Jdeseribed asian engineer, of No, 2 Hou Tak Terrace, was brought before Judge Ziar and Dr, Ramondino, in the Provisional Court on Thursday, /morning, charged on two counts, lof delivering a forged cheque on the Chekiang Industrial Bank, for. $35, a Mr. Hossendorf, and of obtain. ing a gramophone valued at $46 from Loh Ying-tsou of 690 Avenue! Edward VII and tendering forged [cheque in payment, Plain-Clothes Constable Satdla informed the Court that Loh Ying-tseu, the owner of a gramophone shop, came to the station and reported that a foreigner had fur-chased a ramaphone from him and Hhad presented worthless cheque in payment. The foreigner said he }was employed in Messrs. Carlowitz Ca. When complainant presented the cheque at the Ameriean-Oriental Bank, it was returned to him, stamped "No account." Complain ant. then went to Carlowitz & Ca. the #el-found a Me, Cart Eckerd but]
this' was not the man who had purjehased the gramophone. Witness then visited the real Mr, Eekhardt ind examined the cheques, the latter saying that, lately, similarly signed Jchity had been sent to him for payment, these coming from the Astor House, Tai Kong-chang and the Sing. Kee Trading Ca. Whilst farther in-Jquiries were being made at these places, it was discovered that the foreigner was a man named Gustav [Otto Teppers, the accused, for whose arrest a warrant had been issued by the formed Mixed Court on August 16, 1926, On the 5th instant, witness information to the effect [that the same foreigner who had defrauded complainants had used, for three days, a motor ear belong-inge to the Union Motors Ca., of Avenue Foch. He pretended that} the wanted to purchase the ear and took it with the company's driver {for a few days, on trial. The driver was questioned as to the places- visit. it was found that he periodically visited the Coun. try Hospital, and so the Hospital was kept under observation, accused finally coming in at 7 pam, on the '7th instant, when he was taken into leustody. Accused was wanted by the French Police, said witness, and he had been convicted previously.
This evidence having been corroborated, the accused said nothing, Jand he was sentenced to 11 months! imprisonment and ordered to be [handed over to the French authorities for trial.
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