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Lucia and Tobago, 1883-85; Acting Chief Justico of Grenada, 1886; Attorney- General of British Guiana, 1888; and Chief Justice of Hongkong, in succession to Bir FIELDING CLARKE, i 1896. Sir JOHN CARRINGTON took his seat in Court for the first time on the 18th May of that year, being welcomed by the Hon. W. MEIGH GOODMAN, Altorney-General, in a speech expressing the high anticipations entertained of his coming administration of justice here We can only concludó by saying that all such anticipations Inve been more than fulfilled.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 1901
Mre. Mary E. Kront writes an appreciatire notice in the London Daily Notes of Mr. Little's Steamers" and of Mr. and Mrs. Archi- bald J. Little themselves.
Herr Cordes, hitherto second interpreter at the German Legation in Peking, haa besu pro- acted to the rank of Consul on retiring from the Government service,
Mr. Asquith consented to open the exhibition of Chinoze art at the Whitechapel Galley, on the 24th July. Sir Clandə MacDonald also promised to attend the opening and speak."
The Board of Trade Inquiry into the wreck of the Sournon was commenced at the Middlesex Guildhall, Westminster. on the 18th alt, before Mr. Marshamn, stipendiary magistrate; assisted by twe bantieni assessors. Some ovidenco war given, and the inquiry then adjournal.
Sir Claude MacDonald has become a vice- president of the Japan Society of London. Sir Claude and Lady MacDonald intoud, it is aid, to spend a portion of this mouth in Switzerland, provided the Forsígu Offles, dons not require the attendance of Sir Claude His The French cruiser Styc arrived from Excellency and Lady MacDonald, leave Eng- landegain on their ratura to Japan ou Sop- tember, th next.
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TSIN BUND.
SUPREME COURT.
Thursday, 15th August,
IN SUMMARY JURIDICTION,
the animal which he carried, was therefore liablo na an inspror and was not relieved of that liabi- lity by any inherent vice in the thing carried. ⠀⠀
The damages claimed in the shape of expenses Incurred in floating the cargo-boat, and towing her down to Causeway Bay, as well as in bury
Before His HosQUE T. BERCOMBE SMITH | ing the carcase, would in my judgment, be too Sandramote in an action for dsumges for breach of contmat. Their remoteness in an action ju tort was not argued, and I on that point.
ACTING PUSINE JUDOE).
CAPTAIN TREFUSIS V, KWOK KONG, Y The following is the full text of the judgment delivered by His Honour in the above gase :- Early in July last on Arab chestnut golding valued at thirty guiness and owned by Com mander Erskine, R.N., arrived in the colony on board the transport Nuzani.
The plaintiff in this action had been asked by the owner to load the animal here, to see it placed in stables and to look after it until the owner arrived.·
The plaintiff was therefore the agent of the owner to land the animal, and nader the air CUMINLANCEs hud authority to delegate his functions in this respect.
no opinion The result is that nugment will be entered for the defendant with costs.
Friday, 16th August,
BEFORE HIS HONOUR A. G. WIE (ACTING CHILE JUSTICO)
COLLINS V. GIBSON.
“a claim for $2,000 damages for
Collins Gibsan, In which the plaintif In delivering judgment in the action of
(Collins) laid He accordingly asked Major Koo, A.2.C., to breach of agreement and for an injunction to arrange for the landing of the animal. That restrain the defendant (Gibeon) from carrying officer inetreetal one Fuckeers to engage aon busines as opposed to an agreement dated junk to take a pony off the transport Narant 2nd June, 1895, and sigued by the parties, His for Captain Trefnsis, the plaintiff Fuckers Lordship sold the evidence on both sides wan ordered his storeman Atal to engage a boat extremely conflicting, and although it was tria in the following words: Hire a best to go to that the witnessee for the defence we the troopship to land a horse. First you must more or less related to the defendant, by and of Limtred, and might Thes.. Kaivosberg reached Tentsin Bund go to the Commissariat to take the horse-box reasonably be expected by be more than favou
on board. The storeman Atai's version of ably disposed towards the defendant, yes, never- safely.
