"George Gambling, a Russian coook of 74 Route de Say Zoong, was brought before the Mixed Court yesterday morning on charges of being drunk and disorderly and assaulting a Chinese by striking him about the head with his clenched fists. He was remanded in custody pending the appearance of the complainant who is now in hospital."
At least he was not gambling...
"George Gambling, a Russian coook of 74 Route de Say Zoong, was brought before the Mixed Court yesterday morning on charges of being drunk and disorderly and assaulting a Chinese by striking him about the head with his clenched fists. He was remanded in custody pending the appearance of the complainant who is now in hospital."
Posts from This Journal “crime” Tag
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Over 4,100 historic images of Shanghai mapped on PastVu
Highlights of this project appear on the Facebook page Mapping Old Shanghai. Here is a selection of some locations from the latest hundred: A…
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Russians beat the grim record again (1933)
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Second Merchant Allegedly Imitating Wrigley (1934)
This alarming criminal trend was reported in August 1934: Frenchtown Chinese Selling Migrey Gum The French Poilce have located another alleged…
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Chinglish creeps in...
Shine.cn is known to deliberately "forget" and sinify the foreign names of Shanghai landmarks, so now Lagrene Elementary School, or…
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Cleaning up the history, one plaque at a time
Mansion Hotel – plaque sanitized and (already mild) references to gangster origins removed: The text on the hotel's website changed the…
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Capture of the bandit Vahkader, who was terrorizing the region (1906)
Le Petit journal. Supplément illustré, 21 Oct 1906. Image: Harvard. News about the capture of Vah Ka-der: From the…
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