'A lodging house servant was charged with the larceny of two diamond rings and a gold bangle, valued at $500, from a lodging-house, No. a2 Tientsin Road, on December 14, 1907, and jade-stone broker and hi charged with receiving the sai well knowing the same to have been stolen.
stated that in the early. part of Detective-Sub-Inspector esi ber last " mandarin's son from Huchon' took lodgings at No. 142 Tientsin|¢! Road and on December 14 went out; with a friend after first locking up his jewellery and delivering the key of his! room to one of the lodging-house servants. On his return he received his key from the book-keeper, bat on entering his room found that his jewellery bad been stolen. The matter was reported to the Police and three of the lodging-house servants were arrested on suspicion, but were eventually discharged, as there was no evidence against them. This week one of the three servants who were first charged visited the jade-stone broker to dispose of part of the stolen jew-zy. The jade-stone broker would tot pay what the man asked and offered a low price, saying that he knew the servant had acquired the jewellery dishonestly. An altercation ensued, as a result of which the matter came to the knowledge of the Polite and the "defendants were arrested. It was afterwards discovered that the female defendant had already pawned one of the stolen rings for $200.
Detective-Sub-Inspector Fitz Gibbon asked for a remand to enable the complainant to give evidence.
The prisoners were remanded in custody for one week.
MARBOURING THIEVES, No. 673, "Chekiang Road, was charged The proprietor of a lodging-house,
with a breach of the conditions of his licence by failing to keep a register of the guests in his house, and was farther charged with harbouring thieves on his premises.
Detective-Sergeant Macdonald pointed out that " few days ago he arrested
dant's house. four well-known thieves in the defen-'The defendant was sentenced to two! weeks' imprisonment and the Court) ordered his licence to be confiscated.
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