Serious Crime.—This includes the attempted murder on March 4 at a house in the Sinza District of the wife of a Chinese cook who was shot at and wounded by one of a gang who stated they desired to see her husband; the murder on March 5 in a foreign house in Broadway of an amah who was beaten to death with an iron bar; the attempted murder at a factory in the Harbin Road District of two employes who were attacked with a chopper on March 5 by a man who accused them of alienating the affections of his "sweetheart"; and the murder on March 6 of an assistant of a Chin-yese detective employed by the French Police who was fatally shot on the Thibet Road whilst attempt. ing to arrest an armed man wanted for demanding money by threats and attempted murder. In the third mentioned case the assailant was arrested and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. In connexion with the last case the murderer was arrested and at the French Mixed Court was ordered to be handed over to the Court of the Military Governor.
Two cases of attempting to set fire to premises occurred during the month, one in the Sinza and the other in the Wayside District. In the former case kerosine oil bad been thrown on the back door, whilst in the latter a roll-of paper soaked in kerosine oil thad been thrown on the roof of the premises. The damage done in both instances was slight.
The case in which a ricsha coolie was charged with the attempted murder of a ricsha master, mention of which was made in my report for February, was concluded on March 15 when accused wag sentenced to five years' imprisonment to be fol-
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