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LIBEL CASE

OPENING OF DEFENCE.

STORY OF A COMMISSION.

The case was continued last Saturday in the Mixed Court at Shanghai before Mr. M. F. Perkins, American Assensor, and Magistrate Li, in which Mr. H.D. Rodger is suing T. L. Wong to recover $25.000 damages for libel.

case

Mr. Rodger conducted his owD with the assistance of Mr. Haskell, and Mr. E. W. Godfrey appeared for the defence..

"

Mr. G. F. Lindsay, of Messrs. Lowe, Bingkem and Matthews, was called and he stated that he had prepared a state ment of M Rodger's accent for the past three months,

..

wak only brought to show the Court the actual damage that bad been suffered.

The witness was allowed to continue

inse! would be glad to give him an opportunity of abowing to the Court.

The outline of the facts of the case, Irm the defendant's point of view," was as follows:-A friend of Wong had some difficulty with regard to a contract for

and also the stub were made out in the name of Xiz. Chit, the member of the Race, Club, whom Mr. Rodger entrusted with the purchase of the tickets, but on inspection of the counter-foil in the cheque book is would be seen that the

the purchase of a motor car and the name of T., L. Wong was entered there

ain quite, bold character, and in chirae defendant was asked to take him to lawyer. Now, taking cases, to lawyers ters & little lewe bold was written and temed to do, in spite of the fact that his who not a thing which Wong was accus

position as interpreter at the Louza Police Buation would allow him, if he wished, to introduce hundreds of ease Wong kaew Mr. Rodger, had known him from the time he joined the International, Correspondence School to take op certain studies. He took his friend to the plain- tiff and introduced him and asked the plaintiff to take up the case né a résson. able fee. Wong did not look for, did not expect and did not ask for anything in the shape of commission. It was not correct that the case was taken to Mfr. Rodger about November 8tb, just before the riens. Mr. Rodger's and Mr. Ha kell a statements, with regard to that were inaceurate. The case was taken during October and that the defendant was in

Mr. Rodger objected that this was not the case and promised to produce the counterfoil again at the next hearing..

X Godfrey continued that the ex- plastion which he was going to offer sa the Court and which corresponded with Wong's story was that the name of Mr. Chil on both the cheque and the counter oil and the other words on the counter. foil were subsequently placed upon that cheque book counterfoil by Mr. Rodger; that he did so immediately after the trassation occurred with the perfectly proje motive of recording this as a joint testsaction,

Wong would say, that. $40 was never offered to him and there was never any gention of that sum. I was cffered 10 by cheque. Those were his first in

Mr. Godfrey objected to this evidence being sprung on him at the last moment

Mr. Rodger stated that the evidence he had in his possession. The matter from the beginning, it was his story now, was taken up by Mr. Rodger and there and in spite of the evidence which had was nothing more for the defendant to be given, he was not afraid to tell it do for some time; in fact, as far as began in Court. The next day Weng was concerned, he had pretically finished wrote to Mr. Rodger asking him for the his evidence.

with it. Later Mr. Rodger met Wong numbers of the tickets which had been Oreas-examined he stated that he had during November and asked him to cope purchased. The letter was before the only seen the bank paying-in book and to his office. Wong called and the plain Com, and counsel characterized it as a He went on another very important one. It was a perfectly receipt books. He had not een a cash it was not . book. He pointed out that he was notaion and met Mr. Badger outside the written businesslike Tetter, written by a office in his car. In the meantime the man who had been, an interpreter for asked to conduct nu audit bat to certify defendant had been approached by many years and know exactly what be the cash receipte for the period." Witness certain Chinese in connection with some

was writing. There was to explanation had only taken the four months from coolie business, into the details of which whoever of the letter except that Wong September and had told 31r. Rodger thansel did not this it necessary to enter, bad in his mind the belief that those and he made a proposal to the plaintiff tichris were bought on this behalf, and statement prepared on the data so

that he should go and see his consular the reason why he believed that, was obtained could not be used as a fair com authorities in connection therewith. 31. beuse they were bought by the $80 parison When he spoke of this to Mr.Rodger took him into the car and they which he had refused to accept, in cash, Rodger, the latter replied that witness both went to the American Consulate. but with which the plaintiff had agreed

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Mr. Godfrey-Were you satisfied that was apparently able to see the Coamil this would not constitute a fair compari General, but on the next day Wong again. Obeson 7-Yes.

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Witress added that he had "andifedexplained that there was nothing in the lawyers' books before and expected to find monthly fuctuations in their books

In opening the case for the defence, Me. Godfrey asked the Court to keep early in mind the fact that this was a action for alunder alleged to have been Utterad by the defendant by They wer trying any other question

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