An interesting document was produced in. the First Special" District Court on June 3 in the ease agains Zang Pao-kung, who is charged with having stolen over $7,280 worth of Jsenk drafts from the Deutsche Far-ben Handelsgesellschatt on Christmas Eve, and Doo Yung-pso, who is charged with converting the drafts to cash, Zung Is said to, have told the firm's clef office boy he would be willing present the company with $500 the "foreigners would not demand money which remains as follows: to my mother-in-law, $2,000; deposited in the Chekiang "Industrial Bank, $280; to Ho Hsin, Shanghai, $690; in the hands of friends in Shanghai, $2,000; In. the hands of friends" in Hankow, §1,000."
So far, only $2501.44 has been traced. The chiot oes boy is pected to arrive from Hankow soon, when he will be questioned regard-Ing this alleged statement, and the ease has been adjourned in the mean= time.
Sequel to Sennet Freres Theft Judgment in the case against Luba Vichnevskaya and Ivan Akiellev, accused of shoplifting, will be given District Court June case against them having closed on June 3. They are accused of stealing $3,900 worth" of diamonds {rom Senet Freres two weeks ago and of 0 diamond ring valued at $400 from /Mellior Arcus a short while before. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Paul ¥. Ru and the defence of Akioliev by Mr. E. N. Shendrixoft.
Vichnevskaya caused a certain amount of surprise when she sud~ Genly repudiated an alleged confess slon made to the police, and main-{tained she was Innocent and that when she visited the shops with the other accused she was not aware that had stolen' anything. She had received no share of any of the stolen diamonds.
The other defendant threw himeelf fon the merey of the Court, saying that the money obtained from the first theft had been used to pay sick-bills of his wife and child. He also pointed out that he immediately con fessed to the second theft, and fassisied the police in finding all but }24 of the 298 diamonds stolen from /Seninet Freres.
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