Prisoners Charged with Murder The trial of the six armed _robbers who were alleged to have broken into two houses on the Tso Dah Koh village off the Gordon Road on March 2, was resumed at the Mixed Court on Thursday, before Magistrate Tsang and Mr. Jacobs.
The shooting took place in the houses of two brothers, Zung Wen-fok and Zung Wen-lok, whose 19 year old wife was shot dead.
All six accused are charged with the murder of the woman, whose name was Dzung Tsang-sz. Parties of three of them entered each house and fired at random. Det.- Sgt. Yorke said that in addition to the shooting of Zung's wife, two men and a child were injured. One man was shot through the mouth, All the prisoners with the exception of the sixth accused had been identified by the complainants as members of the gang. The presence of a Chinese detective from Haichow, now in Shanghai, would be required, as he held a warrant for the arrest of some members of the gang for another murder.
When four of the accused were brought up on March 3, it was stated that Zung Wen-fok and Zung Wen-lok were believed by the robbers to have given information to the Chinese police, which led to the arrest of five of their number for an armed robbery at Haichow.
The hearing was adjourned, pending the recovery of one of the injured men now in hospital. The bench resolved to communicate with the Haichow authorities to secure the attendance of a Chinese detective, who could give evidence to prove that several of the accused were wanted for committing a murder in that town.
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