At the Council meeting held on September 3 an application for Municipal recognition of a Municipal Chinese Sta Association was submitted for approval. While it was noted that the Association, originally constituted, had been reorganized, and as the Council has recently accorded recognition to a Foreign Staff Association, thus making it dificult to withald recognition of a Chinese body on similar lines, decision on the matter was deferred until the next Council The Director-General has promised! to peruse the articles of the new association and to compare them with those adopted by the Foreign taft Association and to submit. his recommendation at an early date, same trick but he was not fast enough. He managed, however, to get as far as taking $50 from Koo Siang-yuen's pockets as the latter was buying a ticket. The complainant felt a hand in his pocket so he turned and saw accused with his money. He caught hold of accused and turned him over to & policeman. Accused said the money had dropped, from complainant's pocket to the ground so he picked it up and wat going to return it when he was arrested.
Inspr. Hall asked for a heavy sentence in order to put a stop to pocket picking at the greyhound races—Three months. with larceny by trick, were arraigned in Judge Shen's Court when Court Inspr. Hall said that, on September 1, complainant was walking along the Band. The second accused was walking in front of him and he intention ally dropped a wallet, which was picked up by the first accused who showed it to complainant and promised to share it with bim.
While the first accused was saying this, the second accused came and caught hold of the first accused saying that the latter had picked hhis pocket. He, the second accused, then searched complainant and took '$2 from him. Complainant saw it was a trick so he arrested the first accused and raised an alarm. A
Sikh constable saw scoused running. and he succeeded in arresting him with the $2 in his possession.
The first accused said that complainant saw him pick the wallet up from the ground and demanded a share. The second accused came up land claimed that the property was [his so complainant gave him §2 to keep quiet.
The second accused was more frank and he admitted that it was all a trick and that he took the $2 from complainant, They received two months each:
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