Ex-Soldiers at the Mixed Court Tsen Teh-pian and Chu Yuin-loon, unemployed ex-soldiers, of 3265 Robison Road, were charged before Messrs. Martin and Kuan at the Mixed Court on Wednesday with being in possession of a pistol, fully loaded, for an unlawful purpose.
Chief Det.-Insp. Cruickshank, for the Police, said that upon receipt of information, he and several detectives visited accused's home and there found an old pistol instead of three as the information showed. The men said' they did not know from whence came the pistol but they thought it had been placed in their house by enemies. They said they had given information to the police of a theft of wood from a contractor's yard which led! to_ the arrest of the thieves. Chief Det.- Insp. Cruickshank said that he had made investigations as to the truth of the statements and found that they were true. He did not believe that the men lied.
The two accused corroborated Insp. Cruickshank's evidence and the Court ordered their discharge. The pistol was confiscate Gex. Hsu Kuo-n1ane, Director of Shanghai and Woosung Native Constabulary, has, upon receipt of information, instructed his subordinates to keep a strict watch for opium smugglers and opium sellers, it being reported that a number of this class of men have left the International Settlement and the French Concession and established headquarters in Chinese territory.
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