Seventeen complainants appeared at the Mixed Court on Tuesday against the proprietor of a merch-andis shop, whom the police allege issued false cheques for purchases and who later attempted to convert ie goods and get away. Messrs. Bucknell and Sung heard the evid-fence and remanded the case for a week, Det -Sgt. Bebenin, attached to Central station, prosecuted for the police.
On October 20, Sgt. Bebenin told: the Court, the proprietor opened shop at 203 Hankow Road, a business seemingly pretentious and immediate ly bought large quantities of goods! on credit, paying" for them with cheques on the Chung Hua Commereiat and Savings Bank, Ld., of Shanghai. All cheques were made payable on December 2. In addition'
those known already, the officer thought that more complainants' would make an appeal as other Gold bills were found among the papers in the offic was removed through the ceiling and. taken to a lodging house. The appearance of the shop was disguised on Monday, most of the other boxes being kept closed. When he opened them, he found them empty.
A party of police, the officer went. on to say, raided the lodging house von Monday night and found four ts (they were in the dock) and merchandise, which was attached.
The proprietor was not! found.
The latter had propered on Sunday to go into voluntary liquidation, wishing to settle for 60 per cent. but it appears that he had difficulty, securing a lawyer.
The proprietor had, however, come to the Mixed Court on Tuesday: morning to liquidation, remit shat be was arrested, bail being fixed in the! sum of Tls. 2,000, shop or cash seevrrit he Court allowed bail for the a sistant at Tis, 500,
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