The 174 pullers who appeared before the First Special District Court Saturday on charges of intimidation and mischief were. arrested from practically every district in the Settlement on Friday. While the eases against them were quickly} disposed of, a comparatively lengthy hearing was held in the case against the five alleged ringleaders charged with being the instigators of the Hiekshaw troubles in the Settlement fon Thursday and Friday.
Mr. 8. K. Tsien, assistant Munictpal Advocate, who prosecuted, told the Court that. the five accused) headed the 300 rickshaw coolies who poured into the compound of the Municipal Administration Build-Ing at 10 am. on Thursday in pre senting a series of demands to the Rickshaw Board including the question of the hire charge. After leav-Ing the compound, the—cooties gathered on a piece of ground in Robison Road, where a meeting was held with Zung Fah-ts, the first accused, presiding. It was at this meeting that decisions on violence, strikes, and refusal to pay hire charges were made. In view of the subsequent troubles, the five persons were arrested by the Pootoo Road police.
The assistant Municipal Advocate then applied for the detention of the five accused. Police believed that able to do anything, and the trouble would thus die out, fe said. Two lawyers retained by the rickshaw Jowners also petitioned the Court for the detention of the five accused. They also told the Court that the owners were to bring a civil suit against the five accused for damage
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