lice Court before Mr. I. 'T. Morris the case was commenced in which Paulena Jones was charged with on October 19 at Shanghai stealing and receiving certain millinery, to wit, dresses and. coats to the value of $8,000 or thereabouts, the property! of H, Poletika, 20 Bubbling Well Road, knowing' the same to have been stolen..
Mr Goldring. Assistant) Police Prosecutor, appeared on behalf of the police and the defendant was represented by Mr. M. B, Brown.
Tu opening his ease. Mr. Goldring said that on the night of October 18/14 the shop of the complainant broken into by experienced res, who ransacked the showcase inthe fitting room and took the property. An advertisement was placed in local newspapers The Usual Repronch Mrs. Jones also informed witness that she would never find the goods through the police since the detective ind thieves work together. Defendant further stated that if complainant were willing to give the police a reward she would find the (goods for the same amount. Defen. dant did not want anything hersd but wanted to help witness.
During the entire conversation, rs. Murray had been present and fan assistant had also been present! during a part of it, witness said.
On the same evening, witness went to Mrs. Murray's again and ye. Jones had called her up there. Dur Neltness that if she would not give ing the conversation, the latter told
her ut she (defendant) would get back the dresses for the $450 axcrecd jupon. It was agreed that witness should bring the money to the Federal Cafe on the following afternoon at 3.30 o'clock.
Between 2 and 3 p.m. on, the day designated witness wont with her husband, Li Ching-yung (referred to lat various times in the evidence also las Mr. Yung) and a Mr. Stimpson to Bubbling Well station. From! there they went to a bank in Ningpo: {Road and there her husband drew }$350 to be given to Mrs. Jones. They then drove to Mrs. Murray's shop and she was surprised to find Mrs. Jones there." Witness asked Mrs. Jones to take the $350, but the latter refused and finally the other 100 was produced. Witness then ked Mrs. Jones for receipt, but the latter refused, giving instead a ring. Mrs. Jones left the shop and promised to return the goods about j9-80 or 10 o'clock the same wight.
The Goods Returned As pre-arranged. Mrs. Jones came Ito the shop at about 9.30 in a motor lear, bringing with her two parcels Jwhich were taken into the shop by the women. On being unwrapped. all of the stuff, with the exception of stating that the advertiser _was' desirous of purchasing such goods at: a reasonable price. 'This was done in order to trick the thieves into showing the stolen goods. He related further of meetings between the complainant and defendant in a shop on Broadway when it-was' arranged 'a few smaller articles, was found {to be within.
On cross-examination, witness said that she had opened the ship only two or three days before the robbery. The money had been supplied by ker husband, Mr. Li. They had: been married about—throe years—being Isusband had sever complained about Iker she costing too much. She knew that her husband was outside the Ishop when Mrs. Jones returned the parcels, but did not know that he iliad tried to extort money from the defendant when she left' the re At the beginning of the afternoon Isession, Mrs. A. M. Murray was lealled and corroborated the evidence fof the complainant regarding. the negotiations for returning the stolen goods. So closely, in fact, did her story resemble that of Mrs. Poletika's that Mr. Brown suggested [that he would comment upon this at ithe right time. In his eross-examintion he asked witness whether she and the complainant had talked the! matter over, and the witness admitted that they had on severd foecasions, but added that what she told was the truth.
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