Ninoxuroff, were charged before Judge Liang and Mr. Stevens, Sen-jor Consul's Deputy, with having' assaulted C.P.C. 344 in Szechuen Road on Monday afternoon.
C.P.C, 344 stated that he was on duty at Museum and Soochow Road corner, when a Chinese came and reported to him that two Russians were begging and creating a nuisance. Witness warned the accused, who abused him in the Shantung' dialect and then assaulted him.
The first accused stated that the policeman assaulted his friend and tore his clothes. Accused had tried to stop the fight. The policeman was telling lies. They had been arrested and were walking.along' quietly when the C.P.C, started-to dear them. Accused admitted they were both slightly intoxicated.
The second accused said that the policeman' first assaulted him with his baton, He was going along quietly when' the constable started to beat him, 'The first accused had 13 previous convictions against him, while the second had six, They' were each sentenced to one month's imprison-
J. Morozoff, a Russian, was charged before Judge Chou and Mr. Bur-deft, Senior Consul's Deputy, with having solicited alms in Boone Road on Sunday afternoon.
'Accused, who had three previous convictions against him, admitted that he was drunk. He' was fined $5 or five days' imprisonment.
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