Harry Schoettler, an 18-year old German, was brought before Judge Ling Pian and Mr. H. E, Stevens. Senior Consul's Deputy, in the Shanghai Provisional "Gourt Saturday, charged with stealing gramophone records from the Wing On Ca, Ld.
Evidence was given to the effect that accused and two other foreign youths visited the company's music department, on the second floor, and, while the salesman was engaged in taking money to the cashier, accused and his friends took a number of records and hid them underneath their coats. They were seen in the act and the manager of, the company was informed. One of. the Inds was arrested whilst leaving the store and he had in his posseesion five records which had not been paid for. When taken into custody, he expressed his astonishment and alleged that someone was playing a mean trick on him, having secreted the records about his person without his knowledge. The police were summoned and accused were handed over to them. Thefts of a similar nature had been going on for some, time and a trap was laid, into which the three boys walked.
'Accused was sentenced to 40 days' imprisonment.
A HAT WITH A HOLE IN IT
Before Judge Hsiung and Mr. Meinhard:, Senior Consul's Deputy, in the Shanghai on Tuesday morning, a Chinese ex-soldier was arraigned, charged with the attempted murder of P.-C. Mac-Donald in the Sing Kong Lee Alleyway, off Yangchow Road, at 7.20 pam. on May 19 last, by' shooting at him with an automatic pistol, P-C-S, Moir stated that accused was arrested in a teashop, wearing 'a hat, with a bullet hole in it, It appeared that two men, believed to be accused and another man, seeing the approach of 'a police' search party, ran into an alleyway, chased by the police. One opened fire on his pursuers and the police fired six or seven shots reply. The man disappeared and accused was arrested on the following day, wearing the hat, The case had been remanded for the appearance of certain witnesses, who were now in court. Accused, stated the officer, was formerly a soldier in the 19th Army.
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