<nteresting Sequel in Mixed Court An application was made at the Mixed Court last Friday morning for the return of certain arms seized upon information at 12 Haining Road. It will be remembered that about two weeks ago, a squad of constables under the leadership of Det.-Sub.-Insp. Yorke raided the house, expecting to find, according to the informant's statements, that there were a large quantity of arms on hand and that the premises had been used as a disbursing station for arms to robbers. and intending bandit purchasers. The raid was made and instead of unearthing such quantities, only a single Mauser pistol, an old flint lock pistol and a number of cartridges came to light.
Defendant who is the son of a former Tuchun of Chekiang province said that the guns had belonged to his father, and that he that he did not know of the provisions in the Municipal Code that required a permit if guns were retained en one's premises. Messrs. Martin and Li ordered the return of the weapons but also required defendant to get a permit to keep them.
Wang Wen-in, who gave the information to the Police and who is the son of a former Magistrate of the Mixed Court,' told the Court that his information had come through another called Hsia Ching-tan, who had prepared a statement and handed it to him because a detective lived in the same alley as did witness. Hsia is said to have been informed of the arms by an accountant in the Yang family (ex-Tuchun). Further questions by Mr. Ronald McDonald and Mr. C. S. Frank: lin for defendant, disclosed certain discrepancies in the evidence and the police asked for warrants for the arrest of both Hsia and Wang. They were issued and the men held in custody on charges of making false statements.
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