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SUPREME COURT.
HONGKONG BUTCHERY
CASE:
THE
His Lordship The order of Saptomber, 1907, was u, definite
order..
Delondonit-Yes.
His Lordship-In September, Butchery Company sending an 1907, you wrote a letter for tho
order?
Defendant-I was asked to write the letter.
His Lardship Was the letfor written at the same time that. Tang Kes ordered the butter or what?
HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH MONDAY APRIL
They were paid in March by Yuon, Chung
Mr. Slado-Turn up Fob. and anything? so if Xnon Clung paid you
February was paid in March.
Defendant Yes, the inondy for
the cash-book when the amount Mr. Slado-Thon entered in
was paid?
Defendant-I presume 50. Mr. Slade-Exactly. It was "paid to you?
Baforo his Lordship the Chief Justion, Sir Francis, Piggott, at tlio Supreme Court this morning, the case was resumed in which John Tatam, runner of the King Edward Hotel, is sooking for tho taking of accounts of the receipts
Mr. Slade-At the foot of the and disbursements of the long. kong Butchary Company sinco
lotter you gave him a codo. If it was not a bogus order giving Jolmson 24th September, 1800, and fur per cont. discount, you would furthor or other relief. Mr. M.not have taken the trouble of W. Slado, K., instructed by Mr. spocifying a code? J. H. Gardiner, appeared for tho plaintiff and Mr. Eldon Pultor, in- -Htructed by Mr. C. B. H. Beavis, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, was for the dofondant.
Defondant's cross-examinition was continued.
> Mfr. Slade-You told us that on November 17th, 1904, you paid in $143.80.
Defondant-Do you moan. No. 1 or No. 2 account?
Mr. Slade-No...J'I think. Defendant-Yan, Lalid..
Mr. Slade-You believed that they were crossed chemtos for the Butchory Company?
Defendant I didn't say that. 1-said I guessed 80..
Dofendant-Yos. Mr. Slada-And a that account you paid $120 the next day?
Dofendant-Yes, I did do it, Mr. Slado-if it was merely a business letter, why did you intro duco a personalelement? The way the lotter is worded is supplying “usand "draw on "mo sonally for the aniount.
Dofendant-Yes. Mr, Slade That's the wording of it?
per-
Defendant-Yes, Pl2-800" that's the wording of it
Mr. Slade-Don't you renteme bor that the Hongkong Butchory Company did soll butter get from America?
all,
Defendant--I know nothing at Mr. Slade This advertisement Mr. Slade-Exactly. You bois copial from the. "Hongkong lieved so.
Telograd" of 22nd November, 1897, 1 Javon't got a copy but it can be verified at the City Hall, It would appour just about the tire that the butter would be imported. The advertisement Mr. Slade - We've obtained read “Just landed from F sane of the books in the bank. "China" Aperican butter, $1.60) On those books appear in names-porrall Has that any con Jones, Cinrot and Miss..
Dofondant-YOR.
Dofondunt--Yas.
Mr. Slade--Is Cinret thỏ name
of a person.
Company.
apd-
I
Defendant-16 was not paid to me. It was paid to Tatam.
paid to the Butchory Company
Mr. Slade-Very well, it was Thon you. hvo commission for, February amounting to $189.20. It's curious none of these figures scom to correspond!
Dofondant-They can't. impossible.
Mr. Slap This was your houso-nccout?.
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COMPETITION.
In Manila, a representative of CHINESE AND JAPANESE the United States Marine Hos- Defonda But this is a thing pital. Sorvice called on board the which Tata had. This cash- Empire to proffer the services of book was nomide up at the time, his corps, Bid was graciously. have been se accounts made up declining thanked him for the Mr. Stad-But there must received by His Highness, who in to show the counts in Fune. courtesy, and stated that he was Defendan They were not being attended by his privato
physician.
scon by mo
Mr. Shade Are you such an those largo counts to be at the innocent porn that you allowed mory of tlio pople without mak- ing any alleint whatsoevertocon trol them? [ou had only a few even take a trouble of inves figures to chek and you did not
tigating then
His Lordhip Mr.. Howell, those account which have been. investigated new show differoncos It's and discrepatios. If your had investigated hem, they would have shown the saine dis- eroparicios.
"His Lordship-Why? Defendant-Wo are working backwards, Mr. Slade is putting a month back instead of working on the books themselves. He mises up the accounts.
Mr. Slade-What was the com- mission for July?"
Dofendant-$13136. $7 His Lordship-Aud silos? Defondant Nil. ***
for sales?
Mr. Slado―There are no gntries
-Defendant-No
Mr. Slado-When cheques word not paid, how were the amounts paid?
