H. Austlander, a runner in the employ of Messrs. Thomas Cock Son, appeared before M. P: Crépin at the French Mixed Court on Mon-"day charged with being concerned with others in smuggling into Shanghai 376 lb. of opium. Aust-lander was arrested last week, on the day following the seizure of tha opium, the estimated value of which is $30,000.
Inspector Young called the two coolies who were detained in connexion with the affair. Both state ed that defendant was the man who had told them to transport the drug, which was in seven portmamteans, to the Shanghai North Railway Station. 2 Defendant denied all knowledge that the trunks contained opium. As far as he knew the baggage belonged to one of his employer's clients, and it was not for him, although his employers had not given direct instructions, to inquire into the matter. To the question as to how he came to be at the
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