the orders given by Frekeers was as follows theless, if he were to consider the case of the
Go an engage a second-class cargo-bant RUSSIAN REVERSES DISCREDITED. to go to the Commissariat pier to take a horse. box on board and take it to a ship and take The reported Russian reverses during the delivery of a horse. When the boat comes back
rope and tackle are to be theire."
there will be no competition to-day, but the contemporary to ask when the molals and troubles in Manchuria have been discredited she has to land the horse on the wharf. Cord, haps, the principal witness (excepting the
range will be open for practice,
"One who is interested" writes to a home
docvrutions for the China Expedition are likely to be awarded to thons entitled It is now over two months sincs General Gasules's don patelies were published, and friends have been daily looking forward to seeing what qwards they are to get, yet day by day passes and Police Sorgeunts Garrol. Lamont and Mur-things see no further on. rison are to receive Good Conduct medals
Wo are requested to remind the shareholders of fles Hongkong and Shinghai Banking Cor. poration of the outing to be held at noon today at the City. Hall.
service and volunteering for duty in the New for extraordinary good behaviour while in the Territory.
It will be seen from a nogjes in another column that a map is on view at the French Cousalate of the town of Kwanskav, where a sale of buiking lots by the French is to be held about the 15th September.
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Another armed robbery is reported to have taken place at Pienie Bay, Lamma Island, on the night of the 15th inst. One of the inmates of the hours which the robbers voted, who resisted, is said to have been sovorely handled.
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The great cricket event reported in the Yorkshire by Somerset. Just homo papers to hand is the defeat of Seven sui forty matches had the Yorkshire elaven played with out a single dofoat-ustil on the 17th it. the end came. On the opening day such a result seemed out of the question, for Yorkshire dis missed a fine batting eleven for 87 runs.
But Somerset's second innings of 633rioade another Yorkshire victory practically inapossible,
EMPRESS DOWAGER CENSURES HER MINISTERS.
In pursuance of his orders, Atai engaged the cargo-bast of the defendant on the following terms, viz, that the boat was to go to the Commig sariat pier, to take a horse-box on board to pat oft (to aship), to convey a hargo back to the Co The Express Dowager censured Li Hung-misariat (pier), to land the horse on the pier
and to emply her own tackle and rope: when his apparent apathy -chang for
every thing had been done properly, the roward arrogance, and Chang Lui [?] for his was to be four dollars and a half
Taccept this version of the terms of the adequate appreciation of the gravity truet made by Asal and reject the version given by the witness Chaa Teat-mut, the wife of tho cwner of the cargo-bont and the person by the present situation.
thon the contract was made, on behalf of her husband, the defendant.
and
in
REPORTED ANGLO-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ALARMS EMPRESS
DOWAGER.
of
The report sent to the Empress Dowager
con
Such a contract having hean made, the qsextion is, was the plainti privy to it?
The parties who made the contract were charly Atni of the one part and Ch'en Ta'at-mni of the other part.
It is also clear from the evidence that Atai was not as a faut contracting on his own behalf,
On learning of the latest rosord trip of the y Yang Yu, the Chinese Minister to Russia, bat on behalf of a principal whose existence
Hamburg American liner Deutschland, which accomplished her journey from New York to Plymouth at an average speed of 23 51 kunts, the previous best-sing 23.99, the Garman Emperor sent the following telegram-of con- The Band of the Mudras Light Infantry will gratulation to the directors of the line from play at the Hongkong Hotel this evening from Gudvangen, Norway: "Bravo, Deutschling! 1 to 9.30 o'clock. Programme :---
An excellent performance, hitherto accom. | Overture." Maritane "
plished by no ship in the work. Honour to Serenade...... "Iolanthe " --Waltz
España Waldenfer the builders of the oft-proved Vulcan yard! Seng."Seg... Sthira Honour to the crew! May they both carry A.S. WATSON & CO. Selection... American Melexding happer their glory worthily over the ans I rejoice
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On the 15th July, at Fentham Road, Giravelly Hill, Birmingham, the with of C. A. Corona, late of Hongkong, of a dughter.
NARRIAGE.