Dalondant- eamnot say. nevor, paid in notos. Those accounts were drawn up iftor ilio business was closed and after had left.
I
give some explanation
Mr. Slide-Sirdly, you cant
Dofondant--I tell you I can't, explain. Sometimes the accounts wore paid from vouchers,
His Lordship-Thon you do know something about it."
Defendant Know, nothing about it.
Hortion with Fohnson?
Dofendantdon't know. His Lordship
socus to mo, Mr. Howell, it has so
connection Defendunt-Vos, he was car-with Johnson. ployed in the Electric Liglit
Defendant-Very prob At this point, Couïnse) pië, Mr. Slade-Did he have mod to real another advertisoff Mr. Slade-But you said just account with the Hongkong But-appearing in the Hongkong at the amounts wore paid chary Company?
Telegraph" of the 10th Septem- Dofeudant-Yes, he took goods bor, 1901, regarding the sailing and paid chaques. He was of the 6.8. "China." (To.defond- running a mess for the Electric mit)-Jölmson would be on board
Is Lorkh--Win regard told this particular question, you remvirk can only by considered a suggestion.
Proceeding, his Lordship said on checking the figures ho found them correct.
Mr. Shade--Oh, yes, I'm very glad to have thom verified. Un- fortunatoly, we haven't got the other lips. Frankly, I may say that in this case we have received, no assistance from the other side.
Mr. Potler-Oh!
Mr. Slade Thoy've got all tho, datos. We've got nothing at all.
His Lordship There's still *time.
and on the ship."
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Mr. Slade-At that timo a lotter must have been handed to him?
Defondant-Yos.
Mr. Slade frends letter)—After purely formal lettor? that, do you still assert that it was
Dofondant-Yos..
Mr. Slado-And not an illicit letter purporting to give him 5 por coût, discount?
Defondant-No.
Mr. Slide-The letter was not impropor?
Delendant-Itwasn'timproper, Johnson was a broker nad he was ontitled to the discount,
Mr. Slude-Yes, my Lord. Mr. Slade What was, the (To defendant)-Another thing amount of the commission paid by asked you whs that payments Yoon Chung up to Dec., 1890? were mile to the Hongkong) Defendant-This is taken from Butchery after January 1st, 1897. a book which shows the commis- I see by a slip hore that there was stons from inonth to inonth. From a cheque marked Armstrong, that date there was no further Was that in payment of the But commission. Commissions were chory account?
paid from month to month up to- The ond of August. From that date there were no commissions,
Mr. Slade-Will you turn up the easit-book?
Defendant --No. Mr. Sludo-Batter was imports od for the Batchory?
Dafen lant-Yes, but the bultor was bad, not boing of the quality required.
Mr. Slade Did you put in a claim against the suppliers?..
Defendant-No,
Mr. Slado-You obtained the butter from Johnson?
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Dafondunt No, through John-
Mr. Sludo-You lost $400 on the butter?
Dofoulant-Yes.
Dofendant-Yes
Mr. Slade-Look up the com- mission for January,
Defondant did so and after a atoment said-Your question is misleading.
Mr. Slado-Is it? Defendant-Yes, i Mr. Slado-Perhaps you might say why?
Dofendant the books hid beou kopt properly I would be Mr. Slado-Did you take any able to show you in a moment, stops to recovor that from any-The total amount of the commis borly?
nions is $328.15.
Mr. Slade--That's entered in Decomber?
Defendant-Which would be paid in January.
Defendant--No, Johnson do- parts for San Francisco shortly afterwards.
Mr. Slado-Look at that feller. Do you moan to say that that was not an order on the Hongkong Butchery Company.
Dofondant say it was not an order on the Hongkong Butchery Company.
Mr. Blade Although it's the same man who supplied butter to the Butchery before?
Dofondant-YON.
His Lordslap-I gathered from the lottor to Johnson that it was to cuable him to obtain 5 porcent.
discount.
Mr, Slado-That's for sales. How about commission?
Defondant-I cannot say. ean merely guess. Had those backs been kept, properly as they should have bron, I would
1
I
froin vouch
Defendant's. audale.
or was in Mr. Mado-Do you nìo that you received all thesay sums and you kept no accounts 1.
jalanan whiniċver?
The British and Spanish cun- with representatives of the local suls general, in Manila, however,
government called ollicially on Prince Leopold and welcomed him to the port, expressing the regrets would not be able to stand the of the poople of Manila that ho
strain of the series of entertain- ments planned' for him.
GOVERNMENT
- HOUSE.
Captain and Mrs. Mitchell and family loft Governmont House this afternoon for Manila.
