A fine of $200, with the alternative of serving a detention term at. the rate of $3 a day, was imposed by the First Special District Court on Oct. 16 upon Wong Ching-pau, who was accused of fraud by practising as doctor at Meu Yih Lee, Shanhaikwan Road, by means of a forged medical college diploma and obtaining money from his clients on October 8 and dates prior thereto.
As evidence against the prisoner, a diploma purported to be issued by the Tokyo Medical College was produced in court. The accused was arrested by Sinza emeers on informa-on furnished by the Executive Yuan.
Attempt {0 Pass Damaged Notes!
The attention paid by the Bank of Communications to the appearance of $10 notes of the Three Eastern Provinces with the name and central portion of their $1 bank notes superimposed over them sulted in the arrest of Foo Yih, year old Cantonese, by detectives of the Central Police Station on Wednesday. afternoon. He was remanded by the First Special District Court on Oct. 18 for further enquiries.
It appeared that the man attempted to exchange eighteen $1 notes of the Bank of Communications at an exchange shop in Szechuen Road. He was taken to the bank by a shop assistant, At the institution, the notes were examined and it was found that the name and central portion of each banknote was missing. The man explained that the central portion had been burned out by fire. As all the eighteen notes were damaged in the same place, the suspicions of the management Were aroused, resulting in the arrest of the man.
'A search in his house at No. 16 Yung Yuan alleyway, Tientsin Road, led to the discovery of a suitcase containing $22,700 notes of the Pr vineial Bank of Kwangtung which closed down many years ago, According to the man, he had bought the damaged notes from a man in Canon for $9. He intended to carry the large amount of worthless bank notes_to Canton to sell,
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