Foreign Lady Charged at H. M.
Police Court: Property of Children from Kuling Frances Mary Trevor-Smith, a young lady residing at 35 Connaught Road, appeared before Mr. G. W. King at H. M. Police Court last Friday on a charge of feloniously stealing various articles of jewellery valued at Tls. 800, the property of Carmen Kupock. The articles mentioned in connexion with the charge were:—a gold vanity chain bag, a gold armlet bangle, a gold chain purse, a platinum neck chain with pearl pendant, a platinum neck chain with drop pendant, a gold ring set with two pearls, a ricsha rug, and a lady's manicure set.
Chief Inspector Reeves conducted the prosecution, and Mr. K. E. Newman appeared for the defence.
In opening the case, Inspector Reeves stated that complainant, Miss Kupock, was a minor and an orphan. Her mother died at Kuling September last and the three children who were then there came back to Shanghai, bringing with them certain family possessions, and returning to their home in
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