"Don't Murder Innocent Met Prisoners Sent North for Tri An application was made at the Mixed Court before Mr. J. E. Jacobs (American Assessor) and' Kuan Chun (Senior Chinese Ma trate) on Tuesday by representatives of the Shantung authorities for the handing over of two men, alleged to be leaders of a band of 2,000 bandits who have raided and pillaged many villages in that province, and committed numerous depredations during the past five years, More than murdered by them.
Det-Sgt- Tabrum said that acjeused were arrested in Canton Road at 7 pin. on Monday and admitted having lived in the district where the bandits had their headquarters.
Wu Keb-ping, a detective from Shantung, said that the accused, Li Shing-kuei and Chang Shao-li, were Shantung men and were well known to everybody there as being leaders lof tufei, This evidence was corroborated by another detective from Shantunge Both accused said that they had been in Shanghai for the past five snd denied being bandits.
tted, however, having no fixed abode here. Addressing the Shantung detectives, one of them called out loudly in Court "Ask your conscience and don't murder in-recent men."
"The Magistrate—This is a matter which has occurred in Shantung. The application before us is that the prisoners should be handed over te the Shantung authorities for trial. As it is not our desire to try matters outside of this jurisdiction, the application will be granted.
Two pistols which prisoners had in their possession when arrested were also ordered to be handed! over to the Shahtung authori
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