At the Mixed Court on Saturday morning, before. Mr. Shimidzu (Japanese Assessor) and Mr. Li (Magistrate), Mr. Yano, Counsel for the prosecution in the cate against Viscount di Villa in connexion with the affairs of the Far Eastern Bank, asked to. be allowed to withdraw the charge, as im his opinion there was not sufficient evidence to justify a continuance ct the case.
The application was granted.
The charge against the accused, who was defended by Mr. J. G. Priestwood, was og follows Sugiura, assignee of all the assets and liabilities of the International Gold & Silver Currency. Stock & Produce Exchange, Ld, in liquidation, complains that de Villa (non-nationality) on or about October 17, 1921, did at the Far Eastern Bank, 38 Kiangsd-Road, Shanghai, unlawfully' and fraudulently obtain the sum of £50,000, taking advantage of his directorship to conspire together with another named Nien Sung-tung from the accounts of the above exchange under false pretences and by false receipt that the fee registration of the said exchange in the-Consulate-General for Italy im Stanghai was $100,000 instead of $50,000, the fact having' been revealed that $25,000 of the sun. above-mentioned were misappro-Friated into his own possession."
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