Nov n looks very bad for ung, manager of the Kwung Ballroom and. Hotel Rue El popularly ys" for charged with bribing warders of the Second Special prison in order that he might have Boy of the association.
The first more freedom in the Jail where he accused took to his heels but was! is to stay for six months on an caught. In his possession were found opium-smoking charge.
When he the stolen articles. was brought before the tribunal on November 20, the judge took 40 serious a view of the cise that he Fraud Charge refused to. grant bail, Two other Shanghai, Nov, 23 prisoners and two warders uso stood Maurice "Molly Dietrich, fe trial but they all denied that they: night clu were involved, Chen admitted hav= ink bribed the warders, Judgment fay by the Fiest.
Special Disteiet will be passed on November 27, Court on a fraud charge but the} The French police are still look-Fentence was suspended for fou ing. for two fugitive warders believed years. He was said to have defrauded to have also been bribed i this Mr. Auslander of the Auslander Fi fous ease which has attracted 50 wid ance and Import Office at 93 Pekiny attention among the Chinese that the Road of US. $00 ard si0. courtroom was crowded 10 capacity.
Police evidence was that Chen readily admitted that he had November '17 Dietrich went id' money to some warders in order victim with i business proposition that he might be able to "obtain was revealed that he asked for $706 boiled water" and cigarettes. His on the promise that he would deliver lawyers asked for leniency stating 40 cases of inned milk which he said that their client's purpose of iving could buy it the price of $35 por money to warders was to reduce his case. The market price then sutoring and that his action did. not $55 and so Mr. Auslander gave him violate. lay. The judge refused US$60 to make a profit. The mill rant their request for bail, was to have been delivered the same There was a heated debate between day but the acewsed failed to deliver the Chief Procurator, who drew up Several days passed and Dietrich still the indictment against the scoused, could not carry out his. obligation and lawyers for the defence. The He was finally arrested when he procurator strongly urges! the judge showed up on November 21 to punish all accused, explaining that despite their denial the accused Greedy Rickshaw Owners F warders could not shift their responsibility for receiving bribe money', Shanyhai, Nov Lawyers speaking on behalf of the accused warders did their best 10, exonerate their clients, asserting that exorbitant rickshaw owners it the bribe money was Yeceived by the hai. Twelve owners were each warders who are at large, $100 yesterday by the First Special Chen was sentenced many weeks District Court for collecting more ago to six months" imprisonment and shaw rental tha they are uring the imprisonment he was sup oflicialy allowed to collect, and posed to get rid of smoking went was passed at the request habit. "It was alleged, however, that of the Municipal Advocate that the: instead of Urying owners should be severely" punished. der he asked the was revealed in court that in to his hotel last month to obtain 987, the Shanghai Municipal Coun-ey 10 buy things which serve ruled that the daily rental pose of the judge. The procurapublic rickshaw should be 77 cents for soon got wind of what Mud hap-only. Violators of the rule were 10 ind_deew up am indictment be fined but many rickshaw owners him with bribery and the two have since overlooked the regulation orders, with malfeasance in Oflce, secretly increased rent, Two other prisoners were charged ince the hostilities, many of them with instigating the bribery.
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