Headline
South China Morning Post News 1911-10-02
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1911-10-02
- Publication Year
1911
Page
8
Column
Police Court
Key Person
Organisation
Summary
Four Chinese were charged at the Magistracy with demanding the sum of $39,000 from a Chinese actor named Sam Pak Tsoi. The story told by the prosecution was that six men approached the actor at the Chung Hing Theatre and demanded $39,000 (the amount of 6 years salary at the rate of $6,500 per year), and produced an agreement purporting to bear the signature of the actor, whereby the latter consented to part with six years salary in respect of an old apprenticeship.
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