'Towards the end of 1926, a revolver disappeared from the house of M, clu Pac de Marsoulies who Informed the police but who were fat that time unable to trace it, (On June 21, 1928 at 3 a.m., the French police' arrested in Route Dolfus a gang of seven individuals of whom two were women, under suspicion of being armed robbers.
Interrogated by Insp. Bardi, the prisoners gave the names of other accomplices who had taken part in armed robberies in the Concession.
On July 12, at 11.30 am, two armed robbers carried out a raid at 485 Rue Bourgeat and secured a quantity of money and jewellery. An alarm was raised and although tone succeeded in escaping, the other was chased by a crowd into the International Settlement, emptying fas he went, his magazine into his pursuers. This man met the police and was gravely wounded.
In the inquiry which followed, the police identified his revolver as that stolen from M, du®Pac de Marsoulies some 24 years earlier, while it was further discovered that the Prisoner was one of the gang who had been arrested on June 21. Further inquiry elicited that an attempt had been made to assassinate a rich Chinese living in Rue de Sieye: One of the robbers accused the son of the victim of having induced the gang to kill his father in order that he might enter into his inheritance which is said to be considerable, On this information the son was arrested and further examination revealed that the son himself was also a victim of this particular gang und it was also ascertained that the two bullets which had entered the shoulder of the father came from M. clu Pac de Marsoulies? revolver. It was subsequently proved that the weapon had been stolen by an amah who was mistress of on€ of the bandits.
The French Mixed Court after hearing the evidence, sentenced the even prisoners to five years each and ordered that, after serving sentence they were to be handed ov: to the Chinese authorities for any supplementary punishment desired, clu Poe de Marsilies' amah was sentenced to ons year's imprisonment and another woman to six weeks. One of the bandits whose guilt could not be definitely estadished wae sentenced to expulsion.
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