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CIRCULATION, OF MACAO BANK NOTES IN HONGKONG,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15ra, 1911,

gives to the Parliament of Canada exclusive | legislative authority over matters relating to banking in the Dominion, Lord Watson, whe delivered the judgment of the Board, stated, His Worship delivered his decision on the enge Banking is an expression which is wide

Hia

MR. HAZELAND'S JUDGMENT.

enough to embrace every transaction coming within tho lagitimate business of a banker,

am

SUPREME COURT,

Thursday, 14th September

IN APPELLATÉ JURISDICTION

BEFORE THE FULL COURT)

AN INTERESTING ACTION."

Formal application was made in the action in which the Greet Island Cement Company are the plaintiffs and Teang King the defendant in the matter of the writ of execution dates 26th May, 1911, and of the probibitory order dated 25th May, 1911, which was obtained by the appellants and addressed is the defendaat and to his solicitors, Mesars Deacon, Locker & Deacon, and to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and in the matter of the writ of summons taken ont by the appel- lants dated 9th June, 1911, for an order for pay went to the appellants in part satisfaction of the judginent debt and costs in this action of the sum of $29,427,55 attached under the writ of execution and prohibitory order issued in this action, which summons was addressed to the defendant and Messer. Deacon, Looker & Daucou, bis solicitors, and to the Chartered Bank { of India, Anstralia and Chios, The motion was tige be reverend and that judgmont be entered for the appellants for the whole sum of $17.73 with costs and that pending the hearing of the appeal all further proceedings be stayed.

other business. His wife had 113 hores of land" in the New Territories and he acted as her sgent: Ho bad borrowed money from his con- culine and from other women whose names were mentioned.

Examination adjourned.

-DÁDY BÚRIOR'S AFFAIRS..

Re Dady Burjor, F. C. Mow Fang attended for his adjourned examination in kankruptcy.

Exemised by Mr. Fletcher, Deputy Official Receivor:

Your brother, E. Mor Fang, has proved against the estate for $2,600 ? Ye

And you put lúm down as creditor for $2,500, rearred in February, 1911!-- Yes.

What was the position of your brother in the Firms

Assistant,

At whattsluty -$125 a month.--

Whem did he get this money from tɔ lend the firm? - He won Lesberil's swoop" at the races, which brought him about $3,000.

Yes

Most of that money-be-tent to the frm

· You suggested he should flo kis petition P No, sir: I did not actually suggest it.

With regard to the £100 you got: from John Begg for the whisky. There was £100 owing to you for the Augnet account? -Yos.

There was a mistake and £200 was sent to you I think there was a mistake.

You got that £200 ?--You.

Yun told Mr. Stephens in your firm you were not entitled to it, but that you were hard up and you intended to keep it. No sir, that is falen.

Dobtor was then cross-examined by Mr. W E. L. Shentca,

Wore there any outstanding accounts between him and the firm before that time -No.

The thru owed nothing to him before, that P. be —No.

I find in your cash book loans by your What are these?-Monies which the arm bad received from him.

The examination was adjourned till Saturday.

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which Mr Arratoon V. Ápear was summoned for eirculating bank notes payable to bearer on domand without the permission of the Secretary lending money on security of goods or documents,au-of-tho-opinion that the of Blate for the Colonies, yesterday.

Mr. F. B. L. Bowley appeared for the Crown, following duties performed by the defendan, and defendant was represented by Mr. Mcond be described transdotions coming Reader Hurris (of Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist), within the legitimate business of a banker-(a) Collecting as agout of the bank the Macso notes Worship said-The defendant was

brought to him, for which he pars in cheque or swansoned before me that he on the 23rd and Hongkong money; (b) Solling, an agent of the 24th August, 1911, at Vintoria, in this Colony bank, Macao notes to the public who wish to unlawfully did issue and circulate within the Colony bank notes payable to bearer on demand by auch notes; (0) Receiving, as agent of the bank, applications for drafts on Portugal without the previous sanction of one of his which he refors to Mucho. On receipt of the Majesty's principal Secretaries of State contrary draft from Macao lis sends the said draft te to Ordinance 2 of 1895, section 3. Section 3 is the applicants the money for the draft is as follows: "It shall not be lawful herefter forgot to

thio defondant onl defendia any bark to make, issue or circulate within the either remits the money

