Nine armed robbers of a large rans, who had made confessions of]
}taking part in a large number of armed robberies within the Settle-rent, were sentenced to heavy perxls of imprisonment in the Mixed wrt Inst week by Mr. Jacobs aid Magistrate Kuan.
Chief-Inspector Cruickshank said that all the accused were charged:|nccording to thei confessions and the first six accused were members of a gang at Wusih, who had fled to Shanghai after a number of their rang had been arrested by the local authorities. There had been a dis-ute between members of the gang concerning the distribution of property and a revolver. The dispute war also caused by some of the sang being arrested at Wusih and the wife and family of one of them bringing the property to Shanghai. The eighth accused went to Yangtszepoo and caused the wife to be ked up, but this woman was ae-quitted. The ninth accused was arrested by a despatch warrant at Changchow.
The Inspector went on to say! that he had gone out with the accused men, who showed him. the places where robberies had been committed. This they did withen:: any difficulty. A Japanese witness identified two of the men but the ants in the various es would not look at them. first accused was sentenced years, two accused!
15 years, two to 10) years, two to five years, one Other to six months while the third:
used, a newcomer to Shanghary who had apparently been led by ths members of the gang, was elled. All the others were order-expelled at the end
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