Three natives, described as loafers, were chargeil with creating a disturbance and also with assaulting a native constable while in the execution of his duty.—The idence showed that while on his rounds ustable heard a disturb: and on visiting the bance found that two of the defendants were attempting to extort, by means of threats, the sum of $10 from another native. On the constable's arrival, one of those two defendants attempted to stab the constable managed to convey the two him with a knife. After some struggling,
men to West Hongkew Police Station, where he handed them over to Police-sergeant Johnson. He then went back on his beat, and was accosted by another man, who asked him if he was the constable who had given the other two men in charge. On replying that he was that constable, this third man celled up a gang of other loafers. Witness blew
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