Wong Nung-san, a shopkeeper from the Chinese Bund, was brought before the Court on a Mixed Court warrant, charged with making and selling soap bearing the forged chop of Gossage's soap, thereby defrauding the complain. ants, Messrs. A. R. Burkill & Sons, ete for Gossage's soap.
Detective-Sergeant Burnside stated that on the 16th instant information was received that the accused was selling " frandalent imitation of Gossage's soap and " bar of such soap was par-chased at accused last a warrant was issued for the arrest of accused and on Tuesday he was arrested and his Twenty bars of th found on the shop-counter, several others underneath the counter, and several other bars in various parts of the shop, and under some clothing in the bedroom the false chops (produced) were found secreted. The man kept a fairly large general store on the Chinese Bund.
Mr. A. W. Burkill said that it was difficalt to ascertain how much of the soap was being sold as Gossage's as apparently accused did not keep a large quantity stamped in stock, bat stamped it with the false chop as he required it. The soap was stored in boxes which bore Gossage's genuine chop.
The accused said that his reason for selling the imitation was because he was
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