The Archive · 1905

Six Months for Stealing

Keo Chin-stug was charged with having stolon from complainants a lady's satin full dress robe and red silk embroidered petticoat. The accused, who stated that the theft was really done by a well-known chief of a gang of thieves, called "Siao Tsungming" Hu Lao-thou (i.e, Hed Lao-thou, "the Little Tsung-witnesses-to call, and he replied that the ' ming islander") was, however, sentenced evidence. complice. tipao of the district give some to six months' imprisonment as an ac-

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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