Ar the Mixed Court on Wednesday ult. before Mr. Wong (magistrate) and Mr.S, F. Mayers (British Assessor), two men were charged with assaulting a man and striking him on the leg with an iron crowbar. The man was seriously injured and, although the assault took place 14 days ago, he was not yet able to walk, and had to be carried into the Court. He haa at first been taken to the hospital, but was afterwards removed to his homo. The accused were sentenced to receive 500 blows and 12 months' imprisonment, and 900 blows and 6 months' imprisonment, respectively.—The same man who was before the Court last Friday for burglariously entering Nos. 12 and 14 Markham Road, and who was then sentenced to 6 mouths' imprisonment, was now charged with having stolen on the Sth ultimo, from Nos. 5, and 10, Markham Road, a gold watch, a jewelled gold cross, " pair of opera glasses and offfer articles of jewellery, and on the 16th ultimo, from No. 23 Sinza Road, a cold watch and other things. He was sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment, in addition to the sentenced passed last week. A coolie and x tailor were charged with being found in possession of part of the abovementioned articles, well knowing the same to have been stolen. The more valuable articles were found in the possession of the tailor. The latter was sentenced to two months' and the coolie to one mouth's imprisonment.—A riesha coolie barged with having stolen an um-value $8, which had been left in his ricsha in Bubbling Well Road on the 21st instant. It was evidently a deliberate theft, as the coolie knew where the owner lived. He was ordered to receive 100 blows.—The coolie who was charged last: Friday with defrauding the Shanghai Waterworks Company, by obtaining water from another house after the supply had been cut_off from his own premises, was again before the Court. The police found that the proprietor of the premises nad gone to Canton. The prisoner was sentenced to one week's imprisonment.—A man was charged with being on the Premises of the Shanghai General. Hos-Pital, on the 24th instant, for unlawful Inspector Ramsay said that the ied that the prisoner was there for the purpose of theft and he knew him to be a well-known thief, He was sentenced to 14 days' cangue—Inspector Bourke drew attention to the case, heard last. Friday, in which the proprietor of jcookshop, No. 364 Canton Road, was charged with having set fire to his premises and in which case judgment had been reserved. Mr. Holcomb said that he wished to make a few remarks with reference to the case. Since the previous hearing, he had been instructed by the prisoner's relations to appear for the defence. He had read the.evidence, as reported in the newspaper, and had also
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