Assessor) and Magistrate Loh, at the Mixed Court, on Thursday, Sih Ying-woo, Chinese Police Sergeant 1210, in the employ of the Shanghai Municipal] Council, was charged with accepting bribes amounting in all to $38. Accused was represented by Mr. H. D. Rodger.
Chief Inspector O'Toole said that Chinese Police Constable 990 reported that the accused had been soliciting and accepting bribes in connexion with ithe erection of buildings for which no permit had previously be obtained. C. P. C. 990 gave a religious ceremony on August 8 in respect of which he paid accused $8. An informant gave the Police the addresses of five persons who had paid bribes to the accused. Four of these had been localled and had signed vol-unwary statements to the effect that they had paid money to' tthe accused.
Mr. Rodger contended that the whole case was a "frame-up,'" the complainants all being members of a gang which was determined to bring about the defendant's downfall, because he refused to play into their hands.
Chief Inspector O'Toole suggested that Mr. Rodger's statement was a little too far-fetched. The witnesses had made their own statements freely, without being On the Court deciding to adjourn the case, Chief Inspector O'Toole opposed bail. The nature of the case, he said, was so serious that he could not agree. The bribery had evidently extended over a lengthy period, showing thai there must have been a systematic system, which the police desired to uproot.
Bail was allowed in $500, and the case was remanded for a week.
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