Detective-Inapector Commended by the Court Eight men from the Kompo district were before the Mixed Court, on Monday, charged with being concerned in numerous armed robberies and other crimes. It was stated that that had collected $1,500 in nine recent robberies and were connected with three attempted murders. A special police squad had been at work for five weeks, gathering in the gang. The prisoners had worked generally all over the Settle ment, but favoured principally pawnshops and cigarette shops for their depredations. One had given information against his comrades in crime, but the police had ascertained that, at the same time, he was operating with another gang. Another one was an ex-policeman of the Chapei force.
The Bench were informed that a hupeh man was shot in the head during one of the raids by this gang and the bullet went completely through his skull. However, despite this, he had recovered and was so disgusted with his experiences of Shanghai that he had returned to his own home.
One man was released, but the remaining eight were ordered to be sent to the Arsenal for execution. The Assessor marked his sheet: "The Court is glad once more to put on record an expression of its appreciation of the services rendered to the community by Detective-Inspector Prosser and his staff in rounding up the gangs of armed robbers in the Settlement."
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