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...purple on the bench sat the Hon. Sir Albert Charles Clauson, C.B.E. Before him was a case in which stockholders of Haile Selassie's defunct Bank of Ethiopia were attempting to regain possession of certain securities, admittedly held by the National Bank of Egypt in Cairo, against the Italian-appointed liquidator of the Bank of Ethiopia, one Wladimiro Liguori. Plaintiffs brought in evidence a decree signed by Emperor Haile Selassie from his exile at Bath...
Ruled Justice Clauson: "Last December the British Government recognized the Italian Government as in fact the Government of the area then under Italian control. The effect of Great Britain's de facto recognition is that I am bound to treat the acts of the Government which was so recognized as acts which cannot be impugned.'' Referring to the decree signed by the Negus at Bath: "I cannot imagine any ground on which it could seriously be argued that I could pay any attention...
...Clauson (attorney for the Crown) : "One has only to look into a man's pockets, and if there are profits there, that is enough for the tax gatherer. I do not say that if the pockets be full of stolen spoons one spoon should be taken as a tax on burglary. There is a valid distinction between profits and loot...
Crossing from the outside position to the pole, Clauson of Worcester led for the first 100 yards of the mile with a fast pace. At the end of the first lap, however, he had dropped to fifth place, which he held easily, coming up to a challenging position in third place at the end of the half. He took second on the near turn of the third lap and sprinted past Smith of Andover, winning by five yards in 4 minutes, 38 and two-fifths seconds...
Mile Run.--Won by Clauson (Worcester); second, Parker (Huntington); third, Smith (Andover); fourth, Chute (Andover). Time...