A mafoo was charged with causing an obstruction with his pony and carriage in the Nanking Road at pan, on the Bard ant. said that about 5 p.m. ant _he noticed two car. outside the Town Hall for time. "He told them to move on and one did so, but the other—the defendant's—did not do so, the defendant saying that his master would be out ina minute, Witness waited some time, and then told the defendant to turn into Kwangse Road and wait there. The defendant refused to do so, and refused to come to the Police Station. Witness then called foreign P.C. 28 said he also told the defend to ium into Kwangse Read, but latter refused He told the Sikh to take the carriage to the Station, The mafoo remained seated inside the carriage, and the d the horse.
Tuspeetor Wilson said that about 5 p.m. port ing Road. The traffic re-there wi so lot of traffic in that
gulation with reference to the Town Hall as that at 11 a.m., after the market closed, no carriages were allowed to stand in the' road opposite the Hall; they must wait in the side street.
Mr. J. B. Roach said that on the afternoon of the 23rd instant. he called at the Town Hall to try the lights for Inv, Crompton's concert. "He was only in the Hall about 5 minutes, as he had simply to switch the lights on and off again When he came down again, he found that his afvo and exrriage had been taken to the ion, At the sume time there were plenty of other carriages standing outside the shops. If hi be was at fault, he thought the Police anight have gone inside the Hall and notified witness.
"The Assessor said that the mafoo committed a breach of the regulation, and further, refused to obey the orders of the Police.' He would be fined $5.
Shanghai, Ist July, Before Mr Sux (Magistrate), and Mr. B, Gites (British Assessor).
Counterfeiters Captured, Two men were charged with having in their possession and unluvfully, manufac: turing spurious cash with intent to cirenthe sume; also with being in_posses-n of mould and tools for the manufacture of spurious cash, at No. 352, Yuhang Road, on the 30th June.
Tnspeetor Rourke said th i tion received, the prisoners on the present charge. They bought Lune quantities of the large cash, melted it and fixed it with other metal and moulded the small cash out of the same. isoners admittd that they were manufactur ing spurious cash, but sid that they only rived here from Soochow four days ago. The large cash were purchased in Soochow. 10,000 spurious cash were found on the premises The prisoners were arrested in the act of making the cash.
The prisoners were sentenced to 3 months, cangue, and 3 tive Jour? ged Sedition.
Sung Tsoh-suh and Ssu Yuen-sula, writers, Sung Ku-foo, shroff, Tsong Bing sing, teacher, and Loong Teo-tsu, unemployed, were brought before the Court, arrested on a warrant, on a charge sedition.
Me. F, Ellis said that he appeared on behalf of the prisoners Under the cireumstances the case would have to be adjourned, but he asked that the charge be made more specific. "Sedition" was 2 very comprehensive term and might include a multitude of offences which could not be proved.
'The Assessor said that the charges' wou'd certainly have to be specified more clearly and the prisoners would be remanded in {custody to enable this to be done, and to j give Counsel for the prosecution (if any) and for the defence time to prepare their cases.
Prisoners were remanded accordingly.
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