The Chinese chauffeur of a foreign bank manager is being detained by the First Special District Court in connection with the alleged theft of two gallons of gasoline from his master. It was alleged by the prosecution that he hid the stolen gasoline under the seat of his master's car and that his subsequent carelessness resulted in the ignition of the gasoline and burning of the car which was severely damaged, despite efforts made by fire fighters, Hearing will be resumed next Wednesday, The accused, Liu Lien-sen, is the chauffeur employed by a manager of the Banque Belge pour L'Etranger at 20 the Bund, It was alleged that the increased east of living rendered him unable to make both ends meet and he stole less than $10 worth of gasoline which he hid under the seat of his master"s car. Several days ago, in the morning, a leakage suddenly developed and when he started the car a fire broke out inside the car then parked on the Bund, An alarm was raised and members of the Fire Brigade arrived, But it was too late to save the car despite admirable efforts made by -fire fighters, The damage ran into five figures. Phe Central police later made investigations and suspecting that Liu was responsible for the whole trouble, they arrested him and brought him before Judge Sheng. ferred. The other units inertioned settled down to a peaceful life of garrison duty,
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