The Archive · 1929

Andersen Heavily Sentenced

On August 21 judgment was pronounced, 47 days after Andersen and the other accused had first been imprisoned.

The sentences read as follows in Chineso—

Vu Peng-yw.

Found guilty of dealing n—Eight months and fined $2,500.

Found guilty of handling bribes Six months and fined $2,000. Deprived of civil rights for two years.

The fines may be coinmated at $853 per extra day of imprisonment.

Andersen and Bax Fa-shun—

Found guilty of accepting bribes. '—One year and two months each, Fined $4,000 each. Deprived of Civil Rights for three years.

The fines may be commuted at ited without permission.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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