Mihail Alexandrovitch Russetsky, who was arrested on Monday for having sold an alleged forged Czechoslovakian passport toca- foreigner named P. Hamm in Shanghai in February last, was charged with such in the First Special District Court yesterday. Hamm and his wife recently returned here from Hongkong and, according.to Hamm, the alleged forged passport had been sold to him by the man in custody for $25. The accused, questioned by the Judge, denied this allegation and said that one Nicolai Ivanoff had sold the passport to Hamm. The hearing was adjourned till September 25.
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