Although the Chinese police regulations published in 1914 conta ed a clause compelling people lo ting rooms to notify the police if they had any suspicion of people in their houses being such as might be contemplating some _serious crime, the first prosecution under this heading has only just been recorded. It is understood, however, that the police intend making the fullest use of it in future, as it is obvious that lodging-house Keepers must be fully aware of the! history of the shady persons who seek shelter in many of the: were charged in the Mixed Court with disregarding this regulation and were fined $10]
ch. The men the defendants had failed to report to the police were members of a very dangerous of armed robbers which the pol eventually managed to put out of sation,
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