Sixteen men and four. women wounded up recently in a series of raids conducted by detectives from the Crime Brarch Headquarters in the Settlement, French Concession, Nantao and Chapel, were brought before the First Special District Court on July 2 for a special hearing.
Only ten of the prisoners were charged by the S.M., Police, four being accused of committing armed robberies, one being charged with possession of paraphernalia for making counterfeit 20-cent coins. while five were accused of unlawful possession of firearms with infect to put them to criminal use.
Casings Firm in Fraud Charge Charged with defrauding the SMC, of about $1,065 by means of false declarations between January' t find April 30 this year, Efim Fomil, aged 58, and his two sons, Abraham and Rafael Fomil, casings manufacturers with their plant known as B, Fomil and Sons at 10 Sawgin Road, were summoned before the First Special District Court on June 20, Mr. Paul Tsiang, Assistant Municipal Advocate, outlining the case. told the Judge that the accused kept their plant a SMC. abaltol and which pi rented to them by the Council.
arranged, Mr. Tsing said, that should report to the Council every month the total number of barrels packed so that the fees might bbe charged at specified rates.
From January to April, the num-bor of barrels totalled 26 according to accused's report to the Council, but investigations disclosed the correct number was 109, Although the acto the Council regards the remaining ten prisoners, ireluding the four women, Mr. Paul ¥, Ru, Assistant Municipal 'Advocate, told the court that police Inquiries' disctosea that the "foun female prisoners had not committed any offerees either in the Settlement or Chinese-controtied territory, £0 the police asked for their immediate release. The six male prisoners were wanted by the Shanghai and Woosung Garrison Commander and. the police were not opposed to it, Mr, Ru said, An oficial despatch having been presented to the court by a representative from the Garrison Commander's office, the court ordered the extradition of the six male prisoners. The four female prisoners were then ordered to be freed, The questioning of the ton prisoners still in Court regarding offences of armed robberies, possession of fire arms and counterfeiting of notes hat ing been concluded, the Judge ordered an adjournment for one week.
Those already handed over to the Garrison Commander's office were alleged to have conspired to subvert the constitution of the State, ing to the number reported by them, Me. slang said, The hearing was adjourned till July Judicial Inquiry in Yarn' Deals Judiclal inquiry into the recent manipulations on the Chinese cotton market was conducted by Procurator Soong Keng-san, the First Special District Court on July' 3. when several witnesses were questioned concerning the ale egod speculation by Mr. Wu Chi-tings and Mr. Sheng Sheng-yi, Directors of the Internal Revenue Department of the Finance Ministry and of the Con-_ solidated Tax Office for Kiangsu The (we officials of the Ministry of Finance, who were summoned to Nanking and. put under surveillance in the Ministry's building, were not present in Court." Mr. H, ¥. Mob. chairman of the "Chinese Cotton Goods Exchange, and several others, including a representative. of the Ministry of Industry, which conducted the investigation into maniulations, attended, The inquiry was adjourned sine die, According. to Mr, Moh, prices for yarn jumped $0 in six weeks. The vapid rise was caused by two factors: rumours of inflation and lack supply, Formerly, over 100,000 bales of yarn were obtainable for imme-Ginie delivery, but this number was reduced to a mere 20,000 bales after May, the continued. He said he did not know. either offclal, nor did he know if both of them had actually-
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