Five armed robbers received a total of 61 years imprisonment, among hem. The sentences were passed on them by the Second Special District Court yesterday on charges of successive armed crimes in the French Concession The arrests were made after a robbery in a Chinese rice store in Route Tenant de la Tour last month. One armed robber was shot dead on the scene when a party of the French Police responded to an alarm.
More than ten charges of armed robbery were filed against the five accused. Chang Vu-tsai and Chiang Sze-lien were sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment each, while Mao Siao-lou, Ma Yueh-chao and Shen Po-chun received nine years' jail term.
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