In the Provisional Court, last Friday, before Judge Li and Mr. Stevens, Senior Consul's Deputy, riesha coolie was charged wit having stolen from Petty Officer Raymond Stark, of the U: Stewart, a $10 note.
Det-Sgt. Omand said that com-Plainant was going in a ricsha to Riley's Bamboo Hut, off Range Road, between nine and ten o'clock on Thursday evening, It was alleged that, accused ran into an alleyway and. dropped the shafts of the! ricsha, With the assistance 9€ 15! other men, who came on the scene, oecused went through complainant's pockets and stole the $10 note, together with Mex. $8, Complainant! caught hold of accused and refused to release him until a policeman, arrived on the scene. When arrest. the note was found: on accused who in reply'to questions, said that] the complainant had given it to hin! 'a3 a cumshaw, Complainant told the! Police that he was not drunk at the time and denied giving accused the note, Complainant corroborated Det.- St. Omand's statement, and suid that, when he found accused was! taking him into an alleyway, he! fried to got him to stop. Wh Accused dropped the shafts, wine was attacked by the coolie' and the other men, Accused gave some of the money to the others. Witness! was standing between the shafts and held on to him. He positively identified accused.
Chinese Sgt. 1212 wald that ho saw complainant in a ricsha' was pulled by accused, and follow by several men. The' riesha coolie! was running very quickly. Witness called upon him to stop but he sd. The foreigner in the was shouting, Witness gave and arrested accused, who being held by the complainant. Tha other men escaped. Accused did not attempt to run away.—Witness searched the accused and found the!
$10 note, He asked accused where ho had got it, but he refused to reply.
The Accused's Story C. 1289 stated that he heard calling for police There wore othe following accused's riesha. Witness called upon the coolie to stop, but scoused continued to run at a' mad poco. Witness then ran up and helped to arrest him, the other men, fin the meantime, having escaped. Witness asked accused if ho had pistol, and the latter replied that hw had not. Witness helped search him and found the note.
Accused refused to answer when. arked where ho got it.
Accused denied having stolen the note from complainant. He sail the note get change in order to pay him 'He took it to a small exchange shop near Wuchow Road, but they could not change it, and' he was on his way to another exchange shop when he was arrested.
Complainant, recalled, said that he was not drunk at the time, although he had ilad a fow drink. The coolie dropped the shafts and robbed him, with the assistance of the other men. Witness held on to the coolie and refused to let gu, the others escaping. He did not! give the $10 note to: the coolie as:
cumshaw, neither did he give it to him to change, because he hat plenty of small money in his pockets.
The Judge found the accused guilty, and said that what was most incriminating was the fact that the note was found on accused. As it was accused's first offence, mould deal leniently with him.' The sentence would be 2b years imprisonment. He desired to thank' Mr. Ho Ying-wei for offering his Voluntary services for the defence.
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