Gaol terms ranging from thirteen to three years were imposed by the First Special District Court, on Oct. 26, upon ten men who were rounded up by the SIN. Police in different districts recently for being con-corned in a series of armed" robberies committed inthe Settlement.
'The leader of the gong was sen-{enced to thirteen years, and another to ten years' Imprisonment, A. third was gaoled for three years for assisting in selling military weapons, whilst a new Mauser pistol and 100 rounds of ammunition which the police seized in his house, were 'The armed robberies for which the of men were sentenced Included those committed at House No, 16, Lane 'No, 455 Hankow Road, House' No, 7, Lane No. 241, North' Thibet Road, 200 Hsian Road, 70 Macao Road, the Yah Shing sewing-machine shop, the Yoong Woo lodging-house, Wuhu Road, and House No, 61 Lane 117, Chengtu Road. qfllgged to, Hhave committed a les of armed crimes, including robbery and kidnapping, in. Talshingfen, Tsou Ching-sung and Dah-ssu, unemployed Chinese, who were are ested off Fokien Road, on Sunday, were ordered 10 be handed over to representative of the Kiangsu No, 4 Division Peace Preservation Corps.
Bogus Charity Workers Gaoled Two men were sentenced and three women received suspended sentences in the First Special District Court on Oct. 30, when they were found guilty of making: the commission of fraud a. profession by collecting monetary contributions from residents for fictitious charitable organizations.
'The. sentenced. men were Drung' Kwel-tal, who got 18 months, -and Sung Lat-sung, who got 10 months, The three. women accused were Yang. Ying, Sung Soo-tsung, and Sung Tsing-hau. Pootoo Road officers arrested the prisoners when they feled to collect money for a Kwang Chi Hospital which was non-existent, One of the female prisoners admitted in court. having. collected - several thousand dollars in Hongkong and that she: was employed by one of the male. prisoners.
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