Four Hundred Men Court There was a record number of pri Jsoners in the First Special District 'Court on Tuesday, April 23, no tess than 385 males and 135 females being brought before the various criminal courtracms. The great increase in the prisoners was due to the fact that the Legal Department of the SEC. had had four days' holiday and the prisoners arrested during these days were all tried that day.
Of these prisoners, six were rounded up by Bubbling Well on charge of manufacturing narcotics. They were remanded for further inquiries.
Kal_Ah-s, until recently employed as a chauffeur by Mr, Fessenden, was sentenced to 30 days' detention' plus 8 $30 fine on charge of aiding and abetting Liu Zang-tah and Sung Yoong-yuan, chauffeurs of the Cound's PWD. In misappropriating Counei's petrol valued at $27. Liu and Sung each received a prison term for three months on charge of theft.
Two foreigners were also sentenced, one being a Finnish named Mamehiss, charged with begging on East Seward Road. The other foreigner was a woman, M. Velskaya, accused of being drunk on Miller Road. She was fined $10. The majority of the female prisoners were prostitutes.
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