Judge Ziar, with whom was sitting Mz, Ramondino, Senior Consal's Deputy, at the Provisional Court, last Friday, ordered that the 25 alleg ed Communists and alleged reeruiting officers for the Northern armies should be tried by the Provisional Court, and cancelled the former decision which stated that they should he handed over to the Chinese mi tary authorities for trial. It be recalled that Mr, Bos, who sat at the preliminary hearing, reserved the right to protest against the! Judgment.
At Friday's session, Mr. Maitland, Police Prosecutor, said that the Commissioner of the Woosung fand_ Shanghai Defence Arca had tified the Settlement authorities] that secret recruiting had been going on here, and requested the arrest of the persons concerned, Acting on this information the police led several lodging houses and] arrested the 25 accused.
On September 12, a representative despatch warrant and asked for the Prisoners, The Court ordered them to be handed over.
Continuing Mr, Maitland informed the Court that he had been instruct ed by Capt. E. I. M. Barrett, Commissioner of Police, to request that the order should be rescinded, 0 as to conform with the Rendition Agreement, and that the prisoners should be tried within the Settlement, informed the Court that the) police had much—incriminatory literature, but they had no evidence of obtaining money under false pretences. Four of the accused said that they were visiting when arrested, All of them expressed preference to he tried by the Provisional Court The decision follows:—Th of the Court of the first instance, dated September 12, 1927, is to be cancelled and accused are ordered! to be tried by the Provisional Court. They are to be kept in ousted A mar alleged to be a Russian, and named S. N. Shelesloft charged with having taken part in the sen national robbers on the premises of Messrs, Behara & Ca, on Mag YL. in which a gang of Russians broke int safe and secured Toot which was valued at Ths, 50,000.
DetInspr, Hunter, of Central Station, informed the Court that the had entered the premises by} Forcing the door, after they. tried to obtain entry by breaking throuch the wall of the Brazilian Consulate, They then got into this office, which adjoins the premise: of Messrs. Be-hara. The robbers opened a small safe, probably with a chi-el ~and crowbar, and secure? keys which opened the larger safe in which watches and other jewellery were Kept. They tried to drill a hole in the safe. which contained dia but could not get through. gang left a button and a niall behind. The button, the officer pointed but. cerrespondedl to batons on coat in x room in which accused was arrested.
On May 27 witness, in company with Det-Sgt. Beberin and the French police, raided room 24 in the Hotel de France, and arrested ac-Jeused and a Chinese. The latter, Portuzuese subject, since has been sent to Macao for trial A Burglar Outfit The inspector went on to say that they found a complete Kit of burglars' tools in accused's room, consisting of drills, nozzles for blow pipes, blow pipes, chisels, tiers, wrenches, and electric wiring, but no electric drills. He also found u pair of pants, to which fitted small piece of cloth he had found the burgled. premises.
They searched the room and on window ledge discovered a leather bag which contained rome of the loot. Just_as they broke into the room, the Chinese was in the act of handing an envelope containing six watches to accused, Accused told him, witness added, that on the night in question he had gone to Woosung Road, met one Yung, drank a bottle of liquor with. him and had retired, Witness then explained to the Court the uze of blow pipes, to burn holes in iron.
Replying to Dr. Wilhelm, deferide Inspr. Hunter said that accused was Russian, but that he had stated that he was a Braziltan subject, The Consul had, however, refused to re= cognize him.
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