Judgment was rendered in the Provisional Court, on July 11, by Judge Tseng, in the ease in which Chinese constable from Sinza Police Station and two watchmen employed at Nos: 26 and 27 Bubbling Well Road were charged.in connection with a raid by a gang of between 20 and 30 Chinese on the establishment for the means of collecting "squeeze" from the" proprietor, it being alleged that the place was'run as a gambling resort.
Evidence given at previous hearings was to the effect that the Chinese. constable, together with about 20 or more loafers, as alleged by the complaint, Mr. Cation, a Portuguese citizen, entered the premises at 26-27 Bubbling Well Road and after their demand for "squeeze" had been refused created a disturbance. Shots were fired and, according to complainant, the constable was arrested with a pistol his possession by complainant and his two watchmen, They also took a policeman's baton from his pocket.
The pistol taken from the constable was not a that it was a "frame-up," the pistol being put in the constable's possession by complainant, with the idea of frightening the raiders by shooting.
The two watchmen employed by Mr. Cation were charged with as-
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