Three Week's imprisonment For Obtaining Lodging by a Trick William Mew, alias Harry Hughes, seaman, appeared before Mr. G. W. King at H. M. Police Court on Monday, charged with ha ing obtained credit from Messrs. Butterfield & Swire by false pretences on July 18.
Det, Sgt. Yorke, who (appeared for the police, gave evidence of arrest. Ho found accused in the Public Gardens on Saturday afternoon, when he said he had been "expecting this."
According to the evidence, accused was i member of the crew of the Blue Funnel str. Oanfa, and "missed" his ship at Yokohama. The agents sent him on to Hongkong vid Shanghai in the str. Yangtsu, and here again he missed his ship. He called at Messrs. Butterfield & Swire's offices and represented himself to be a quartermaster on the Blue Funnel steamer Helena, then in Japan, and was given an order for board and lodge ing on the Hanbury Institute. He also saw Captain Di told 3 similar story, and received another order on the Institute and a donation of $5. When the Helena returned to Shanghai it was found that accused was not. a member of her crew, and it was decided prosecute chiefly to prevent accused from going to other shipping offices and telling the same story. His board bill at the Institute amounted to $20.
His Worship amended the charm to one of obtaining an order for board and lodging at the Hanbury Institute by false pretences.
d's explanation was that is ship twice through not knowing the times of sailing, not because he had been ashore "on the spree." He obtained the order on the Institute so as not to be destitute.
His Worship:—If people deceived in this way they will harden their hearts against the! next man who comes along, and who may be an honest man. Can you give me any reason why T should not send you to gaol?
Accused said he could not, being guilty.
Hig Worship:—Very well. Three weeks with hard labour Worp has been Shanghai that Dr. received in T. Wang has been offered, and has accepted, the presidency of the Chinese National University.
Worp has just been. received in Shanghai that the judgement of the United States Court for China in the case of Steele v.. American Trading Ca. has been affirmed by the Court of Appeals. This is the second of two appeals taken during Judge Lobingier's term of nearly eight years, with the same complimentary results to his Honour in both.
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