Nine Charges against One Accused'
At the Mixed Court on Wednes-cay morning, before Mr. Blackburn (British Assessor) and Mr. Yui (Magistrate), a Chinese named Waung Ling-ling was brought up or remand on no fewer than nine charges of burglary, larceny and attempted burglary, committed in: the western district' during the past few months.
From the evidence, it appeared that about 5 am. on 14th instant, a Chinese detective on patrol saw the accused on the lower verandah of No. 59 Avenue Road, trying on some clothing. Thinking the circumstance suspicious, the detective arrested the accused and found that the clothing, etc., in his possession had just been stolen from the adjoining house, No. 58. At. the Bubbling Well police station, the accused was identified as a man who had been "wanted" by the Police for a considerable time im connexion with various burglaries in that district, -and a later examination and compari-sion of finger prints proved his connexion with four actual and two attempted burglaries of foreign houses. Since his arrest the accused had admitted having beea responsible for several of the burglaries, and as a result of his confession property to the value of $1,048 out of $1,713 stolen had been recovered, The charges against the accused were of burglary: ati 58 Avenue Road on the 14th instant: at 20 Avenue Road on January 5 of this. year; at 19 Avenue Road on January 13 of this year; attempted burglary at 15 Wongkashaw Gardens on February 26, 1921; larceny from 61 Carter Road January 23 of this year; attempted burglary at 15 Medhurst Road on February 7 of this year; burglary at 27 Medhurst Road on March 5, at 63 Seymour Road on February 7, at 60 Avenue Road on February 25, this year.
Det. Sub-Inspector Bridger, of the S. M. Police finger-print' department, gave evidence of the identification of the accused by finger prints he had-left on panes of glass in_ the houses he had entered, and in one instance of identification of a finger print found on a chest of drawers.
Mr, Woodheld and Mr. R. Whittall idegtified- portions of the property recovered as having ben stolen from their houses, Nos. 53 and 60 Avenue Road, respectively.
Det.-Sgt. MacDermott asked or, a remand for one week, in order that the police might have an opportunity of recovering further: property stolen by the accused and™ his request was granted, the Assesser stating that at the next hearing, im addition to the police witnesses, only the attendance of the owners of additional property recovered would be required, after the receipt of plaintiff's brief, after which judgment would b given in due course.
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