Defendant in Chartered Bank Case Hit with Shovel A.C. Mack, who was convicted in 1H. M. Supreme Court in. the celebrated Chartered Bonk fraud case st spring, was in the Police Hospital last Wednesday suffering from severe head wounds inflicted with a shovel wielded by a fellow prisoner in the Amoy Road Gaol.
The assault on Mack occurred on Tuesday afternoon and before warders could interfere the man had been dealt several strong blows which lett cep incisions in his scalp. His Santa Singh, an Indian, was overpowered and removed. It was the Indian struck Mack in a fit aniacal rage and consequently the attacker was taken to the mental yard. Mack's condition," while serious, is not considered critical Mack, the principal figure in the bank fraud cate, was found guilty by jury on three charges of "uttering, aiding and abetting" in respect of 3 forged cheque and. was sentenced by Judge A. G. Moscop to two years' Imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. He was convicted early in April Santa Singh, according to records, was convicted in HIM. Police Court in connection with the wounding of another Indian, Fouja Singh.
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