Marquis Li Given Gaol Term 'Marquis W. H. Li, former manager of the 'China' Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, was sentenced to fourteen months' imprisonment by the Kiangsu High Court which had "been ordered by the Highest Court in Nanking for a retrial in the Shanghai District Court building on Friday morning; In addition, he was ordered to" pay Tis, 760,000, Marquis Li was first sentenced to three "years and six months on charges of malfeasance in office, and the signing of an allegedly fitegal Joan agreement with the China Realty Company for a sum of Tls. 80,000,000, "it was also alleged that the first instalment of Tls. 750,000 pald by the China Realty Company had been misappropriated. "Marquis Li denied the charges, saying th the document was signed with the approval of Mr. Chen Fusmo, then, Vice-Minister of Communications.
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