The biggest gang of Shaohsing bandits Shanghai has ever known, which the police, under the supervision of Det. Inap. Conduit have been rounding up for the past three month,:59 of them in all, appeared at the' Bixed Court on Monday before Magistrate Zau and Mr. Ramondino to answer 27 different charges made against them of murder, kidnapping, armed rob. beries, using violence, etc. This Jo the biggest case the Mixed Court has ever sat for.
Mz. Fleming, who represented the eighth accused, applied for ball on behalf of his client as he did not suppose, he said, that his client's that day, and the accused was of a higher standing than any of the other cused. He had kept two lodging houses in Shanghai for the past 20 years and was very well known.
Mr, Maitland, who appeared for the Police, objected to this lication, and said that, should the man be let out on bail, it would be fu easy matter to abscond, owing to the disturbed condition of the Chinese territory Mr. Fleming pointed out to the Court that this man, on knowing that he was wanted by the police, came all the way from Hangchow and handed, himself pver to. the Louza Police Station and if he bad: had the intention of abseounding, he would have by no means put himself in the hands of the police.
The application was refused.
Mr. Maitland suggested that the accused should be charged separa-rely for the benefit of the court and also to save time.
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