Highwaymen Sent to Gaol for Five Years The two highwaymen who held vp and robbed a shroff of $300 near the corner of Kiangse and Soochow Roads in the early morning hours of September 5, were charged on Wednesday morning in the Mixed Court before Messrs. Whitamore and Zau and sentenced five yours' imprisonment.
It will be remembered that the shroff wag riding along in a riesha when four men came up from behind and threatened him with pistols, He handed them $100, but they were not satisfied and' took $200 more on: ching him. When the men had left the shroff raised an alarm and the police gave chase, Two of the men headed across the Kiangse Road bridge and on down North Soochow exchanging shots with the police. One of them was wounded in the leg and captured near the Post Office. The other was headed into the General Hospital compound and there captured, On being questioned by the Court oth accused said that they were returning home from the Great World Chinese amusement place when they heard shots, and went to see what the trouble was, On seeing the police they became frightened and ran.
The Court refused to believe their version of the affair and sentenced them as above stated,
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