Veir Singh appeared before Mr W. King last Friday charged with stealing a box containing clothing and promissory notes to the value of $2,910, the property of Samund Singh, a watchman employed at a cotton mill in Markham Road.
Chief Inspector Vaughan appeared for the police.
Evidence was given by a Sikh police constable that in the early hours yesterday he saw accused standing by a ricsha, which contained a box, at the gate of the mill. Upon mentioning this to the watchman, the latter said it was Samund's box, and ran out into the road and after the accused, who had gone off in a ricsha. Witness followed, but they did not overtake accused.
Another Sikh witness spoke as to meeting accused! on the road in a ricsha, the box being brought after him in another ricsha.
Accused was remanded.
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