Fine on Factory Heads:
Four of the five men representing the management of the Great China Celluloid Factory were found guilty of negligence in the First Special District. Court on Tuesday,, Sept. 10, connection with the fire of June 28 and were fined $300 each. They were Messrs. Tsiang Tsing-nylon, Kuh Tien-ming, Sung. Ong-zung, and Tsu Ju-dang. The ftth defendant, Mr, Chien Tseng-wih, was found not The prosecution of the five men was fa sequel to the fire of June 28 in which many lives were lost and many sustained injuries of varying degrees. Relatives of the victims of the fire, who at first brought a private criminal" prosecution against the factory management, later. withdrew the ease upon the payment by the factory of $80,000 as compensation, but the case was ordered to be proceeded with by the Judge. The Counelt then took up the prosecution and many of its offeials, including those of the Fire Brigade, P.W.D, and Industrial Section, testified.
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