The Pootung Water Works Company accused two of their water cart drivers with embezzlement. Nothing was proved against one of them and he was discharged; but it was shown that the other had collected a dollar's worth of tickets from customers and instead of handing them to his employers hnd sold them on his own account. He was tenced to a mouth in the chain gang, Obstructing the Soochow Creek,
HLM.'s gaol was again summoned for obstruc+ The omer of the wood hong adjoining ing the fairway of th ow Creek, by allowing wood to remain below low water mark, "He has been before the Court several times for a similar oftenes id on the last occasion he was told that if ho offended again he would be fined $10, Note withstanding this warning and in spite of the remonstrances of the police he had still allowed the obstruction to remain, The Magistrate acted up to his word and ordered defendant to pay a fine of S10, 9th Sept. Before the Chinese Magistrate Cues, and R, H. Mactay, Esq., U.S, Assessor, Tea-shop Noises, Two foreign residents in the Soward Road brought a charge of nuisances against the pro-rioter of a native tea-shop in the same road Up such an unearthly that the 1
Court took compassion upo: joinants, who presented a wearied app warned the offender to the day, and to by ten' o'clock every night.
10th Sept. Before the Chinese Magistrate Cimw and.
RR, AuueN, Esq., British Assessor, Thefts, A Tientsin merchant who arrived in Shang-bai on Tuesday, by the steamer Pingon, for the purpose of purchasing sundry articles for his Excellency Li Hung-chang and others accused two touts of a lodging-house wi stealing a box containing money and valuables total value of $370, He explained that hie arrived by the steamer he entrusted 0 the care of the prisoners, and got tv the ladying-house there were only nineteen, 'The prisoners sulemuly aeserted that they knew nothing about the russing box, and that they only took char, of nineteen,' The case was remanded for the attendance of the lodging-house ko-per.
11th Sept.
Before the Chinese Magistrate Cues, R. H. Mactay, Bqy., U.
Dra dnd Disorderly.
he Police brought up two natives for being drank and cresting a distarbauce in the Shanse Road yesterday. As the often committed no damage and professed ponitence, the Court dismissed them with a ro-pri mand, it being their first offence.
Assault, A coolie was charged with as proprietor of the Shantung Road. vestigation the case occupied considerable t elicited that the coolie had rua account with the proprietor, who defendant to come to an early netrlement,—Court gave the cffewier a fixd period within which to pay up what he owed, failing which he would be farther dealt with,
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