A carpenter who was employed by Messrs. Hall and Holtz, Ld., was charged with the larceny of articles valued at which he removed when engaged on the premises. He was sentenced to receive 200 blows.
Illegal Arrest in the Settlement.
A former runner of the Mixed Court was charged with being concerned with another wan, not in custody, with illegally arresting the complainant at his house in Muirhead Road, Yangtzepoo, on the 12th inst.
Inspector Bourke said that on Tuesday he received information concerning "te by an anonymous letter, and at one instituted enquiries into the matter. was at work on the case the whole of that day, and it was only this morning that hw was able to get at the true facts, The complainant was employed ay a watchman by a firm who had premises at Yangtzepoo, and had some quarrel with a shroff employed by the same firm, the outcome of which was that he was discharged from his situation recently. On the 12th inst. accused sent a man to say that complain: unt was required to go to a certain place to get the wages due to him, and on leaving his house he was decoyed to the Mixed Court, where he arrived opportunely just as a petition from the shirott was being heard, and by some extraordinary means was put in the dock and sentenced to 500 blows and one month's imprisonment. The police had no information whatever concerning the case til) be received the letter on Tuesday, and it was a most serious thing that man could be arrested as this man and sentenced to punishment without a order from the Municipality. In vie the grave nature of the case he had reported it to the Council and expected they would take action. It was not known on what charge the man was sentenced and the whole of the proceedings were unauthorised and irregular. The complainant was now in the prison at the Mixed Court. He might mention that at the time of the trial the Chinese papers reported the case and said the man was required to find security. The important thing was to ascertain the name of the man who acted as decoy. The accused denied that he knew him, but that v ridiculous as the evidence showed he sent the decoy.
The Court ordered that the plaintiff he brought before them and he shortly afterwards appeared, having been brought from the cells.
After hearing his statement the Court ordered that he be instantly released, and that he should be taken to the police station and questioned ax to the cireumstances. so that the police might have all available assistance in unravelling what seemed 3 extraordinary ease.
The prisoner was to he detained in
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