A Charge of Swindling Dismissed in the Mixed Court An interesting ease in which a Chinese compradore was charged ug used the name of his foreign employer's firn means of swindling people was brought before Mr. Jucobs (American Assessor) and Mr. Kuan Chun (senior Chinese. Magistrate) in the Mixed Court on Tuesday morning, complainant in the case being George E. Young, an American, and accused being his former compradore, Wong Fu-zau. Accused was also charged with obtaining money by means of false pretences with circulating rumours ti nding to injure the name and credit of complainant's firm.
Mr. Young said that he had entered into an agreement whereby accused was to become his com-Rbided by the contract. Lo pradore, but accused had never
seldom showed himself at office and when he did turn up he w doing his own work. The defendant, a short time after entering complainant's, employ, raised stating that the firm was opening a shipping department and assistance Was required both for the steamers and the office. As a matter of fact, witness was in the feather exporting business and had never contemplated opening a shipping office. No assistants were required by his firm, and accused had no right to insert the advertisements. Accused had put
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