Arising out of the seizure of shells and revolver ammunition in Ferry Road on Saturday morning, five Chinese appeared before the Mixed Court on Monday on charges connected with the matter. It will be remembered that a European constable saw a Chinese bluejacket on a junk in the Soochow Creek and as a result of the sailor's answer, to a question as to what he was doing a watch was kept on the craft and eventually five Chinese in charge of a cart, afterwards founded to be loaded with shells and ammunition and followed by two foreigners, appeared in sight.
Yesterday morning, the five Chinese, Zung Pau-zu, Ao Ling-kwi, Tsang Dzung sung, Nylon \Ab-nyi and Lok Waung-kung appeared before Mr. Grant Jones, British Assesser, and Magistrate Vu on two one framed under the Chinese Criminal Code and the second under the by-laws, The first charge was that they were in unlawful possession of certain ex-the International Settlement, without the order, sanction or _authority of the Consular Body (Foreign ¥amén) and the other, UN that on March 8 they unlawfully carried certain offensive and defensive arms, to wit, pistol ammunition and gun shells.
Ins. K. E. Newman appeared for the Police and Mr. G. D. Musso watched the case on behalf of the Chinese Government.
Mr. Newman informed the Court that he was not in a position to go on that morning and the only question was how much evidence the Court would require before it would grant a remand.
The Assessor intimated that evidence of arrest would be required.
Inspector Young, sub-inspector in charge at the Gordon Road station, said that, in consequence of information given him by P. Smith, he proceeded to the Police Box at Ferry Road. After some time he noticed a cart approaching. It was a four-wheeled dray; there were five Chinese with it and two foreigners were walking behind, They came along from south and, while the cart was atill some distance away, one of the foreigners turned back. The cart and the others came towards witness who stopped them.
Witness asked the foreigner what cart contained, "It is none of your business. I am a German." After further conversation in much the same strain, the foreigner said that the boxes in the cart contained ammunition which he was conveying to the Arsenal.
Witness asked him for his permit and the foreigner said he had one, but it was not then in his possession. Witness went on to say that the foreigner threatened him with the German Consul, ete., and wanted to go away and get the permi "I asked him for his name," witness continued, "'He said he would not give me his name and still repeated that he was a German.
Witness prevented the man from leaving the spot and, making use of the telephone, which was near by, received instructions to take the foreigner and the ammunition to the station.
During the conversation and before witness prevented him from going away, the foreigner said that he had had the ammunition since 1910. On the way to the station he said "I do not know anything about the ammunition at all, I have been simply asked by another man to have it conveyed to the Arsenal."
Witness then produced samples of the ammunition which had been ized. In all 398 shells were found in eight cases. Each case was made to contain 60 shells, but one had been removed from two of the cases. The shells were of three patterns, but all of the same size. There were also 55,000 rounds of.33 automatic pistol ammunition and 34,000 rounds for Mauser pistols
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