On the 7th August, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, by the Rev. W. H. Dunkerley, Colonial Campin, REINALD JOHN BATARD, eldest son of Regim B. B. CLAYTON, Iate of Maryborong, Queensland, to Braves, fifth daughter of the Jate Charles Dickes of Gls Hill, Kent.
DEATRS.
On the 20th July, on the chum, ut meá, near Suez, ARTHUR STMOSIR COPTAN, derly beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Corran, aged 14 months.
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On the 20th July, at. Kulungsi, Amoy. EDWIN KLEME, el 28 years.
On the 1st August, ut Chefoo, MINA BLANCHE, daughter of J. RkxUSAT, aged 6 months.
On the 10th August, at 28. Suward Road, Shanghai, FLORENCE MAY, Boond daughter of David TILAURY.
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A Des Moines (Iowa) despatch mys: -Miss During the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday Laura Conger, daughter of Minister Conger, there were reported one fresh case of plague whose engagement to Lieutenant Frederick F. and are death (Chinese). The total figures Buchan has just been announoud, met her fire have been amended owing to one European case in Frking. The lieutenant was constantly having proved not to be plagne, as we hate thrown into Miss Conger's company last winter mentioned already. The year's figuras now
when the Chinese capitel was in the hands of reed:-1,616 cases (1,535 Chinese, 1-ether the foreigners. Miss Conger and her soldier- Asiatics, 30 Europeans); 1,340 deaths (3,501 | lover are both pessionately fond of horse-back Chinese, 34 other Asiatics, 11 Europeansi.
H. E. Min Yung-Ton, Envoy Extraordinary
Bad Minister Plenipotentiary from Guren, wan
riting; and spout many hours together in that
exhilarating exercise. Lieutenant Ruchan was an effier of the Sixth Cavalry. This regiment
was sent to Peking at the time of the march of!
re
a reported secret agreement between England and Russia not to interfere with each other on their respective sides of the
rent Wall, has greatly alarmed her.
LONDON, 15th August, 4.40 p.m.
** TIMES" DISAPPROVES OF THE PROTOCOL.
was, however, not disclosed by word of mouth to Ch'an. Ts'atni, though the circumstances sufficiently indicated to her that Atai was merely an agent for an unnamed principal.
Who, teen, was the named principal for whom At i was contracting?
Now,
in act whom
agent is a person duly authorised int of another, aul the person from authority in derived is called the answer to the lost question princip. The depends therefore upon the answer to the question. We authorised Atai to make the contract and the answer to that question is that it was Fuckeera who authorised Atai to
ake the contract.
med
Plaintiff as absolutely true as set forth in the plaadings and in the evidence, he must, on the other hand, hold that the witnesses for the defence were guilty of pointy Teking, por plaintiff himself) for the plaintiff, Inspector Collett, who stated that the defendant dilon hud informed him that three fourths of the own money, His Lordship said that in the fase apital in Ramsey & Company was hie (Gibson's). of the strong evidence giren by witnesses for the defence E., F. Gibson, Mr Ramey and F. Ramsay he must come to the equchision that Inspector Collett was
was mistake. Judg.
ment would therefore be entered for the defend
aut. But fussmuch as the defendant lind noted with the business of Ramsay & Company doring" somerbat indiscreetly by mining himself up and previous to the sickness of law. Mrs. Ramsay, no erder is to epas would be his sister-in-
had thus brought the etion upon himself, and made, His Lordship holding that the defendant.
that the action was a proper one to be brought before the Court by the plaintiff.
POLICE COURT
Friday, 11th August.
BEFORE MR RAZELAND.
THEFT OF WATCH CASN,
Private Chas. Little B. A. accompaniexl another man to a watchdealer's shop in Queen's Road Central, and while, the latter prical a watch, the former appropriated a silver wateli case valued at 83.50 and couled it in his sock.
Apensed when brought before His Worship yesterday morning pleaded guilty to the ebarg of theft and was given one month's hard labour.
KADIBORDEELY CONNECTİMA
George Henderson, when called upon yesterday morning to answer the charge of disorderly conduct failed to answer to his naine and his $10 bail was confiscated,
PERKTHE BOAT NUISANCIA.
P.C, Johnson, No. 29, brought siz Chinese before His Worship yesterday 1wo were common volle boatmen and the other four th class cargo-beat owners.
