The Archive · 1938

Pullers Sentenced

Shanghai, June 4.

'Two rickshaw pullers and a Chinese Jaescribed as of the oufer type were teach given three years' imprison Iment by the First "Special -Distelet (Court yesterday on charges of highway robbery. The pullers were reported to have taken three Japanese Janda Korean to an alleyway off Nanking Road, where they robbed them of money with the assistance Jof the third accused. They were soon arrested by the police, "two other pullers having escaped. eyed she had lent defendant did not feoneern the court in this case, as it did not have a bearing on the promise of marriage, The damages had been assessed rather highly, for the girl was still of marriageable age, and in his esti-motion she had not suffered a great ess through not marrying the defendant, as she occupied a good position as a nurse in England, her total wages per week being about £3,105, Delivering judgment, the Judge: said that the special damages would not be allowed, but.as he was cer-fain that at all times Miss Hogan wished to marry defendant, and as defendant had admitted breach of promise, he would give judgment in her favour for $4200 as general damages

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