In Macao or Colony, bank notes payable to bearer on demand credits the Macao bank. I of the except with the previous sanction of one of his opinion, therefore, that the defendant is a Majesty's principal Secretaries of State signified" person carrying on business of banking through the Governor." Section 2 of the Ordin

within the Colony" within the meaning of soc ance gires an interpretation of the term "bank," and is as follow. In this Oreinsnes the word tion 2 of the Ordinance. The next question I bank includes any person, partnership or com. Propose to deal with is whether the defendant that the judgment delivered by tho Chief Jus brother sines the end of February, $2,250. failure of the rice erop. The latest sports, pany carrying on the business of banking within issued or circulated within the Colony these the Colony," The first witness called for the bank-notes. Mr. Harris raised the point that in prosecution was Chung Yam, P. C. 348. He order to carry out the intention of the Lagis went to the defendant's office on the 23rd lature it is necessary to and the conjunction "or" as “anî" ini section 3, and that the words August last at 11 am., and there he obtained

should read “issus and elreulats" instead of 100-on dollar notes of the Banco Nacional

"issue or circulate.” I am also of that opinion, Ultramarino, paying for the said notia the sum of $100 in Hongkong Bank notes. James John basing regard to the wording of the Ordinance. Wat!, Inspeelor of Police, was called. On the r. Harris further referred me to the interpreta 24th August at 10.50 am, he went to the general tion of the word "issue" in section 2 of the Bills office of the defendant, -14, Des Voeux Road of Exchange Ordinance, 1885, which is as follows: Central, Srst floor. There he obtained five $1 -" Issue means the firstdelivery of a bill or note notes of the same bank, giving for them a cotoplets in form to a person who takes it us a He also stated that at holder." The word "issue" in the Bills of 5 Hongkong note.

defendant's Exchange Ordinance, 1885, and the word the entrance of the lans to

"issue" to this Ordinance aro two different with office is a brass sign

the words

The word "issue" in the former "Arratson V. Apeur & Company" on it. There things. was also in Chinose the Chinese zame of his Orlines refers to firm. Under this brass sign was a wooden sign that every contract on a bill or note is incom- with those words on it, "Agencia do Banco plate and rovocable until completed by delivery, Nacional Ultramarino, Macao" Below thote whereas the word "issue" in the present words are curtain Chinese characters which Ordinance refers to the restrictol powers of the bouk to issue bank notes. The construction to mean the Portugueso Outport Exchange Bank." The defendant elected to go into the be placed on the words “issue of a bank-note" witness box, and the following is the substance was decided in the cass of Attorney-General November. of his evidencor-The defendant-in na agent in Birkbeck, 12, Q.B.D., paga Hong kong for the Banco Nacional Ultramarino. Coleridge, in his judgment, stated as follows

"The words mean the delivery of the notes to That ita head office is in. Lisbon, and has an agency in Macao. The Macao agency appointed persons who are willing to roovive them in ́defendant agent in Hongkong. His duties as ochrage for value in gold, in kills or older. agent are to collect the Macao-cotes brought wise; the person who delivers them being pre-

for them.

These notes uro

returned to

Las never received notos from the bank af

the rule of law

991. Lord

The Hon. Mr. Pollock, K.O., instructed by Mr Harston, appeared for the appellants, and the Hou. Mr. Alaba tes, instructed by Mfr. Gedge, of Messrs Johnson, Stokes & Matter, appeared for Messrs. Deacon. Looker & Deacon, while Trang King did not appear,

Mr. Pollock in presenting the formal appli- cation stated that the Chief Justice decided that the Green Island Cement Company was entitled to certain rosidiary sams amounting to between $8,000 and $9,000. To the ght theso might be paid over as that point was not affected by tke appeal.

