Judgment in favour of the plaintiffs was given by the First Speci District Court on Tuesday, Dec. 10, in the civil action brought by Messrs. S. A. Hardoon & Ca. against the Hung Tuck Li Time Ca, Nanking Road, near Kweichow Road, for the recovery of five months' house rent Jamounting to more than $5,000. The defendants were ordered to pay the overdue rents immediately.
Although the Judge had not given hhis written judgment in the case, it was mentioned that the decision was against the defendants because their contract with S. A. Hardoon for the [lease of the Nanking Road premises stipulated that no increase or dejerease in the rent would be enforced Joy one party without the other arty's consent.
To substitute a ring set with a stone worth only 2 few coppers for diamond ring valued at $1,000 was a trick ployed recently onthe Wink On Department Store by three well-dressed Chinese.
"The three men, Lee Tsing-ming, Lee Foo-2an, and Chao Doo-gien, posing as wealthy merchants, appeared at, the jewellery department of the Nanking Road department store and said they wished {o purchase several diamond rings. While two of them were engaged in conversation with the shop assistant, the third, pretending to examine the ring, quickly produced from his pocket a false diamond tint similar in size and pocketed the Genuine diamond ring. But this did not escape the assistant's vigilant eyes fand the three were subjected to a search. As a result, one of them was found in possession of several rings set with false diamonds.
On Saturday in the First Special District Court, the trio were charged with fraud and sent to gaol for eight months each,
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