Slight Increase Over July Recorded The Acting Commissioner of Police, SMC, reports to the Council:—The total of 1,422 cases of reported crime in August shows an increase of 29 compared with that for July Jand an increase of 34 over the corresponding month last year, Arrests for timer committed show an in-Jerease, 1,374 having been apprehend-fed in August as against 1,272 in July fand 1,252 in June, Tu addition, 106 persons were taken into custody for crimes committed in previous months, One hundred persons were arrested fon behalf of other authorities, One case of murder was reported. 'A. male Chinese was grievously assaulted in his home by some unknown person, and subsequently died in hospital, There was one case of attempted murder. A tramway Inspector was fired at and seriously wounded by armed robbers as they Med from the scene of an armed robbery at a shop in the Yulin Road district There were nineteen reports of armed robbery, eight less than uly and an increase of nine compared" with the: corresponding month of last year. There were sixftecn other robberies, eleven mor" than in July, 37 burglaries, and 30 housebreakings,
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