the Provisional Court on Saturday, five Chinese, four men and a woman, were charged with armed robbery, and aiding and abetting, respectively.
Inspector Mills prosecuted, and evidence was given that, on Friday niight,.two telephone messages were received at Sinza Station to the effect that robbers had entered 2 house near the corner of Chungking. Road and Avenue Edward VII.
Os. Pryde and Suhoff, accom-by Chinese detectives, at, once went to the house in question, and surprised the robbers in the t of ransacking the premises. With the exception of one man, Uelieved to have escaped over the roof tops, the robbers were arrested without any shots being fired. One of the accused was arrested while hiding under the mosquito netting of a' bedstead. He had thrown away his pistol when the raid was made and"elaimed that he was a guest, and. some difficulty was experienced in getting the eomplainant to identify him us one of the robbers.
'A C. P. C, had telephoned to the Sinza Station after being told by Chinese that five robbers ad entered his neighbour's house,
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