Defendant's Story of Infermer's Wiles: An Agent for Marshal Wu Pei-fu Bozo Stanovich, accused of selling arms snd ammunition, was sentenced to-two years' imprisonment, jby Messrs. Spiker and Sung at the Mixed Court on Tuesday, after a determined legal plea by Mr. J. Schoenfeld, representing accused. Stanovich was arrested on July 18} in possession of two.82 calibre pistols and 200 rounds of ammunition, for which he was to receive $106, according to the police.
At yesterday's hearing the inform. lex, in giving evidence, corroborated the police evidence of the hearing} last week, He said that Stanovich told him that he was an avent for Who gave Kim carte n arms deals, He, witness, the police and vet a time and place for delivery of the cargo!
In his own defence, Stanovich told the Court that he had been in China years, could be speak Chinese and) English, and that he was acquainted with the informer for four years, having met him whilst the latter' was railway guard 'A month before his arrest the informer came to him and said that he and his friend each wanted a pistol to carry in self defence. Defendant told them that he was of them he a Japanere shoemaker in Boone Road he learned where pistols could be purchased in Fearon Road, two for $100. After a few negotiations, in which the informer joined, they went to the house and the informer took the weapons and put them in his belt, carrying the ammunition in his hands. They went to his house for tea. Whilst there the informer told him that he was troubled with summer disease and begged to be excused for a while. Would he test the money to see if any was counterfeit? The pistols were placed in a drawer, The informer: told his associates on the. outside and the raid was made.
Messrs. Spiker and Sung discredited the tale and sentenced him two years' imprisonment.
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