Chinese Fined for Bacilli Theft When Chow Lu-tsu, employed by the National Medical College of Shanghai, Avenue Haig, appeared on remand before the Second Special District Court on Thursday to face a charge of theft of a tube of typhoid bacteria from the College's bacteiological laboratory on September 6, and a further charge of attempting to use the infectious germs for a criminal purpose, there was a mild sensation When Chou Foo-dee, "an assistant of the bacteriological" laboratory told the Judge that the accused had once asked him for a tube of such bacteria in order to endanger a man's 1 Witness said he immediately rejected the accused's request.
The allegation of the witness was admitted by the accused who said, however, that he made the request just for fun. At the previous he ing, the accused admitted the theft and said he them for experi-and the counsel for defence having summed up, the Judge acquitted the accused of the charge of attempted murder, but imposed a fine of $30 on him on the [charge of theft.
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