Shanghai, Aug. 30.
Two robber suspects, Chen' Tlenyuan and Vu Han-ching, were brought Before judge Fu in the Fiest Special Disteled Court in connection with 0 ating. armed "robbery commuted carly. yesterday morning. in the Ta Hing Pawn shop. at 03 Lukals Gestem= district) "The Bubbling Weir Potice applied fora. writ of detention pending further investigations i being known that more han tivo men parilelpated fa the robbery.
The robbers broke into the pawn shop shortly atter 2 am. and awaken fed some shop aesistanis with belt uns. The latter were silenced while the men started careful search for cash and other valuables. As a re-Suit, they obtained $200 in cash and About. $1000. worth of clothes and Jewellery. 'They had escaped before ihe" police arrived but the tater sue ceded in catching' Chen and Yuin whose. possession, it was alleged, the affeers found a flashlight ands kalte. They denied that they wore robbers but' stated that they attempted seat, it was alleged Shanghai, Sept 1.
a hearing on a private prosecution inthe United States Consular Court for China yesterday morning, Commissioner N. E. Lurton awarded Judgment in favour of the defendant, Dr. Halph Dunn, who was being sued {or the sum of $230, purported to be due for' the sale "of two Ningpo wardrobes, by the Elite Ast Studio, owned by' Mie. Hensi Dreyfus, Mr. Harris G. Nelson appeared for the defendant while the plaintiff was represented by Dr, P. V. E. Terni.
"The plaintiff alleged' that on June Miss, Dunn, wife of the defendant, sted his shop accompanied by Mrs, josephine Gray. Mrs. Gray purchased mall chest and rs. Duna's fancy was sttucke by the appearance of two large, red-Incquered, Ningpo ward robes, She asked Me. Dreyfus to hold the wardrobes for her. On the following day, Mr. Dreyfus stated, a customer came into the shop and Wished to purchase' the two. ward~ Yobes, He immediately telephoned Mere, Dunn and informed her of this find' Mivs, "Dunn agreed. to purchase ihe wardrobes. The wardrobes wore accordingly sent out Yo Mrs. Dunn's residence In Columbia Road on June After Mrs, Dunn had received the wardrobes at her home, shew diseatistied with them, saying thai they were too Inrge and dwarfed her Tooms, She asked the plaintiff to fake back the wardrobes, Dut this Mr, Dreyfus refused to do," saying. that the customer who "had originally desired to purchase them had loft town. He had tried to collect payment from Mss. Dunn and Dr. Dunn But had failed.
The defence admitted that all this was true, that the wardrobes had been received and had not been paid for, Mr. Nelson, however, claimed that the articles had. been "bought through a misrepresentation by Nr. Dreyfus, Mrs, Dunn stated that when she had art inguived about the ward-Tobes, Mz. Dreyfus had told her that they were about 400 years old and that on another occasion he had said that they were between 300 and 400 years old. Mrs. Gray, who was Present when this conversation took Dlace, testified "to the same effect, Mig evidence was not refuted by the Mr, ¥. Laurel, Swedish student of chinese art ana culture, tested that hho had examined the wardrobes at Mis, Dunn's residence and that he judged ther to be anywhere from 80 fo. 120 years old, The age of the wardrobes, he said, was determined From the condition' of the wood at the feot of the articles.
ina petition to. the court, tr. Nelson pleaded for judgment and that the defendant be ordered to return the "wardrobes to. Mx. Dreyfus, Rendering his opinion on the ease, Commissioner Turton said merchant. who sells curios is bound cly any slatement he may make to prospective customers." Judgment was accordingly awarded in favour of the defendant and the wardrobes vere ordered to be returned to the Dlainti within 48 hours.
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