Exemplary Sentence on an Armed Miscreant Wo Wei-ching and Dzung Ah-ling were charged at the Mixed Court on Wednesday morning (be= fore Mesers, Witamore and Shao) with conspiracy to. rob and) with being concerned. with others in robbing a Chinese house at 848 Lrondway at 7.25 a.m, on April 1. Two women (the sweciheart of the second prisoner and an amah) and 1 girl were detained as witnesses in connexion with the case, Det-Insp. Conduit outlined th case, and said that the robbery wi proposed by the second prisoner and corried out by the first man and four others who had not. been arrested. Five men entered the Place, two carrying pistols, intima dated the servants, and began to search. the house," nominally for opium, Two remained downstairs and the other three went upstairs, the doors being locked - meanwhile to prevent any of the inmates from plaintiffs and on the admission of 3 no doubt on the. admissions of jesepins The men then threatened those upstairs with pistols while it. Marble that there was some they were still in bed. 'They' subs delay owing to an insufficient supquently proceeded to break open ply of lighters to discharge the Doxes and to force drawers and got sargo as fast as the ship can away with about, $12,000 worth of Celiver.' In these circumstances I '<lothing and jewellery. These were must assume that some damage is later pawned and some of them reproved, because the shipowner: covered. The first accused was in Fepresented by the agents possession at the time of his arrest were not able to have the ship al of a pawn ticket and a gold watch their disposal as soon as they ought and. some gold buttons which the to have had it. As I understand complainants recognized as their the charter-party, there never could property. He confessed to the have been a case of demurrage her' police in a statement as to having at all, because the discharge of the taken part in the: robbery, and im: cargo was in the hands of the ship Plicated the second prisoner. end not in the hands of the char-After further evidence the first torer or the merchants, prisoner was given 20 years' im-Mr. Jones—I do not think that britonment and.the second man was 's0 at all, because the discharge given the benefit of the doubt and of the cargo as far as the ship discharged. Mr. N. Allman devas concerned was a discharge over {fended the second accused the ship's side. The taking of the TuintkEN Chinese women em-cargo into any receptacle, whether ployed at the godown of Messrs. on the wharf or into lighters, wa Madier & Ca., were arrested on the duty of the recipients of th Wednesday asthe result. of in-cargo. vestigations which are being made His Lordship—That may be. /by the French Potice concerning the Demurrage as I understand it is a larceny of large quantities of silke payment that has to be made by which are alleged to have been apthe charterers of the ship for not} propriated from time to time. Two returning the ship to the ship-women are alleged to have been owners as soon as they could. found when arrested carrying pieces does not matter, however. What of silk which were wrapped round ever the damages are, they are, their bodies under their clothing. agreed to a certain extent under the was reported some time ago to contract, because the rate of de-the police that quantities of silk murrage expressed in the charter-were continually going astray and Farty, in a very peculiar clause, is several police detectives in plain said to be £40 a day. Whether thi 240 can be recovered from the igothes were laced on guard for Purpose of inspecting those who. charterers I have no idea. That is, left the godown. As the result, of 'a matter which may be decided in, police raid made by the French the proper court, on.a claim by Police with the assistance of the the ship-owners as against the 'Chinese Police in the Native City charterer for damage Messrs. some of the silk etalon was identi-Marshall & Co.-took upon them. fied at-a Chinese silk shop. On the feives responsibility for any Ju discharge due' to" ingutic sent premises the police also found 1 Tevclvérs and' sone opium.
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