THE WILY CHINEE.
INTkiaLSTIMU SCENE IN COURT. An interesting scene developed in the Wuugumii .Magistrates Cour: on I Monday, when, on the, infwrniat.oii i i j the Inspector of Weights and M.:a----i sures '.:'.! r K. Gohns) a Chinaman named Wong Choug, furiterer, of the Avenue, was charged with usmg inaccurate scales. The ease proceeded as much as usual (reports the Herald), until the informant, producing the scales in Court, gave a demonstration of their working. He placed a lib weight in the plate, then placed 12 ounces in the pan wherein goods are placed. The machine naturally weighed short. He then picked the 12oz weight out of the pan, ami threw it into the pan, which again refused to go down. A third time the weight was put in, bin this time in a certain peculiar manner, placing the weight on one side of the pan, whereupon the scales immediately showed a full pound weight. Mr Brodie, appearing for defendant, tried to perform the trick, but was unsuccessful, and Mr Gohns explained that he had seen the defendant doing it so often that he had at last "caught the knack." There was no further evidence against defendant, but the Court re marked that there was no doubt that the scales were very inaccurate in the hands of the owner. Such imposition on the general public must he stopped. A fine of Co was imposed. ,There were no apparent signs as tc how the scales, which were confiscated, were manoeuvred, but investigations ai'e now proceeding. \
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 49, 25 September 1916, Page 7
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254THE WILY CHINEE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 49, 25 September 1916, Page 7
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