Charged with committing an armed robbery at G01 Moulmein Road at 245 p.m. on September 2 and stealing money and jewellery to the value of $62.30, four Chinese were brought before Judge Ng in the Shanghai Special District Court on September Br. ¥. D. Wong, Assistant Mun: cipal Advocate, whose application the withdrawal of the charge inst two of the—accused was granted, told the Court that, on the afternoon in question, four men entered the house at G01 Moulmein Road and held up the inmates. One fof the women, however, noticed that the gangster who guarded her and others was in possession of an imitation pistol so she grappled with and, as a result, he was captured in a cul-de-sac alleyway. Another was arrested by Mr. Christie in Bubbling Well Road as he was throwing away certain articles which he had stolen.
'Complainant, Mrs. Chang, told the Court that two men entered her bedroom and pretended to ask the! name of a roud. When they went downstairs together, one of the men produced a pistol, 'a bullet in the meantime. having' been dropped in witness's bedroom, witness noticed that the first accused was armed with an imitation pistol. While he hit her daughter, she grappled with him and he ran out of the back door, where he was arrested. The stolen property was carried away by the second prisoner.
Sikh Havildar 437 said that his attention was drawn to the sound fof police whistles and he saw many people on the road. There were two men running. Witness blew his whistle and the second accused was caught by Mr. Christie, a foreigner in a motor car. Witness saw the prisoner drop the stolen property but he picked ft up, Mr. Christie corroborated, after which the accused men admitted their guilt, 'A remand was ordered.
Women as Arms Carrier Three women, a coolie and an unemployed Chinese were brought before Judge Feng in the Shanghai Special District Court on September 12 for judgment in connection with 'a number of crimes which they are fallaged to have committed.
Charges preferred against accused] included the following:—being members of a criminal gang formed for the purpose of committing crimes in the Settlement: armed robbery': arm. ed-highway robbery: larceny and Possession of fireer The women are alleged to have accompanied members of the gan from their rendezvous to the seenes of their crimes and distributed the erms and ammunition. One of the found in possession of four magazines and 144 rounds of ammunition, admitted that she had done regularly as women were not so apt to be searched as men.
This woman received six months, the coolie was sentenced to 34 years and the unemployed man got years. The other two women were discharged.
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