Court have been considerably tied up in this case by the decision handed down in the British Court. A man has just recently been sentenced by this Court, for the same offence, to four years' imprisonment. It is very serious for a foreigner, even if he is a young man, to be mixed up in such affairs as these. Being in possession of the pistol aggravates the crime in this case. Accused will be sent to prison for six months each, the Chinese prisoner to be expelled upon expiration. The pistol, dagger and handcuffs will be confiscated.
Ar the Mixed Court on Monday, before Messrs. Yui and Blackburn, two shop assistants were fined $300 each, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment, for keeping opium at No. 28 Honan Road for the purpose of sale. The police, who raided the place on Saturday, seized $50 in notes, $89 in silver, 118 20-cent pieces, 95 10-cent pieces, 600 coppers, one tin of opium, one box of opium, 47 Ib. of opium dross (cooked opium mixed with ashes), one packet of dross, an opium hook, an opium pipe, seven pipe heads, two opium cooking pans, four sets of weights and scales, and an opium camp.
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