The Archive · 1926

Obliging Assistant in Trouble

Master's Shop Offered as Mixed Court Security: Failure to Appear Charged with fraud iz connexion with attempting to give his master's shop at 349 Chekiang Road as $4, 009 security fora friend charged with embezzlement, Via Tz-tiang, a shop. assistant, was to have been on, Tuesday in the Mixed Court before Mr. Spiker (American Assesser) and Magistrate Kuan.

Insp, MeKenna of the Mixed Court appeared as complainant and said that Yih came to the Security Office of the Court on Morday and said that he was owner of a provision! sture at 349 Chekiang Road and wanted to give this a: security for his friend. Inquiries were made and it was found that Yih was only: an assistant in the store.

When pressed, Yih admitted that he had no financial interest in the store and said that he was induced by a friend to get the chop of the shop and offer it as security, J. E. Wheeler, Mixed Court R when he Tearned of the car, onered the arrest of Yih. Yih was Inter released on $200 bail. forfeited this by not appearing in Court on Tuesday morning,

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