Sentences ranging from six months fo six years were given at the First Special District Court yesterday six armed robbers, who were charged for several armed robberies. One of the members of the gang is, Jan ex-Police watchman, another was a tram driver, while yet another 1 detective with the French first brought, to court on December 2, after long police investigations, the charges being for six armed crimes. 'The case was adjourned then till yester~ Jday when the sentences were passed. The tram driver. who was found possession of a pistol when arrested by' the police, was given 9 suspended sentence of six months.
Two others, including the ex-detective of ' the French Police, were given eighteen months each, The rest got one year, five years and six years, the last sentence being passed on the watchman, be-Hieved to have been the leader of, the gang, Suspected Kidnappers Remanded Shanghai, Dee, 28, Five suspected kidnappers were Drought before the First Specia District Court yesterday in connection with the kidnapping on Sunday of Shih Fieyuen, manager of a Chinese sauce factory at 187 Yuen-fong, Road who has since been reconed by the Settlement police ce-operating, with the Chinese police. In view of the inability of the rescued victim to appear Hearing pending further in Police evi nee was that the men, all arrested in yn Road hotel, borrowed a car belong:
ig to the manager of the hotel in which hey lived and proceeded to, Yuen Fong Road to commit the cHime, They were armed with a handed, dragted ott the forced victim, headquarters, court, further alleges b Upon earning that h intended victim had pat by §20,000 ngs We told the other accused 10 commit the crime. One of the accused served as the chauffeur. Before setting out on the job they asked their hotel manager to lend them his ear on the pretest 'oF sending 2 friend to. Kis Theft of Furs wi tour suspected robbers [Special District Court, the Settlement police are expected' to solve the tery surrounding the theft of ore than $83,000 worth of (urs from the Ta Chi Cheng Fur Shop at western di committing the crime. Two ice used were released while the other two were remanded in custody pending, further arrests, The fur the be recalled, was not commuted in the fur shop itself. The robbers telephoned to the shop for samples and wien the goods were delivered to them in the Yangtze Hotel in Yunnan Road they menaced the two shop assistants Who took the goods to them with pistols and, after binding them in the: bathroom, escaped with the furs, The robbers inapersonated the manager of 8 big restaurant, supposed to be an fold customer of the It has been found he police that part of the stolen furs have been pawned, while two pieces of valuable furs for making. Id} been sold to a shop in Boulevard 'Montigny whose two managers have been "arrested and were released by the cout on bail yesterday. The fitts sold to the Concession shop Were said to be worth more than $10,000, but the price actually paid was only' $1,600,
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