The Archive · 1879

A Defrauding Jeweller

A well-dressed Cantonese jeweller, who came from Hongkong about a mouth ago and has been staying in a shop near the As! Hous Hotel, was cha frauded a tented t6 "be gold." jewellery, princi

these on so and a day or two another. The aroused by of chains the prison the chaise he bad' received from hi to pawn. He e: was surprised to find they wore not gold brass, with a thin coating of the finer met and he bad the prisoner arrested.

He was sentenced to twelve months? impri Among the other articles he had lever watch, ignor, probably were handed over to Inspector ome one living in Hongkong, they who will keep them for a month and ste will be taken to discover the owner.

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