In the Mixed Court, on Wednesday, Mr. Blackburn. and Magistrate Yui concluded the hearing of the case which followed upon the seizure by the Hongkew police of opium valued at $250,000, the Bench ordering the dismissal of the charges against the three defendants, who had strenuously denied being concerned in any Way with the ownership of the opium. It was directed that the opium should be destroyed, whilst some smoking paraphernalia discovered in the Tiendong Road premises is to be confiscated
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