The Archive · 1938

Alleged Counterfeiters

Shanghai, June 17, for money, as they were very poor, At first "he refused, but later agreed and yave him'one dollar, He was upstairs with the wife for about 45 minutes. The next day the man again asked him for a dollar and he gave one dollar to the wife. He stay~ with the woman for about the same time, and then the husband came into the room and demanded five dollars, saying that if he did not get the money he would go to the police and say that. Tollok Singh had raped his wife, Later the police detained! the witness and charged him with the offence.

After counsel had addressed them Satpal ned "ea the jury retired and gave the verdict as stated, being exempted from further service for a period of two years, Five Chinese all natives of Fukien, charged with uttering counterfeit Japanese coins, were remanded for tone week at the First Special District Court yesterday before Judge Sino, The, five accused—Yih 8, Yuan, Ling Zung-bing, Wu Tseng-san, Wut Tsang-sz, and Koh Kya-yuen—were stated to have been arrested after information had been received from Detective Sub-Inspector Umemoto. Detective Sub-Inspector B. Maklaevsky with a party of police seized the first four prisoners at House 41, Lane 1112, off Connaught Road, while the Aft suspect was arrested later.

A total of 147 fifty-sen Japanese coins were seized, together with lead ingots, zine, aluminium,—gypsum molds, powder and other articles used by counterfeiters.

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