The re-h a ing of the case in which several men, me udinga Munic pal detect ye named Lee Sze-chuz, were ~en ences 5 0 bl.ws, one month's cangue, one your's i is and deportation for extort-tean an ther mau in a tea how 1 Foochow Real on the 29th September was continu d, Mz. Brosn-Burke appesring for the deteo: ive.
As instructed at the last hearing of the case, Inspector Matheson produced a list of the cent-nts of the complainant's boxes and exhibited several of the articles, including a gold watch with a brass chain and xn English sovereign attached, a mandarin's hat a d boots, some jewellery and various papers, a large bunch of keys, and 7 opium plyes.
Mr. Brown-Burke drew attention to the suspicious nature of much of this property. Wihout b-ing unzen: rous, the keys, about " hundred it. number, might w iT have belonged to " Yangtze pirate.
The \s-essor- I don't bink we need enter into speculation on ti at; out, After a short: conference wi h the Mu trate, tur Ass sor sal the Cour consi rered that on the whole the evide..ce ad: tuced by the various witness was of such a nature as to entitle the detective to the benefit of the doubt in the matt-r, What he could not unser-tand hower-r, was why that evidence had not been brou.ht forward at the first hesting of the case. If it had been the d-tect ye might have been spared avery unpleasant month, He would te Mr—"Brown-Burke, in thanking the Court for the a t-tion given to. the vay protract d case, said lie suppa-ed the property of the conplenint then in Cur. woud be ¢ nfiscated.
The Assessor—I do nor see how we em tio off-la d, but it will be detained puling further proc edi and the complainant will meanws..ile be confined at the Court.
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