two Chinese Sentenced to Execution: Four Others Bound Over By Court Six Chinese were before the Mixed Court last Friday moring on a charge of murder and Mr.
The Maitland who conducted the prosecution said that since their mand. two further charges had been preferred, The first of tht two additional charges was that the scoused had conspired together and committed an armed robbery on December 29, 1925, which ° they, had robbed Lee Zen-sung, of $15 the other charge was of residing with criminals and being a menace to public peace. Mr. L. K. Kentwell appeared for the widow of the riesha coolie who was shot dead by. the accused.
Mr, Maitland stated that all the accused were charged with being concerned in the murder which took place on January 3, in an alleyway near Foochow Road, Ho stated that two had made st ments to the police and asked that if the charge were not proved against these two that they be put fon. bond.
'D. I, Conduit said that he arrest ed vall the accused on January 7. 'The murder was committed four days: previously and after making inquiries found the body of the deceased who had been shot while protecting his employer, On Jane uary 6, he received—information that the people concerned in the ferime' were living in the Freud Concession and a raid was made where three of were arrested. Another was rested outside the house but nothing was found on any of the accused. One of the women accused stated that she had seen one of the others with a pistol and witness was later taken to a house in Pakhoi Road and half way up the stairs found a shelf upon which was a pistol with five rounds of ammunition in the nuagazine. One of these was similar to the bullet found in the deceased and the rifling was identical, Two the accused made statements aitting the crime but the other four said that they knew nothing f-the murder and the police were to the accused one of whom said h wag told to fire by Tung Kueland did- so to frighten the coelia und: not with the intention of shoot ing him. The other man who made a statement admitted participating inthe second robbery. nim, A. J.. Martin, British A' and Magistrate Kuan after he thie evidence of the Chine was robbed on December 29, and alo: that of th the employer of ed two of the accused to to the Chinese authorities for exe ecution' and four others to find sureties of $50 each to be of good behaviour in tutu Aractes! an décounting for the work done in connexion with the construction of the North-China Build Sng;"an accounting for the worl, "Mr, 'Pranklin; Chalaire & Franke lin,' appeared for the plaintiffs and Mz, F. J. Schuhl for the defendants, Tewas'alloged by plaintiffs that the'firm of Stewart, Crane & Ca. Me., hid passed into the hands of receiver because of the fact that the'defendanta refused to finance avdemurrer to the pleadings was Giléd by defendants and etter hear.
argument this was sustained by the. Court,"
Amportant Cases Postponed 'Two cases-in' which substantial amounts-are involved were mone tioned. The first, was the claim of Mrs H.C. Norman against the "China Press" for sums of $42,000 and Tls. 20,000 which was adjourned until, April -6.: An application, was granted to: take the testimony plaintiff: on: Wednesday -as he was leaving: Shanghai.
The: second. was the claim by Mr. N. E, B. Ezra for Tls. 70,000 for. alleged -Jibel against the same newspaper, the "China Press." This algo) was, adjourned: until April and ifu3mas ointed, out by Mr. Faison, gapnse) fox, plabptifl het: the, heaxwon} most likely. last, two.days, jossrp. Fessenden," Holeomb; Snyder are representing the fendants in both the above cases.
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