This is a most serous offence.
Everybody nowadays knows that revolvers are used for shooting and for armed robberies. Chinese and foreign policemen have been shot by men possessing pistols and other janns, and crimes of a serious nature "ave always being committed with these dangerous weapons."
This was a comment made in the Mixed Court last Friday morning by Mr. A. J. Martin (British Assessor), with the concurrence of the Chinese vieff (21), "a Russian of No. Boundary Terrace, and young woman of the same nationality, Viens Sokolova, of the same address, were Sentenced to imprisonment one year (with expulsion from [the Settle ment) trid three months respect ly, for attempting to sell firearms the Settlement without first hav-1g" obtained permission from an Jauthorized officer of the Shanghai outlining the case for the prosecution, Det-Insp. J. Sullivan stated that a Chinese detective, having received information, went the male accused and made areangements with him for the purchase of German pistols at $75 each. At the time one pistol was produced by the prisoner, but the detective said that he had not got sufficient money, aod asked prisoner to bring [the pistols to him at an avenged meeting place. The for the money before the erms could be handed over. They were quickly surrounded and searched, the search revealing that the woman had a belt in which were 100 rounds of Jammunition and two German army pistols. Prisoners were detained fand their house was immediately searched, but nothing was found there.
This evidence was cordcborated by the Chinese detective.
The Story of the Accused The male prisoner eaid that he new nothing sbout the affair aad that the charge was untrue. He was engaged in a cloth commission business and, while the woman was not hie wife, they lived in the same room for economic reasons. He had known her for about four months.
'A German had come to see her on Jseveral occasions. One morning, the female priscnar' proposed that they should go out together for a walk, They hired ricshas and went to the place where they were arrested by detectives. Witness dil jot_know what was her purpose in calling upon him to accompany her and it was the first time ho knew she wax engaged in the arms business. He was searched and detained for reasons unknown.
The woman said that she came to Shanghai last July sind intended to leave for America but she could not get her papers vised und so she remained here in the house of Jiady whose name was given to her by a friend. She could not find any work, apart from a little nu and all the money she she had spent. One day, she was approached by the German who said that he had the arms for sale and told her that here was a chance for her to make some money. She was Inter told that there was a buyer and, faving made an appoint-Jment for' the following day, she handed over a pistol to the detective, who asked her hew many she had far sale. Witness seid that she had nly two and she was told to bring them the next day. She went in company the mate prisoner: because she was afraid: ho mew nothing about the affair. They were then placed under arrest. months (with expulsion) and three months respectively, the Assessor made the remarks "mentioned and stated that there was no doubt that the male prisoner was the imstigafor of the affair and that the woman iwas only @ tool en his hands. The story of the prosecution would be believed.
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