Persons obtaining or trying to obtain illegal profits caused the criminal: branch judge of the First Special District Court to be very busy yesterday. Tsu—Hoong-den drew six months having been found guilty of forging Japanese passes and inoculation certificates which would allow people to travel in the occupied interior. His establishment at 6 Hankow Road was recently raided by the police and many forged documents were found there, Tsu had sold many forged passes and certificates.
Two other men drew 30 days each for stealing fire extinguishers from two houses in Tongshan Road by posing as fire brigade officials. An alleged copper melter named Wong Kyi-zung faced the serious charge of having, on various occasions prior to June 24, melted more than 5,000 coppers and two small copper ingots in his establishment in Vu Ya Ching Road. He was remanded for a week pending further investigations.
A German emigré was sentenced to five months' imprisonment and fined $800 for stealing a camera from a Chinese, who advertised in newspapers offering to sell it, The accused lured the seller to a big hotel room where he gave a receipt in return for the camera presented to him, promising to pay cash later.
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