The Archive · 1935

Indian Sentenced to Prison

Saraj Din, a. gate-keeper 'Yangtszepoo Works' of the Shanghai Gas Ca,, was sentenced to prison unt paid a debt of $28 by Judge P. Grant Jones in H, M. Supreme Court on Thursday morning.

Examined by his Lordship the defendant sdmitied that the summons was the fourth the complainant, Ab-dulia, had taken out against him this year. He was receiving 9 salary of '$75 q month, he said, and had been in employment for the last two years.

His Lorship pointed out that the Court had dealt leniently with the defendant on three previous occasions and he would not listen to. the defendant's plea to allow the debt to stand until December 2.

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