Y¥.20,830
Two Russians, two Gypsies and two Chinese faced the First "Special Disthigt- Court yesterday. on charges of having misappropriated a sum of Yen 20,830, All the accused were ordered detained for a week pending further investigations.
Ju bringing out the evidence, Mr. Paul L. Tsiang, municipal advocate, told the court that four of the six mused defrauded Mr.' Sze Tsoonyoung, a wealthy silver broker, of the: sum, on the pretext of negotiating a big-scale money exchange, transaction at e Paramount Hotel, Vu Yuen Road. The accused ate: P.
Tretiakoff, 3% both Russian Hoodan, 40, Persian gypsy, J. Mihai, #2, Rumanian gypsy; and Tsoong Hsau-tsong, 22, and Liu Kung-hai 46. Kondenko, Hoodan and Liu were al-Teged to have been directly involved.
The complainant first came to know pou, throat Tsoong Hsau-zung, roker. Through Liu, Mr. Sze met Kondenko and Tretiakoff at an address at Ningpo Road, after. Liu had told him that a number of foreign businessmen were desirous of buying quantities of yen notes with Chinese dollars, Mr. Sze is alleged to have agreed to let the interested "businessmen" have Yen 20,830 for $25,000. On Thursday a meeting was arranged at the hotel whereupon Kodenko, Tretiakoff and Liu went to the hostelry on Friday morning telling the complainant that they wanted to See the yen notes. They counted the achages of yen notes and said that they would be back in the afternoon with the required $25,000. In the afternoon, Hoodan is alleged to have again counted the money and to have proceeded to stuff the notes into a large envelope, telling Mr. Sze to wait for the other accused who were to bring the Chinese notes, At about 430 pin, on Friday, Kondenko and Liu made their appearance in the Rotel room bringing with them a suitcase and an account book, according to the evidence presented in court yesterday.
'The fate of Jewish retail business and artisans' workshops has been regulated by: a decree of the Minister of Economics, which says that Jewish retail business must, on principle, be dissolved and wound up by January
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