Witness admit had been dist Chalet, the Rus would have had $4,000 to split in the agreed ratio. Witness also said that the sellers would make the Jmoney and the buyers would be the losers.
Judge Purdy—It was the idea of ithe sellers to get the money and give Jovino his share, keep what be-Tonged to yourselves and let the police step in and take the pistols?
Judge Purdy—Then you were to get additional money from the police for giving them information?—Yes, We wanted to get into that 1,000 pistols that Chaiet's men had, Referring to the period while! they were in the detention room at, Central station, wit in reply to Dr. Sellett, said that during the] four hours they talked much togethfor, Jovino asking him why he remained unperturbed and witness told him that he was working with the police and that he had nothing} to worry about. Jovino also accus-Jed him of double-crossing and asked him what he (Jovino) should do, to /which witness replied that he could not say as he was unfamiliar with Italian law.
Continuing, "I told him to keep Jquict until we could find out what the police were doing. I did not tell him to adopt the attitude that had known that I was working with the police. I did not hear him say anything about any other deals with which he had been connected.'
Arms Inside the Settlement Worthington went on to say that hho was not interested in. arm wi out the Settlement, but that he was ready and willing to sell in the Settlement; he was trying to get)
side the limit, Captain Clarke, witness, went to say, had agreed that his. nam should' not be mentioned divulged to purchasers, who hid] been arrested. Tt was not until the date of the incident that he, wit ere, knew that he would deliver the arms. Ie was also on this day that Capt. Clarke had told him that the: police would not interfere. with the first consignment of 26 pistol Ho, according to witness, thought that they might et 60 or 100 be. Sellett ridiculed the idea that) the police would. permit civilian to carry on such a dear, but Worthington said that. in such a com munity at Shanghai, where every-Body believed in law" and order, there was nothing strange in sech procedure.
jr. Sollelt:—Have you a licence to carry 8 pistolt—No.
"Have you a licence you have on!
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