Two Robbers Sent to the Arsenal: Two Acquitted The story of an outrage committed by armed robbers in the North Honan Road was told at the Mixed Court on Saturday, when two out of four prisoners were ordered to be sent to the Arsenal authorities. The third and fourth prisoners were discharged.
The men, who were armed with knives and loaded revolvers, entered a food shop, terrorized the inmates and stole money and jewellery to the value of $1,292 The shipmaster said that prisoners came to his house at about cloven at night. They bought some sweets and afterwards asked for biscuits. While the witness's wife was wrapping up their purchases, the robbers produced knives and revolvers. The whole family were quickly bound and gagged, and one man kept guard outside. The shop-master was thrust into the kitchen. and roughly handled. Boxes and bags were slashed open, and their contents extracted.
Another witness stated that the men said: "If you raise an alarm, we will kill you.'' The leader was out to make his fortune. Quantities of ground glass were found at the robbers' hiding place off the North Szechuen Road, which, it was stated, they were in the habit of using for defensive purposes. The identity of the last two accused was not sufficiently established by the prosecution, to warrant their conviction.
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