A bus driver was sentenced to }two months' imprisonment by the First Special District Court on Aug. 27 on a charge of negligence causing death, About five p.m. on Aug. 25, the: accused was driving a bus from Jsouth to north on Markham Road when his vehicle knocked down and killed a Chinese riding on a bicycle which was also proceeding in a northerly direction. The accused, lat the police station, laid the respons for the accident upon f the deceased who, accused stated, instead of swerving his bicycle to ithe west side, swerved it to the right with the result that he came directly in the way of the bus and was killed, Furthermore, accused said, he gave deceased due warning prior to the accident by sound-Ing his horn theee times, yaring the inquest upon the ceased's body August ithe Municipal Police announced that, no charge would be preferred by them against the accused, as apparently the deceased himself ws careless prior to the accident. The Chief Procurator of the Court, however, was of the opinion. that accused was responsible, hence the charge of negligence was made against him, which resulted in the Foreigner Charged with Robbery was pushed away by two orbes Russians alleged tobe accused's accomplices, The accused was lates arrested on Nanking Road.
Chinese constable at the instigation lof complainant. 1 Questioned by the Court, accused Jdenied the charge. 4
Impure Milk on Sale"
Found guilty on a charge of selling milk unfit for human. consump-ton, Chang Ab-siao, an employee of the Kiangwan Dairy Farm, was sent to gaol for six months By' the First Special District Court on. Aug. 20%:
accused had been twice before Hined by the Court for selling unlicensed milk so Mr. S. C. Chi accused's possession, after being. lysed by i found to contain dan; Mr, J. Weaver, of the Council's Health Department, told the Court that accused was arrested on gregor Road, Wayside district, Friday when he was about to liver a number of bottles of jade ulterated milk to consumers. The fmilkc seized in accused's possession iwas sent to the Council's Inhoratory, Hor analysis and it was found to be very dirty and dangerous to health, being found to contain 34.7 pee leant. of added water and the cal feulated number of bacteria bel more than 60,000 per exc, Ind it. Weaver told the Court, this ease was the worst on record of the Council's Health Department, The accused's dairy, Mr. Weaver continued, was situated oh the bank of a filthy Kiangwan creek, to the feast of the Fuhtan University, and apparently the accused had obtained his water supply. from this or The accused's dairy premises also had no light, no ventilation, and the milk produced at his dairy had never been sterilized. The daily supply of estimated at fro A further remand was ordered by the First Special District Court lon Aug, 20 in the case in, which David Priver, a Pole, was charged with robbery. The offence alleged to have been, committed by" the accused was larceny, but he was alleged to be a: member of a minal gang of three foreigners, the charge of robbery was preferred against him.
"The alleged offence was commit. ted at the intersection of Thibet and Bubbling Well Roads on August 13, when a wallet was stolen from Japanese who was about to board 'a tramear. The theft was seen by another Japanese passenger who grasped the accused's hands, but fof 11' bottle the bottles sei being of other licensed dairies, conclusion, Mi [persons of the dairy, who Jor six in number, Questioned by the Court, accused denied the charge and stated he ought the milk" ata Kiangwan Road teashop from a man unknown to him. The price was $1 for ton Jbottles, but he sold at the price of $1 for eight bottles. Everyday he Dought the milk and delivered it to jo Russian residing off Broadway.
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