Six Chinese, including a woman, appeared before Messrs. Yui and Blackburn at the Mixed Court on Wednesday on charges of being concerned in no fewer than a dozen burglaries, including theft of silver goods, valued at nearly $1,000, from the house of Chief-Inspector Lynch of the S. M. Police.
One man, who had a particul-Jarly bad record, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, sentence to be followed by expulsion from the Settlement. Two (including the woman) were released with a warning, two were fined $50 each or a month in prison, and the last one was fined $30 or three weeks. One ofthe men, who broke the silver articles in order that he might damage them for pawn, was ordered to pay $100 damages. A silversmith, who bought the stolen goods, was ordered to reten them to their owner without compensation.
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