Two coolies were charged in the Provisional Court on Tuesday morning with being concerned. in the importation of a record haul of turms and ammunition seized by the police.
Det.-inspr. Knight said that the coolies had made a statement to him that' a certain man had approached their foreman and hired 13 coolies and they were among the number. Their orders were to ce to the China Merchants" Lower Wharf and to bring ashore from the str. Carmarthenchire cargo for which they would be paid §2 a bag. Witness suid that the payment for merely carrying bags 60 yards from the ship to a waiting motor ear was sufficient to convict the accused on the ground that they knew they were doing wrong. Accused had been arrested by witness, P. C. S.
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