Two men were charged with being in possession of 121 counterfeit dollars, 166 counterfeit 10 cent pieces, and one die, at No. 19, King Hong-ks, on the 16th inst.
Detective-Sergeant Gilfillan said that the two men wore arrested at a lodging-house. They handed the dollars to the lodginghouse keeper, who informed the police. When the prisoners were arrested a dio for making the dollars was fourd in their assession, The accused voluntarily conessed their guilt.
The case was remanded till the lst inst. for the production of the lodginghouse keeper and other witnesses.
Shanghai, 2ist July.
Before Mr. CHANG (Magistrate), and Mr. B. Gros (British Assessor). Sentences in the Hung Chang Case. burglary at the jewellery store of Hung The sentences in connection with the Chang, 11B, Nanking Road, when goods to the value of $3,000 were stolen, and in connection with which three men were charged, one with stealing and the others with receiving the property, were delivered by the Amsomor this morning, in a crowded 'The Assessor said that as led the thief, he had confessed his guilt, and that account the sentence would be lighter than it otherwise would have been. He would be sentenced to 300 blows, three months' cangue, and two years' imprisonment. In regard to the tne receivers, the could not have been acting Innocontly, but trate and himself agreed that they
considering; their youth, and that' they were mem! of old and well respected
character, they thought a fine would meet families, and had hitherto been of very good the requirements of the case. The one would be fined $1,500, and the other $500. The difference in the amounts of the fines imposed was not owing to any difference of the degree of guilt, but was due to the difference in their means. With regard to the loss sustained by Hung Chang, who of the stolen rty, the goods alread:
far had recovered only about one half qoouvenedl. WOO. Ws Appeaioed: by an tet dependent expert, and the difference he-
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