Court, before Mr. Perkins, Sam Martin, of the cruiser Cincinatti was charged with uttering a counterfeit note purporting to be of the value of G.50.
Mr. K. E. Newman prosecuted and Mr, A, S. Allan defouled.
Evidence was given by a Chinese money changer, of 44 Ningpo Road, to the effect that the defendant came to his shop and tendered what appeared to be a note for fifty dollars gold for exchange. Witness gave him $107 Mex. for it, some of the money being in silver dollars. The defendant appeared to be in a hurry and did not want witness to chop the silver dollars as was customary. The money was handed to him and the defendant got into a ricsha and went off. Witness looked again at the note and noticed that there was something wrong with the "0" dri the "830." He at once jumped auto a ricsha and, keeping the "efendant in sight the whole time, followed him to the corner of Shantung Road, where he had wanted to get into a sampan but had found none to take him. He was arrested by a Chincee const able and taken to the. Central Police Station.
Mr. I. 8. Stetson, of the International Banking—Corporation, Have evidence to the effect that the note produced was a good five dollar note which appeared to have been tampered with.
Inspector Vaughan stated that the defendant appear ca to be quite sober when lo was brought to the station, all about $119 were found on b some of this, however, being found in his sock.
The defendant was committed to stand his trial at the U.S. Court for China.
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