The Archive · 1926

Alleged Forger Arrested

Lavge Haul of Counterfeit Bank Notes Caught red-handed in the act of making a counterfeit bank note, Zee Ngan-shing was arrested "on Thursday night by Chief Det.-Inspr. Prince at a house on North Szechuen Roud. He was taken to Wayside station and questioned, but refused to admit that he had confederates, At the Mixer Court last Friday morning Inspr. Prince asked for u week's remain to permit of more exhaustive inquiries. Messrs. Whitamore and Za concurred in granting the request.

It ix interesting to note that the police, in addition to catching the man in the act, found a remarkable euch of materials and machinery and counterfeit notes. The material seized on the premises con: Misted of a printing machine, eopper plates, 6,850 counterfeit S10 Commercial Bank notes and 767 counterfeit Bank of Communication INT mb notes. Representatives of these ins: stitutions were at the Court to assist in the prosecution,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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