Ar the Mixed Court on Wednesday (24th) before Mr. Wong (magistrate), and Me. S.F. Mayers (British Assessor), the two coolies remanded from Monday: last in connvetion with the theft of x case of whisky and a case of Messrs.
Gande and Co.'s ya down were huni before the Court. Me, Gande stated that there were about 20° coolies employed at the godown, One of the ne-Gused was the thief, the other acted as receiver. The former was sentenced to two months' and the latter to one months! mprisonment.—Kight men were ebnrged with climbing and thereby managing a theatre wall. Mr. Grant, of Messrs. Gushny and Swith, stated the men were in the hbit of taking bricks out of the wall in order to climb up and view the play from the windows, aid when intos fered With they threw stones and other missiles into the theatre. Several tenants in the neighbourhood had left their houses owing to the presence of these rowdies that nity. 'There were sentenced to 5 days' cangue.—The chih-Tsien, or (acting) city magistrate sat on the bench in the trial of a case of alleged assault with fatal consequences. The ceedings were conducted almost wholly fu the vernacular. The case appeared we follows. On the 4th of October last ar & man was brought to the Cen tial Police Station on a stretcher in an an-conscious condition, accompanied by some friends, He was conveyed to th tung Road hospital, where he died. men were arrested at the instigation of deceased's friends, accused of having caused his death during a tea-house brawl, Somehow or other a native detective also included in the accusation. Inspector Mathe-on pointed out that an ingness had been held on the body, the verdict at whicn was "death from natural causes." Detective-Inspector Armstrong ed the tua was in a very) week condition when brought to the station and had been sutfe ing from dysentery. went into the case at rest sss after witness, who had already for the most part given evidence at the inquest, was examined, and finally the charge against the detective was not proven, The wife of deceased and the four ordered to appear at the city tribe trial, An amole of the detective brough: forward by the police vidence of attempted extortion by the city runners. H2 had been approached by the runners to pay sum of $150 on a profaise that the cage would be hushed ap, and bad refused. $100 of this sam was to be paid deceased's wife and $30 to the runners for their trouble, 'This portion of the ease, however, was not gone into. The whole conduct of the ease by the chihsien ho' ed again how intolerable the pt stitution of the Mixed Court ie. Mayers, vainly tr inst the loud and july: bility of th before Mr. sesser), the men scased of putting Royal Dutch I into ti cal of the Star Oil were ay The man whom the broker m also appeared. This man s mistake, as he ordered the ithe broker fixed up the tins. The Ri stable said that when the found tie boxes of the used chops for sealing up the tins, one of which the boatman a smith threw overboard. The middleman said the was sold as Royal Datch oil. but 3 R. H. Hunt of the Standard Oil Ca. they had no right 1 put the caps on the t ther, that this sort of thing ly ug on for months. and would still niles checked by exemplary punishing profit was made by these men of about 20 er 30 exch tin sold. If the practice was it would considerably injure the Court order-to be divided between the The broker was the boatman and mith were dixchary.
The 500 tins of ait seized by the p were to be turned to the middleman after the caps had been rewt Mr.
F. Mayers (British assessor), a man was four flower pots, two of weal as having been in Tiendong Read, convicted Lice before ni months' imprisonment.—Inspector on prosecuted tu thr rate cases of fir Off bombs and crackers in the West Ho kew district uring prohibited how In two eases defendants were fined $5 exch, in the third ease defendant, who had twice en summoned, was tined SLA for failing te answer the summons. -On Monday (29th) before Mr. Wong (. and Mr, F. Mayers (British assessor), Mr. W. V. sre Hall and Holtz at his resi ring, a watch te the vue of $150. The property wa stolen from complainant's bedroom, who xed confessed. He was gi days' cangue and three months prison t.—A native police constable Wa charged with receiving bribes fro men, Accused it see duty outside the S and allowed and cppsite the Club paid him daily sum in tick vanced two men one dollar for which they were to have the and and to pay the days, Acothe ricsha men at a price ably below their value, getting rid of them again at a youd profit. Inspector Matheson stated prisoner had admitted his guilt. Chief-Inspector Howard pressed for exemplary Pinishinent, Accused was sentenced one month's cangue and two months' imument.—The three men charged Inst with sterling goods from Mr. Max Wolff's shop were again brought up. Two were discharged, the other was given month's—imprisonment. cargo-bent, laudth was chaczed with obstructing the north end of the Kiukiang Road jetty with his cargo-boat (No. 9), and refusing to move when told to do so by the constable. He was tined $5.—A mafoo was accused of carelessly driving one "f Messrs. Schiller Co.'s enol wagons over the Garden Bridge, causing damage toa private riesha to the extent of $18. He was ordered to pay for the damages, or in default 14 days' imprisonment.—A' house-boy was charged with stealing a quantity of cutlery and plate from Mr. J. Ferrier's house in Clhaoufoong Road. Detective Brown stated the man had formerly been employed at the Shanghai Club asa bar boy, and as house boy at a house on the Broadway. At the latter place cutlery had been found to disappear and he was dismissed. En the present instance he erms with one of Mr. 1 the articles ion by a They were $3 and only x portion had been He was sentenced to a month's A receiver of the articles dat his wife appeared ut the Several cases of The now the regu tion concerning this offence.
Ramsay stated that the firing off of bombs and eracke's was absolutely forbidden the settlements, but sometimes, though very rarely, a permit was granted, Tue Assessor observe! that there was no excuse whatever for firing them off at night, and wished te know if any privilege was 200 at the celebration of the Chinese New Inspector Ruunsay said there 9 none whatever, Two men were fined 35 euch for firing bombs off at night, one man $3 for doing sw during the daytime. and two men one dollar each for firing seekers during the day.
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