Evidence given by a Formosan in yesterday's hearing of the case against "Jerry" Morgan in H.M. Police Court was to the effect that the transfer of the wood oil, which is alleged to have been stolen property, was intended to help out of his difficulties one Ho Shu Rin, a chauffeur employed by the Japanese Consulate. "On December 17," the witness declared, "Ho and I visited a hotel in Nanking Road, where he introduced' me to a third party. Ho was wounded by shrapnel during the recent trouble, and was sent to Nagasaki for treatment. When he returned, he was in straitened circumstances, and since I knew about the presence of the oil on the river at the time, I thought I would help him out of his difficulties."
Morgan, it will be remembered, is being charged with attempting to receive stolen property, knowing it to be stolen.
The witness whose evidence occupied a large part of yesterday's hearing was arrested on December 25 in connection with the alleged seizure of stolen property, detained by the military water police until December 30, end them transferred to the Japanese consulate, where he has since been detained.
Baku stated that although he himself first mentioned the oil as a means of helping the wounded chauffeur out of his difficulties, Ho suggested that by bringing the two boats containing the oil over to the Shanghai side from Pootung they could make $4,000 on them
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