Shanghai, Dec. 13.
Convicted of having obtained a part of the $50,000 fraudulently drawn out from the Shanghai office of the National City Bank of New York, two Chinese employees of the bank, Liu Yooh-hsien and Wang Kung-mou, were sentenced to six months' and three months' imprisonment respec tively by the First Special District Court. yesterday.
The big forgery is alleged to have been committed by a third Chinese employee of the bank named Hu Chi-feng, who is believed to have Hed. to an outport. By forging the signature of a rich customer of the bank named Chang, Hu is alleged to hi cashed several cheques and absconded.
Before carrying out his plan he consulted the two accused, each of whom received several ' hundred dollars from, him. The crime was discovered on! November 23 when Mr. Chang came to the bank to investigate after his servant had failed to cash cheque signed by himself, There was not enough money to meet his wish and his suspicions were at once aroused.
Sergeant Charged with Extortion Shanghai, Dec. 14.
Chang Tuli-song, Chinese detective sergeant. attached to the Bubbling Well Police Station, was brought before the Fist Special District Court yesterday charged with extortion by his colleagues. A man named Koo Chi was charged with aiding and abetting. Chang denied the charge Hour the' alleged accomplice admitted that he had been instructed by Chang to collect the money from their victim, The hearing was postponed for a week.
The case dates back to December 9 when Chang visited a godown at 95 Mandalay Road owned by the plaintiff Tang Kung-foh who is also the owner of a motor accessory shop at 291 Weihaiwei Road. Claiming that rang had illegally bought three trucks, Chang took him to his station, questioning him as to the origin of the cars. Chang is alleged to have told the car owner that he (plaintif™) would be turned over to the Japanese Who might execute him for having Vought trucks from the defunct Shanghai District Salvation Corps.
The accused detective was alleged in court to have demanded $5000 in order to hush up the matter. He was promised more than $2,000. He named the second accused as the guarantor for the fund. 'The second accused is alleged to have actually obtained cash and given the lion's share to his detective friend. The sum actually obtained, however, was' less than $2,000, When the act Setective himself went again to his victim to collect more money he found his collogues waiting for him Road shop. b tacae) in a back room of ihe Wa Chinese Charged with Murder Shanghai, Dee. 13.
Charged with murder Hsu Kwanchuan was sentenced to 1 years' imprisonment yesterday by the First Special District Court in connection with the fatal chopping with an axe of a male relative of his go-between just before his marriage to a widow. The crime was committed on November 23. Hsu was also sentenced to pay $3,840 to ther widow of the deceased, The murder was committed in Robison Road where was to have married a Mrs. Chen who fled to Shanghai some months ago from Wusih as a refugee following the death of her husband. Having accepted the marriage proposal from Hsu, she asked for a wedding gift, They disagreed on some points as to the quality of the gift and. the sum of money to be spent. In a quarrel the woman is alleged to have boxed Hsu's ear, Hsu blamed Chien Chian-ching, one of the go-betweens for the trouble and after "gathering about him several friends he went to Chien's home to start another brawl in which Chien's relative Wang Shan-dai was fatally chopped with an axe. The police are still looking for Hsu's accomplices. For the arrest, of Hsu the credit goes to officers attached to the Pootoo Road Police Station,
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