Four Chinese made their ap: pearance in the. Provisional Court on Tuesday, charged with murder and armed robbery. With Judge Wan on the bench was Mr. C, E. Whitamore, the Senior Consul's Deputy, Accused were charged armed robberies, two armed highway robberies, the murder of Tsang Ah-nyi, andthe attempted murders of Zee Yoong-tsung and Jer Yung-sung, employees of Mr. 8. A. Hardoon, at the Sian Ho Yuen, off Kwangse Road, on September 26.—The total amount of booty was $14,232 and four gold coins and two silver watches.
Det.-Insp. Conduit, who prosecuted, said "that the murder of Mr, Hardoon's employee took place on September 26, when a shroff and two watchmen' were collecting rent from the tenants of the Sian Ho-Yuen. They were attacked by the accused, who demanded a bag containing approximately $2,000, which they had collected. When resistance was offered, one of the watchmen was shot dead, and the shroff and the other watchman were severely wounded. Accused were arrested on October 2 at 714 Chekiang Road, in a bath-house, and 'a pistol was seized, They had taken the police to the places where they had committed robberies, and some of the stolen property had been recovered.
'A mason's apprentice was called, and said that he was working on a ladder, beside a wall, at the time, He was immediately above the robbers and their victims at the time, and saw everything that had happened. He positively identified the first and fourth accused as the men who had done the shooting.
The hearing was adjourned.
Two motor inspectors, one of whom was arrested at the Pioneer field during a football game. on Saturday afternoon, were brought before Judge Wan on Monday in the Provisional Court, charged with armed rol bery at 39 Cunningham Road on the afternoon of October 42, when they are alleged to have stolen jewellery to the value of $70 from Trang Eu-sung. They wore further charged with the murder of a maid-servant named Waunqsze, at the same time and place, by. shooting her, The second man is also, charged with being in possession of 9 82 calibre automatic pistol, 43 rounds of ammunition and' an imitation pistol.
Complainant in the case identified cone of the accused ut the football game and immediately notified the police who arrested him. He gave information which led to the second man being taken into custody. At the time of the robbery complainant attempted to cairo an alarm, when accused are alleged to have threntoned him with a pistol. The deceased aagid-servant, seeing her master in anger, Jumped between them, and, doing 50, was shot through 'A remand was ordered to enable the police to continue their inquiries, Three Chinese were changed in the Prov Court on Tuesday with being members of a gang of armed robbers, They were further charged with being in possession of farms and with armed robberies: in the Settlement, Chief-Inspr. Airs said that, at 745 pam. on October 17, he and four Chinese constables, who were! n plain clothes, were standing at the corner of Thibet and Burkill Roads, when they noticed three rieshas, with a man in each, going along Burkill Road. As. they. appeared to be of the loafer type, witness stopped the rieshas. One of the men jumped out and ran away, but he was arrested by so sergeant. As the man in the second ricsha was being scarched by a Chinese constable, he drew pistol from his pocket and raised it to a firing position, intending to shoot the constable, The latter caught hold of his arm and fired tivo shots of him, hitting him in the upper part of the body. The man fell forward and was taken "to hospital, where he died. Nothing: was found on the third one.
P. ES. Batten outlined the charges to the Court and asked for the dismissal of the third accused, he was arrested on a statement maida by the second man. There was ino evidence against him, and apparently the statement had. been
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