At the Public Mortuary, on Monday' morning, before Judge Keh and Mr. 'S. L, Burdett, Senior Consul's Deputy, an inquest was held over the Body' of an unknown Chinese who met his death at 4.40 a.m, on Sunday at the corner of Yunnan and Swatow Roads, Inspr, Higgs stated that, at the hour in question, Chinese P. C. 947 observed three mon holding up a at the place men-He gave chase and blew his 992 heard some shouting and saw three men approaching him so he took cover be-'Bind an electric light standard and fired at them, killing deceased. As Gecensed dropped, a pistol (proneed) fell from his hand. There was a cartridge in the breach Dut nothing in the magazine. The man who had been held up ran away when he heard the firing and Thad since not been found.
947 deposed that he saw three men holding up a man in a riesha and heard one say, "Old friend, don't shout." 'They unbuttoned their victim's coat and tried to take it off so witness pulled out his pistol and went up to them. 'When the men saw witness coming' towards, them, they ran away but he gave chase, together with the aman whom they had attempted to rob, The latter shouted "Save lis Witness blew his whistle and the amen continued to run.
P. C, 992 said that he was on. duty on Swatow Road, near 'Yunnan Road, when he heard police whistles being blown. He waited Behind an electric' light standard and saw three men running towards him, one dressed in black clothes. He pulled out his pistol and fired at the man in black, who, however, on running. Witness again fired and this time he brought the man down. When he got to this man, witness found a pistol, He did not know if he wounded either the other mon bute fred six shots The Court found that death was ne to wounds sustained whilst resisting arrest. The courage dispel ed by C. P. C. 992 and 947 was a credit to the Manicipal Police and should be brought to the notice of the Commirsioner for such action ay he may chink fit,
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