Three tipao wore brought up on a summons, charged with allowing a number of trees, the property of the Municipal Council, to be destroyed. The tipao were charged as being responsible for. the conduct of the natives under their tipaoship. The case had been remanded from a previous sitting in order that the prosecution might quote a former case as a precedent. According to the evidence for the prosecution, 200 young trees, valued at 60 cents each, had been destroyed. The defendants wore ordered to pay into Court the value of the trees destroyed.
Mr. J.E. Ore charged a house-boat coolie with the theft of a gold ring on the 24th instant.' The prosecutor proved the charge, and as the ring was found in the prisoner's possession when arrested the Court had little difficulty in coming to a decision, the prisoner being sentencod to one month's cangue.
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