The defendants' story was t" the effect that they entered the house thinking that it was a brothel. There were other men ith them, whose names they refused to give. When they entered the house, one of the complainants picked up an axe and commenced to lay about him. He hit one of them and then they hit him. They did not try to enter the bedchamber.
His Honour ssid the defendants would be fined $15 gold each and put on board their ship for further punishment. Americwn sailors must plainly understand that when they came ashore in Shanghai they must behave themselves. They had no more license here than on the American coast, and if they forgot that fiot they would be punished, Shanghai, 11th July.
S. Prorte v. CHantes axp Scuuutz.
W. F. Charles, fireman, and J. J. Schultz, seaman, of the U.S.' txpedo-boat-destroyer Chauncey, were charged with having been drunk' and disorderly and saulting one Tao Tsu-ling at No. 18, Boone Road, at 9.40 pin. on the 10th instant Inspector Bourke having stated the charge, Indian P.S.52, sworn, was in Boone Road shortly a past nine on the 10th instant, when he saw the defendants assaulting the complainant. Indian P C. 174 tried to arrest the mon and was also assaulted, Witness procured assistance from Broadway and took the defendants in charge. They wore half-drunk. The trouble arose through the defendants hiring a bicycle from s shop and refusing to pay the hire.
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