Prisoners belong to the crew of the steamer Agamemnon, and on Tuesday they were before the Court charged, in conjunction with two others named William Skinner and John Ko-horta, with being absent without Leave and being drunk and disorderly at the Hongkew Police Station.
Two of their shipmates had been arrested lice for drunkenner and between leven o'clock on Monday morning they went to the Polis Station and demanded their release. 'They were told they had been to the Court, and they then created a disturbance, and' when the Police attempted to arrest two of them, the others cloved in and rescued them. Evens tually they were all taken into custody. berts, who did not take part payment of the sent to gaol for on the charge of being absent without leave, with instructions that they brought up again to-day to be dealt with on the other charge.
Mr. STRIPLING, acting Superintendent of Police, did not press for any serious punishment.
His Wonsnir ordered each of them to pay a fine of $1 and the costs, or in default of payment to be imprisoned for a week,
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