The heezing of the case involving the nationality of Cen Khing-luan, Jatias Wen Ching-hsien, who is being charged by the Dutch authorities with the embezzlement of 1,110,000] guilders from various Dutch banks in Java, was continued before Judge [Chin in the Special Provisional Court jon Saturday morning.
Mr. A. M. Freston was present for the prosecution and Dr. 0. Fischer appeared for the defence, Accused, it will be recalled, was alleged to have secured the money connexion with the sale of a large quantity of pepper, the prosecution claiming that, under a heap of pepper, he placed wooden boxes make the "heap larger than actually was. Warrants were issued by the authorities in the Dutch East Indies for accused's arrest and there were countersigned by the Dutch Consulate-General here, it being Tearned that accused had come China. At the request of the Dutch authorities, the former Mixed Court issued a warrant for the accused and hho was arrested in Nanking in the summer, last year, since which time hho has been under detention. The question of his nationality occupied number of hearings, the Dutch authorities claiming that accused was a Dutch subject, he having been born in the Dutch Bast Indies of Chinese parents. who had. been naturalized there. - Accused denied this and said that he was born fa!
Kuangtung and that he had. gone to} the Dutch Indies during his child
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