Defendant hoy may have. Mr. Slade-You mean to say that thought harker worked in. t. II. Prince Leopold of Bat your house, ho did not inquire of tonburg arrived in port yesterday you in case of diiculty?
after noon by the 8.4. Empire and Dofondant-can't remember, Captain Taylor, A.D.C., at once I was out during the day, and proceeded on board to con defondant worked on the books. Ivey an invitation to stay at Mr Slado-thought you had Government House and to as- said that he co-after working certain the Prince's commands. His Royal highness was too un fo-morrow by the "Empire" to well to disembark and proceeds Japan,
hours?
by the Hongkong and Wlumpos Defendant-la was employed Dook Compant and worked at Abordeon, would sometimes.] and sometimes at night." come to Fod me in the morning
Mr. Salou never checked the accounts?
Dofendant-employed Barker to do that.
1 Continuing, ofendant said
had paid overy, ont he had re- ceived into the Blauk,
Defendant I kept memos. Mr. Slado-The books were in your house and under your chargo. Dofondant-They were under my chargo inasmuch as 1 handed them over to Barker to properly make up the acebunts.
Mr. Stado-Why did you not properly enter the accounts into the Butchery books?
Défendant-I can't say. Mr. Slade-It has been shown conclusively from the accounts that the amounts were not only paid but you were month.by month consistently over-paid.
Mr. Potior-You think that, do you?
Defendant-I'm not a compe-
tent accountant.
in
Mr. Shade-But surely cash, bid.clearly is not money paid into the Bank?
In the House of Commons on
the Prime Minister whether in the 8th ultimo, Mr. Hunt asked
view of the fact that Japan gud Chim were now manufacturing
nations and wore increasing the
taring industries overy year, and numberandaizo of their manufac
that their people would work on the average for a fow penco a day, tect our own working people and ho proposed to take stops to pro-
thoir wages from the importation of competing goods made by that choap yellow labour?
Mr. Booth: May, 1 ask whothor the Japanese do not consider them- selves to be a brown race and not
yollow race?
a
the question on the paper is hi tho ~~~Mr.~Asquith: The answer-to
négative,
Co-day's Advertisement.
BANK HOLIDAYS,
I accordance with Ordinance Nos * of 1875, and Government Notifi- calion No. 87, of 7th instant, the CLOSED for the transnotion of EXCHANGE BANKS will be
PUBLIC BUSINESS on the follow-
days ----
A
At his desire HE the Goveritoring and Tady Lugard called this morn ing and spent some time in con- vorsation.
His Excellency gives un oficial. dinnor at Govorimont House his-to-morrow night, the guests in cluding Dr. and Mrs. Atkinson, Colonol & Mrs. Camillori and Mrs. Walker Alr. & Mrs. Donnys and Miss Edwards, Mr. Janssons, Mr. and Mrs. Messor, Colonel and Mrs. Defondant-I cannot explain. McIntyre, Mr. F. H. Armstrong, At a later stage of the proosod Mr. Eitzon, Mr. & Mrs. Churchill, ings, witness informed the Court Major & Mrs. Tulloch, Mr. & Mrs. thatcome months ago, he suggest-Ormiston and Misy Harris, od to Mr. Gardiner thatall the books Mr. Macedo, Commanderand Mrs. should be handed over other to Beckwithand Miss Pinck, Colonel Messrs: Lowe, Bingham and Mat and Mrs. Bodford, Mr. and Mrs. thews or Messrs. Percy Smith, Blanch, Mr. Oisson, Mr. and Mrs. Flaming and Sath and he would holips, Major and Mrs. Caulfield, Mr and Mrs Imyton, Captain Lyons, Major and Mrs. Lean, Dr. dinerados tint so, Mr. Garand Mrs. Sanders, Dr., Mrs, and
Mr. Go.
prepared to abide by thoir
sion...
Mr. Slader Yes, time had the never at any these accounts?ity to check
Defendant-Novoř
Aftor further cross tion, the case was adjournoins- 10.30 a.m. to-morrow..
Miss Clark, Mr. Bonnar, Mr. and Mrs. Tookör, Mr. and Mrs. Alabas ter, Mc Tratman, Mr. and Mrs. Run, Mr. Bryor, Mr. and Mrs. Giorge Hogg and Mr. and Mrs. Master.
· POLICE COURT.
H.S.H. PRINCE LEOPOLDnfort for abduction in Manila The churgo against Isidoro OF BATTENBERG.
