'Trial of Alleged Robbers Ends Lawyers for both French Police jand defence summed up on Thursday the case heard in the Second 'Special District. Court against four chinese, two shop proprietors, one foreign' firm employee and' one German-trained medical practitioner, charged with being concerned in the $12,000 robbery "in the alice Messrs. Seth, Mancell & MeLure on June 9 last." After listening to the arguments of both parties, the Court reserved its decision till next Tuesday morning.
Mr. T. T. Fair, for the French Police, said evidence against the first scoused, Tsang Tsu-ming, were over~ whelming, including a bank. book seized on Tsang's person, showing that 'Tsang deposited various sums of money with a native bank a few @ays after the hold-up. in the well-Known chartered accountants' ofice, Furthermore, Tsang had made voluntary statements at' the police station the effect that he was concerned the robbery and that the money deposited with the bank was part of the stolen money. Counsel also asked for the conviction of the other prisoners.
'There was an array of lawyers for the defence, prominent among being Messrs. Eugene Kiang chin' Linn and D. S, Chen. They contended that one of their clients, Tsang Tsu-ming, was not in Shanghhai_at the time of the hold-up.
Sun, lawyer for the defence of the last prisoner, the medical practitioner, made strong attacks on Mr. Yen Loo-ching, lawyer for the Chinese compradore whose money was stolen on June 9. Me, Sun alleged in the Court that, before his client appeared before the Court, Mr. Yen threatened to. instruct the complainant to accuse the doctor of being concerned in the hold-up unless, the doctor pald him $4,000.
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