The Archive · 1937

Threatening Letter Case

Suspected of being concerned in sending threatening" tetters, Tsang. Tse-ziang, proprietor of an electric!

ipplies shop in Haining Road, was brought before the First Special Dis {rict Court on April 14 and an applica tion was made for his handing over to the Chapei Police. Evidence was} to the effect that a doctor living in Wonglo Road recently received several threatening letters demanding, $2,000 and instructing him to send the money to a designated spot, The doctor reported to the Chapet police Who arrested an apprentice when the latter tried to take over a parcel of money from the doctor. The. apprentice was employed at Tsang Tse-_ 2iang's shop, so Tsang was likewise arrested as la suspect in the offence. According to Tsang, a customer, who visited his shop to have a radio repaired, asked the apprentice to fetch

that the parcel contained money that had been exported by threat, The court was of the opinion that further inquiries were" necessary and rejected the application for extrad!- tion for the time being.

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