Pan Ching-shen, a shroff in the employ of Messrs. Hugo Reiss Ca, 9A Hankow Road, was sentence ed to a year's imprisonment when Drought before Judge Chow in the Shanghai Special District Court on October 22 for embezzling $2,336 Lelonging to his employers.
Dr, Paul P. ¥. Ru, Assistant Municipal Advocate, " prosecuting, said thay accused had collected $2,836 from various customers between September 25 and October 8. Discovery of the defalcations was made on October 16 when accused failed to turn up to work, A warrant was applied for after it was learnt that accused had been Ni living a very, wikl life and his haunts were visited, but without success. Circulars were issued the company's customers warning them not to pay any money to accused 40, when he went to a shop at 261 Boulevard de Montigny on Tuesday to collect an account, he was detained, The company was notified and detectives went to the place and. with the assistance of the French police, arrested accused.
Det-Sgt. Pryde corroborated, after which a representative of the complainant company said that ae: euzed had used some cancelled receipts to perpetrate his. frauds. He erased the word "cancelled" on these and went to customers coi-lecting money nominally on behalf of the company. Complainants did not know of this until customers came to them for more goods, which were refused. When they asked why, they were told: that their accounts were still unpaid. It was then that they told the company that the money had been paid to accused. A number of customers: had thus' been visited.
'Accused admited the charge and said that' he had lost the money gambling. and women.
He was socteneed to a_year's imprisonment.
Jcompany likewise was arrested but the one with whom ho went to Soochow was missing and, said counsel, [she had not yet been apprehended.
Evidence of arrest was given by Det-Sgt. Creighton after which the accused admitted the charges and judgment was reserved.
Trafficking in Pistols Five Cilinese were brought before Judge Feng in the Shanghai Special District Court on October 24 charged with being concerned with others in the trafficking of arms and_ammunition.
Mr, T. S. Lea, Assistant Munici pal Advocate, prosecuted and Mr.
Ying-wu deferded one of the prisoners.
An outline of the case having been given by Mr. Lea, Det-Sgt. J. Creighton informed the Court that, acting on information received, the first two accused were arrested at 9.30 a.m. on October 23 in Yuenfong Read, near Hunt's Wharf. On a wheelbarrow which other luggage, that were taken on board the I-C. S. sang, on sehich boat accused intended to sail for Swatow. The tins were opened and it was discovered that they had false sides. Inside [these were found four 32 calibre Berretta automatic pistols.
The method adopted by accused was a very ingenious one and, had the tics not been opened, it would have been impossible to know that they had false sides because the remaining parts were filled with foil. In the basket, which had a false bottom, were found six 38. calibre Mauser pistols, one 32 Berretta automatic, five 32 maga-ives, 400 rounds of.32 ammunition and 75 rounds of loose ammunition.
The first accused, said the detective, was quite frank in admitting the charges and he said that he kad bought the Berretta automa-ties from the third accused and/of the Ipdging house was engaged the Mausers from a Japanese living in Bore Road. The informstion given by the first accused led to the arrest of the third accused who told the police that he was a middle man. A visit was next paid to Market Street where the remaining two prisoners were taken into custody.
Continuing, witness said that the second accused denied all knowledge jof the affair but he implicated the third prisoner as being principal in the affair and he also named three other men who had not yet been arrested.
As a result of the information given by the first accused that he Thad bought the Mauser pistols from a Japanese residing in Boone Road, the police, with the assistance of the Japanese Consular authorities, went to 121 Boone Road and arrested the proprietor, Abe Hikokichi, who was taken to the Japanese Consulate but release ed on security.
'The police desired more' time to make investigations, said witness, and accordingly he asked for a remand.
'A. wheelbarrow coolie was then called and he stated that he had been engaged by the first accused to transport the "luggage" for him to the wha 'A week's remand was ordered, bail being refused.
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