Seven men were charged in the Provisional Court on Wednesday. morning before Iudge Tseng and Dr, Ramondino, Senior Consul's Deputy, with, holding up a shroff employed by the Hou Sung Cotton Mill, and his assistant, and robbing them: of The affair took place in Yangtszepoo Road in April and th robbers got away in complainant's motor car. The leader of the gang, was sentenced to death, two others received life sentences, another two got 14 years each and the seventh man was sent to prison for two years and 10 months, In this case, complainant and his assistant wore foreed, at the point of pistols to alight from their car and leave a bag which contained the money in the back seat, The money consisted of notes of the $1 denomination and silver. -'The matter was reported to the police and one man was later arrested with 87 of these notes in his possession. was he who gave information which Jed to the arrest of the remainder of the gang and the recovery of the motor car.
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