Shanghai, Sept. 22.
Charyed with attempted murder, Feng Chieh-yung, a Chinese aged 19, was brought before the First [Special District Court yesterday in Jeonnection with a tragic incident which occurred on Wednesday after [noon on The Bund, where Feng drag. [zed two Japanese into the Whangroo finan attempt to end his and their Hives together. "Hearing was post Jponed for a week.
Feng told a palhictic story to the Jcourt yesterday, explaining that the and his parents were Meeing into the Settlement from Chapei when the [Sino-Japanese hostilities broke out more than two years ago in Shanghai, his aged parents were killed. by leombe dropped from Japanese planes near Paoshan Road, Chapei.
He could not even find the bodies lof his parents and the $350 he had St the time had now been spent, Being unable to make a living. he tried to end his own life by throw: jing himself into the Whangpoo but in" view of his hatred towards the JJapanese he pulled two Japanese standing on The Bund into the rive Iso that he and they might perish at man bought the noodles at about 2 am. He saw twe 2 Jie same time, he said.
Chinese, a short dist is stall aad could not identify, was beat proprietor of House 68 with his Clenched sts. The proprietor, he fadded, fell to the round. near his Sail and witness then packed it up and carried it away. He did not see the Chinese strike the man. The hearing was adjourned unfit Septem-
Bank Note Forgers Sentenced Shanghai, Sept. 23.
By sentencing three forgers to prison terms, the First Special District Court has just concluded the bean fof the coe of largeseale counterfeiting of private money "notes issued jointly by 14 Chinese firms and shops ber 25.
ENNTHY in both foreign areas in lien of oft. forging a private document, Wang Yiecheng was sentenced to one year's imprisonment while his two agcom= piliees, one of whom is manager of A Chinese printing shop in Haining Ttoad, drew eight months each.
The seriousness of the offence was pointed out in court by the police Prosecutor who stated that their act AMfected the poor and society on the whole because criminals might print Private cent notes with only a few Uollars and obtain "a large stim of money by circulating fake notes the face valtie of which represented a ig. sum of money. The fake notes were issued without ash reserve all, it was pointed out.
Tu the present ease, 14 Chinese firms and shops several of which are Iocated in Rue clu Consular recently. formed the Ho Kee Company under the mame of which private one-cent and two-cent notes, cashable with the participating shops, were printed. They printed 480,000 sheets re-Presenting & face value of $7200 and they planned to recall them from the market as soon as the official cent hoes" made their appearance. September 3. "someone discovered that the counterfeit cent notes purporting 10 bbe issued by the company, "A. partner shop of the company in Bubbling Well Road was Informed this and the shop manager in turn formed the West Hongkew police Which soon resulted in the arrest of Ying Shih-keng, manager of the printing shop. 'Through his confess ion, Pang Shuichslang, an assistant of another printing plant was arrested, Wang Yiecheng, the master mind, was the Inst one to be rested. Engaged in character-carving business, Wang proved to be an' expert in counterfeiting such notes and it was he who placed the order with the. printing plant where numerous such fake "cent notes were found by the officers.
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