Frankness, if he has no other virtue, stands to the credit of Tsang Ching-yui, a former shop assistant, who appeared at the Mixed Court on Thursday and said: "The complainant gave moe $70 to change for him. On my way I gambled and lost $30, so I did not return to the shop. With the remaining money 1 bought a "gold ring for $9 and the police took $7—the rest I spent on' myself."" For this, he was sentenced to serve two months in goal, and the ring and what small change is left of the $70 went to the complainant.
Complainant said "the accused bad been out of work and he.had kept the man in his shop for charitable reasons. He' had stolen at the end of May and had run away. Yesterday morning he chanced to meet the accused in Hankow Road and had him arrested.
For running a public opium smoking den, Wu Chou-tsung, No. 1896 North Szechuen Road, was up before the Mixed Court om Thursday, his place having been raided the Police on Wednesday night. Insp. Mackenzie, headed the raiding party, said he found eight men the place and arrested them. Two were spoking opium on a couch, and the other five customers were awaiting their turn to hit the pipe. The proprietor himself was smoking. A lot of paraphernalia had been taken and there were also two chits that the Police thought might refer to opium selling. Wu admitted he was the proprietor of the place and that his opium-using customers were "friends." He Was given a sentence of two months in goal, while the seven smokers, not appearing in court, forfeited bail of $10 each.
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