Complainant then the kidnapping and was held up by four men at the corner of Paoting and Wayside Roads, They pushed him into a waiting motor car, which was driven to a house in Pingliang Road, where he was detained for ten days, He was next taken to East Yuhang Road, where he remained until he was rescued by the police. The two accused were placed on guard over him, They did not speak to him but they had their meals with him: The dead man ached him for $200, 000 and promised that, if the money were paid, he would be released, but later' this sum was reduced to $50,000. He heard deceased say that, if the money were not paid, he would kill witness. Accused "were not the men who idnapped*him. He could not say they were accomplices or servants, but they obeyed the orders of the dead man. They were not armed but deceased always had a pistol. Accused were always kind to him, The first accused stated that he ame to Shanghai and had no money, He went to a tea-house where he met a friend who took him to the house in East Yuhang Road, where he was told that he could sleep. There were four men 4n the house at the time, He had only been there for a night when he was arrested, He was told complainant had been kidnapped and that he was being held for ransom. He ran away on the approach of police because he was told by another man to run. He was for~ biden to leave the house. He was not told to watch complainant.
The second accused anid that he went to Hangchow for the purpose of joining the army but, when he got there, he had spent all of his 2 filer sth toe lite] complainant had been kidnapped that he was being held for He then tried to leave the He had never seen first accused bofgre then. He w told that if he tried to escape would be shot. It had been prearranged that, should the police come, they should escape by the oot.
This completed the evidence and Judgment was reserved.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.