(c) Followers i 250 391
Total 3,056
Serious Crime.—This includes the wounding in an alleyway off Woosung Road on the evening of July 9 of three Chinese who were struck by flying bullets during a quarrel alleged to have been over a "sweetheart" affair, and the death of a foreman builder on July 10 at his home on Yunnan Road as the result of injuries re ceived with an iron bar during a fight on the previous day.
A Chinese charged with the attempted murder of a Sikh Naik was on July 10 sentenced to three years' imprisonment. One man was arrested in connexion with the murder of a Chinese female, who was fatally stabbed in an alleyway off Tong Dong Ka Loong on September 30, 1913, and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. Five men have been arrested in connexion with the murder of a Chinese, who was found shot in an alleyway in the Louza District on April 27, and were under remand at the end of the month.
Robbery.—Four reports of armed robbery from dwelling houses and shops, one of armed highway robbery and two of highway robbery in which no arms were used were received during the month. In connexion with cases three persons were apprehended, two of whom were each sentenced
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