Tung Vai-ging,. Sean Ging-liver, Trang Goe-dao and. Liang Tsung-tsz were charged with being concerned with others not in custody in obtaining the sum of $5,600 from Huang Yuen-tu, by means of threats at No, 452 Burkill Road at 10 p.m. on the 6th instant.
Inspector Mackintosh, who had clangeof the case, stated that the complainant, Huang' Yuen-tu, was the) compradore of Messrs, Bielfeld & C The complainant stated that he wreral Chinamen who said that they rea syndicate and, had just come to Shanghai to bay machinery for some Paper Mills. They proposed to the complainant to make a contract with hill Road to talk over the matter. The members of the syndicate said that they vaght to be given a commission on the contract, so complainant agreed to give them $5,600 and had a cheque for this mount in his pocket when he went vee them at this house, The complainant, when he saw the syndicate at th house, handed over the cheque, but the men refused to take it as they wanted ready money.
The synilicate gave as a 9 reason for wanting ready money, that the complainant might, having obtained the contract, stop the being cashed. Camp!
5.30 p.m. all the one member of th he had only just ea Shanghai and wax a stranger, showed him a cheque for Tls. 6.000 which he then vent out and cashed. lack with the plainant that he an absolute strange had been able to cash his cheque so that a compradore of a big firm could raise the sum of $5,600. Complainant added that he then went away and cashed th cheque and returned and handed th sam over to the syndicate. One of the men took the money and went out with it. The others then brought out ® paper and threatened to the complainant, unless he signed the paper which said that he had lost this by gambling. Complainant he signed this paper ant was kept in the house until 5 o'clock the next morning. He was then set free, but was so frightened that he did not tell the police until 4.0 pin. the same day although the nearest police station was only five minutes' away from hix house. The Police then visited the house and arrested the four men who were concerned, hut the two principals had escaped with the money.
The accused were remanded.
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