Thegain heard this morning. back Cisoner was willing to go this Manila for trial, and on dischargeding the magistrato
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Princo
Yesterday by the s.s. Empire there arrived in Hongkong, His Mr. Slade Not a competent
Serene Highness Prince Leo- accountant?
puld of attenberg. Defendant-I'm sorry I'm not. Leopold is only 22 years of to be a competent accountant. has been ngaged in a sovere Mr. Potter He doesn't profossage but foro last five yours he Mr. Slade Neither do I.
unk
defendant.
Ten mon, e fuod $5 caeli for gambling, onde av Quarry Baj.
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W. E. CLARKE, Secretary. appeared on defendant.
behalf of the
CHARGED UNDER THE STAMP ORDINANCE. Li Sue alias Li Wo Sang was struggle ainst ill health. Un-this afternoon brought before Mr. Mr. l'ottor-It would be rather fortunately is Serene Highness E R. Vallifax charged with difficult to bea competent account-had not improved on his way up broaches the Stamp Ordinanco. ant without a long, training, from Austalia, and on arrival in should imagine.
Hongkong his medical advisors stand how you sometimes paid should go shure. It had been Mr. Slade I don't quite under- declared finadvisable that ho more than you received and some-arranged fat if all was well times less than you received. he should stay fit Government
Mr. Potter-My friend las not House Istoad of that, it has Mr. Bowley said the case would asked him whother ho received now beenfecided that he travel disclose a very ingenious and very the amounts.
right on Japan to-morrow. profitable system of fraud carried Probal, too, the miserable out by the defendant in dealing in weather aro experiencing in the stamps. He was the keeper of a Colony I something to do with stall at the corner of Chin Loung the chute of arrangements at Stroot and Queen's Road young Tnce was visited on board Office. the lasthoment. However, the Central, just boyond the Land Mr. Bowley. thon
Mr. Slade I believe he has nd- mitted it.
Mr, Potter-My friend has caro fully refrained from asking him." Mr. Howell overy opportunity to Mr. Slade-I'm sure I'm giving give an explanation.
Mr. Potter Your Lordship must soo the way the question is being put to him: You received the money, you received more und so forth?
Defendant-I received nothing. I cannot explain the accounts. Tatam kept tho books and he is the only man who can explain the figures.
KENZIES
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the stoper by His Excellency explained the Stamp Ordinance BURTON ON TRENT
the Gonor and Lady Lugard, ospecially that of the Postal and who oxfessed their regret at His Revenue. His Worship would Serene lighness inability to no doubt be aware that stamp visit fornmont House. collectors proferrod, for somo ron- Pri Leopold is a cousin of son best known to themselves, to His Mosty King George V. of havo stamps with post marks on Engled, and a brother of Queen them. Suoli stamps command a Victor of Spain. He was first higher price than clean stamps, strick with illness just as he had and the Chinese have not escaped boen anmissioned in the British that point. On the 16th of March mility career which would add executed a search warrant and armynd looked forward to a Detective Sergeant T. Murphy Justro the great renown which took possession of all the stamps Defondant- took the money the use of Battenberg luas al- and when he wanted money I rond won through generations paid lúm by choque.
be able to tell you in a moinont, you to inean that you took no His Lordship-Do I understand Mr. Slado-There's the book, care whatever of the accounts? Is any commission ontored?
Defondant-As far as I can see, there's no commission up to the, ond of February.
Mr. Stado-Turn to Murch. Is there any commissjon entered for February?
in the stall. At that time the
ECIALLY
BRFWED
FOR THE EAST
INVALID
STOUT.
Very Palatable,
Light,
and
Nourishing..
PER DOZEN SPLITS
$1.74
The Local Governinont Analyst Certified on the 28th January
defondant was not there, und hind last, on the Analysis made by him on a Bottle of this Stout taken
Bound.
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of fiunt service. Since then placed another man to take by him at random from a bin, that the Sample was both good and you to say that you took monthly husd the services of skilful on the 30th of March and was Ilis Lordship undorstood he is roamed the world, and charge. The defendant returned overhauls? Dafondant-That's so
and ithful officials, in an effort arrested. The man in charge of His Lordship-Thon if that'
Defondant I found that some to rain his health. The Prince's the stall during the defendant's Dofondant-Yes, $128 odd thing was wrong. was done it was done once for, On March 18th, I ape $470.41
exuded visit to Austrália lnd absence know nothing about all?;
I was paid and $300, making a any steps?
His Lordship Did you take no afortunately brought the re-stamps, and made one sale from Dofondant-No, it was done total of $176, but it is not Defendant—I called a meeting expted, and he did not leave Evidence was then called and
lieshat he and his physiciane the books. every time.
stased what the amounts are for, in December,
thebeamer in Manila either, the oase
a adjourned, sher
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