The Archive · 1934

Wounded Man's Confession

Unable to appear before the Court because of his wounds Huang Ah-wu, Shantung man, who was arrested following an armed robbery and a gun battle with police at a, sweet: shop at 844 Tongshan Road on Thursday night, confessed his part in the hold-up and implicated two others named Tang and Fong at the Police Hospital where he was taken after being arrested by Wayside officers. This: the First Special District Court was told on Friday by Me.

Wong, Assistant Municipal Advocate, who conducted the prosecution in the case of the Tongshan Road holdup. Mr. Wong asked for a remand, pending the recovery of the wounded robber and to enable the police to apprehend his two accomplices still at large. This request was granted by the Court.

Poles Charged with Burglary Having been sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment and fined $500 Teach by the Second Special District, Court on enlarges of committing revested burglaries in the French Concession, Iwo Poles, Ian U, Pouhhalsky, and Joseph I.' Stanishevsky, were handed over to the Settlement police and charged in the First Special District Court on Friday with being concerned in the $10,814 burglary at the Siberian Fur Store, and the Fashionable Store, 1181-1185 Bubbling Well Road, on Christmas Eve, last year. The two Poles ple ed not guilty and were ordered be kept in custody til next Wednosday when thes wil appear before the Court agals for tral.

Five Rissions have already been sentenced ty the Settlement court early this year for being concerned in the Bubbling Well Road tu, burglary. They were Sych, who was Sent to gaol for 18 months for being the leader of the gang responsible for the crime: V. Babinoff and V.

Gook, who were each fined $300 for aiding and abetting in the crime; L. Dombrovsky, who got"12 months on. a charge of having assisted' in transporting the stolen property; and S. Ivanoff, who got eight months on charge of concealing tha stolen proerty. The Police recovered about $5,000 worth of the stolen property,

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