(Prison Terms Inflcted)
'A commotion was caused in Police Court on Aug. 20 when a case for alleged assault was being heard before Mr. C. H. Haines, Registrar. An Indian by the name of Tek Singh, who was standing at the back of the court listening to the case, suddenly jumped up, and shouted out protestingly at the top of his voice, He was, it is understood, complainting that "the witness, a rickshaw coolie, had stated that all the Chinese community in Shanghai referred to the Indians as "red-headed devils." Both the rickshaw coolie and. the police interpreter, however, strongly denied that any such statement had been made, while Inspector A. G. Tenn, who was in court at the time, also said that the rickshaw coolie had made no such statement. Tek Singh was immediately seized by a foreign police officer, and was placed under arrest by order of the Registrar. Afler sentence had been passed on the two defendants in the case, the creator of the disturbance was placed. in the dock, and ordered to be bound over on a personal recogniz~ ance of $100, and one surety of $100.
The first defendant in the case w: Sapuran Singh, charged with assaulting Tsew Shien-fong, C-P.C, Number 103, at 520 am. onthe lith of this month at Edinburgh Road, causing the policeman to sustain a bruised hose and a black eye. The second defendant, Aimer Singh, was charged, with assaulting Tsang Zen-kuo, C.P.C. Number 3333, at the same time and place. At the commencement of the hearing, both defendants applied for jan adjournment in order to engage a lawyer, but this request was refused, Similar evidence was given by both of the witnesses for the prosecution. CPC. Number 103 said that he was on duty with the other C.P.C. at the time of the occurrence on Kinnear Road, when, they were near Edinburgh Road, He observed two Indians in Edinburgh Road, one of whom was riding a bicycle along the pavement. The other CPC. told' this Indian that riding on the pavement was not allowed, whereupon he replied that he was also an employee of the SAC, and knew the regula tions.
One of the Indians then crossed over to the other side of the toad, and the other continued to ride on the pavement. The CPC. warned him that he.would be taken to the police station if he went on doing this, and finally requested him to Jcome to the police station. The Indian refused to go, pushing his bicycle Jagainst the C-P.C., and then striking him.
Witness went to the assistance of the C.P.C., and the second Indian then caught hold of him. Witness got to a telephone box, and called up the police station, and meanwhile the other policeman was assaulted by both of the Indians. At that moment, Chinese who was passing by, seeing the assault, came to the assistance of the CPC, and a car later arrived from the police station, The first defendant was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour, while the second defendant was sentenced to two months imprisonment with hard labour, "Whisker Affray" Between Sikhs
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