My Brother’s a Dope Fiend; Send Him to Jail – Tough Decisions to Make in 1936 Shanghai

Miss Ternozouboff – harsh but fair? The Ternozoboff’s were a Russian brother and sister living in Shanghai in 1936. He got a bit carried away with the heroin and became an addict. To feed his fix he stole a watch and a bronze statue belonging to his sister. It wasn’t the first time – he’d stolen from her before to buy heroin, pawning the goods. The judge seems sympathetic to the addicted brother and asks her to drop the charge. No way, she replies – gaol would do him some good! (though said with tears in eyes). So of he went, for a month with no heroin, but some fruit and cakes from his sister. Sorry, no idea if he kicked the habit….