In connection with the case of assault with intent to murder, preferred against two men, judgment in which had been reserved till this morning as noted in our previous reports, the Assessor announced that the principal prisoner, Chang Ste-dong, would be ordered to pay $100 os compensation, and the second mau, Chang Ling-sang, +200. 'They would have to pay the hospital expenses of the complainant between them, and_a voucher for the same be handed into Court, and in addition would be sentenced to nine months' imprisonment each.
Shanghai, 8th December.
Before Mr. Cuano (Magistrate), and Dr. Banciter (American Assessor). Stealing Cement from the Council.
Four mon were charged with being concerned together in stealing 8 casks of cement, valued at $48, from the works of the Municipal Council at Haining and Fearon Roads between the Ist and the 4th inst., and another man, a contractor, of Sinza Road, was charged with receiving four casks of the said cement, valued at $24, well knowing the same to' have been stolen, Mr. C. H. Godfrey, assistant engineer of the Council, said the Court would remember that last week a man was convicted of stealing a quantity of stone chips, which he admitted "disposing of to contractors. Since that time Detective-Sergeant MeDowell had been engaged in enquiring into thefts of the cement used in conjunction with these chips in making footpaths. On Friday last two coolies admitted stealing two casks of cement from the works in progress at Fearon Road, which they sold to contractor at a small profit. The men said that the cement was sold to them by a foreman in the employ of the Council. It was evident that there was a scheme in operation for the systematic rob bery of the Council, in which foremen and coolies were engaged, and it was very desirable to find out to what extent it had boon carried. It was not likely that coolica would remove such things as stone chips and casks of cement unless there was a ready'sale for them, and it was also unlikely that they could do so unless by connivance of some of the foremen. A further lot of 7 casks of cement had been stolen on Friday last.
The Court adjourned the case to enable further enquiries to be made.
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