At the Mixed Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. Li (Magistrate) and Mr. Jacobs (American Assesser), a Chinese, described as a coolie, was charged with having been concerned together with four others not yet in custody, in entering an exchange shop Edinburgh Road at 7.40 p.m. on the 15th instant, and therein, under threats of violence, stealing the sum of $175 in notes, Mexican dollars and small, money.
Det.-Sgt. Yorke gave evidence that about 7.20 p.m. on the 15th instant an armed robbery took place at an exchange shop near the corner of Edinburgh and Yuyuen Roads. Six men entered the shop, and it was reported by the inmates that two were armed with revolvers and two with knives. A foreigner named Mr. Burdett,.who lived close by, heard the noise and went to the assistance of the inmates of the shop, but was compelled to retire owing to the threats of the robbers. After the robbery, five of the men went in a southerly direction along Edinburgh Road, and one of them, the acoused, went along Yuyuen Road. The latter was caught by Chinese P. ©. 803, who had been informed of the affair by a ricsha coolie. The ricsha coolie had seen the accused get into a ricsha and had followed him up. When taken to the Police Station the accused admitted that he was one of the men who had robbed the shop, and told the name of the principal, who, he said, lived in a house near Lunghua.
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