of the we York, earning, $65 monthly, was charged before Judge Chen and Whitsmore in the Provisional 208 December 10, With ployers, which passed into his custody by reason of his occupation, The Prosccuting Solicitor, Mr. R. 7. Bryan, Jr, appeared for the police; Mr. N. F. Allman for the complainants; and Dr. Pooh Tsiang. defended the accused, Mr. Bryan, outlining the case, said that the money had been misappropriated by accused between May, 1927, and December 7 this year, when' he was arrested. Coun-Sel asked that the case be remanded to permit of further inquiries.
Det-Sgt, Widdowson gave evie dence of arrest and said that, asa result_of w conversation with Mr, W. Chamberlain, he had taken accused into custody, When ques tioned, accused at nce admitted taking at least Tls. 60,000. Te gave witness a number of slips on which was a list of cheques abstracted and cashed. Th: se he had put back to cover the shortages, Accused explained that he had passed the chequ: s through various hong. had an account with a gold hong in so witness went there 51. which When Mr. Chamberlain gave the amount as Tls. 89,000, accused said he was mot sure how much he had tat'en but whatever figure Mr. Chamberla mentioned would be correct. had admitted los all his money fon racing and gold brokerage speculations.
Accused admitted that he had taken about Tls. 80,000. Io said that he had looked over all the drafts and cheques. Most of the drafts were 10-day sight drafts. His expenses were very great and he was paid only 865 a month, Te had owed considerable of mores, so he had the money from the bank to gamble with, 'A week's semand was ordered.
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