A. Chinese was charged in the Provisional Court on. Wednesday, morning with attempted extortion, in that he sent threatening letters' to the compradore of the Asiatic Petroleum Ca.
In outlining the ease, DetInepre Quayle said that complainant res ceived a telephone message on Tues day morning from a man who said that he was the writer of threatens ing letters which complainant. bad received, "An appointment was ate ranged at a Chinese hotel in Louzd and-complainant sent a friend. meet the man who telephoned. The police were informed and detectives were sent to investigate. Accused was found in a room mentioned the meeting place and he was taken into custody. "He had in his pose session $500 which already had beet paid to him by complainant' friend as "bargain money" and foR which he had issued a receipty Witness said that accused had adhe mitted the charge, Questioned bythe Judge, occu ed denied the story and shid. that was merely "borrowing" tha money.
week's remand was ordered
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