A Sikh named Sajawal Singh, charged with attempting to smug—gle arms and ammunition from the: P. M.S. President Taft at Woosung last week, appeared op reman before Mr. Peter Grain in H. M. Police Court on Tuesday. Inspector Mellows prosecuted for the: River' Police.
A No. 1 Watchman whose duty it is to engage watchmen for the M. S. Ca., stated that he sent 10° down to the President Taft, but the accused was not one of them.
Witness was questioned with regard to telegrams received from: Hongkong, one of which arrived. two days before the President Taft. reading ''Faki Khan passport. granted send money,"' and another "Apply instructions Shanghai police-possible come," but was unable to. explain whether they had any other: than their ostensible meaning.
Accused told a story of having: gona aboard "to get some money from a man," and then being asked. to carry his bag down the gangway.. He did so, not knowing the bag: contained revolvers and ammuni—tion, and was stopped by a watch—man and placed under arrest. The police, however, refused toa the man who gave him the His Honour said he did not believe this story. On the contrary, he believed defendant knew what: was in the bag, and was going ashore to sell the revolvers and ammunition. There had beer a good deal of this business of late, especially among Indians. Defendant would have to go to prison for a month, and was lucky not to get a longer sentence, in view of* the very large amount of ammuni—tion he attempted to land-
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