Mr. Alabaster replied that there was the question of costs. They might give an under- taking:

Mr. Podock ani! that all the other side had to do was to tax Civir coats and they would be paid.

The bearing was fred for the last Monday in

IN BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (SIR FRANCIS P1000rr).

-SAMARISAN.---

Limo for

3

You say there was ro account except this $2.600. How do you account for this loan, $2,500 P-That is the balance of the loan.

You told us just now that at the time of this loan of $2,600 there was no other account between him and the firm?--It was not 82,500 he feat the firm. It was more than that.

You told me that there was no previous

What did helend the firm?-Different amounts accounts between the firm and your brother.

How much did ho lend the firm on February 22nd. Did be lend $2,250?—Yes. There was $1,000 before thut.

$

"THE MILL" "A GENUINE REM- BRANDT.

Abont July 20tha London contemporary pub- sheds startling. report that Rembrandt's which recently famous picture Tho passed from Lord Landagaction to Mr. Henry C. Frick for a sun-well over £100,000. revealed upon removal of its thick coat of opaque varnish the signature of Hercules Segher the painter of the almost equally renowed

"Storm" at the Uffai Gallery in Florence, which, like "The Mill," had been formerly ascribed to Rembrandt.

The raport found øredencó ovan in expart. that the picture had not been acquired by the eirolas, and much satisfaction was expressed nation. Before "The Mll" defuitely went to the United States it was placed on view at the National Gallery with a view to indoing some wealthy benefactors to supply the vast amonut needed for its retention in England, although no subscript on list was actually sponed.

ANOTHER "MELY.."

As a matter of fact the report which chooral the detractors of Benebrandt's masterpinee is ut terly unfounded. To begin with," The Mill" was not required Mr. Frick, but by Mr. Widener,

by who at the time when the starting Dogs WAS published was in Europe, having proviously locked up his costly trousaro in a safe, whore it cleanars and photo- remained innocossible graphers. The American report stated that Seghers' sign was so clear after the removal of the varnish that it shows distinelly in a photo- graph that was taken.

It

would appear that Mr. Priok actually

THE RICE SUPPLY, Focal interest is rooted-to the rice siop of Sin, concerning which the Dan, bat Thacesary The weather notes in the Bangkok Calendar of Dr. Bradley and the Siam Directory of Dr. Samuel Smith always contained this sentence ander September: If the Rion plantal either in May or June be all out off by drought, & good be looked for if the rain be abundant Grep may this month." The trath of that seems likely to

exemplified again This

year.

The absence of rain up to quite recently did make the prospect unpleasant, and the wildest uracurs were current of a probable

arus another picture of a mill, and that however, are quite hepoful in charactor. As a

it was bis, pietis and not Mr. Wideoor's mattor of fact the absence of raius, so marked round, Bangkok, was not general, for in parts at Rembrandt that revealed Seghers signature least of Rathari, Prashim and other Monthons when it was photographed after the removal of the prospects have all along been good. The tho varnish. Dr. Bode, of Barlin, however Plesont position is that, if the rains hold good wrong he may be in questione concerning busts now, and floode

are not sxedptional, thure and renaissance soulpture, is the greatest nok- is certainly tizo to jet a stop. The late nowledged authority on the art of Rembrandt, nets of the crop makes floods more danger and is emplatio in his assertion that Mr. floods from the north. There may still-greatest-master of the North. This is the more. ous, bat so far there has been no sign of Widener's "Mill" is from the brush of the be a good crop of heavy rice. But the Kao Bao, significant as it is Dr. Bude who ascribes to which should have been just coming on now, is Soghers the " Desolate High Valley "attributed to Rembrandt, in the Edinburgh National pecially towards the north. The result of this Gallery failure of Kao Bac and of the absence of paddy practically non-existent in insuy districts, moro

in stock, caused by last your's largo export, is that, there is undoubted scarcity at this moment, and that food prices will be high for some months to come it is feared also paddy reserved for rord may have boon that to absence of water will now secred absence of sond- But this is being guarded against in a number the available grain and themselves reserving it

On February 25th, 8BC0 ?-Yes. You say that then there was an account?nsed for food aud Before that?

