"[we cases in which - mention was made of the shooting, by armed men, of Assistant Head Constable Rebsamen (Reserves) were brought up in the Mixed Court on Wednesday.
Ching Da-liang, 31, an a countant, was charged with being a joint offender, contrary to Article 31 of the Chinese Provisional Criminal Code. The charges against him was that, whi employed as an accountant of the Way Leu Garage, 302-3 Kiukiang Road, he aided and abetted the principals before the commission of an offence, namely, the attempted murder of Assistant Head Constable' Rebsamen on the night of December 12, and was an accessory before and after the fact.
Det.-Sgt. Robertson, for the Police, stated that accused was arrested on a warrant, the car in which the armed men were believed to have been riding having been seized on the 14th instant, two days after the shooting. ' Two accountants and the proprietor of, the garage had absconded and accused, who returned on Tuesday afternoon was arrested when he visited the place. "The garage was being watched, stated witness. He would ask for a further remand to allow the Police to make further investigations, and would suggest that the case be remanded for hearing by Mr. Allman (the American Assessor) who had originally heard the case. This application was accordingly granted by Messrs.
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