CO129-357 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [7-9] — Page 392

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The issue before the Court was whether the

unpaid Bills of Exchange were, or were not, drawn by the agents of the Wang Fung Firm and negotiated to the Bank. In support

of their contention that the drawers of the Bills were agents

of the Wang Fung Firm the defendants produced certain of the

Wang Fung Books showing all the Bills of Exchange as drawn by the various native banking firms entered in the "ang Fung Books to prove that these native banking firms were in fact agents of

the Wang Fung Firm.

The Chief Justice refused to admit any of

the Books in evidence and stated that he believed the Books

were not the Books of the Vang Fung Firm but were really the

Books kept by the native banks in their bill discounting

business.

In this case there was not a large mass of

Chinese documentary evidence as the defendant Bank relied on

about 3 or 4 Books to prove their contention.

The Bank applied for a special jury and it

was refused on the ground of Section 290 Sub-section 3 of the

Code.

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was $1,340,000.

The total amount of the claim by the Bank

The Chief Justice rejected the Books on the

strength of the evidence before the Court, but it was essential- -ly a case for a Jury to decide whether as a matter of fact the Books were, or were not, the Books of the Wang Pung firm, and also for a Jury to decide whether or not the Wang Fung firm had drawn the Bills in question through their Agents and negotiated

the same to the Bank.

Action No. 219 of 1907. In August, 1908.

Mr. Chu Tak Loong against the China Navigation Compan

and Messrs. Butterfield and Swire. The writ was endorsed for $10,833 in

possession

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