Five cases of armed kidnapping] wore listed officially. In this number]
the case of the Koreans in the Central district who rented the office next to their victim's office, They were arrested after he escaped. The gon of a wealthy Chinese in Hong-Kow was kidnapped, but later release ced by the police. Two children were} rescued by Louza police, and two persons paid ransom money. The! police arrested 40 alleged kidnappers, The reduction in the number of armed robberies is cause for muck satisfaction, There were only 90, an average of three per day. During, April, 1927, 173 such cases came to official attention. More than 50
Per cent, of these crimes were committed Getween 6 p.m. and 10 p.m, There were 88 arrests, Two armed robbers, who were! nontenced to death at the Provisional Court in January, appealed against the sentence. The Appellate Court reduced their sentences to life imprisonment and 15 years imprisonment, respectively. Six armed robbers, wanted by the Chinese authoritivs,' were handed over by order of the Court, Four hundred and eleven crimes of fraud, theft, embezzlement, snatch ing, ete., were reported, the total ess amounting to $198,087.93. This number, which includes 381 instances of larceny, is 150 less than during the corresponding period last year. 1,044 prisoners, and The fingerprint office fingerprinted!
idontifiet 327—31 per cent. 'OF this proportion, 27 per cent. had been released from yn under the usual sentence reduction scheme, The department issued 306 photographs, 34,190 leaflets, and 1,930 "wanted" notices.
Six alleged Communists were] handed over to the Chinese authori ties, and Loo Yih-noon, who was a violent menace during the troubles of March, 1927, was executed by them. Fro the results of their) raids the C.D, feel that they hay struck deeper into the Communi: gangs than at any time in their history. number of local Chinese, eluding Dr, Hu Shih, Chang Yii P. K, Chu, Lieu Ta-chun and Kuei Chincehu, have decided to establish weekly paper in. English. will be published on Saturdays aad the purpose of it will be to present Chinese views to the foreign pub-
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