Of late a form of crime which has been rife on the tram cars has been the breaking open of the conductors' lockers and stealing the' cash contents thereof, nine such cases having been reported within the past few weeks. An unemployed Chinese, who had already been convicted on four previous occasions, and was only released from prison within the last month, appeared before Messrs. Kuan and Blackburn charged with this offence, the cash contents in this case being a large canvas bag filled with copper cents. He was noticed by several passengers who gave the alarm. Throwing down the bag, the man jumped from the car into the arms of a policeman who arrested him. Ao cused pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment to be followed by expulsion.
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