Two Chinese were charged with haviog wilfully set fire to the premises No. 599 Miller Road at 3.15 a.m, on the 14th instant, and with having stolen certain property from the premises while the fire was in progress.
Detective-sergeant Kilob proved the charge and stated that both of the accused had been previnasly convicted.
Detective-Tnspeator i Police had received several compl of a similar natare, and it was fortunate that the two accused had been arrested.
In reply to the Magistrate, one of the accused admitted that he set fire to some straw that was in the house.
The accared were sentenced to one year's imprisonment each and to be expelled from the Settlement.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY, Five Chinese, said to be embers of an organized gang of loafers, were brought op on twelve specific charges of highway robbery committed in various parts of the Settlement Tt was stated in evidence that the accused were meniberg of an organized band of robbers who plied between Hankow and Shanghai. They had been arrested in the Paoshan district, with the aid of the Paoshan constabolary, on Mixed Court warrants and bad' been handed over to the Mixed Court for trial.. Several daggers were found in their possession 8 well as pawn-tickets which enabled the Police to 523 recover part of the property that they had stolen, Sevaral complainant g evidence for the prosecution.
One that he was held up and robbed quantity of clothing on Boone Road, and three of the accused admitted jeaving taken part in this robbery. A second complainant said that he was robbed in an alleyway off the North Fohkien Road. Another gave evidence {of haviog been robbed and stabbed on \Yubang Road, and a fourth eaid that he had been stabbed three times on 'Kashing Road, Three of the secosed were sentenced to five years' imprison ment each, one to three years' impris ment, and the filth to one year's imprisonment. All were ordered to be expelled from the Settlement at the expiration of their sentence of imprisonment, and the Court ordered that the money found their possession should be confiscated. One of the accused, who is st present serving a sentence of imprisonment in the Chinese city, will be handed over to the Municipal Gaol after completing hie first sentence, Shanghai, March 1. gistrate Pao and Mr.
German Assessor, Woo Pan-nyon and Woo Yung-nyi, silk merchants, were charged with wilfully aod maliciously setting fire to the premises, 412 Kiukiang Road at 12.5 a.m. on January 13, 1911.
Mr. ©. G. Kirk appeared to pro-senate and the accused were represented by Mr, E, W. Godfrey.
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