AT the Mixed Court on Wednesday morning (with ultimo) before Me. Chang (magistrate) and) Mr.
Mayers (British Assessor), two boatmen were charged with stealing and two men with receiving forty piculs of ballast iron from the P.&Q. steamer Cinsan. Detective Brown said some 30 tons of ballast was being removed from one end of the steamer to the other, by means of the cargo boat. The boatmen bid xbout 40 piculs in the bottom of their boat and took it afterwards to Pootung where they sold it to the receivers. An officer of the steamer, who attended, said the men were regularly employed in lighters by the company and if they would take the iron they would take anything. The value of the iron was about Tls. 4 per picn!. The value stolen was aleut Tle. 160. Inspector Aiers sid that Mr. BA, Hewett hat requested that the men be severely dealt with. He, the inspector did not know whether the men lad any means of repaying the value stolen, Detective Brown said that he thought the laodah was ina position to baya portion. The Court fined the two receivers and the lao inh $40 each in addition to one month's imprisonment each or, failing compensation, three months' imprisonment. 'The other man was sentenced to receive 200 blows.—The man who assaulted Mr. H. Schroeder o+ Saturday and who appeared before the Court on Monday was sentenced to undergo five days' cangue—On Monday "morning (Ist instant) before Mr. Chang (Magistrate) and Mr, S.
Mayers (British Assessor), a native brus-smith was charged with a number of others not in custody with forcibly carrying a complainant into the country and detaining there for the pu pose of extorting money on the 4th of August last year; also with being a professional gambler and a source of danger to the peace and order of the Settlement, Mr. F. Ellis (Messrs. Browett and Ellis) appeared for the accused and Acting Chief Inspector J. Ramsay for the Police. Mr. Ellis said he had been instructed by cused to appear for him, but as that was only Inst Friday it was inconvenient to him to have the case heard just then. He had applied to Capt.-Superintendent Boisraxou, who said he had no obj-ction toa remind, but thought the application should first be made to the Court, and he now asked for the case to be remanded until next Friday morning, He understood the charge was one of taking a man into the country and attempting to extort money. Inspector Ramsay suid the man was brought before the Courtan a warrant; there were two other warrants issued against him, one from the Viceroy and the other from the Taotai, but the Court would not hand the warrants to the police. He (the Inspector) had no objection to a remand being granted xo long as the man was remanded in the custody of the police. Mr. Ellis said that the max had been brought to the Court on a warrant and now he learned that there were two more warrants against him. He would like to
also to apply for bail, He had alrendy have some specific change. He wished made the suggestion to Capt. Boisragon, but he had been refused on the ground that the police since August Inst had been trying to find accused. He would like the Court to be satisfied on that point. He was in a position to show that accused had been in employ all the time. The Court granted the remand, but would not admit accused to bull. Mr. Ellis thereupon asked upon what grounds bail was refused, but the Assessor said he was not prepared to {discuss that matter. Further discussion elicited the fact that the other warrants were issued for gambling and removing boundary stones, the first of which dated from the 30th May, 1898. Mr. Ellis asked on what charge accused would be tried, and the Court informed him that it would be onthe charge of carrying off the complainant and detaining him in the country. 'The case was then remanded until next Friday.—A "boy" was charged with stealing $65 from the officers' cabins on board the River Police hulk, Inspector Mellows stated that sums of $40 and $25 had been stolen from two officers and a silvered patent watch key and
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