Fofore that--I could not way for cortain. The money he said in and the money he took back left a balance of $500 or $600.

You my ikere was no account until this money he won at the sweep?—I could not say for certain.

You think the only loan which he made to the firm was $2,250 F-IIo leat more than that.

What did he lend?-$3,000.

Then he took some money back? He took back the sum of $2,250 sines the end of February 1 can't remember....

$2,500 in still owing?-Yer.

of

INTIMATIONS

BROWNING'S

districts by the local authorities baring up OLD TOM GIN.

for soad.

the in

We understand that through the Ministers of In another issue the Ba gkok Times' status Lands nad Agriculture, Intorior, and Local Carorament, or lers have been giron for

of a number of the closing up

both

small, large aud waterways, different parts of the country where thoro has been little rainfall in order that the water may be retained to carry the paddy crop over the dry season. A great deal of the work has already boga done, and has saved a great deal of paddy that would otherwise have succumbed to the drought. H. E. Phya Wongke Nupial

· Where did to get this suoney from ? houb, Min ster of Lands and Agriculture, is

He S. A. Maricao. pared to take them ap when they are presented to kim and pay in cheque or Hongkong money for payment. Now, this is exactly the

The Deputy Official Receiver stated that Marso. Defendant is net anthorized to accept position of the defendant in the present this petition by the deltor had stood over considerable onse, His legal position is not altered from time to deposits or to pay cheques drawn on the bank, and kas done neither of those two things. Hoby the fact that he has no appointment period to allow the debtor to make an ar.

in writing and that his appointment rangement with his creditors. His solicitors money. could be terminated at any time. I would point informed out the defendant has been agent of this bank since September 1st, 1907. I am therefore of opinion that Lae defendant issued bank notes within the meaning of section 2 of the Ordin- anco. I convict the defendsat of the charge and order him to pay a fine of $100.

le borrowed it from a friend, Ho was invited to take a share in a shop here, in Der A Wing & Compony. I asked him for the loan of the

You said there was no other account than that consented to the arrangement proposed and $2,500. Now-you-find another item of $1,500 p debtor asked leurs to withdraw the petition-It escaped my memory.

Leare was granted to withdraw.

Mr. Harris-May he have 48 hours to pay, Four Worship?

His Worship Yes.

him that the ereditors had

DEBTOR LEAVES HIS SHOP AND STOCK, Be the Tai Sing firm.

Mr. Crowther Smith, who appeared for the titioning oreditors, Sonnet Freres, stated that the assets amounted to $5,000, consisting of goods in the shop, and the liabilities as far as they know, amounted to $12,000. The set of bankruptcy was that the manager had with intent to defeat or delay his creditors departed from the Colony. Ile had left his shop at the merey of any one who chose to go is. The landlord went in for the reat, and if he had been paid anybody could: have taken the business. His clients and baen obliged to tako steps to protect themselves.

Order for adjalisation was made.

