At about 11 o'clock on the morning of Pebroaty 1i—accused being sll out. of work—Ah Wel came {him and told him, that the best thing he could do. was to join the robber yang. He agreed and asked where they were to r0b- Late that Jnight he and Ah Wei went out, and. twere again joined by two. "men Shortly before midnight. Ax before, they. roamed. the. streets till two lor three the next morning, tinaly jooming to" a house in Haining Road. Ah' Wei told them to. wait Joutside while he went in. Shortly afterwards he emerged and told them to. come inside and. get tthe. same_time he. gave Prisoner a knife. 'They went into the house, and" into a bedroom. Svddenly a woman screamed, and Drisoner tried to quieten her by throwing 'a quilt' over, her head, She screamed again and they all ook fright and bolted, Ax" they Yam ove of the house he saw: the Ah Wel stopped. by a. Chinese in a long gown (presumably a detective). Hew must. haves got away again, however, for the detective chased after accused and caught him. This was the last robbery he ever com mitted.
Prisoner was sentenced to. 15 years' imprisonment and expelled the Settlement,
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