Following on the taking of the evidence of the injured woman in hospital, Samuel C. C. Vaughan appeared again before Mr. G. W. King on Monday afternoon charged with the attempted murder of _a Chinese woman named Ah Mei, by shooting her with a revolver at a Chinese restaurant in Yalu Road.
Upon the charge being read over to accused and the usual caution given, he stated that he had no witnesses to call in that court and, on the advice of his counsel (Mr, K. E. Newman), reserved his defence.
Vaughan was then committed for trial.
Hatr a dozen river pirates made a raid on one of the Hongkew letties on Monday night and carried off 10 rolls of cloth worth Tls. 150.
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