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TESTIMONY.

Mr. David Belknap Wickoralinro, an American subject, again`appear ed before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday after noon charged with publishing a false statement in connection with thi Amerionu Asiatic Commercial Com pany Ltd, of which.company defen dant was tho President

Mr. P. II D. Nihil proneouted for the Crown and Me. N. L. Brower de fondant.

for

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 19

lense, but it will soon inte opera- tion.I did not say that.

Mr. Brower: Did you not say that the promise of a leano was equiv lent to eleano†-No.

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The Pink-Book. -- Witness further said that. Moseri Shofer and Wickersham did not also any objection to his statement that the company had no loase. It was they who said that everything was all right. It was either Mr. Sho for or Mr. Lai who gave the draft to the printers to be printed Witness handed the dialt over t Mr. Wickersham aftor he had finishe nd writing it. Mr. Wickerahnar ---Mr. E-M-Bolu,a-Gorman, of No hounded 14 Mr Shofer The Carnarvon Rond was recalled printer went to the ice and both cross examination. He said Mars Shofor and Lal spoke to that when he arrived in the Colony him. Witners denied giving the

and export business, Mr. Shofenot know who ordered the Chinese: was an export in bide buying. The translation to be made. firm of MosBIA Wickersham "and Mr. Brower I put it to you that Shofer was already established nobody know you were going to Witness thought that they were print it and when your partner carrying on a legitimato import and read it afterwards they regarded it export business. All three of them

as a joke.-No. trusted one another and had invost- ed in the Arm and they wished to make it a successful concern. was told that Mr. Bhofer was wealthy man. Ho had asked to see the firm's books but had never soor thein. Tho lotter from Sonator Borah wris sufficient for him. Witness was told that the company had a lease of land in Siam but when he

Mr. Brower: Defendant and Mr. Shafer thought that this report wan femerely a prospectus giving your own ideas as to what the company might bo, but was not the proper pros pectus-Certainly not

Moters. Wickeralinis and Shofer knew about the printing of the plot book, witness said.

Mr. Brewer: Did you think that

joined them he did make any this idea was practicablo Fox.

quiries. Witness said that he did.

mat

Witness said that they wont to Bangkok to open their head offos there Ho arrived in the Colony in 1003 and stayed here for a few weeks. From when he returned in 1923 1914 to 1019 he was in Shanghai. Witness said that he did not claim

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ramember encing the letter which the defenco produced, but he remembered it being read to him. This was before he went to Bang kok, about the time that he made out the prospectus When witness asked about the lease of the land to have supplied the Rmden during he was told that it was around some the War.. The navigation captain of Agents: inland laker Several companies the Emden was interested in tho mentioned in the pink book was the idea of witness. Tho others were thought of by defendunt.

ta

Canion

Both had a number of company.

of ships and they thought

Witness donicd amalgamating. that his suggested that the yearol should go direct without touching Hongkong for the purpose of smuggling. Witnose sail that he had bad offers to that effect Ho bud as moat Germans had never offered to import arms and ammunition concealed in photo- graphs and pianos for British Brus. Wituens had never tried in any way to snuggle morphine.

Mr. Brower: Mr. Shofer and Mr. Wickeralının would not of their own accord launch into high finance with out your presence 1

Witness: I do not know. Trusted His Partners, Witness and that he knew very little about the company, but he thought himself quite capable of dealing with it. He had his trust in his partners as well as himself.

Witness had asked permission for

When witpasa went to Bangkok ho the Foreign Board of Advisory Directors names to be inserted in anid that he left his sun in chargo the book. The names were put in of the Hongkong-branch They had by

witness Taking the name of Mr. had private communications and he D. F. Mulder, Mr. Brewer asked also wrote to his son as the manager if witness had obtained his permis. of the local branch. In nong of his

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replied in the affirmative, saying smuggling drugs to Hongkong. ne that if he did not got Mr. Mulder's Canton. Whilst he was at Bangkok permission that gentleman knew that his son sent kiêï a telegram asking bis name was in the list, and had him to return. He sent the telegram raised no ubjections. The names of as the managar,

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A prospectus was sent to the direcmanger witness repl'od that all the

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Witness said that he wrote the prospectus, in his own hand writing. Mr. Brewer: In your band writing illegible?

Witness: You

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Witness denied that because

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Mr. Brower: Are you sure that you ge did not know the circumstances ra Mr. and Mra Shofor had given in- formation to the polico that mor garding this lonact

Witness: Yes I was told theraphine was being smuggled into the was a lease and I took it for grant Colony, his son sent him the tele- gram Witness said that the Arm Was engaging a new compradore and there had beou váno trouble and bo was asked to retura as he would be abortly leaving for Europe. Wit ness said that he did not know sent. Wituoss said that he had no thousand dollars from among some eral manager was being neglected.

the letters that passed reason to believe that Lai was going Chinesa. Mr. Brower: Did you read the where

between himself and his son wers.

manufacture fakes avidence. prospectus to your partners-No.

In the draft witness had left the he had not received any replies to Witness said that he did not try. He did not instigate the pro-acreage of the land blank and it was his lotters. Mr. Brewer: I put it to you that

Witness sail as ho had been ro your handwriting boing illegible to obtain 82,000 to leave the Colony Borution

insorted later, When he naked fused a look at the books he went Mr. Nihill he defendant what it was, lofondant you rond out the prospectus-1 do nor did he ask anybody, to lend him

asid that since he joined the Arm replied that it was five thousand. had

to the solicitor and that Lal

gone to Mr. Hind, of he did not know the extent of the Defendant did not object to the but he did not know if a man named to see Mr. Hind airò, G. K. Hall Dration and business. Ho had wanted to see the final proof of the draft Defondant Tam had gone to Mr. Hind. Mr. Brewer: I put it to you that

Witbooks and had writtan from Bang- also assented to the Chinese transla they said they had no lease yet told him the whole story. They did not...

by the police Witness was not pro- told him that he had collected a fow that his authority as gonn

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Witness was also troubled because

ness know that Mr. Lai was going to kok but had never received a re- tion being made Witness had had Brower arising out of Mr. Nihill's After further examination by ME Mr. Brower: At the time you said be present at No. 9 Tramway Path ply. Witness did not even know the trouble between himsolf

and examination, the case "was adı

"It does not matter if we bavou't, al when the promises were searched number of shareholders Defendant, the Hongkong office. He found journed till Monday afternoon.

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