A boatman named Zung Man-man was charged with the larceny of lumber value $500 from " boat lying off Yangtsepoo Wharf during the month of September 1907.
A mason named Wah Wei-sing was charged with receiving some of the timber.
The cargo when it was checked off was found to be fourteen logs short. The thieves were traced through two men quarrelling in Sinza Road over the question as to who should pay for the hire of the handcart used to convey the timber to a place of security. Eight logs had been conveyed to a yard near the Arsenal and six logs had been sent to the mason Wah, who received them in lieu of money owing to him by Zung.
Zang was sent to prison for six months and the mason was fined $50 and ordered to return the lumber to complaint.
Before Magistrate Pao and Dr, Schirmer (German Assessor).
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