Before Messrs. Jacobs and Kuan: at the Mixed Court yesterday, Mr. F. Hadley made an application for a reduction of sentence in the case of Ho Cheng-fah, a Cantonese who was sentenced on October 13, 1921, to serve 10 years' imprisonment for illegally manufacturing spurious coins of the Republic of China. The Court, on September 7, 1922, reduced the sentence to six years' imprisonment and now Counsel asked for a further reduetion on the ground that he had assisted the police in locating the principal in the case.
The latter, a man named Voony Siao-fu, alias Lou Siao-fu, stated the petition, was serving a_ sentence in Hangchow and was available to appear at the Mixed Court. The Court. said Mr. Hadley, had made an order that. if accused assisted in locating Yoong, his sentence should be further reduced Chief Inspector Wheeler stated that information had been received to the effect that the man Yoong died in February in Chekiang while serving a term.
The hearing was adjourned pending further inquiries.
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