The high price of rice caused a school teacher and one of his students to steal rice belonging to a woman living at 8 Sing Chuen, Singapore Road on June 18. This was revealed in the First Special District Cour: on Monday when they were given suspended six-month prison terms for the crime. It was alleged in court that one Chao Hsien, who is a tenant in the house where the crime was committed, instigated the crime and fo the police are looking for him.
Police evidence was that Chao saw one of the occupants of his house, a Mrs. Li, buy seven piculs of rice for $900. He was alleged to have asked the sentenced men to help him in secretly removing the rice from the house. They did their job during the absence of the woman They intimidated her amah and placed the rice in two trucks which they drove towards the French Concession. The Gordon Road police turned out later and arrested the two men.
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