Pots was brought up under the following circumstances:—Mr. R. Rietschler, Foochow road, stated that on Wednesday last, prisoner went into his store and ordered some jewellery, requesting him to send the bill for payment to the office of Mr. J. M. Walker, in the French Settlement. The jewellery was made, and Pope took delivery of it. The bill was sent as requested, and a reply returned to the following effect, "We are sorry to say that we are unacquainted with the name of the person to whom your bill is addressed." The complainant afterwards learned Pope's address, and later in the day, applied to him in person for payment, when he asked that the bill should be sent to him next morning and it would certainly be paid. Complainant accordingly sent the bill next morning, when the door of Pope's house was found locked, Balioving that Pope intended to defraud him the premises parently unoccupied. he gave information at the Consulate, and Pope was arrested.—At the hearing, the main facts were substantiated, and the judgment of the Court was that' the prisoner should remain in custody until complainant's property was restore or the money paid for it who costs of Court to be also paid by the prisoner.
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