A tailor's assistant who sold some of his master's goods to pay off threatening creditors in gambling was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Judge Hsiung and the Senior Consul's Deputy, Mr. S, L, Burdett, in the Provisional Court on November 10.
Complainant was the proprietor of the shop known as Henry the Tailor's, In evidence it was stated that the accused had lost considerable sums at mah-jongg and had been tempted to take goods belonging to his employed and sell them in order to stave off his importunate ereditors, Complainant ushed for a lenient sentence on the ground that accused was a habitual opium smoker, A. short term in. prison would be sufficient to cure him of the drug habit, the complainant stated to the court.
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