reuben was next called.
Plaintiff, in evidence, corroborat- ed this statement, and further said that, according to her arrangement. with the parties, she made the loan in the presence of a solicitor, who asked the women defendants to sign the note. since she lent the money a sum of 820 had been received as interest, leaving a balance of $43.
loan, but he said that he had paid. "Defendant admitted receiving the a4 as interest. He went on to say organise his shop, but since then that he required money to re-
Plaintiff added that
the business had failed. An offer accept was made to the plaintiff
25 per cent. of the loan in full settlement in the same way as he had settled with his other creditora, but the offer was refused:
Judgment was given in favour of the plaintiff as against all the de- fendante for the full amount of the writ and costs.
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"A Lot of Unpleasantness," Moses Joseph Nassim said that he was a general broker, including property and shares. He knew the
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The complainant's father was a com petitor and this was the cause of the trouble. On the day of the trouble he heard that Marshall had made very serious allegations against him and Mr. Reuben to the effect that he was faking contracts. This led to a lot of unpleasantness among the other brokers.
When Marshall arrived at the Arcade he asked him how he knew that he was faking contracts, and Marshall told. him that he had
Is it not a fact that other brokers had to hold you back 7-No.
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You experienced a sensation of fear when you were threatened-I did, a slight one.
Your father lives in Singapore and is a property broker 1-Yei.
And the accused is also a pro- perty broker-I never heard that, but he is a share broker.
Your father is interested in this case 1-Naturally. His son is here. Asked by his Counsel why he did not scrap," Marshall said that he was not anxious to create a scene in the Arcade.
"This is one of the witnesses, who demand 825 for coming to Court," sid Mr. Paulus, when Mr. Blake was called.'
This is a frivolous case and T. being a busy man, want expenses," said Mr. Blake,
called him a rogue, This annoyed him and he used the language.com- plained of. There was a heated argument and both witness and the complainant had to be held back by the other brokers,
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Mr. W. R. King, of Messrs. Lyall and Evatt. next stated that when he arrived at the Arcade there was a heated argument between Mar- shall and Joseph and they did not seem to be pleased with each other. It was only a minor affair and wit ness said he was surprised when he learnt that it had been dragged into Court. During his six years' experience at the Arcade he had never seen people being held back from fighting but there had been several heated arguments like the one now before the Court,
Mr. Paulus submitted that the "It is not frivolous until I have words used by the accused was un- heard it. It is a criminal ense and called for and was very humiliat you must give evidence" first," bising to the complainant to be called Honour replied.
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Mr. C. C. Blake said in evidence that he was the bead of his firm and Marshall was in his office working on a commission basis dur- ing May, He remembered Marshall passing him Loine information about Kinta Tin shares in the Arcade. Marshall told him that Joseph and Reuben spoke something in Hebrew about boosting those shares. Eventually he bougnt some (Continued on next Column.)
His Honour discharged the accus- ed on the third charge but imposed a fine of $1 or one day's rigorous imprisonment in default on the second and 50 cents and costs on the third. The fires were paid.
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