The Governor of Anhui reports the trial of three men who were concerned in a robbery in Ssu Chou the summer before last. ing in want they and six others agreed to attack the house of a widow lady living in the country close by and known to be a wealthy person, They set out together one evening, some armed, some carrying torches, and some empty handed. Halfway one of the party was afraid to go on, and was therefore ordered to wait by the roadside till the rest returned. They reached the house soon after nightfall, and finding the door open, rushed in. The lady's son, who was sleeping on the threshing floor outside, came to the rescue, but was shot dead by one of the gang. Having plundered the
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