Davies Yor"derenaant, SINE a et int, een Ea Nie cee ade ae Mle 2 Cla ate Satan eek a Cassedy, as will be recalled, was Jarrested by Mr. Gordon Campbell, 7S. Marshall, at an address at Kiso" jehol Road on Oct. 1 after he had calibre pistol on the bar othe New Savoy Bor, Bubbling Welt Ros ug of Septem fell Road on the evening Although Witnesses had been sum Imoned. they were not called In view Jof the fact that the accused pleaded guilty. In addressing the cdtrt, Me. Leighion Shields, District Attorney, said that the accused had told the lice that he was working for the few York Times" but that it was Jpondent of the New York newspaper and had applied for a position with-Jout results, The accused, Mr. Shields continued, had also made a detailed statement to him saying that he had acquired the istd in the United States in 1992, Jatid had decided to keep it_ because hho intended to join the Shanghat volunteer Corps at the request of far og Tam aware", Mr. Shields Jaded, "the S.V.C. supplies ils own In dealing with the pistol, the District Attorney said that it lad been examined by experts of the SMP. Jand it was found that it was one of twenty: pistols to have been imported into Shanghai in 1995 and had pre viously' botonged to a Mr. Sear~ Dorough. Mr. Shields said that he Iwas able to prove that the gun was stolen but that he was not going to do this as there was no charge of theft against the accused.
Mr, 2, Davies, for the defence, told the court that Cassedy had Ween em= ployed as a school teacher in the Catholic Mission School in Peiping in 1992 and that he remained in Shanghai wntit 1936 when he returned \to the United States atter he was married.
'AS a result of marital troubles, the Jatiorney eSntinued, Cassedy had re~ turned to Shanghai. He also pointed Jout that Cassedy had not stolen the pistol as, when the gun was taken by the accused, a note was left for the owner, informing. him that he had taken the gun. "Mr, Davies re-Jcommended that the accused be given suspended sentence as this" was his first offence, passing judgment, Judge Helmick pointed out that the court was not harsh and did not wish to initiet harsh punishment but that there was no excuse for this sort of a thing.
An American who cai Me, Helmick continued, fable, if not as a criminal, then as fan irresponsible person."
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