The prisoner, a marine belonging to H.M.S. Encounter, was brought up in custody charged with stealing s fav, valued at 10 cents, from a Chinaman, and also with assaulting a friend of the prosecutor. milkman. Last night I was walking in Hong-Kew when the accused took my fan out my hand. I asked him for it, but he would not return it, I told a tailor, is to ask him for it, but the it back, 40 we took him to the Station. prisoner went himself to the Police Station. 'A China policeman took him there.
Cuanc-xWwat-rou, said—I am a tailor, and my shop is in Woosung Road. About 8 o'clock Jast evening I was standing at my shop door. Tuo accused came and pushed me with his elbow. Lsaw the man was drunk and ran the Police Station, And the prisoner followed. way. He hit mo ae I ran. I went towards
I went inside the compound and he came after me. He strack me there. I cried out and a policeman came up. The accused stopped. I did not seo him take the fan from the last witness, but I saw it in his hand. It is the one produced in Court.
GxoRGE SKINNER, sworn, ssid—I am a British subject and sergeant of Municipal Police. Last night, while on office duty at Hongkew Station, I heard a noi people rushing into the yard and I ran into the compound. I there saw the two complainants and the accused. The last witness was close to the prisoner when I got to them. Prisoner had the fan (produced) in his hand, which he was holding up in a threaten: ing manner. It was not sufficiently light for mo to seo exactly what it was, but I took it from him, and he went into the office with The first witness accused him of stealing his fan in Woosang Road, and the last witness said be had been assaulted by him.
In reply to His Worsmtr, the prisoner said he was drank at the time, and was now very sorry for what he had done, Tu answer to a question from the Bench, Sergeant Skinner said the accused had certainly been drinking, but he did not think he was so drunk as not to know what he was doing.
His Worsmre would inflict a five of $1, and imprisonment for 48 larceny would be dismissed, as there did not seem to be any evidence of felonious inten tion, 10th July.
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