the Provisional Court, on Saturday, before Judge Hsiung, Chinese were arraigned on charges of armed robbery.
Four of the accused were sentene+ ed to death, and the fifth man was discharged, there being insufficient evidence against him, The con demned men, believed by the police to have taken part in numerous robberies for some time past In the Set~ tlement, were taken to the Ward Road Gaol, from where they will be handed over to the Chinese author ites for execution.
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