Because they took the law into their own hands by detaining a woman who had stolen a bolt of cloth from their shop, Sung Zoong-wel, manager of the Doong. Tsung. Zinny Piece Goods Shop, and two of his assist fants were fined $00 each by the First Special District Court on March 31 on the charge of fMlegal detention, Another shop assistant accused in the game case was acquitted. The woman, ang 'Tsourze, 30-year old widow, was sentenced to seven months? Imprisonment on a charge of shop-Utting. because she had several provious convictions, 'The' woman went to the piece goods shop on March 20 under the pretext of making purchases Her Pacts" aroused the Shop as ants' susplelon. When she de. parted. from. the shop, she was Stopped, searched and found to have concealed n bolt of cloth, Instead handing her to the police, the Shop assistants took her to the shop' Sinza Road branch where she was detained wil March 80 with a shop assistant, holding on imitation rifle, guarding her, Death of Spaniard the first time Inthe history of Sine-Spanish relations, a" Chinese eeiMeuecesstully assumed. Suridc~ fiom over a Spaniard on pit 2—and Her Samiord was dead," The assump-{he Seesurisdiction took place at the fable, mortuary, when. Procurator Bong Belsyuan of the First Spectal Dinttiet Court conducted an_ inquest dyer the body of Ponciano Mongllog, Syed G8, born in the Philippines but registered with the Spanish con~ sulate.
Twice since the Chinese govern= ment assumed jurisdiction over Shibresk of the Spanish. civil wat, mish"eltizons in Chinn ince. the
than the differences between Spanish onvular" representatives. in diferent parts of the world created. a strange Fituaion, have Spanish citizens been fled. aw dofondante in the. District Gourt, But on neither occasion have {ho defendants acknowledged "the Fight ofthe court 10" hear actions Before Mr. C. Mi. He Registrar Four bolties of medicine, a 1ooking glass, an alarm clock and an "eye machine" gured in a case heard before Mr, C, H, Haines, Registrar, in HIM. Police Court on April 2. Represented by Mr, ET. Maitland, Bur Singh was the complainant action against Puran Singh and Ojayer Singh for the alleged theft of these articles from his shop March 16 last, The alarm clock, ticking. loudly Uhroughout the procced-ings, and (we beer bottles containing, medicine occupied prominent positions fon the court table during the hearing, Opening the case, Mr. Maitland explained that his ptinelpal witness, a Chinese named Ju Ching-feb, had apparently taken fright and disappeared, although the previous day he had consented to give evidence in court. In his evidence, the complainant said that when he relumed to his shop on the evening of March 16 he found the light switched off, "When 1 turned it on", he said, "I looked at the clock, and saw that it was not there, and an eye machine' was also missing, in. addition to four bottles of medicine" The two bottles of medicine were handed back to him by Puran Singh on the morning of the 18th, fs, Haines observed that if there was no intention of permanently depriving the complainant of these Arlicles, some of. which had been Feluraed, defendants could not be ae. cused of theft. Mr. Maitland pointed out that the "eye machine", value §2, had not yet been returned,' while the ooking glass and two bottles of me-divine were sti session. Mr. land after consilita-
At the inquest, howoverguch a refuse) was Impossible. and the. proceedings Were conducted without g lite. Geceased had died at the General Hospital on April 1, as 4 result of a fall, SubsInspr. Shorrock of Kashing Road Police Station told the Pro= curator that deceased, as a private Watchman at. the Bell Lumber Ca. 117 Thorne Road, had the occasion at 430 am, on March 16 to climb fodder to fetch a thermos flask containing hot waler. On. climbing down the tadder, he slipped from the fourth rung from the bottom and fell about five feet to the ground He was sick and relumed home al 530 a.m, feeling unwell, When his condition' became worse, he was moved by his daughter to the Gon-eral Hospital where he was detained until his death, Anna Domingo, in the witness box, said that deceased was her father Spanish citizen, and that she was ready to remove his body.
The Procurator returned verdict death due to falling which developed into illness,
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