The Archive · 1938

Burglar Suspects

Shanghai, Apr. 28, A total of $10,000 worth of articles was said to have been stolen by ten Chinese, charged in the First Speotal District' Court with seventeen counts of shopbreaking. he hearing was adjourned until next wee 'The suspects were arrested by the Settlement Police in the Initer' part of March and a part of the stolen property was recovered. Among the hocused is a 15-year old boy alleged have been used by the gang. to enter buildings with a ladder and to steal articles, Messrs, Hail and Holtz, Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Ca... Dombey & Sons, Sun Sun Ca, Cathay Jewellery Store and Laou Kou Ho. silk company. were among the stores said to have been victimized by the gang, Mruck-Driver Sentenced Shanghai, Apr, 27.

For misappropriating a truck owned by his Japanese employer, Woo Myokung, a driver, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the. First Special District" Court. yesterday morning. According to the prosecu-ton, the truck had been used for the transportation of foodstuffs between Shanghai and Nanking by: one Masao Hayashi. The: vehicle broke down at Quinsan on March 3, when the driver was told to have it repaired, Instead, he rented it to two merchants, Another Japanese named Yamanaka demanded the return of the truck and in the ensuing argument when the two were taken to a. police station, the real ownership of the vehicle was established. "Yamanaka was handed over to the Japanese Consular Police.

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