Shanghai, Aug. 15.
Charged with forgery,' Chi Wen-wang, an assistant of "a Chinese cotton hong at 408 Kiangsi Road, was Sentenced fo one year and.' two months" Imprisonment. yesterday by the First Special District Court but the sentence was suspended for four The assistant embezzled $12,500 from his manager who asked him sometime ago to place orders for cotton with two other toms but in~ stead of placing the orders with, the ash Chi pocketed the money und gave his manager fake order sheots chopped with forged stamps. The crime was discovered recently when the manager wanted to take the delivery of the cargo he ordered, Tt was revealed in court that Chi was one of the numerous victims of the gambling fever in the, western istrict where he lost the greater part of the money. At the time of his arrest, he was found to have only ese than $20 deposited with his bank, Second Special Court
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