He said that the main questi before the court was to deci whether the accused was a communist or not and he produced a alleged to have d by the accused in which he confessed his conversion to communistic doctrines. He s0 the man had confessed to having been a messenger for the communist party in Shanghai and was appre-ended on Garden Bridge while carrying out his duties in that capacity, Another point, Mr. Bryan said had to be settled was whether the occured was a resident of the Settlement, Rebespierre was arrested recently, in Tsingtao and brought here by 2 Settlement detective, "Tt transpire! that at the time of arrest the accused was found to have in_hix possession.the letter of Jeredit as well az an opal ring, diamond ring, and other articles Jewellery procured in the robbery He confessed his guilt, and that he had been out of work and total proceeds of the affair hho said amounted to $125 wi had secured by pawning a ring. Jand this money he had long since spent. The police had located before he could dispose of the other oot and he was of the opi stealing w:
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