Accused of being concerned in several house-breakings in the French Concession, five Russians were arraigned before the Second Special District Court last Wednesday The prisoners were G. Dolbitkin, F. Yamschikoff, V.__Kouznetsoff, ' F. Gousemt, and 1. Sarapoultzeft. "They were alleged to have broken into 918 Avenue Joffre and S1 Avenue Joffre in May and stolen a quantity of articles. Yamschikoft was alleged by the four prisoners to be respon sible for the thefts, but Yamschikott denied the charges. The Court served judgment till Monday morning.
Another Acid-Throwing Case Huang Nai-wu, a youth just out of college, charged in the Second Special District Court on Friday with having hired a man to throw vitriol at Miss Chin 'Lee-fel. taxi-dancer of the Majestic Ballroom, claimed that had only instructed his hired man' to slap the girl's face, byt the man' had without his Knowledge thrown acid at her. Moreover, Huang declared, the girl whom he aimed at was one named Lee She-ying and the man had made a mistake. Huang blamed the hired man for the whole trouble and asked for leniency.
The Court reserved its judgment.
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