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which give the following particulars:-
S. J. Action 372 of 1913 contains an exhibit in the form of a
letter from Alim Khan, dated the lat. November, 1912, in which
he admits an indebtedness to one Mota Singh in the sum of
8635, on two promissory notes. He asks that legal proceedings
may not be brought against him. The promissory notes are both
a-Gad the 13th. April, 1911.
ovd. Action 372 of 1913, sota Singh V. Alim Khan. On the
20th. March, 1913, Judgment was given by consent for the
plaintiff in the sum of 8750 and costs. This sum is that
contained in the two promissory notes, witu interest added.
There is in the file a statement of Alin Than's monthly
expenses and `of his salary. The money is being paid at the
rate of 815 monthly.
S. J. Action 1011 of 1913, Chet Singh v.. Alim Khan. Un the
5th. August, 1913, Judgment was given for the plaintiff in
the sum of £300, to be paid by instalments of 810 monthly.
The claim was in respect of cows sold under a promissory
note dated the 17th. ilovember, 1911.
S. J. Action 1306 of 1913. The Shun Cheung Firm T. Alim
Khan. On the 7th. September, 1913, Judgment was given for the plaintiffs, by consent, in the sum of $312.30 and costs, in
respect of goods sold and delivered.
On the 18th. July, 1913, Alim Khan, as executor of his late
father-in-law, gave a bill of sale to one Sham Dass to secure
the sum of £700.
4.
It is urged by Alim Khan that these financial
difficulties, with which he was confronted by the Committee,
concerned him solely in his position of executor, but this
argument is untenable. ile raised no such defence when sued in the
Summary Court, and the obvious conclusion is that, in so far as
the debts concerned the Dair, Farm, he identified himself with the
business and incurred personal liability to keep it going.
5.
It seems then to have been undoubtedly the
case that towards the close of the year 1912 Alim Khan was in
serious