3 Capital Sentences and Long Terms for Gang of Ruflians Eleven members of a gang of kidnappers, considered by th Police to be one of the most. d in existence in Shanghs ing found guilty by the Mixed Court on Monday of the varlet charges brought against them, received sentences varying from' one year's imprisonment to capital Punishment, A chauffeur who was accused of making a false charge at the station in connexion with the case was given six months, The case was tried before Mr. H. Bucknell (American Assessor) and Mr. Kuan Chun (senior Chinese Magistrate) and Chief Det—Inspr, Cruickshank prosecuted. None of the accused were represented, Of the prisoners, three were women, The kidnapping took place on September 5, at 14 Nanyang Road. Three days Inter threa of th accused were arrested, and later the rest of the accused were taken into custody by Chief Det-Ispr. Cruickshank and his mtn. On in: formation given by the men arrested, the child was recovered from. a house in Chapei.
The Father's Evidence The father of the child said that at 1 pin. on the day of the kidnapping, he was sitting on the verandah of his house when the men came in and seized the child. 'When he tried to prevent them, he was threatened with revolvers, but in spite of his desisting in his efforts to recover the child, when the men drew their revolver received a shot in the shoulder.' did not know who fired, as he his back towards the men. Asked by the Court how it was that he should have his back towards the scene when such a serious thing was: taking place, witness declared he was afraid of the firearms brought} to bear on him, and so turned away, After the men had made their escape in a motor car waiting out-de, he was taken to the Shantung, 'Road Hospital and then to the Red 'Cross Hospital, where he was attended to and' later received a medical certificate from Dr. W. New.
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