Thief Who Lowered Plate by Fishing Line from Billiard Rin,: Bar Boy Charged An enterprising bar boy in the employ of the Shanghai Club appeared before Mr. Martin, British Assessor, and Magistrate Tsao at the Mixed Court on Wednesday charged with the theft of the Shanghai Amateur Billiard. Association Cup and the Shanghai Club Cup from the bill of the Shanghai Dui The young man have accomplished the theft by tying the pieces of plate on to, the end of a fishing line and then. letting them down out of a window in the club on to a little heap of sand underneath. Then he went round and collected the cups. Needless to state the billiard-room was closed at the time.
Det. Sub-Insp. Hunter related to the Court how at about half past ten on Tuesday morning he received a message from Capt. Barrett to the effect that the silver was missing, and was given instructions to recapture it, Cups Returned by Pawnbroker.
The cups had been taken to Hongkew police-station by 0 pawnbroker, whose assistant had innocently accepted them from the thief and paid over $35 in exchange. When his master saw the cups, however, and noticed foreign inscriptions on them he immediately became suspicious and took them to the police-station, The assistant was taken to the Shanghai Club by Det. 'Hunter and shown the various bar boys and coolies who could possibly have committed the theft. He failed to pick out the delinquent, but on inquiries being' made the No. 18 bar boy seemed indicated. This boy was the only. one who affected European clothing, whilst the man who sold the cups also wore European clothes. On Yeing confronted with this man the assistant recognized him as the man who pawned the cups, and when arrested he confessed.
Detective Hunter went on to ask for a remand in custody, which was granted for one week.
In the dock on Wednesday, prisoner appeared in a very neat brown suit, silk shirt and accurately tied bow. He was arrested at the Now {to plaintiff compensation in the sum of Mex, $16,000, including in this amount salary "and medical expenses of plaintiff. Further, the defendants would pay the Court fees in the cause and the expenses of Dr. Ransom's examination to the amount of Shanghai Tls. 110, judgment to be satisfied within two weeks from date.
'The Court considered it necessary to state that the case could in' no way be considered. ab a precedent. "The judgment was final and the Court was not prepared to Thea any application for a rehearing. 2
ArH. M, Police Court last Friday, an Indian' was charged before Mr, G. W. King with having been drunk Jand disorderly in East Hanbury, Road on Thursday evening. It ap= peared that the culprit had ad too much Hotigkew firewater, causing him to upset _a hawker's stall and seatter cakes and other delicacies about the roadway, and to give some trouble to the Chinese who, hauled him to the police station, He was ordered to pay $2 compensation to the hawker and pay a fine of $5, or spend the next seven days in gaol.
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