Fined $500
Séquel to Presentation Of Uncashable Cliequé
Hsu Jen-lin, former sub-rnánager of the now closed Yung Sheng Rice Shop in Tientsin Roád was fined $500 yesterday by the First Special District Court yesterday for presenting ah uncashable cheque to a rice dealer just before his ship Was closed d few Weeks ago. In connection with the Same cast the péliee are looking for the manager of the closed shop.
Heu was dealt with leniently by the court because his lawyer stated his client had no intention of swindling, having lost much in the rice business which had forced Him to close the shop. Before its closure the shop bought more than $48,000 Worth of rice from some other rice merchants and issued a cheque to clear up the accounts. The cheque was later found uncashable and when the sellers wanted to see the buyers the latter could not be located and the shop haü been closed.
The Louza police were informed and ds a result of painstaking work the officers recently arrested the accused sub-manager fu a French Concession house where a bank pass book and more than $700 in notes were also seized. The manager of the closed shop Hsieh Tsai-chang is still at large. It was brought to light in court that a civil claim between the accused and complainants had already been settled outside the court, 500,000 Chinese Return To Hongkew Area During the first five months of the year, 7,470 Chinese families totaling 499,543 individuals were permitted to take up residence in the Hongkew area north of Soochow Creek, according to statistics compiled by the rehabilitation section of the Office of the Japanese Naval Resident Officer, the "Shanghai Mainichi" reported yesterday.—The number of Japanese residents in Shanghai at the beginning of May was 68,920, the daily also reported Chinese workers employed in Japanese-owned cotton mills totalled 67,841 at the beginning of the year the report also said, the "Mainichi" said.—Domei.
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