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ALLEGED CHEQUE FRAUD LOCAL YACHTING

BRITISH ACCUSED APPEARS AT DISTRICT COURT

Alleges Wrongful Accusation

Six prisoners, instead of four., tain, he met Kashin who aid him were arraigned before Chief Judge that he had obtained 88,000. Ac- Talen in the First Special District case, saying that neither Mack nor Court last Thursday in connection cused asserted his innocence in the with the alleged fraud of 8136,688. Kashin had told him about the 25 on the Chartered Bank of India, forged cheques and that, although Australia and China on January he did go to a Japanese, shop to 12. They were.J. I. Ionin, Russian, order a block, he had no know- Wang Tsang-ching, exclerk of ledge that this was intended for Chartered Bank. L. Shmcolevsky, use in connection with the print- Russian, Zia Ping-foong, shop ac- ing of forged cheques. countant. E. V. Sainik,

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and Y'ang Zai-lin, printer. box and was sixed to tell the Court Salik was arrested in Tientsin,whether the first accused was once and brough to Shanghal early last an employee in his arm. week.

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Admissions and denials charac-here by the Central Police Station terised, yesterday's hearing which, and I wish to state to the Court after lasting over two hours, after that I have been wrongfully and which the case was adjourned by unjustfully accused by that de- Judge Tsien. With the exception fendant Ionin of being implicated of Shmoolevsky, who was released in his wrong doing and upon false on $300 shop security at the re- accusations have been indicted in quest of his lawyer, Dr. O. Fischer, the British Criminal Court. Under the prisoners were" all ordered to the circumstances". be returned to the police station. Here the Judge interrupted and The las accused, "who was sum-told the witness to answer just moned before the District Court, what he was asked. was ordered to be placed under ar- rest at the conclusion of yester lay's hearing, the police declaring that sufficient evidences had been gathered against him.

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Refusal to. Answer

Mack said that under the cir-" cumstances he respectfully asked the Court for its protection and desired not to answer any ques- tions that might tend to incrimin- ste him.

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"At the outset of the Court session, Mr. Paul Y. Ru, Assistant: Municipal Advocate, who conducted the pro-

As Mack was persistent in refus- secution, stated that the fifth pri-, soner had been implicated by Mr. Ing to answer his questions, the Kobayashi Japanese, who testi- Judge resumed his examination of fed at the first hearing that he the first prisoner. The latter said had, in company with another that once he and Kashin went to a Russian, visited his shop in De- arst prisoner. The latter said that cember and ordered a block for printing shop, but had forgotten cheques. The charges against the where the shop was situated. sixth prisoner were the same as cused said he had given $200 to those against the other accused as the third accused to buy clothing. he had printed the torged cheques The second accused said he be- tised in the alleged fraud. Counsel came acquainted with the first ac- then said that the police would cused through the introduction of like to call two more. witnesses the third and that since then, the but that only one of these, A. C.first accused had called at him' Mack, British, was in Court, the many times.. during which he de- other one. Marzel; a Russian, be-clared he could find him a better ing noi here although he had job and asked him to find a Char- made a written statement at the tered Bank.cheque for use in con- police station, sathing forth now nection with the "printing of a re- he had been sent by the first. ac- ceipt form. Accused sald a coolie cused to open accounts with three at the Chartered Bank by the Chinese banks; including the name Mang Tsang found at the China State Bank and the Klang-bank a B.A.T. cheque and gave this su and Cheklang Commercial and' to him in a lavatory. This, accus- Savings Bank.

ed said, he handed over to the first accused who gave $30 to the coole. Accused admitted having obtained. $4,500.

Block Made.

The Judge then questioned the Arst prisoner whether he had sent the Russian named Marzel to open accounts with Chinese banks and the first accused repiled In the negative.

The fifth prisoners, in answer to the Judge, stated that he was a friend of both A. C. Mack and the first accused, being an employee in Messrs. Bush, Mack and Co. from Accused July to December, 1933.

said that, by order of Mack, he visited a Japanese shop on Woo- sung Road to order a block in igust and September last year, but that the work was later done by Kashin, Russian. Accused, how ever denied having, ordered the printing of forged cheques on be half of others

Further questioned by the Judge. the first accused admitted having asked the second accused to find for him & Chartered Bank cheque and said he did not tell the second accused for what use this cheque was intended until about one week after he had obtained it.

Cheques Obtained

While admitting having visited various shops in company with Kashin, the third accused, ques- tioned by the Judge, declared" he had no knowledge that the purpose of their visits was to order articles to be used in a fraud. Accused caid that, by the first accused's order, he visited a Japanese shop Questioned when and why he left with Kashin. He and Kashin also Shanghai for Tientsiz). the Arth went to the home of Mr. Baptista prisoner said he arrived in T20- In motor-car. When they arriv- tsin on December 17 last because ad there, Kashin went in, but he

his wife and son were ill and nga- stayed in the car. When Kashin

ed a rest in the north. In Tien-came out, he showed him several

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cheques. He also accompanied Kashin to a Foochow Road shop as an Interpreter as he spoke fluent Chinese while Kashin could not. The first accused gave him "$100 on January 13 to buy clothing and another $100 on a Monday. In answer to a question as to how many people he had heard had talked about the cheque matter, the accused said he had heard Ionin, Wang Tsang Ching. Zis Ping Foong, Kashin, and Banzetti talked about that.

Mr. Ru told the Court that the police had not yet decided whether they were going to take action against Banzetti or not.

The fourth accused told the Court that he knew the first. accus- ed at the Teh sing beef shop, owned by his cousin, and that it was the Arst accused who had ask- ed him to print several cheques, the block for which, according to

the first accused, was given him by

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The Victoria and Albert Museum has acquired & very.. large Chinese fish-bowl of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and enamel green, red, and yellow; it bears the mark and dates from the reign of Wan 14 (1573-1819). These great garden bowls, made to hold ornamental fish and water-lilies, artistically techinically and

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Mack. Accused said he later asked the sixth accused to do the work. Questioned by the Judge, the sixth prisoner said he was the owner of the Lien Vi printing shop. When the first prisoner placed an order with his shop for the print-

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