Because he could not prove himself to be a robber, Lookiauchenko,_ the self-confessed Russian in. the Siberian, Jewellery Store robbery failed in his appeal against the six months' imprisonment sentence passed upon him last year by the First Special District Court on a charge of attempted extortion. The: Second Branch Kiangsu High Court, [where Lookiauchenko filed his) appeal, on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 30 gave its decision whereby the Russian was given two months mor in goal, The Siberian Jewellery Store robbery was committed in July last year when $100,000 worth of valuables were stolen, Shortly after that, Lookiauchenko "appeared at the office of Mr. Premet, a French law-declared that it was. Mr.
proprietor of the Siberry Store, who had hired men, including himself, to commit the robbery to defraud the insurance firms. He asked the French lawyer st Mr. Lipkovaky who, Lookiauchenko declared, had broken his promise of giving him fad "izen"sacceatflly perpetrated cash reward after the robber
Mr. Lipkovsky denied" this and Jeharged Lookiauchenko with at-tempied extortion, on which charge the Russian was sent to gaol for six months by the District Court.
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