Stern punishment was meted out by Judge Foo in the First District Court yesterday to Day Nyi-pao, aged 37, unemployed, who, with an accomplice, robbed two men of half a picul of rice valued at $7 in Tsai Sze Loong, off Robison Road, on Thursday night The complainants were friends of a rice shop owner, so they were allowed to buy half a picul of the cereal instead of only $1 worth, The rice having been put in sacks, they left the shop by the rear door, carrying their sacks on their backs, In Tsai Sze Loong, off Robison Road, at 845. pu. two men, one was Day, came and seized the rice from the complainants. In the hurry, however, the sacks dropped and the rice scattered over the ground, Day was arrested by a Chinese Police constable, but his accomplice escaped.
The police preferred a charge of unarmed highway robbery against the arrested man. Judge Foo sent the man to goal for a year on 4 charge of snatching.
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