A dismissed Settlement police detective, 'Chang Teh-shun and Tai Hsien-fang, an old offender were each sentenced to six months' imprisqnment yesterday by the First Special District Court charged with attempted extortion, Tei recently tried to ex-torta large sum of money from the management of a cotton shop in the Herdoon Building in Nanking Rood but failed.
He was then given a suspended sentence but, bent. on extorting money, he connived with Chang and repeated the offence, this time trying to trap his intended victim by secretly placing forged Consolidated Bureau receipts in his office and informing the Bubbling Well Police-that the cotton shop Was dealing in Japanese goods under
Before playing. this trick they tried the Jabel-of a big Chinese' cotton mill to extort $7,000 from their intended Victim, alleging that he had beer dealing in Japanese goods.
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