Six Chinese Sentenced by the Mixed Court for Swindle of Last Spring At the Mixed Court on Thursday morning, before Mr. Ramondino italian" Assessor) and Mr.
(Chinese Magistrate), six including two clerks of the Shanghai Race Club, were given terms of imprisonment ranging from six months to a year, for being concerned together inthe forgery of a number fof the Club's Champions tickets and in falsely obtaining money from the Solicit Insp. J. Quayle, appeared for the police; ifr, Lil. Lipson Ward watched [the proceedings on behslt of the Race Club; Mr. N. A. Ivanoff defended Kyuin Sz-yuin' (a clerk in the Club, who was alleged to have obtained $480 as a result of his share in the proceeds, and his brother, Kyuin Sz-along, a former Club alleged ta have received $480) Mr. K. E. Newman acted on behalf of Van Ming-teh, also a clerk the employ of the Club, who is to have received $3,383; Mr. E. Y. B. Kiang represented Ling Ah-ziang, a contractor, wh> is alleged to received $250; and-Mr L, K. Kentwell appeared for Prang Zang-oung a prin vasser, who had received $080, but who the police allegs received $1,090. Koo Tsung wei, a former "boy" in the Club's employ, who wax alleged to have received $680, and Zee Ah-kung, printer, alleged by the police to have received $2,400, were not represented by counsel.
Mr. Maitland outlined the case for the prosecution and said that the evindle was a most terious one.
The thing was first discovered when the holder of a starter's ticket went to the Club to collect his money. Tt was found that the ticket for the same numer had already been cashed, together with two others, amounting to $12,000. The tickets! were then examined and it found that thoee cashed. bore watermark as the genuine tickets was suspected that. some:
ma nected with the Club was the affair and the two Kyuin and Van, were placed Under arrest, They' admitted the simplicity and their statements Ted to the arrest of the man who had cashed the tickets. The two boys were then found and they also were taken into custody. The police prosecuted their inquiries and. the anvarser ay the printer were also arrested
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