In dismissing the case, the Bench commented on the evidence of the Chinese police witnesses and said that it carried no weight. It was hard to see why the accused, arrested, should not have taken direct to the police station rather than to a tea-shop by the Chinese detective. The Bench also com. mented on the action of the Chines Getective in trying to prevent the foreign constable from entering the tea-shop and said that this very unusual. A recommendation was made that the matter should be brought to the attention of the Commissioner of Police with refer= ence to the Chinese detective, NICOLAS Bikoff and John Pryzoff were fined $5 each, or three day: imprisonment, for being drunk and disorderly in North Szechuen Road at 10.15 p.m. on Saturday, 'Two armed robbers, arrested in ithe Ying Chang Ziang' Village some time ago, were sentenced to 12 years? imprisonment each by the Shanghai Distrie Court on Monday.
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