Two brass-smiths were charged with being concerned together with another man not yet in custody in manufactyring counterfeit ten-cash p Iso with unlawfully defacing and putting out of culation a quantity of current cash, by melting down and manufacturing the into brass fittings, at a house in Haining Road on the 10th instant.
Detective Kingston gave evidence that for some days he knew that large quan of copper cash were being taken into the house, No. 213, Haining Road, and his suspicions wore aroused. Consequently he had the house watched, and at4 p.m. on the 10th instant, accompanied by a native detective, he raided the premises. On entering, he found the two defendants arrangement\whereby he~phid $100 on account and was to continue to pay interest on the balance until the debt was paid. The $100 was paid and the prisoner held a receipt for same: Since then no further payment had been made' on account of the principal, but the interest had been paid regularly. In the meantime, however, by'some mains the mortgagee had himself mortgaged the land to 8 French "subject: named Cohen, for the sum of Tls. 1,000. Cohen -was evidently now trying to get back his Tls. 1,000 from the man to whom it was advanced," and in the course of the provsédings'had the prisoner arrested. 'The' prisoner was ready and willing to pay the $100 still dus om his' mortgage and was, of course, anxious to redeem his land. which Court the prisoner sh ho tried in and that woul retjuire si Toration on his part.
Mr; Ellis said the pridoner'was in foreign employ: he had been it the employment of Mr. Burkill for hearly four years.
Counsel produced letter, which' he said-had been written by a man' named Cainadadl; who stylod himself " liwo The Assessor said the lotter was an invitation to the prisoner t0'eall and's00
Mr. Ellis remarked that such:-invitations were sometimes dangerous, The Assessor said that if the French Court recognised a French, subject as the complainant in the case, he did not see how the International Mixed Court could interfere. "The prisoner haa been arrested on a warrant, duly countersigned by the proper Consul. Of course no native need be taken of the letter from Mr. Cainadan, He (the Assessor) had not the rules of procedure in such a case at his-finger ends, but would consider the rules applicable to the case and would render a decision as soon as possible, Mr. Ellis asked that his client' be released on bail.
The Assessor said that the Court. could not allow bail at present. A decision on the point of jurisdiction would be rendored as soon as possible, and in the time the prisoner would be- detained in the International Settlement, 'Ywo pawnbrokers who had lent money sime of tie stu'es property were examined and the case was further remanded until Wedneolay for the appearmnco of the pawnbrokers' assistants who actually r.- ceived the goods in pawn.
Shanghai, 12th October.
The case had been remanded from the 10th instant for the evidence of the pawnbrokers? assistants. These assistants now appeared, but were unable to identify the prisoner as the man who pawned the articles.
In connection with the same charge, 'a Foochow Road pawnbroker was charged with receiving in pawn two gold coins attached to a gold chain, well knowing the same to be stolen property, and a Hupeh Road pawnbroker was charged with receiving @ pear! and gold ring, 1: ell knowing the same to have been stolen.
It appeared from the evidence that Fooshow Road pawnbroker bore inseriptions ju English, being presentation coins, the premises being searched, a number of unfinished counterfeit ten-cash pieces were discovered concealed beneath a bed, and a set of dies, stamps, and moulds were also found. The defendants were only employees of another man.
The prisoners wore sentenced to three months' imprisonment each.
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