The Archive · 1928

American and Wife Charged

George Walter Wallace and hig wife were brought up at the Pro visional Court on Saturday morne ing. Wallace is in unrecognized Americas, It is alleged that he obtained money by fraud and tale pretences in Hongkong. and that Mrs, Wallace had. received stolen property. The police stated that there wore two further charges against Wallace of defrauding Shanghai firms, the total amount involved being '$6,400, Mr. R, T, Bryan, for the defence, contended "that the Provisional Court had no jurisdiction in the matter, Judge Liang ruled that the Court did have jurisdiction, and, Mr. Bryan appealing, the Judge ordered that the appeal be filed in ten days.

Wallace was permitted bail of $6,000, and Mrs, Wallace gold 1,000. The Court refused to order the return of the money found on defendants,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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