Appeal in $12,000 Robbery Case 'The appeal filed by the French Police against the recent acquittal, by the Second Special " District Court, of four Chinese charged with being' concerned in the $12,000 rob-ery' in the offices of Messrs. Seth, Mancell & McLure, 9 Avenue Edward VI, on June 9, was heard in. the Third Branch Kiangsu High Court on Friday. After a lengthy hearing, the ease was adjourned, 'The four accused are Chang Tsu-ming, Chuang Chi-meng, Waung Li-yn and Tang Ching-yeh. The frst two accused are sons of a large metal store owner and a sauce fac tory owner, respectively, In Hong-Kew, while' the third one is the resident of a hospital in the Settle ment. The Lower Court found the four' accused not guilty on the ground that there was insumeient evidence against them, The court room was filled to capacity on Friday morning. when the proceedings started. With the exception of the fourth accused, who remained two lawyers, each accused had three lawyers appearing in the court for the defence rge, saying that deposited by him for one of his lives. The case was adjourned for one week for further investigation, Three Foreigners Sentenced Four foreigners, one of whom is familiar to the authorities due 10 his constant appearance in court for pelly offences, faced the First Special Distriet_Court on Monday morning in four separate cases, Three of them were arrested by the Hongkew police, while the other was charged by Bubbling Well Station with misappropriation.
Hans Hansen, 40-year old Latvian, whom the authorities know so well, was charged, this time, with being drunk. "He was arrested by police at 7.80 pin. last Saturday and sentenced by Judge Sung to ten days' imprison ment yesterday. S. Cordanor, 41, Polish. arrested at 825 p.m. on Sui day Kiangse Road Ws" gaol term from Judge Sung. 'The third foreigner brought to the court by the Hongkew police was Normuhamad Abdulin, 36, Russian, charged with soliciting "alms Chapoo Road at 840 pam. on Sun He was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment.
Fritz Evers, German, 25, was the fourm foreigner in court.' He was arrested by the Bubbling Well police on charges of having unlawfully appropriated and converted to hig own use one radio receiver estimated at $50 which came under his control by virtue of his occupation as a radio repairer employed by Mr. H._ Boaler. The alleged crime was perpetrated at 18 Edinburgh Road about two weeks ago. The case was ad-tourned for one week for further investigation.
Mr. Koo, appearing for the police, told Judge Sun that the police had sulelent" evidence to convict the four acoused. When the first ac~ cused was arrested and arraigned before the First Special District Court, confessed to the robbery, giving ood account of how the crime was Perpettated, Mr. Koo pointed out, When the four accused were brought to the French Police Station, they were picked out as those present at the robbery by complainants from among a group of persons. The account of the robbery as given by the first accused was even more de-failed than first given in the Settlement.
When questioned by the judge, it hho had confessed. to the crime, the first accused stated that he did only after he had been slapped on the nce by a Chinese detective and when a foreign detective threatened to beat him with a stick, He said he was so frightened that he did not know what to do but to say yes to the questions put to him by the detectives, In fact, he continued, he was of the day of the robbery in Kiangwan Race Course. Several witnesses had testified that he at the race course at the time when the robbery Took place, he stated.
The remaining throe accused also denied the charges. The judge then adjourned the hearing.
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