Two Accused of Tricking Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Patron Aaron Kirshrob, of Hou Fok Tor-Trace, and David Briver, of no fixed address, both unemployed, were charged at the Unite on Mone Gay before Messrs, Martin and Loh with stealing the sum of $165, the property of Mr. James Neil, in the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, at about 19.80 o'etock on Saturday morning.
P. P. C, Telfer, giving evidence, stated "that a telephone message was received ut the Central Police Station from the Hongkong & Shang hhal Bank stating that $165 had been stolen from a foreigner named James Neil. Investigations showed that Mr. Neil was standing at the public counter with his paying-in book on tone aide of him, counting. his money. 'A'Russian came and asked him if was the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank. The complainant,—without looking up, replied in the affirmative put the Russian persisted in asking: tthe same question again." Com: plaint then turned round and gave the same reply. He then found that money had been stolen and later gave the police descriptions of the we. mea, who were subsequently jected. "Witness pointed out that the Bank's customers for seme weeks past had been annoyed in this way fand ud had stolen Feom them sums Amowiiting lo more than $8,000.
D. S. Repas stated that, having obtained descriptions of the men, he walked several places, Inning No. 7 Hou Fok Terrace (off North Sze-linen Road Extension), which was Well-known t0. the he met one of the accused, who can in, Witness thought that he corres: ponded with the description given and he arrested the man and took him to the station where he was identified by the complainant without any hesitation whatever. ° Some money was found on him." The only. description given of the. second prisoner was that he had. a. husky,
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