R. v, Lorrus.
Arracan, was brought up charged" with Bernard Loftus, A.B. of the sailing-shi
being drunk and incapable on the Tiendong Road on the 10th inst. He was also charged by the oaster, Capt. Donald, with being absent without leave since the Slst ult.
P.C. 39, sworn, said that, at 6.30 the previous evening, he apprehended the prisoners on Broadway, on the Chinese owner of the'ricksha giving them in charge for breaking the vehicle. Trey were under the influence of liquor, but went quietly with him to the station. Both shafts were broken through one of the prisoners tipping backward in the ricksha, it having no spur behind. Both went away after the accident.
The ricksha coolie stated that he left the vehicle on the road whilst he got a drink of tea in a shop and during his absence the prisoners broke both shafts, Ho caught
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