'A. shop assistant of 546 Burkill Road was charged in the Provisional Court, last Friday, with fraudulently and unlawfully tampering with an electricity meter between May and 24.
Mr. J. J. Murphy, representative of the Shanghai Municipal Council Fiectricity Department, said that] the meter had been tampered with so that it wax recording backwards.
'A. Chinese detective said that from inquiries it was learned that the electrical fittings had been put in by the Tsing Dah Electric Fittings Ca. and that the master of the shop had absconded.
The shop assistant told the Court, that his master was in Hangchow. He knew nothing of the matter, Accused was released on $200] shop security, and the Court ordered that a warrant should be issued for the arrest of the proprietor of the! Tsing Dah Ca. and that the proprietor of 546 Burkill Road should summoned, A remand was order pending the arrest of the proprietor of the Tsing Dah Ca.
A shop assistant and a lock binder of 86 Mankow Road were charged in the Provisional Court, on Tuesday, with having exposed on sale certain books that were liable to incite pertens to commit a breach lof the peace, PO, Johnstone said on Monday" morning, doty in Hankow Road when, an he saw two posters' placed ide accused's shop. The posters (produced) 4 post with his move and ears cut off and blood trickling down from the wounds, and a. Chinese P.-C. told him that they were of an antiJapancse nature. Witness went into the shop and asked for the proprietor, but was told he was out, so he arrested the shop assistant. Several propaganda books were alto found on the premises.
PeteSet, Satula said that 2,000 copies of the book were brought. from the proprietor's shop in North Szechuen Road, and that 1,500 were Left in Hankow Road for sale at 40
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