Mecue. He has no appointment in writing, and his appointment could be terminated at any time. Defendant further stated that he was the only partner in the firm of Arratoon V. Apear and Co. He was appointed agent in September, 1907, and was then carrying on business at 45, Wyndham Street. He hung up the signboard as agent for the bank which he received from the previous agent at his office in Wyndham Street, and now in Des Voeux Road. His appointment as agent was duly advertised in

SUICIDE OF MR. E. 0). MURPHY... The China Mail. The advertisentent is as fol-

Banco Nacional Ultramarino. Vancouver newspapers report the death of low:-Notico, The agency of the above bank in Hongkong Mr. E. O. Murphy, formerly of Hongkong, who will, from the 1st of September, 1907, be committed suicide on August 10th by shooting transferred to Mosses. Arratoon V. Apar & himself with a rifle, which he placed in his Company, in the place and instead of Messrs month. It practically blow off the top of his head Rezario & Co Dated 21st August, 1907: 0 Decensed, who sovered his connection with Mr gerente da agencia. Do Banco Nacional Ultra-W. S. Bailey and left Hongkong last year for

rino, Jonquin L. C. Gones. Hongkong, Vancouver, had met with little success in seeking-Berouz Mc. C. D. MELBOURNE (DEPUTY August 21st, 1907. The defendant also stated to establish himself as a marine surveyor, and it "If an application is is believed thub this absence of work and in his evidence asfollows. made for a draft on Portagul I refor the applica- tien to Macao. If I receive a draft from Macao in anewer to the application I send the templated returning to Hongkong but chango public examination in bankruptcy.

draft to the applicant. The applicants send me the money and I either send it to Macao or credit Macao." Defendant further stated that. the bank notes are kept in a safe in his roon. The safe has duplicate keys. He keeps ono key and bis assistant, Mr. Asger, keeps the other, The safe was seven or eight feet from his desk, and if he wore in the room no one could He go to the safe without his seeing him. further stated that when he handed over bank notes to anybody he considered he was doing a favour, as he regarded the notes us being wanted in Macao. Dofondant was also asked how he got these notes, and he stated they were sent to him They by some money-changer or bank, were not sent to him by the Macae bank. The first question I propose to deal with, is whether the defendant is a "bank " within the

meaning of section 2 of the Ordfuance. The word bank includes any person carrying on the business of banking within the Colony. Mr. Harris referred me to the definition of "banker"

transis] worries occasioned a mental depression which led to his taking his life. He had con-

his mind before the ves⚫ railed He was bariel in the Masonic reservation of the Vancouver Cemetery.

TELEPHONIC TALKS BETWEEN PARIS AND ABERDEEN,

A short time ago the Post Office laid a new and improved telephone cable in the Straits of Dover, and this has recently been connected to land-lines from London and Paris, thereby providing increase and improved telephone taoilities between the two capitals.

By the extension of these circuits to provin- cial towns speech in England and France which could not previously communicate with each other, and in order to determine the ortent of the increased rauge experi ments bare recently been carried out by English and French officials from a number provincial towns on loth sides of the Channel.

Before the now cable was provided no town pero could communicate with Paris, but in north of ins connecting the Humber and

the recent frials it was found prasible to converso with the French capital from Newcastle on Tyne, Edinburgh and Perth, and finally trials were made from Aberdeen involving a circuit length of over 900 miles. In the best conditions of

REGISTRAR).

USURY EXTRAORDINARY,

Re H.. M. As Silya, who attended for his

In reply to the Official Receiver, debtor stated a salary of $100 that he was a clerk receiving a month, but prior to last year. his salary was $95.

What are your dobts?-Aboat $1,200.

Mostly due to Indian money-lenders? Yes. How much did you borrow from Bhagat Singh ?-$100, and I signed a promissory náte for $300.

And the interest on that promissory note was 10 per cent, a month ?—Yes.

So that the interest was 360 por cent. on the $100 that you borrowed f—Yes.

You borrowed $100 from Herman Singh Yes...

And signed a promissory note for 2200?—Yes. At the same rate of interest? Yes, Abdoolah? Yes. I got $85 and signed for Did you borrow from another. Indian named

$140.

At the same rate of interest Yes.

And you borrowed also from Oyaga Singh?

Anything further escaped your memory - know he borrowed $1,500 from a friend and he lent we that.

