Waung Pang-yung was sent to prison for a year, and is afterwards to be expelled, for having snatched a foreign lady's purse in Nanking Road on Monday afternoon. The complainant, Mrs. L. Guignard, was waiting for a tram when the accused, a member of the unemployed, snatched away her bag containing a purse of money and ran off. A Sikh Havildar gave chase and caught the delinquent, who pleaded that the bag had been thrown at him by the real thief.
Anotuer Nankinc Reap Incipent.
A brassmith and two ship's firemen were charged with having assaulted Captain L. D. Kearney at the corner of Nanking and Szechuen Roads on Monday afternoon.
Sub, Inspector Wilson stated that the defendants were members of the crew of a Japanese vessel laid-up in the river, and there appeared to have been some trouble over the non-payment of their wages. They pulled complainant from his ricsha, and the incident might have had serious results had not the police intervened, Captain Kearney having two artificial legs.
Captain Kearney told the Court that he did not wish to prosecute. There had been some misunderstanding about the payment of these men's wages. "They do not speak English," added the Captain, "and I do not speak Chinese."
The charge being thus withdrawn, defendants were dismissed.
Youne any Foottsn.
Foo Tsang-zien, aged 20, was charged with forging and uttering cheques to the amount of TIs. 550 in the name of Mr. A. Bassett, of the British-American Tobacco Mr. Bassett stated that, upon making up his account for the year with the International Bank, he d: scovered that two cheques had been forged. The matter was placed in the hands of the Police and they arrested accused. He admitted the offence, having cashed one cheque for Tls. 195 in November, and another for Tls, 155 in the following month. The signature was very well done. When asked how he obtained +t, accused said he had copied it from ery.
"T am young and foolish," said the accused. "I admit forging the cheques. Part of the money I spent on clothing."
The Court sentenced accused to 12; months' imprisonment, the term to {be reduced by half if the amount stolen is refunded to complainant.
Fusps ror tHe New Year.
Saying that purse snatching was very prevalent at this time of the year, Sub.-Inspector Mackenzie asked for severe punishment in the case of a coolie charged with stealing a packet containing $236 in Boone Road on Monday afternoon. The money iwas carried by a shop assistant, sent from Fokien Road into Broadway to changa the dollars into small money. The whole amount, which accused threw away when chased by the police, was recovered.
Accused stated that complainant dropped the parcel and he merely picked it up. He goes to prison for 18 months.
"A Dean in Coren.
A case which first came before the Court in July last was on Tuesday adjourned for the tenth time. It concerns 250 bales of cotton, on the sale of which two Chinese are charged with having fraudulently obtained Tls. 40,000. One of the defendants, the compradore of a Japanese firm, alleges that the money Was paid to this firm, but this is denied, and the firm in question is putting in a claim on its own account. The prosecutor has now instituted civil proceedings for recovery of the amount stated.
A doctor's certificate being put in to the effect that one of the defendants was ill and unable to attend the proceedings, the case was again adjourned,
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