A native pastor named Tsang Pan-teu was charged with having ridden a bicycle on Honan Road about 9 p.n. on December 23, without having had a mip attached thereto.
Native P.C. 240 stated that about 9 pam. on the date mentioned he saw the defendant riding along Honan Road without a light attached to his bicycle. He asked the defendant for his name and address, Int defendant refused to give same and also refused to come to the police-station. Witness told defendant that he would have to take him to the station and defendant then threw down his bicycle and said he would leave it there to be stolen if he were taken to the station. Witness then whistled for assistance and with the aid of another constable took the defendant and his bicycle to the station.
Another Chinese constable gave corroborative evidence.
The defendant said that he had no lamp for his bicycle, but was not riding it when met by native P.C. 240. He was walking with two friends at the time and intended to purchase a lamp at the nearest shop. The native constable exceeded his duty and put witness to the indignity of being taken to the station with his queue held by the constable. Witness had been a pastor for five years and when arrested was returning from Paoshan to Shanghai.
Two of defendant's friends, who were with him at the time of his.arrest, gave similar evidence.
Mr, Springfield pointed at that the defendant had resisted arrest and under those circumstances he' thought the constable was justified in arresting the men by the queue, The Assessor said they had only the constable's word ax to the defendant riding his bicycle without a light and resisting arrest, and on the other hand the defendant's story was corroborated by two very respectable witnesses, DEFRAUDING THE xTAXDARD Om, A Broadway shopkeeper—named Sung Ng-ming was charged with adulterating and selling oil, falsely representing same to be the product of the Standard Oil Company of New York.
Detective-sergeant Craig said that it was discovered that adulterated oil, represented to be a certain quality of the Standanl Oil Company's. produce, was being retailed ut several stores in Hongkew. Inquiries were made at the stores, the proprietors of which all stated that they purchased the oil from the defendant, The defendant's. store wax visited and several tiny of adulterated oil were found on the premises, in addition to a mixing tank and several hundred stamped tin caps for revealing tins, The defendant's "system was to adulterate good quality oil by mixing it with oil of an inferior quality and then to sll the mixture as oil of the first quality.
A representative of the Standard Oil Company gave corroborative evidence and produced several stamped tin cape which had been found in the defendant's shop.
The defendant denied that he wade a practice of adulterating oil and said that he purchased the oil in auction and sold it in exactly the same condition as purchased.
The Court decided that the matter would require lengthy investigation and arranged to hold a special afternoon sitting to try the ease. The defendant was ordered to be released upon far rushing security satisfactory to the Court.
Before Mr. Wano (Assistant Magis trate) and Mr. Coun (Assistant American Assessor.)
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