bth February. Before J. C.E. Dovatas, Esq., Police Magistrate.
Awpor Ramay.
The prisoner's dock at the British Consular Police Court on Friday morning was occupied by a young Indian. Round: shouldered, with anegligé shock of course black hair, a prominent nose, receding chin, large unsoaped ears, big, loose mouth, the typical yellow eyeballs, and face pitted with small pox, Abdul Rahman looked what he was described to be, a scallywag. Ho was charged with stealing a uniform great-coat, a cloth jacket, a pair of trousers, a cotton shirt, and five Collars Mex. The total value of the loot was assessed at $30.
Police sergeant Danson explained that the prisoner had been given into custody the night before, on a charge of thoft.
Sikh-policeman' 142, Kala Singh, said that Ahmed Singh, another Sikh, brought the prisoner to him in Broadway about seven o'clock on Thursday night, and gave him into custody on a charge of theft.
In reply to the charge, the Court Interpreter stated that the accused said: "I did not steal. To make up such a thing against me is bad luck."
The complainant, a Sikh, s id his name was Harnam Singh—not Ahmed—and he lived at No. 5, Pingchao Road, "to was employed in the " cleansing and scavenging department " by the Municipal Council. "His story was to the following effect 'This man (the prisoner) was weeping in the Nanking Roud. I asked him the reason, and he told me he had "no cents for eating." I gave him forty cents, and "took him to my house far giving' him something for chow." I left him there when [went to work. When I returned, an Indian joss-man asked me to go with him to the Yangtzepoo Police station, as he spoke no Englich, and had to teach two foreigners to play on the bagpipes. When I came to my house again, there wore four men thero—myself, my brother—he of the red turban; he is watchman at the "Shanghai Mercury " offico—this thief-man, and the joss-man. We all went out. When I returned from work next morning (2nd February), I missed my clothes, which I had left on the hed. In consequence of what a Chinaman told me, Iwent to look for the prisoner. At the Mohammedan mosque in Kiukiang Rond they told me this man was very bad. My brother watched at the Old Dock for him, while L took his duty at the paper office. Lalso reported the matter at the Sinza Road Police station. Taught him last night in Broadway, and handed him over to the police. 'The clothes he was wearing, ave my clothes. The clothes I have lost are "one private coat, one trouser, one shirt, one Municipal long coat, and $5 in the pocket." 'The 'Municipal' coat was valued at about $18. He valued his plain clothes at $7.50.
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