Foreigner Expelled from Settlement and Sent to Prison for Six Months Eugene Robert Linton, a nonregistered Eurasian, was sentenced six monthe imprisonment and expulsion from the Settlement Magistrate Loh and Mr. Martin at the Mixed Court on Weiinsdas, for Mr. Maitland, proeseuting for the police, stated that the accused had set up business at 9a Hankow Road under the name of "Tain Yue Ca, Import, Export, and General Com: mission Agents." He had employed 'Chinese staff. As for the amount, of business transacted he had not. got very far. What he had done was to go round to various people: and- obtain goods on credit, including the purchase from a' Chinese dealer of 80 leather trunks. In particular instance he had promised payment on October 1, but} when that date came he had put off the affair and this he had repeated several times until complainant finally visiting his effec, found the place closed down and nobody, there. Eventually defendant was Tocated at the Great Eastern Hotel and was taken to the police-station. Twenty of the eases were found to have been pawned and the hotel managers were holding two cases Jand a gramophone and some records, together with a Mahjongg set.
Det. Sub-Inspr. Hunter stated that the accused was arrested on October 22, at the Great Eastern Hotel where he had been living some time. "One bag of his had been found at the Oriental Hotel. Four other leather trunks had been pawn-fed at a shop in the French Conces-jon. Other tranks were traced to shop in Woosung Road and also pawn shop in North Honan Road. There was also a quantity of brassware purchased from a dealer in the Chinese city which had also been recovered.
While at the Great Eastern Hotel the accused had run up a bill of $35 for hotel expenses and $59 in chits The hotel people had in consequence retained all the property which was found on their premises. The several complainants made similar Hatements with regard to purchases made by" Hinton. Cross-examined focused stated that some of the dealers had come to the Hotel to make trouble. One of them aecompanied by two other men had a fight Inn his yom, #0 that the boy, at the Hotel hod th "kick them out." One! of these also Kicked and swore ut him, ihe Assessor—You had better make speeches afterwards.
The acetised then explained that the Tain Yue Ca. had been organiz-by Chinese shareholders who had igned x contract. In this contract the Compradore had agreed. to Fis. 4,000, but as to what h hin, Jed in Sem stich accused (prudueed in Court e: ce Soe. nth them for half This was done by a [deliberate trick, He asked the Court to inflict the penalty of besides whatever sentence itin The accused had had vious conviction in. the Britis Court for the same offence.
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