Suspects ini Slater Case on Trial When the gang of eighteen person: arrested by Central Station detectives following an armed robbery at the
ron December 31 last, King Yuen Building, 218 Peking Road, when" Seri E. M. Slater of the SIN, Police, and a Chinese watchman, wore shot dead. were brought before' the First Spectat District Court on January 27 for (lal, a total' of seven charges were preferred by the police against them.
The chargey included murder, armed robberies, trae in firearms, and despatch of threatening lett 'A total of 22 arrests were effected connection with Sergt, Slater's shoot-Ing. but four of them were later released for lack of evidence, so only flghteen appeared in the court yester-
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Paul ¥. Ru, Assistant Munletpal Advocate. who slated that, besides the Peking Road robbery and murder. the gang was responsible for armed robberies at 274" Tatung Road December 29 last, 81 Whashing Road on December 19, 340 Paoting Toad on December 24, and 202 Hurt Road, Two of the men recently sent thre ening letters to a resident ut 23° Hsuen Lee, Kaifeng Road, trying to extort money from him, 'The Peking Road crime was, of course, the most important of the Fobberies committed by the Kang, Mr. Flu said, Insofar as the Peking Road robbery' was concerned, fourteen persons. were Involved and, of these. leven were now in custody" and one had been killed, "Police invest ions revealed that a teaboy ome ployed in the complainants' office was the man' who had given information fo the gang and the robber who shot dead Sergt, E, Int Slater was himself Kclled by a constable, "The Chinese watchman was killed' by the robber SUI at large, whose name wis Zoe Abshal, Inquiries disclosed, "Mr. said.
"Many witnessex were called after Mr. Ru's address, including two cooties of the complainants' office, a Chinese constable who took part in the shoot~ and_an expert. from the armed Identification section, after which the hearing was adjourned,
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