The Archive · 1934

Britons in Gambling House

As a sequel to the French police ald on an alleged gambling house at 363 Avenue Foch last Wednesday night, two Chinese were brought before ' the Second "Special District Court on Friday and remanded tit /May 18 for trial. Mr. Koo She-shih, lawyer for the French Police, pro: securing, told the Court that, when the French police arrived at the place, many persons were arrested, among them being several "Briton land foreigners of other nationalities The French Police, Mr. Koo continued, would take action against these foreigners in their respective consular courts and so would ask the Chinese court to order a remand fas the gambling paraphernalia seized in the house was needed by other courts for inquiries, Shanghai offers these Ballrooms

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