Against an Employee of the S. M. C.
Last Friday morning in H.M. Police. Court before Mr. G. W. King, 0.0.6 F.C. Hogburn was charged with embezzling during June of this year. $882.88 and Tis, 20, which was dex ivered to him for his employer; the Shanghai Municipal Council.
Mr. E. T. Maitland: prosecuted for the police and the defendant was nob [represented by counsel. 2 Opening his case, Mr. Maitland said that the defendant was fov-Imerly a "collector in. the "Reven: Department, where he received the Imoney from Chinese shroffs under him. This money was never handsel jin, nor was any account of it ever rendered.
He then called D, S, I, Tinklet, }who said that he arrested' Hogburn, in a Chinese house off Kuoming Road in Chapel at 5.90 pam. yester= day. On being told what he was. arrested for, defendant said that he ran away from Shanghai because he had seen his wife on the Garden Bridge. He had been living in Hangchow. He admitted the charge indirectly, but just prior to the hearing had admitted in full. De~ fendant told witness that he was on the point of giving himself up when he was arrested.
Me, Maitland then asked. for a remand as there were four wit~ Erset'ftom the, revenue' epee ment that he wished to call. The Magistrate, accordingly, remanded the case until Monday morning, but refused to allow bail since the defendant had once left Shanghai about the time a warrant had been issued for his arrest.
Three Month Imprisonment.
The first witness on Monday was Woo Lo! shroff in the Re~ verite Department, who said that he collected $149.18 on May 31, $10 fon June 10 end 820 on June 1i, alt fof which he gave to Hogburn. "Dox Fendant had not receipted his book in which the collections were shown.
Fung Wei-tsou, another shroff, wes called, and said that he turned over to Hogburn $151.20, which ie cilected en May 29 ant $17,505 which he collected on June 1. Hog-been had receipted witness's collec tion book.
Mr. V. H. Bourne, who is acting in charge of the department, from time to checked up the collectors On Saturday, July 19, Hogburn left. the office and witness told a clerk to check defendant's accounts on Monday. Hogburn did not show up for work on Monday morning and when his accounts wore gone into, it was found that they were short about $400. After accused was arrested, he had admitted taking about that much money belonging 1s] to the Council,
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