Nicolai Spiridonovitch—Bebour-Vachnadze, aged 45, a Russian, was charged) with fraud and further charged with fraudulent misappropriation in the First Special District Court on October 10 and remanded {ill October 23.
'The charges read: "Between April 48 and June 9, 1030, he did, at Shan, hal International' Settlement, fraudulent means, cause the'complainant to deliver to him $10,000: and "On June 80, he did cause the complainant to give him $2,000 which unlawfully intended to appropriate for himself." A Korean named Haku was the complainant in both eases.
It.was alleged that the accused obtained the money by holding out that he could help the complainant fo get a cargo to Shanghai without paying duty. An agreement was entered into, under which the parties each deposited $10,000 with a third party. The accused deposited the money in cheques. When the cargo failed to arrive within the specified period, the accused "obtained the money, it was alleged.
According to the complainant, the accused represented himself as a Customs oficial.
Trade Mark Infringed Charged with trade mark infringement, Sze Chi-chiang, unemployed, /was arraigned before the First Spe-lal District Court on Oct, 16 and remanded til October 26. The prosecution told the court that the cused owned a shop at 45 Zen Ping Li, Ward Road. In September this year, the prosecution continued, the complainants,. the Singer Sewing [Machine Company, received informa lon that infringements of the company's trade mark were committed at the accused's shop and 109 Tuli An Li, Thorburn Rood, The police conducted a search at the accused's shop and found thirteen sewing machines to which had been affixed imitation "Singer" registered trade mark designs.
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