A Chinese Laundry Case.

ACTION IN COURT.

' In the S.M. Court this morning F. Fabian sued Tax Lee, the owner of a Chinese, laundry, for shirts, collars/ handkerchiefs, * etc., . he had sent to the wash on December 20th, and which had not- b,een returned. „. . v „ The plaintiff^* who conducted hisoVir .case, said*"he was^unable to' obtain the clothes although he had applied se'v-v eral times for 'the' bundle. The .wash?. ing was sent from. ChatsworthHousDv' where he,, lodged, and he .believed a 'ticket, was obtained for the goods. He hadrepeatddly applied for the linen sent but could not get the articles. Ho believed the tick'efc Hj lia& been lost, Mr. C. L. MaQiJi^bmd, who appeared for Tai Lee, cross-examined as to th 6 articles sent and the ticket' received.' > Eileen Howell/ daughter of tho proprietress of Chatsworth House* gave evidence that she took a parcel of Mr Fabian's linen, to the Chinese laundry a few days before Xmas. She got a 'ticket in return, and this she gave to her mother. !, Mr MacDiarmid produced the Chinese laundry book, a wondrous looking int? volume filled* with mystic looking aigaa in, red and black ink. The.defence was that- an" old man called on Januavf(Wjs(?.nd.igot u Mr ,Fabian|s bundle, and* gave up the ticket (produced. , He, /sailed, . , - Tai Lee, whose evidence was interpreted by Chow Wah.. Tai Lee took the oath by blowinffput a match. He detailed what articles he received from plaintiff/'^ : - •' '''■ x '■'■ / "]' His Worship said that the evidence of delivery of the goods was faulty, and he thought he would have to nonsuit the plaintiff. If people gave clothe 1 sVto a' Chinese laundry and got 1 a ticket- in hieroglyjphics, in a foreign lAnguage, then it was their own risk. The plaintiff would be non-suited without costs. ' ' ■ ' Plaintiff /mid he could prove that ho went to -the laundry with Constable Lind prior to January lOfch, and could not" i g»fc-*4he clothes..- » v His Worship'saidVtbat* under, the circumstances he considered that plain* i tiff's claim was' faulty.