Interesting Little Story of a Deal in Arms and the Result Two Chinese, Zien Van-sing and Zang Yuh-zung, were charged before Messrs, Hamilton end Loh on Mon" day with uttering, on September 22, counterfeit notes purporting to be $800 on the Bank of China.
Det.-Ingpr. Prince said that, on September 22, a Japanese named TT. Asano was arrested following information received by the police to the effect that a large amount of counterfeit notes was going to be Put into circulation through the medium of a Japanese, who was to purchase pistols for the first accused. The information was that pistols the counterfeit notes, the Japanese was to pay for the
Witness instructed Plain Clothes Constable Ovsiankoff to make arrangements to sell pistols to the Japanese, who was known -to the police, The result was that Asano was arrested in Tongshan Road with the $800 false notes in his possession, Continuing, the detective added that Asano was brought to Wayside police station, where, with the assistance of Det-Sgt. Nakamure witness questioned him as to where he got the notes. Asano said that he got them from a Chinese whom he expected to be at his house with more of the notes at six of: lock that evening to complete negotia-[tions for the purchase of pistols. The police went to the house of the Japanese in Yangtszepoo Road and found the first accused sitting with Asano's wife, He was taken to the station where he was identified by the Japanese as the man who gave him the false notes. Accused ndmitted that he got the notes from the second prisoner, who wanted to buy pistols. Witness took him to shop in Chapsi, where the accused Pointed out the second accused. This, man was arrested but denied all knowledge of the affair, The police had reason to believe that the notes were not made in Shanghai but in Japan, and that they were brought to Shanghai in lange quantities and sold to Chinese at big discounts.
C, Ovsiankoff said that he had' engaged another man to assis him and arrested Asano on his way home in Tongshan Road. After searching him, found the notes in Det. Sgt. Nakamura said that, he had assisted in arresting the first accused, He had asked Asano what, he was going to do with the notes and that man admitted that he was going to buy ten Mauser pistols. Asano said that he had told the first accused that $800 was not enough and had asked him to bring mote, The first accused told wit ness that he knew Asano for five of six years and had been to his house many. tim Asano, giving testimony, said that he got the notes from the first accused, whom he had known for five years, to buy Mausers. He did not know where the notes came from, nor did he know that they were' false, The first accused denied having the notes before, and said that had not given any of them to the Japanese. He" only went to Asano's house to ask about sone money which was owing, when he was arrested.
The second accused denied that knew of the matter. confiscating the notes, the Court sentenced the first accuse to five years' imprisonment and expulsion, "The second man. was released on his own personal bond, more shots and witness raised an alarm. He only knew that the second scoused lived near his house.
Chinese constable No. 677 said that he was on duty rear the place when he heard the firing of a pistol. He ran up to see what it was all about but the robbers had made good their escape and he could not find them, although he followed the direction that they had taker. Finding that his chase was in vain, he returned to the house and spoke to the wounded man, who said the robbers came in a motor car, Wi ness then went into the-house, outside of which the car stood," and arrested both accused, The second man did not surrender himself. week, The case was remanded for a
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