Pakhoi Road and Yangtezepoo Ganges Broken Up Wednesday was a tragic day at the Mixed Court, no fewer than 25 men being sentenced to be sent to the Arsenal for execution on account of a long series of armed robberies, but this means that two of the most dangerous gangs in the Settlement have been broken up—the one involved in the Pakhoi Road battle and the other the one which has for such a long while been terrorizing the Yangtszepoo district. The men of this latter gang, though never hesitating at violence, have seldom been known to carry firearms, working usually with iron bars and knives, but their robberies were of almost daily occurrence. They have been captured in ones and twos and om Wednesday 20 were arraigned before Mr. "Hutchison and Magistraiz Tsang.
After hearing a great deal of evidence, the Bench sentenced 18 to
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