The unusual spectacle of a foreigner being tried and convicted in this Court of which the arbitrator will not pass upon was witnessed to-day, when J. P. Butts, in this report, it was agreed by Mr. Burke who claimed to be an American citizen, and Mr. Warren that 25 taels was a rea- was charged with obtaining by false pre-sonable fee in drawing the said alleged tences from Messrs. Kuhn and Komor, of Dill of sale. In regard to the said Kana-/ 9, Nanking Road, 12 silk handkerchiefs zawa Troupe it was agreed by the parties and 6 sards of silk, valued at $19.20, on hereto that 20 per cent of the fee col- the 23rd inst. lected, to wit, $84.44 cents (Mex.) was a It seems that the accused visited the reasonable fee; and in regard to the claim establishment of the prosecutors, and re-of $9.28 cents (Mex.) for the said telegram; presenting that he was employed by it was decided by the arbitrator and, Messrs. Vorwerk and Rapp, Attorneys, agreed to by the parties thereto to have of 29a, Kiangse Road, obtained the goods absolutely nothing to do (being a con-' abore mentioned. The suspicions of the tingent fee case) with the money collected ' frm were aroused, however, by certain in the Kanazawa case, and it was further discrepancies in Butts's statements, and decided by the arbitrator after a most careful consideration of the said contract from a legal standpoint, and for the interest of the professional reputation of the said Browne Burke, that the sooner; this alleged contract was cancelled and surrendered to the said Warren the better it would be for all parties concerned. a messenger was sent to enquire into the bona fides of the customer, and returned with the information that Messrs. Vor-work and Rapp knew nothing of the man Thereupon Messrs. Kuhn and Komor reported the matter to the Central Police Station, and Detective-Sergeant Gilfillan was told off to investigate, He succeeded taken to the garden-r's lodge and detained until the polies, for whom Mes. Burge had been whistling, arrived on the scene. The man then stated that he badan accomplice, Unt the latter had contrived to escape by the back way, and when the scoused was going out of the gate in charge of the police The handed to Mr. Burge the two. silver ornaments, which were the only articles he had secured. An examination of the room shewel that the thieves had chiseled all round the ylass of a window, intending to remove it bodily, and that it. had fallen and smashed, the attendant. noise arousing Mars. Burge.''The Doctor said that ax there had been many burglaries in that locality of late he hoped an exemplary" sentence would be inflicted.
Prisoner was orderer to receive 500 blows, to be cangued fr one month, to be imprisoned for on. year, and at the end of that time t" be deported.
Alleged Theft of a $5) Note, A house boy employed by Mr. Silva, of 146, Bubbling Well oid, was charged with having stolen a $50 note from a wardrobe in his employrr's house between the 20th and the 23rd inst. Tae prosecutor stated that prisoner was the only servant that had access to the room, and that if the y had been stolen yan ordinary s hardly likely that a $10 nove 1 note. as well as other valuables, would have been left, as in this case.
Pris"ner, who denied "riy knowledge of the affair, was remanded until Monday next allow of further inquiries being made by the police.
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