They were charged with unlawfully making fast to the s Nippon Marg
There is no evidence to show that Atai know, The Times, commenting on the anniver-other sources, that the animal was being landed either from being told by Fuckeera or from sury of the relief of the Peking Legations, at the ultimate request of Tretuais. His mind was a blank about Trefusis. Of him he knew describes the resulting Protocol as in many nothing and of him he never thought. He
never intended to treat Trefusis as his prin respects unsatisfactory, heavy punishment cipal nor to make a contract on his behalf. falling on the wrong shoulders.
Fuckeera was the person whom he had in mind as ths party for whom he was making the contract: Trefusis was never contemplated by Atal as being his principal. No man can
The uocused were each fuel. So or fourlsen contract for a principal whom he had not in mind
at the time when the contract was made days' hard labour, pogled soon Accordingly I come to the conclusion that there MOE CAKES OF THEFL. was no privity of contract established between A Chinese stole twenty-six caties of rise, the plaintif and the following illustration in going to goal for fourteen days.
oud the defendant in this action and was given the option of paying a surfiner rapport of his contention that privity did exist. Ha compared the chain of orders given in this
GREAT BRITAIN'S ACTION. Land Lansdowne's refusal to entrust the impending commercial negotiations to an unwieldy international body, the Times says
PO Johnson stated that those boatmen prove a great naisance and annoyance to the dock offciats and ships offers
or
Li Yan walked away with a Fongeernt valued
at 5, and has to do one month's hard labear
consent to an immediate increase of the case with the chain of orders given in a mer DISHONEST CANTERN MY
Customs tariff to 10 per cent.
iztroduced to His Majesty at Marborough the allies, and its members took a prominent follows on the refusal of Great Britain to House on the 16th uit by the Marquis of part in the numerons expeditions sent into the Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Forbign country. He was more recently transferred Affairs, and presented his credentials. Colonel from the Sixth to the Third Cavalry; and he the Hon. Sir William Colville, Master of will doubtless be permitted, to return to America Ceremonies, was in attendance. The Lord in the near future. The wedding will ocene ta Churchill, Captains Walter Campbell, G. soon as Lieutenant Buchau arrives in the United Holford, and F. Ponsonby were in attendance States. Miss Conger is a handsome, highly upon the King as Lord, Groom, and Equerries onltured young woman, widely travellet, an in Waiting. The Assistant Controller, Lord excellent linguist and fond of open-air sports. Chamberlain's Department, was also in at She was born at Galesburg, Ill. tendauce.
THE COCHRANE ST. COLLAPSE.
GENERAL NEWS.
LONDON, 15th August, 4.40 p.m.
CAPITAL AND LABOUR.
Information reached Shanghai last week
The tin [?] trusts indicate that the limit by untive craft that the C.M.S, Hefing had
The work of clearing away the ruins and of graceful gratuitous concessions to the been aground for five days on the shoals to the digging out additional victims of the deplorable worth of Shaweishan. She anchored during disaster is proceeding very slowly, far too slowly men has been reached. the recent typhoon, but kept her engines in fact for the comfort and good health of the
MONEY MARKET. going to relieve the strain on the anchors. surrounding community. It seous plain that As we announced to our readers yesterday. In spite of this, however, she dragged both there are still a number of dead bodies under- Consols stand at £94. Weekly advances the news has been received in Hongkong anchors and drifted en to the shoals. It is neath the debris. Who is to blue for the on the loan market range from 1 to 2 per that His Honour Sir JOHN WORRELL feared that she will not be able to get off delay we do not know, but certainly not the CARRINGTON, K.B. C.M.G., D.CL. LLD, until next spring tides. The work of redout polico, for they worked hercically. But the coaling cent. Japanese New Loads are at £751 M.A.. has been obliged through all-bealthing the C.M.S. Kiangkwan, which is shore put on the work are ridiculously few, and if it Bank rate is unchanged. to send in his resignation of the office of the top of the river bank near Tongliu is not possible in the circumstances to impress.
