Burasian, charged with smoking opium and with stealing "violin from a' Russian music store in Seward Road, was again before Judge Chou in Provisional Court on Tuesday.
Evidence' for the prosecution having been completed at. the last hearing, accused explained how he ined n pawneticket for the Violin which had been recovered by the police and identified by complainant. He said that a friend of his, a Portuguese named Conia, had asked him if he knew of anyone wanting to sell a violin, so he took Conia toa friend's house, "Conia waited outside while he went in and faked a third person if he had a Violin for sale. The latter said that he had oae but it was in pawn. He gave accused the pawn ticket which accused gave to Conia as a favour. He, accused, had been told by the third person that he didn't want the violin any more. This person was in Court, Oscar Holmes, British, denied that he had given accused any pawn loket or that he had ever owned a violin, Accused shid that Holmes did sive him the pawn ticket: he could of understand why Holmes denied it now.
The Judge, to accuscd:—Did you steal the violin or did you not?
Accused replied in the negative id-said that he had never seen it before. When Conia and he were arrested in the opium smoking den, Conia handed the ticket to a detect-five and said that he, accused, had given it to.him, which was untrue, Prosecuting Inspr. Jefferson said that he did not want to say that what accused had said was untrue Dut, at the station, accused admitted being owner of the pawn ticket.
Accused said that he admitted handing it to Conia, In imposing a fine of $75, Judge Chou said that he was -deali lightly with accused but he would advise him not to get into trouble again,
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