For Attempted Murder in Hankow: Sergeant's Terrible 2 Injuries the fury at Lil. BL Court, Hankow, Azer an absence of 15 nutes Gri dhuvsday of last week brought ina verdict of guilty. agai Bishin Singh, an "Tadian "police Eonatable indicted for the attempted" murder of the Sergeant. in the British Mun Police. "On the. following day, his Honour Judge Sir Skinner Turner Zentenced accused. to. 12 years im-Prigonment with hard labour. Ad-Uressing, the poisones, his Lordship taid he had given a for of thought to the case, AccUsed had good record. For some reason or other ascertained he had. attempted to murder Kishin Singh with a kaite find it was onlytby the mercy of God that he had not killed him.
The Crown Advocate (Mir. H. P. wilkinson) prosecuted and Mr. 'A. Frost defended, Prisoner pleaded not guilty.
The cuse for the Crown w con June 10 at about 3.20 morning several Sikh. cons the police barracks wore awakened by heaving eries of murder, coming from the No. 1s quarters at the top Gf the building, "The first arrivals the scone found the No. 1 graph neeused Bishin Singh By that tine the "Thad been badly sliced with a feat chopper sustaining" wounds fon the Jaw, side, shoulders, and leg. flo was taken to the Roman Catho-fie Hospital where he was attended Lyon Brown, who found a ina collapsed condition through losg of blood.
Jvidence was given by police constables that they had awakened by cries of "mud coming from the Sergeant's quarters, their sleeping quarters, being fon the floor below. 'Those who appeared there first had seen the! Sergeant and accused struggling while those who arrived later found the sergeant seated on a chair with blood pouring from his wounds,' When Inspector Harper arrived he: had the injured man taken to the hospital for treatment.
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