Be required, double or even
Pagoda, is to be commenced at ones, say the as many Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of this N.-C. Daily News of Monday. The necessary treble the ordinary wages ought to be paid to colory, a post which he has held since 1896. tackling has already been sent up river and secure the necessary labour. Otherwise an The news has been received with feelings of
an attempt will be made to launch the beatspidemic may break out in the neighbourhood, universal regret. It would have been imon rollore. Two drodgers have been at work of the late disaster. Is it impossible to call possible for any man to have administered for some time round the Talee Mars, which for volunteers from among the soldiers of the the cuties of his office in a manner which is aground in the Yangteze, near Christmas garrison? Thirty soldiers would clear the place could win more general esteem-than-has-Island. Several feet of mud have been out fallen to the lot of Sir JOHN CARRINGTON. sway all round her and it is hoped that by For ability and uprightness he has made this means she may be refloated.
himself an honourable name among all the In regard to the new British battleships,
ment will be followed. There are to be ten
in about ten hours. Whereas, as things are going, it will be a fortnight before the rabbish is cleared away, and all sorts of diseases may break, out moan whilo.
Only two more dead bodies were found
· REUTER'S SERVICE.
Losdey, 14th August.
THE LONDON TEA SALES.
The attempt of the king to boycott the public tea sales has failed. Splendid prices were realised for 19,000 paskages of Ceylon teas sold publicly yesterday, and for 25,000 packages of Indian teas sold on Monday. At a secret
will be offered.
cantile firm. For example, a taipan of A. B. & Co. gives an order to a clerk, who transmits the order to the compradove, whe instructs a coolie who engages a cargo-boat. In such a case, is or is not privity of contract established between A. B. & Co. and the owner of the cargo-boat? Something might depend on the exact wording of the order as it was passed from man to man, and on the knowledge of the coolie who made the contract. It would be a matter of inference whether he knew at the time of contracting that 4. B. & Co. were his principals Probably the inferenca would be that he know that his prin- cipals were A. B. & Co. But suppose that that coolie met an independent person who did not know that the coolie was acting on behalf of A. B. & Co. and that independent person engaged
a cargo-boat; in such a case would
there be privity of contract between A. B. & Co. and the boat owner? I venture to say no,
In the example adduced by Mr. Hastings there was presumably knowledge throughout
Three Chiness, one a canteen boy, and the other employed in the coffee shop of the RA Regimental Institute, were charged by Canteen Sergeant Frank Silham with theft of a bottle of ruin
It appears that the canteen boy gave first defendant a bottle of rum in compensation for the latter assisting him with some work. The canteen sergeant cauglit the first defendant us: he walked off with the battis
First and second defendants were given three weeks hard labour son, and third daraudant, as there was a possibility that he did not
defendant condoning the lie was discharged,
SAAPADEFOLE ME, HELP
PIRACY ON HIGH SEAR
Fang Sing Fon, Lai Ga Mul and Fong dos Shing plradically ented one Ben Say Kum and others on the high sea in Bricasters to the present case the knowledge that the the latter of his fishing, heat, un the chain that A. B. & Co. were the principals wit, at Bha Chan, near Pillar Point, rehbing animal was being lauded for the plaintif Complainant after langtah Thoovered
Fuckeera and was not passed ea stopped ut
Throughout this use, much has been said About the plaintiff having the status of a and brought them to Hongkoneesta bailee, but I think that up to and at the time when the animal was killed, he had not yesterday afternoon
May Superfigtendent of Police, acquired that status.
police in the cra
A balment is a delivery of a thing in trust for some special object or purpose, and upon an undertaking extressed or implied to conform to the object or purpose of the trust.
The possession of the thing must be in the party by means of either an actual or a con. stractive delivery before anch party can be bailee.
DUKE AND DUCHESS IN SOUTH . AFRICA.
ing
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. York have arrived at Pietermaritzburg.
Tie C.P.R. steamer Farler arrived at Amoy at noon on the 15th inst., and left again at noon yesterday for Shanghai, where she is due to arrive at noon on the 18th inst.
