(June 25) for the temporary di tention of Vladimir Dubinin, 25- year-old Russian, with his' ad-Gress at 925" Avenue Joffre, who was suspected of having forged a cheque for $180 between 10 and 11 am. last Friday at the Chase Bank, Kiukiang Road. The Court ordered the suspect to be detained till June 29 for trial by Judge Dzien.
Dubinin was arrested last Saturday at the corner of Rue de Soeurs fand Avenue Joffre. Mr. M. Bach was the complainant. At the time of his arrest, the police seized one cheque on the Chase Bank, bearing the No, 11672 Questioned by the Court, Dubinia denied having any knowledge of the alleged forgery.
Hand Grenades, in Trunk Wong Ying-chun, an employee of the Sun Sun Department Store, in whose trunk were found two hand-grenades recently, was fined $200 last Wednesday by the First Special District Court on the charge of being round. in of " explosives Jwithout authority. If the fine is not paid, Wong will have to go to gaol jat the rate of $3 a day.
Tue discovery of the explosives was Jmade when the management of the Sun Sun Ca. searched the living quarters of the company's employees itor certain goods found stolen. {Instead of finding the stolen goods, jthe management found two hand-Jgrenades in a trunk of Wong Ying-chun. The latter was immediately handed over to the police.
Charged in the Court, Wong admitted being the owner of the explosives and said that he got these when he served asa cadet in the [Chinese Army during the Sino-JJapanese hostilities near Shanghai. [Wong said he had since kept the explosives as souvenirs.
Ex-Detective Given Life Term Liang Cheng-yoh, former detective-sergeant of the Shanghai Municipal Police, on Thursday afternoon was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Ng in the First Special District Court on the charge of assisting in Kidnapping a wealthy iner-chant several years ago. Several further charges were specified against Liang by the police, but the Court yesterday found Liang not guilty on these.
The legal battle between Liang and the Police lasted for over. three years. He was originally arrested for an armed robbery in a Chung-King Road house where a large quantity of morphine was. stolen. During the period of investigations, the police found out that he was concerned in two kidnapping cases and accordingly he was further charged. After many hearings, the Court sentenced Liang to death,
for the replacement of Judge NE Re-trials, and requests who had Reard the case, followed with the result that "the Nanking judicial authorities sent the case back to Shanghai for re-trial. The re-{rial having ended, decision was given that afternoon, $100,000 Jewel Robbery Sequel The trial of two Russians accused of being concerned in the $125,000 robbery. at the Siberian Jewellery Store, Nanking Road, between July 1 and 3, 1983, was concluded in the First Special District Court on Friday and both the prisoners were found guilty by the Judge.
J. Lookiauchenko, the self-confessed man in the sensational Jewel robbery, was sent to gaol by the Court fora year while Victor Boutakoff whom Lookiauchenko had implicated as his accomplice in the ease, was sentenced to eight month: Imprisonment. The Russians, how: fever, were found not guilty on the further charge of having forged 30 Polish passports in DecemBer, 1982.
Looklauchenko was sentenced some time ago.by the same Court on the charge of attempting to extort $10,000 from. Mr. "Lipkovsky, proprietor of the Siberian Jewellery Store.
'Boutakoft admitted in the Court that it was he who had rented a room above the complainants' store from the Chiyo Yoko Photo Store, Japanese shop next to Siberian Jewellery Store. When he leased the room from the Japanese, he used the ame of Peterson and said he was 3 German, Boutakoff said in Court. The prisoner, however, denied having had anything to do with the burglary.
Young Cantonese and Fraud Lee Cheng-fu, wealthy Cantonese, accused by police of obtaining a revolver from Messrs, Squires, Bingham, Ltd, by fraudulent means, and. further accused of threatening District Court on the charge of possessing firearms for criminal purposes and sentenced to eight months' imprisonment. The sentence, how-fever, was suspended for three years.'the Court. Lee denied "both charges in the Court and contended that he had obtained the revolver for shooting practice and self-defence.
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