24 Armed Robbery Charges Seventeen men accused of armed robbery and a woman charged in connexion with their notorious crimes, extending over -the last three years, appeared in the Mixed Court, on Wednesday. Half-a-dozen were already under sentence of death, having been convicted for similar crimes in the French Concession. Four, according to their own confessions, were the motor bandits who held up two coolies carting sycee to a_ native' bank three months ago in North Soochow Road, in broad daylight, and one admitted having shot one of the wheelbarrow coolies. He had been employed as a chauffeur with the Standard Oil Ca.
According to Det. Inspr. Prince,,@" armed robbery' in one man began his career of crime four years ago. In 11 out of the 24 charges of robbery under arms the gang were called upon to answer, he was the ringleader. His first haul was nearly $1,000. The woman was a receiver of stolen property and had_ charge of the gang's armoury. She had concealed their weapons.
The accused were remanded.
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