Ex-Chekiang Officer Enters a New Profession An interesting discovery reveuling a den where counterfeit coins were manufactured, and the seizure of a quantity of ammunition, was brought to light last Friday in Mixed Court when an ex-officer of the Chekiang army and aman des-caribed as a_tailor appeared before Mr. Martin and Magistrate Loh on charge of issuing counterfeit coins and being in possession of ammuni-
Detective Sergeant Robinson wh) appeared for the prosecution state, that on Thursday information was received to the effect that cupants of No. 3283 Robinson Rout was in possession of a gun. A search was made and first accused was located, He admitted that he hat been in possession of a but said Uhat it had been stolen the pre= vious day. The premises a searched, and in a Ick found a box. This as nobody in the house had a Which would open it the Force it open. Inside were fouad 70 ronnis of 303 ammunition, 101 twenty-cent pieces, and 7 ten-cent piece which on investigation all proved to he counterfeit. In the there were also a number of
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