At the Mixed Court on Friday before the magistrate, Mr. Wong, and the British assessor, Mr. Mayers, three Ningpo men were charged with being concerned, with others not in custody, in forging a' number of $5 bank notes, the facsimile of the Imperial Bunk of China notes, thereby defrauding the Bank and the public; Iso with being in the possession of machinery and plant for their manufacture. Deputy Captain Superintendent Mackkenzie prosecuted on behalf of the police. Mr.A. W. Maitland, acting Chief Mun-ager of the Imperml Bank of China, stated that on the 10th inst, two notes were handed into the Bank which were forgeries. He communicated with Detective-Inspector Armstrong. On the 14th inst,, four more of the forged notes were presented at the Bank and the were subsequently arrested. Detectiv Inspector Armstrong said he arrested the riseners on the 14th, For some time he had had his eye on the chief prisoner's movements and noticed that he was continually changing his abode, and upon examination of exch of the vacated places he had always discovered traces of burnt parchment and occasionally marks of red and brown paint. On the 1th inst. he arrested this prisoner in the Amoy Road, and in taking him to the station prisoner tried to passo purse to another man, who was at once arrested. The purse was afterwards found to contain a forged fxcsimile of one of the $3 notes in question. Phe Girst-named prisoner gave information ut the police station ax to the whereabouts Detecti gilfillan, upon searching the of an necomplice, and he (Armstrong) and
accomplice's premises in Seward Road, found in some bedding the wooden sta used forstamping the Bank Manager'snamo on the notes, also about 50 of the notes hidden inthe roof of the gareer. Hy arrested the occupant. 118 notes ready for circulation and 200 in different stages of production were shown to the Court, as was also the machinery. Four of the notes are still in circulation. After examination of the prisoners by the Magistrate, the prisoner to whom the purse had been passed was discharged for want of sufficient proof of complicity. The other two admitted their guilt and were each sentenced to 10 years' he Assessor highly complimented Detective-Inspector Armstrong and Detective J. Gilfillan upon the excellent manner in which they had effected the arrest, and requested Deputy Captain Superintendent Mackenzie to bring the fact to the notice of Captain Pattisson. woman were charged, with others not in Tiree Ningpo men and a Nin;
custody, with coining a number of 10 and 20-cent pieces and putting same in circulation, thereby defrauding the public, also with being in possession of dies for the purpose of manufacturing the said coins. The discovery of these '"smashers" was made by Constable Lynch, who, while in the performance of the special duty of tax collecting, called at No. 370, Broadway on the 14th inst., and failing to obtain admix-sion, forced the door open and there found a quantity of coins on the floor and the dies for their production. The woman and one of the men were discharged for want of evidence against them, but th were each sentenced to five year ment.
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