Road Police Station said that the prisoner had to be shackled to floor of his cell. Practically all his clothing was torn off during his pretest when arrested, The Assessor—Why did you return from deportation 1—I escaped from the ship because I was afraid to go there.
Det-Insp. Sullivan. said that on April 14 he escorted the prisoner on board the str. Mei bound for Vladivostok. Before she sailed the next day prisoner went ashore for two hours and got drunk. On going aboard again he had to be handcuffed to a bedpost, owing to his violent behaviour. When the ship had proceeded about a quarter of a mile down the river he jumped overboard and swam ashore. He was a drunken fiend. Whenever he a few cents he got fighting drunk on Chinese wine. He always said that if he returned to Vladivostok he would be executed. He been four times previously convicted. In addition to being charged, he had on many occasions been locked up and re-. leased when sober.
In sentencing the accused, the Assessor said:—You are as bad a character as one can hope to avoid. There should be. no people of your description in Shanghai."
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