Cheong Wo-ching, proprietor of Printing labels purporting Road, was charged before Judge JSun Yuen in the Shanghai Spociat District Court on November & with. printing labels purporting to be those of the National Carbon Ca, ith intent to defraud the public.
Mr. ¥. D. Wong, Assistant Municipal Advocate, prosecuted, assisted by Mr. N. F. Allman, representing nant company, and Mr. "ya appeared for the defence.
Mr. Wong told the Court that Me. Allman, who was legal representa: tive of the National Carbon Ca, of America, reported to the police that counterfeit labels for Eveready. electric batteries were being printed used's shop in executing a Detectives were sent to the place and many imitation labels wore found, these bearing such names Jas "tung Fong, Winchester, Shingsho, Evertime, Kwangwah, Everbaby, Lianghao, Tsun Chit Yuen, and Asia." The old and new Jabels which "complainants bad registered with the Trade Marks Bureau wore imitated and in the shop wore numerous blocks and nearly 20,000 of the counterfeit Tabels. Accused said that he waa not aware of the fact that ho was printing the Jabels unlawfully and that what he had printed were done fat the order of a man living Chapei who paid him 70 cents thousand.
Me. Allmai a witness, said that vestigating the imitation of complainant's labels for nearly a year and, a few ago, a man came to his office and told him that accused had a. stock lof the counterfeit labels in his shop where he was printing and selling them. Witness sent this man accused's shop where "he bought some of the labels for 20 cents a thousand, Witness made inquiries in ing, Hankow, Chungking and other ities along'the Yangtne find out to what extent the rutation batteries wore being sold and he found that they were sold in large quantities at all of these Places. During the last two years alone, several hundred thousand had. been sold.
Upon receiving the information, witness notified the police and the imitation labels were found in. accused's shop. Downstairs alone, some 15,000 of the labels were dis covered." Tu addition, there were several hundred blocks and several packages of circulars which were
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