Chen Ching-tu, the son of an old servant of Mr. Sheng Chieh-cheng, wealthy Chinese coal merchant who is standing trial in the First Special District Court charged with attempting to kidnap his masters son in front of a Great Western Road public school on March 20, will hear his fate on April 19, the hearing having been concluded yesterday. Chen admitted having taken part in the attempted kidnapping naming mother man as the instigator but the latter repudiated his statement. The third accused admitted that he had written an extortion letter for Chen denying, however, that he knew the kidnapping plot.
Strong evidence was produced in court yesterday as a young girl of a guide society appeared to testify that she was lured by Chen to pose as the mother of the intended young victim in order that servants of the school might be led to believe that they were not kidnappers. She and
school for the purpose of carrying Chen drove in a hire car to' the away Master George Sheng, the nine-year old boy, but their attempt did not prove successful as their presence aroused suspicion. She did Bot know the boy, she said.
A waiter of a small hotel from which Chen was alleged. to have called the guide society girl also testified against Chen, saying that the latter did rent a room in his hotel. and call the girl and also a hire car. He told the court that he had not seen Chang Ching-tsing, the alleged instigator,
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