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CAFE PROPRIETOR'S ASSAULT STORY.
To correct a coolie, in his employ. of the habit of drinking from cus- tomers' glasacs, M. Albert Goctot. the proprietor of Cafe Albert, "of Queen's Road Central, had to re- sort to the exercise of physical force, on Saturday night, and very probably the matter would have ended there had not the coolic taken uff a wooden clog from his foot and, it is alleged, strick Monsieur in tho face with it, whereupon the proprietor hustled his employee out of the Cafe and gave him into the charge of a policeman.
The story was detailed at length." at the Central Magistracy this morning when the complainant, in substantiating a charge of assault against the coolie, said that the latter was dismissed because of the offence of drinking out of cus- tomers glasses, and on Saturday night he refused to work. There- upon witness ordered him to clear out.
Mr. R. E. Lindsell:-Thord must! be some reason "why he refused to Work?
Witness:He was drinking the dregs left in the customers' glasses. Witness avered that the coolle managed to get drunk on these.
His Worship-You therefor? told him to clear out?
Witness admitted that he did discharge the defendant on the spot, and told him to clear but. The man went out, and witness "shut the back door on him.
You pushed him out?-He would not work and he would not go out. "Sa pushed him out.
If he was outside the door, and you were inside, how. could he hit you? Before the door was actually rhut he took off his clog and struck me over the left eye.
Monsieur silently pointed to the- Injury,
in answer to the query" whether he was very much hurt. He said the blow did not actually draw blood.
In further evidence, witness said that he struck back at the coolie, then, pleking him up from the ground, pushed him with both handa, along the alleyway, at the
back of the Cafe until he turn- ed him over to a policeman. M. Albert produced a soiled white jacket as evidence, of the allegedl ly rough encounter he had with the coolie.
In his statement the coolie' re- plied that he was hustled along to his work with unnecessary forge by the Frenchiman, who struck him
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LEGAL STANDING OF
SUB-TENANTS.
dants were in, the position of trespassers. Granted that they had a statutory standing as sub. tenants, they were in any cuse bound by the act of the superior tennnt who in this case had, com- mitted a breach of his covenant in sub-letting the premises.
Mr. Watson proceeded to quote. extensively from various Home cases in support of his case.
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several times with a stick, the A landlord's claim for posses- marks of which he showed to the slon, brought under the Rents Court. It was not to be expected Ordjoance before Mr. Justice Wood' that he would strike the proprietor in the Summary Court, this morn- in his position of a servant and doing, dealt with the legal point pendant. Ile had the elog in his whether a sub-tenant was permitte hand and he was only defending to remia in decupation of the himself with it? On being assault premises secared under an assign ed by M. Albert, he said there wasment which he entered into with and the veasons would probably
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Mr. M. Watson appeared for the andlords in this case, who are the owners of No. 19, Gilman Bazaar and Mr. D. McCallum represented the sub-tenants.
no need to have used force as he knowledge or consent of the land- could always be paid off if his not satisfactory. 'services were
He was thrown out without, being given the opportunity of taking away his two jackets and a hat," M. Albert was questioned about this by his Worship and he deniąd having been informed of the de fendant's desire to take away his clothing.
was one of these cases where a de- cision would probably be right
wrong.
Mr. Watson pointed out later that the point was to allow rea- sonable time for the sub-tenar: to clear out.
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not make a His Lordship could SATURDAY & SUNDAY March 13th & 14th.
new, agreement tenaney between the parties.
Mr. McCallum said he relied on,
His Lordship,said that if called, Section 4, Sub-Section 3, of the up to give a decision now, Rents Ordinance, in his submission would be a strictly legal decision." that his clients were entitled to Be advised that the duration of The Magistrate, on the charge of remain in uccupation of the the present tenancy be, privately nesault, fined the poolie. $20, premises. His Lordship would re-arranged between the parties. fourteen days.
member that he had submitted all No agreement, was reached un The matter was raised by the the various facts and his Lordshisthis point. A matter which his defendant, of wages owed him by had found that there had been Lordship said he regarded as being the complainant. The defendant clear breach of the covenant. serious was the fact that the de- said that there were a month and the same time, his Lordship had fendants were behind in their pay- found also other facts, and amongst ment of the rent, three months' six days' wages owed him.
The Magistrate gave instructions them was that the landler i could that these wages were to be paid have no reasonable objection torrears being claimed by
plaintiffs. These rents were to If there had" to the defendant immediately, this the present tenants; being for the purpose of" meeting been such a breach of agreement have been paid into the Court
between the original tenant and the conform with an order previously the fine imposed by the Court.
landlord, Mr. McCallum submitted made.
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that the Court had no power to In reserving his decision, Mr give relief in the case. There was Justice Wood indicated that the a light provision now' made in this exercise of his discretion in the Rents Ordinance in favour of the tenants' favour was dependant on sub-tenants, and this provision was all the arrears being pedicl irto contained in the Section counsel Court. His Lordship made an oz-| To-day's exchange rates are as quoted. His Lordship, counsel der in regard to the payment of
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Mr. Walter Leaf, President of or at least hampered by foreign
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