orderly in the Public Gardens, Earl being were charged with bei d die Two sailors, uxmed Sols ds and End,
ther charged with endeavour: to Rowlands from custody, and assault-police.
The evidence showed that on Tuesday ter noon, while the Town Band was playin the Gardens, Rowlands went in drunk and behaved' in an objectionable manner. Police constable Mackay turned him out twice; but he returned and fused to go out. Mackay then took him into custody, when two of his companion one of whom was stated to be an Ameri "subject," endeavoured to rescue: Mackay was thrown down; bat som music came to his nasi Earl and the American who called himeelf Williams, but whose name was goid to be Miller, were taken into custody.
His Woxsure ordered Rowlands to pay fine of $8 or go to prison for ten days. Earl, he ordered to be imprisoned for three at the Americs tenced to ten day: sine, Quack and, sone subsequently tried Frevertce Grorce Keetiso, Sergeant of the Municipal Police Force, was charged and wounding a Portuguese med Portaris, employed as a compositor in the of ce ut the Shanghai Mercury by striking him on the head with his baton on Sunday morning.
charge arose out of a disturbance during which two Portuguese wore taken into custody for being disorderly, while two others—the complainant and 'a man named Dalyado wore afterwards arrested charg ouring to rescue the two from custody, Portarin tearing his coat, canes were dat the Portuguese Consulate before the Chancellor of the Court, the absence through of Consul-General. On the dorly conduct, three of the released on tre ing been locked uy station was auflicient pu fourth was ordered to stady for twenty-four hours of assault nud damiaye ton cent, made against Portnrin, was left decided by the British Court when dealing with the Se charge of na-ault made by Poxtar ist Sergeant Keeling.
"The Defendant itted having struck baton und cut pleaded that he hind done it The Complainant aid that on Saturday night he and eleven friends were walking along the strecta when he heard that two Of the party, who were separated from had been arrested, He went to the Ci Police Station accom: ied by two of the party, uxmed Machado and Dalgado, for the ose of friends out; but as the second of charge-room xt the Police Sta geant Keeling pushed him and struck him on the head with his baton, a that he fell senseless, He was afterwards sent in company with another sergeant to Dr. Milles to have his wound dressed; after which he returned to the Police Station and was locked up for the night, He didn't tell Sergeant Keolthat he wanted to bail dino time to d euwe Sergeant Keeling knocked him down with the b tou 'a8 soon as he got to the door of the charge-room. He had no doctor's certificate, because Dr. Milles had refused to give 5 he paid Tle. 5 for it.
examined by the defendant, complainant suid it was not true that all th men went to the police station an ted a disturbance, and that he (complainant) was twice turned out of the office. He would not say he was suber; he had drunk " little, but was not drunk. He lind never enid'* you shall not lock up my friends 3" it was another man who eaid that. He did not tear the defendant's cent, and he did not know how it came to be torn.
AxTonro Mactapo said he and Dalgado accompanied Purtaria to the police station for the purpose of bailing out thole frlende who were lucked up. As sven xs they got to the door of the charge room, Serzeant Keo-ling struck baton and ki struck witness on the arm. Portaria fell senseless when he was struck. TheServexnt, before he struck Porturia, aid, If you don't get away from here [will break your head," Portarin said nothing to t: © Sergeant, he had yo time to aay anything, Cross-examined, the witness denied that more than three of the party had gone to the two were taken into and he denied that any of them went into the office.
Curaente Detcavu and E. pa Sinva, the Intter being one of the twoanen first taken into custody, corroborated the evidence given by the complainant and Machado The De the two m to the police station and placed them in the dick in the charge room, the rear of the men came to the station, and sume of them rushed into the charge-room, While he was turing them out, the two prisoners got out of the dock, and he had to tum round in order to put them into the dock While his buck wax thus tuned to pen door, he war assaulted from bee the door once baton in self 43 twelve, and he was obliged to use his tuff to pro: tect himeelf, Sergt. Bourxe said at about ton minutes to one on Sunday morning he was going to bed in the prlico barracks at the Central Police Station when he heard " disturbance below. Knowing that there was only one man in the charge room, he put on his helmet and tunic as he was going down stairs and hurried there, He saw some men in the yard, but he could not say how many and on getting ty the chwrye room he saw the complainant and two other men in the and Dalyado and Machado in the ce, He told them to go out, but they they would not go without their He put ther out twice, and Dalyado atill refused to go, he took him i ady. He had to threaten Machado with his staff before he would no. All the men were mere or less drunk, Ho took Portsrin to De. Milles, and on his way there th" complainant said he had been fourteen years in Shanghai and nine his present employment, and th ver He considered that Porturin was not sober, One of the witnesses stated that the party had been diving together at a Chi hotel, and all that they had had to d was one bottle of sherry between Uvelve of them, His Worsai adjourned the Saturday, for medical nat the wound sustained by the Slst Oct.
The hearing was resumed at the Police Court th and a second charge, of ascan Machado, heard, the alleged assault in this ea ing admitted ty have been very slight, Chief Inspector Cameron and a Chinese constable corroborated part of Sergeant Keeling's evidence; but Mr. Mowat, while he considered it proved that the mon had been making a disturbance outside the Police Station, thought the fact of twelve of them having allowed one Sergeant to take two of them i they did not offer the authority of the police. his decision, adjourning the case till Monday.
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