An ox-priest and a detective's second were charged with unlawfully detaining 4 female complainant in a tea-shop, Nov 654, Yunnan Road, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on the 15th instant, and attempt. ing to extort from her the sum of $400 by means of threats, at the same time and place, in company' with others not in custody.
The Assessor remarked that cases of detention and extortion in tea-shops seemed to be of common occurrence, and in future cases of this kind he recommended that the proprietor or manager of the ten-shop concerned should also be charged, as. such things could hardly happen hour his Inspector Wilson said that one prisoner Was an ex-priest, formerly the com. plainant's sweetheart second prisoner was a detectives second, who tated that he was acting under instruc. tions from the detective who employed him. The Inspector said that the detective had not yet been charged, but if Assessor thought, after hearing: the complainant's evidence, that there was a inst i the man would be taken before the Captain. ud dismissed the force, ds charged at the Court.
The complainant gave her evidence, and Inspector "Wilson said that when first med the detective's second told a story exactly corroborating that of the complainant. When he saw that his statement was to be taken down in. writ. tale. ings however, by told quite different The Assessor said that the complainant! evidence implicated the detective equally with the men present. The detective should therefore be charged with the others, and the police should make enquiries as. to whether the proprietor was' also implicated. until Monday.
The hearing of the case was adjourned Shanghai, 24th August, Before Mr. Sus (Magistrate) and Mr. B.
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