Special District Court on August 30 morning, ordered a week's remand to enable the police to continue heir investigations into the activities of a gang of counterfeiters, three alleged members of which were arrested on August 30 at] 1530 East Kashing Road by officers of the Harbin Road Police Station.
Acting on information received, the police conducted a raid on this place and the three accused, one whom are a Woman, were so surpris~ ed that they were tunable to put up eny resistance. All were arrested whilst lying on their beds.—The police seized 174 counterfeit coins purporting to be silver dollars, Set of machinery and a quantity of tools, together with other parapher-alia used in connection with the manufacture of debased coins.
Accused all denied the charge which had been preferred against them and said that the things had been left in their house temporarily by friends, They said they had nothing whatever to do with counter felting or counterfeiting gangs.
'A remand was ordered.
Fire Caused by Opium Addict Found guilty of having conred a fire at 183 Yuenfong Road on August 4, daring which nine inmates were trapped and four burnt to death, Li, Tien-ming, a youthful (Cantonese, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Judge Kuh in the Shanghai Special District Court on August 30. Accused ras ordered also to pay a fine of #100 "for being in possession opium, which he was cooking at the time of the outbreak Counsel appearing in the case were Messrs. T. Y. Chang, Assist fant Municipal Advocate, for the prasecution, and Gor Tsou-gee, for the defence.
According to. the prosecution, a¢- cused was cocking the opium when the fire broke out. 'The flames of the fire were responsible for the outbreak," 'The fire broke early in the' morning and the staircase was ted. the inmates being trapped. Two of the latter were burnt to death and seven others who jumped from the upper windows were severely, Injared, two dying on the followi day from burns. The Fire Brigale arrived and ceased was found lea the house with a big pan of opium. He was arrested and charge].
Accused denied the charges ard said that he was not responsible fur the fire nor was the stuff described bythe police as opium actually opiam:.it tas a kind of i.
Accused was sent top) three months.
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