Alleged Armed Robber Says He Went There to Sleep As a sequel to the case of the alleged armed robber who fled lover the housetops, he was charged fon Monday morning in the Mixsd Court with house breaking and attempted violence.
Inspector Mackenzie stated that information to the effect that an farmed robber had been seen on the roof tops alleyway was received and when the police attempted to arrest prisoner the latter threw tiles at them. Finally he was shot down by Det.-Sergt. Malone. Since his arrest Chinese Jdoctors had been reluctant to give any opinion as to the state of his The accused stated that he jo soldier in Nanking in the Ist under Commander Yui.
He left the army to go to Canton as a soldier but the Cantonese who recruited him had not gone there yet. "Sometimes I get confused fud fall down unconscious,"
The Magistrate—Why did you not come down when called?
Aceused—I shouted to them that T would come down, but they did not hear me. T asked the inmates Jof the house to let me sleep on the deying stage, but they refused, I had no money except $1 which a mend gave one to buy my ticket home but the money was not enough, When I saw so many. people ty to arrest. me T became confused. I threw tiles them because T was neither @ robber or a thief.
The accused three months" to be expelled was sentenced to imprisonment and from the Settlement.
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