Accomplice's Story that Statement Was Wrung from Him by Electricity Two chauffeurs charged at the Mixed Court on Thursday with number of armed robberies und" with being members of fan organized gange were sentenced Yeepectively to terms of 10 Years' and one year's impri" Sonment, A third accused, the first member of the gang to be arrested, was stated by the police to have committed suicide in his cell. Both mon had made written statements confessing their complicity in an attempted opium robbery, when they had driven in. a motorcar to a Japanese wharf to avait the arrival of ship during the unloading of Which the opium was to be stolen. As matters turned out the ship did not come, 'Mr. Musso, who appeared for the second accused, stated that his client denied certain' statements which he had i that a robbery was to take place until he was told about it by one of the other men in the car, The second accused said evidence that he had been forced to make statements to the police be-ensue he had seen the deceased accused "under use of electricity." He had been frightened and had thus become confused.
Chief Det.-Inspector Cruickshank nid that this accusation against the police was absolutely false. The Court were at any time at liberty to inspect his office and they would find that no such ill-treatment could have been be resorted to. No electricity, had been used in his presence and he knew well that the Chinese detectives were afraid to question prisoners alone for the simple reason that they ran the risk of having all sort of accusations brought against them in the Mixed Court.
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