Rv. P. pa Costa, Piedade da Costa, who is employed ward on the P. & 0. 8. Delhi, charged with stealing on various while on the voyage from Bombay. to Shanghai, several articles, including the property I articles of clothing the Property of officers of the ship. Accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Captain Andrews of the Delhi gave evidence of accused being taken on board at Bombay. His papers were all in order. Major Johnston was not now in Shanghai. Since the summons was taken out they had been fortunate enough to find the owner of one of the purses, and that gentleman was uow in Court. When prisoners box was 10th May.
(8. M. P.) v, Wittsaw Mancun, bourd the #.8. Kaiping, was charged for that he unlawfully whilst drunk was in possession of loaded firearms contrary charg had carried ince the riots, lived in Yengtaepoo, which was a very dangerous locality. He admitted that ho was drunk on the night in question William A. Hill, bartender at the Astor House Hotel bar, swan id that about 10 pin. came into the 9th inst. accused and had two drinks witl another msn. For the first he ixty cents but he refused to pay second. Witness went up to admitted having bad two irioks, and tendered witness twenty cents. Witness asked Lim not to make so much noise, whereupon he replied that he was prepared to fight him. Witness then went behind the bar and accused offered him forty cents in payment for the second di Taking out revolver id that, if forty ugh, ho had a revol-vor. Witness said he did not want the revolver, and going outside fetched two policemen. They arrested the man trid took him to the station.
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