The B.L. steamer Satsums, from New York
LONDON, 14th August.
his bens near. Macne, and informed the water police of that place,
Your
a vase. I had to wait lifte again I have had
Kis valuable, cor
fault, but I ship may rep Here the possession was in the defendant who Police, was first had a lien on the thing, and until the thing was stated that on delivered to the plaintiff actually or construe instructions
tantă. He wa Nor was the plaintiff a consignee in the with lun, He ordinary acceptation of that term as designat as the complainant in the the person to whom goods are remitted as to boat close in being the purchaser or for purposes of sale, claimed was his. Forra
up to Assuming, however, that the plaintiff was not BOOK mere agent, bat either a bailee or a consignee, onshore and ran still I should hold that there was no privity of chase and caught him. contract between the plaintiff in either capacity guid, the foretz |
to the Water Police B and the defendant.
The property, whether general or special, in he arrested. the animal was never in the plaintiff in any H Worhip here stated capacity: nor did he ever have this possession suficient evillamos to prove
defendants were implieste This being so, has a person who has neither fire property nor the possession a right of action of he consequently ordered The answer is in the First defenceat, stared
bost trem one thoong trespass on the case? aegative.
The conclusion at which I arrive, therefore Kun Chiso for $75 on is that the plaintiff cannot sus in contract the money on the 201 because of lack of privity, and he cannot one in own villag tort because he had not either the property or boy Ho the pomission
races with whom his work has brought him Engineering points out that in reference to the between the hours of 10 p.m. Thursday, and sulu to be held to-morrow, only 11,000 packages fively, no possession was in the plaintiff. fa contact. He has, moreover, done the protection of the 6-in. gana, the arrangement 6a.m. yesterday, when the warsh was discon colony an inestimable service in the com- adopted by Mr. James Dunn in the ship which tinned, the coulies being occupied in slearing pilation of the new Code of Civil Procedure, Messrs. Vickers, Bone, and Maxine built at off and carting away the broken finders, which was issued shortly before his departure Barrow-in-Furness for the Japanese Govern for Japan. Away from his official spherein. guns, and these will be enclosed within of action, be has won for himself a reputabroadside armour of 7-in. thick, whilst there tion which will not quickly perish, whether will be transverse armour to diminish the effect his capacity of Commandant of the local of any shell which might ponstrate the side dongkong Corps or in his general social armour. The armament will consist of four
SOUTH AFRICA-SEVERE FIGHT aspects. It is perhaps no small token of 12-in. guns, as usual with vessels of this class;
ON THE FISH RIVER. the affection felt for him that he was known but in addition to these there will be four 2-in.
A severe fight lasting four hours has been everywhere simply as "Sir John." His gons placed on mountings similar to those in departure will be a great loss to the colony, the Cressy plass. Weapons of this nature in
fought on the Fish River, Cape Colony, betweez three hundred British and an equal force of the At the same time, the strain of hard work had troduced as secondary armament on battleships
The C.M. stosmer Moyune, from Glasgow avidently begun to tell severely on him of are sitegather new, and will add greatly to the and Liverpool, passed the Canst on the 13th my The Boo toughly resisted the attack, late, and no one can, grudge his retirement lighting power of the tow ships. They are to instant, aud may be considered due at Singapore but were driven from koyjo to kopje nutil sally disporoot. The British lost one officer and one be protocted by 6-án, to 7-in, armour, the disposion or about the 3rd of September from long, and distinguished career. tion of the armament will be such that there will Nagasaki at 8 pm on the loth just and left Boer losses malade Commandant Pretorius, The CP.B. steamer Athenian served at privato killed, and seven inen wounded. The Born in 1847, Sir Joan Carrington was be a forward fire of two 12-in. guns, two of again at daylight, the 17th inst. for Shanghai, educated at Lodge School and Codrington 9.2-4., and two 6-in. guns; the aft fire will be where she is due to arrive at 2pm, on the 2816 who died from the effects of a wound received
during the figh College, Barbados, and Lincoln College of the same formidable character.
left Singapore on the 18th inst, for Manila and
Hongkong.
The O.S.S. steamer Ajez left. Singapore on the 15th inst., at noon, and is due in Hongkong on the 20th inst,
inst
pabrok Should it become necessary to kave my opinion the on other points which have arisen in the case
Alkali Company Johnson, E I will fate that, upon the authei consider that the defendant in red
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