ALLEGED CHINA FRAUDS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 7

ALLEGED CHINA FRAUDS.

A DEAIiEB AREESTED. (By •Telograph.-Pross iESociation.-Ooprrlght.) ;. . ;> London, November 5. , As a sequel to tho of the executors of Charles DiOklns -v. IllliSj! &■ llond Streot ohina dealer, in May last—in which it was alleged that articles of ■ china, woro. sold to deceased at: huge, e.ver-values, through,- fraudulent - mis-representation-Arthur Thomas -Ellis.' has been arrested at Bitterda'm at the yiastance ' of: the British police. - . ' charges .involve 26' items; in respect of which tho Jlalo Mr. Dickins paid - for articles of Dresden and Sevres china, which it jf Alleeed ai-o, not worth more than >61000. It, isl stated,.Hiat Mr. Dickini was in a condition of EPniie deCiiy. lii the civil action brought W May, before Mr. Justice Grantham,'by the °/' / , Dick J n . s against - Ellis,the jury\found for plaintiffs for, .£10,342.,: Mr. Justice Grantham said-, \lf,. a person of great experience, such as tho. defendant had been :?te n t? ¥' to a purhlm; ®?- artlo - 10 .W ' v «ry great .value, ff wa f > rorth -£300 or when tLSf —' oal y -'f; couple of ; pounds, he thought no jury ivould-havo any diffibiilty,in coming to. tho conclusion, that it was ■ a criminal offence. And until some of these tran?iictions. wero troatod, as .criminal offences it, was.clear thoso frauds would continue; "He A time-somebody tried to sweep 1 ? ■ 4j'ff £!an , which had been disclosed to them in rogard to -the way in''whioh djalers got hold of peoplo,. some of whom the jury, could ilot pity, but many of whom they could pity.] 1 . -v - - --■ '