At the Mixed Court on Monday there was a sequel to an armed robbery, when an inquest was held by Magistrate Li and Mr. Hutchison on Jing Zung-fae, who was shot by the men who entered his house on Sunday evening.
Mr. Jing resided at No. 431 Shanhaikuan Road. _Det.-Sgt. Kiloh stated that three robbers entered the victim's premises at about 7.10 p.m., while the family were taking their evening meal. Gold bracelets were snatched from the arms of a woman by two of the desperadoes, while a third fired two shots at the deceased from an automatic pistol of 25 calibre, one of which struck him in the side. The deceased was sent to hospital and died the same night.
A_ witness stated that one of the robbers wore a long black gown, a second a black cotton jacket, while the third man wore a grey cap and foreign clothing.
A verdict of "death due to bullet wound, which appeared to have been deliberately inflicted with intent to kill," was returned.
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