Shanghai, Feb. 15.
Nicolay I. Toumanoff, 30, Russian, was sentenced to three years' im= prisonment by the First Special Dis trict Court yesterday for theft of $13,000 worth of leather. Two ace complices, Vladimir Pansmorof® and P. Karlaeff, wore sent to prison for ight and thee months respec Lively. The second accused, a Wor man, was. convicted of receiving stolen goods. "Her sentence however, was suspended for two years.
The principal offender, it was stated, had several previous covie~ tions against "him and admitted he alone participated in the actual theft and removed the leather on six dif ferent occasions from 305-21. Kungping Road between January 2 and 4 Taste When arrested Toumanoft was in possession of a loaded pistol stolen from the French Municipal Police here last year,
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