About what time? That was before February. How long before-May be two or three months before,

Is there any other sum that he lent the firm He lent the firm money. He had charge of the cash and when the firm bad money that he sould take it back he took it back.

Where did he get this money from - Ha

Was there any other sur -I can't remem. borrowed it from a friend.

bew

You don't think that because he had charge of the cash that he took back a considerable

amount? Oh, no.

With regard to yourself, I think that on the 9th June gon draw $2007-Yes, that was for

horeshold expenses.

On 1st June, salary for May, 8151P-Yox. On 31st May, salary for April 31503-Yes. In a wook you drow twice your salary and $200 extra P--Sometimes for months I did not regularly drag my salary..

On the 27th May you took a loan from the firm of $50. On the same day you book another loan of $900. Then you took out 31,450 in the last two weeks before your bankruptoy #—Yes, $900 I paid to my sister,

Why I borrowed it from her. Personally 7-No, for the firm.

In answer to further questions debtor said that he had been in the habit of drawing small sume and signing chits for them and at intervals the total amount was written up in the books.

Mr. Fletcher-Why did you pay money into the firm and draw it out again? A person does not enter it on one side and take it out on the

monetary difficulties. other. It is a waste of ink. We were in

Why did you borrow from yourself?—I ber. rowed from personal friends and instead of entering it in their accounts I put it in my

which is given in the leading case of Foley line and apparatus commercial speceh could be/Yes. I received 860 in ono lastance and sign account.

conducted from that place with Paris, These ed a promissory note for $100, and in the other tests will enable the Post Office engineers to I got $100 and signed for $170.

Did they come to you or did you go to them? determine what other English towns CAN COL- 20unite with France, and it is hoped that a list. I out to them. of such towns will be published shortly.

Hill, 2 House of Lords cases, page 33 The definition is as follows: A banker is one who in the ordinary course of his business ro. ceives money which he repays by honouring the cheques of the person from or on whose account bersives it." I am of the opinion, however, hav ing regard to the wording of the section, that the Legislatura intended that a wide and extended meaning should be given to the section. It montions "any person," which menus, any one person. It does not say a banker, but the words

The increase in the range of telephonic specch bas bean brought about by means of the new telephone-cable recently laid between England and Fraugs. This cable is fitted with leading coils which non tralise the disturbing effects on speech transmission introduced by the insulat ing material which must necessarily be employed when conductors are laid in water.

To what do you attribute your insolvency P I cannot pay these debts.

I suppose you have been living above your salary?—Yes.

The examination was closed.

Why-For convenienes, Witness was farther questioned regarding the insurance part of the basiness as well as bis dealings with the Russo-Asistio Bank.

You promised certain money to the Bank for goods released on June 10-Yea.

And on that undertaking the bank reloaced the goods P-Yes.

t

You took the goods to Sincere & Co., and got the money the same evening ?-You A DENTIST's failuru,

Why did you not pay that money Into the Re Wung Tai Fong, who attended. for his

bank?-We wore in want of money. I had publk oxamination.

Debtor, in reply to Mr. Flatcher, eaidnutil Saturday to pay it.

You never bad the lost intention of was by profesion a dentist, but he also doelt largely in landed property. Paying it?-Ob, yoa I had,

that he

used are "carrying on the business of banking

At a meeting of seatholders of Union Church within the Colony." The construction to bo held on Wednesday it was decidul in view of the placed on the word banking came up for decision Ber.. H. Hickling not wishing to be con- in the case of Tennant . Union Bank of sidered for a further period of service after his built the Taiping Theatre, but found

On June 9 you told your compradore to siap Canada, 1894, A.C., page 31.

This was an agreement expires in November, 1912, to aut it unprofitable and he lost over $16,000. That all payments-He never did have any motor

The appoal before the Privy Council.

horise the General Committes of Management Fritish North America Act, 1867, S. 91, to sppoint a successor,

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money which he had made in his to pay as compradora.

now on an inspection tour of several Mentions seeing to it that the available water is, ne fur as possible, being properly controlled.

