The case against, H. Peters, German, charged ith the theft of lover $5000 "worth. of "Atmeticas heat on December 7 last was con: cluded tu the Shanghai Special Dis: ict Court yesterday when the. ae: ced' wan Yound gully" and sent fo" gaol for a years ¥Srming part of reas, the stolen property, after being unloaded from the river steamer, was, according to the police, taken from the Lay Koad to a godown in the Hongkew istrict in trucks. The theft, how-lever, was not discovered until December 11 or 12 when a report }was made to the police by the transport company in charge of the distribution of the wheat among the flood sufferers, The accused, who surrendered Lim-self to the police, was implicated by Jan Am tion of five persons responsible for the theft. Police inquiries revealed the fact "that, on December 7, ac-Jeused did hire motor trucks from a transport company on Yuen Ming Yuen Road to remove a quantity. of wheat from Lay Road jetty to the Aceuced, however, was. persistent jin denying the charge during the hearing of the case, it being alleged im that he had been asked by:
1 to sell the wiiest on fon basis and that he did the cereal was stolen property when he was told by the JAmerican to hire lighters for its transportation. leapping Gang Sentenced
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