Strong proceeds!
In re Heams as to his pecuniary position. The Council wanted information about the time at which the facts alleged to have been done, or were supposed to have taken place, since from documents which had been brought to his notice, it would appear that In: Heam was in a state of insolvency that would incapacitate him from meeting the expenses that the gratification of his fancies involved, so that the charges would substantially be ungrounded.
Of the Council, Mr. ... (name missing) ... called in In: Hearn, who is again in attendance.
In: Hearn, in reply to questions, stated that towards the commencement of this year, Hong Kong 257 was posted in the Club as a defaulter for a debt of about one hundred and forty dollars incurred some time within the last quarter of the year 1895, the Attorney General marked the period in which the alleged misdeeds were supposed to have been committed.
In: Hean further explains his default in explanation of his connection with the Club, that having signed a loan with In: Bothaire for ... (amount missing) ... at the beginning of October, In: Bothaire suddenly left him, and in order to free himself from the condition of the loan, he, In: Hean, was ... (action missing) ...
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