SOUTH LONDON SPA."

The trae Streatham Waters, "fresh"overy- morning, only at Child's Coffeo Ilouts in St. Paul's Churchyard, Nando's Coffro House, noar Temple Bar, the Garter Coffee House, be- hind the Royal Exchange, the Salmon, and at the two Black Boys in Stock's Market. Who- ever bays it at any other place will be imposed

upon.

That is an advertisement from the Port Boy wowspaper of June 8, 1717-and on August 4 2 Press representative tasted a gloss of "the true Streatham Waters" from the same spring.

How many of the residents in South London who go abroad to take their "ears" know of their own Streatham Spa-the little pump room just of Vallor road, and the spring that has been bubbling since, 1659?

"Not many. void Mr. Curtis, out of the brothers who keep the dairy farm on the ground. "But an old man has told me that when bo was lad he saw a great bino of carriages and traps five avery Sunday morning, bringing people to the spring

at

"They paid their pennies and dippel their

"An Ideal Drink for Summer."

SOLE AGENTS

H. RUTTONJEE

& SON,

glasses into a tank! All day Sunday, the old WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

man said, the place was like a fair, it was so busy."

We send the water all over the kingdom, Wo and even to Africa and South America. have advertised the pump-room. We have been too busy with our dairy. But I believe the

Spa might regain its old fame if we were beat

it upon

The spring risce at 52 degrees temperature. It has the slight taste of ink that tells of sulphur. It is charged with carbonic acid, and analysis shows that it contains neguesium an!- phate, sodium chloride, forrous carbonate, pot- asium ahloride, calcium carbonate, and sodium carbonate.

CHEERS FOR A MURDERESS.

DOUQUETS PRESENTED BY THE JURY, An extraordinary illustration of the effect of a beautiful woman's tears was furnished in San Francisco on August 4, when jurymen, lawyers, journalists and police united in cheering Mrs. Anus Langley, aged nineteen, who on Wednes day shot and killed her husband, James Langley, a small shopkeeper..

When the self-confessed murderessappeared ut the coroner's ingeest she describedber sufferings at the hands of her husband in a voice of sucia pathos that the jury unhesitatingly returned a verdict that the unspeakable cruelty of the de- ceased had driven bis wife temporarily insane.

150

Chas. J. Gaupp

Hare

& Co.

Just Received

Belection of Goods from

MAPPIN

Now

& WEBB,

LONDON,

Comprising ---

SILVER CUPA,

PRESENTATION PLATE,

&o.,

PRINCES PLATE,

TEA SERVICES;

Within an hour the prisoner was taken before a grand jury, whose members, according to a newspaper report, mingled their tears with hers while als rooted the tale of her wrongs. "I would have worked my fingers to the bone, the wife exclaimat, "if Jim would have been good that was all I wanted." In less than a miante after she had been led back to the gaol the grand hor cell jury in frency of emotion Lurried to and announced that she was exonerated and would be release]

recognitances. The jury, the despatches atate, stood around ha beautiful prisoner like a crowd of awkward schoolboys trying to express their sympathy, Some hastened out and brought flowers, while DRESSING CASES with the lawyers and journalists present pulled out of their pockets handfuls of money and banded it to Judge Weller, who, however, would only accept £10 as hail

her cun

Amid the cheers of the calcokers the Police Commissioner, Mr. Sullivan, and the Chief of Police, Mr. White, escorted Mrs. Langley in a motor-car and drove her to her mother, from whom, and from the neighbourhood, she received enthusiastic expressions of affection.

&o.

TABLE WARE.

FISH

CUTLERY,

KNIVES 'and

FORKS

SILVER FITTINGS,

LEATHER HAND-DAGS..

and WALLETS,

RAZORS.

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