The Archive · 1925

ARMED ROBBERS' BID FOR FREEDOM

Men Who Attacked Police Of. ficers at Yangtszepoo for Execution The Chinese who attempted to break out of prison at Yangtszepoo police-station on Wednesday and at-tucked two foreign police officers, Sgts.'Mesling and Watson, were brought up at the Mixed Court st Friday. Tsing Kuei-kun, a form soldier, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, and Zung Ah-ug and Yee Kong-lai, coolies, were ordered to be handed over to the Chinese authorities for execution, this on convietion for armed robbery. The Assesser explained that in view of this sentence it would be unnecessary to pass any sentence for the subsidiary offence of the attempted murder of the officers and attempting by the use of violence. to escape from lawful custody. The farmed robbery charge was with being concerned with others not yet in custody, at 6 pam. on December 30 last, at 1058 Thorburn Road, in the use of violence and in the tobbery and taking away of the sum of $120 from the owner, Loh Kyung-

E,\Whitamore (British Li ordered the Assessor), who sat with Magistrate Sion-mei, sent to the competent Chinese thorities for execution as soon as it in determined who is in competent authority. Meanwhile they would be detained in the Municipal Gud, IE these two prisoners were not ex: ecuted, they were to be sent back to the Mixed Court for punishment,

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