This is the summons in chambers for 11 October 1888 taken out by Alfred Henry Drew, the solicitor for the second defendant, and directed to the plaintiffs and their solicitor, J.D. Vaughn Esquire. It concerns the case between Woona Slayman Janor and others (plaintiffs), and Mohamed Allie and others (defendants). This document is part of a collection of legal documents from the 19th and early 20th centuries which provides a glimpse into the work of the notable personalities who left their mark on Singapore’s legal history, and the economic and other transactions undertaken by ordinary immigrants in 19th century Singapore that tell stories of misfortune and indebtedness which would otherwise have disappeared from history.
