Court Calendar: The Lure of Filthy Lucre A Chinese who appeared at the Mixed Court on Monday morning, before Magistrate Kuan and Mr. Blackburn, British Assessor, was severely cautioned for having falsely reported to the Central Police Station that he had_ been robbed in an alleyway off Kiangse Road. It appears that he informed the desk sergeant that he had been robbed of $212 by three men dressed in silk gowns and speaking the Shantung dialect, but when accompanied by a detective to the spot, he was unable to state where} his money came from. From investigations which followed it transpired that accused was a partner in a Wusih silk hong and had brought the money with him to Shanghai and spent it recklessly. He was afraid to go home and face his partners.
Questioned by Mr. Kuan, accused pleaded guilty to the offence and said that he had lost the money, but denied having spent it' recklessly. The Court, after considering the case, dismissed the accused with a severe caution, remarking that this was his - first offence which would have been far' more serious had it been directed against definite persons.
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