On Thursday at the Mixed Court, before Mr. M. F, Perkins, American Assessor, and Magistrate Kuan, seven Chinese, unemployed and of the coolie class, were charged with being concerned in various armed robberies at Wusieh, and an application was made by the Wusieh authorities that the defendants should be handed over for trial.
It was stated in court that the men were arrested on information given by ~Wusieh detectives. Evidence was given by one witness to the effect that he knew the defendants and when they were at Wusieh they asked him to join their band. He refused however, and for some time after that they kept watch on him. He was told afterwards that they had committed an armed robbery at Si-Tsung. He afterwards went with them to Shanghai, Another witness stated that a robbery was committed at his house by 8 gang amongst whom were some of the defendants, whom he recognized. Each member of the gang carried 8 torch in one hand and either stick or a revolver in the other,
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