Shanghai, Feb. 25.
Convicted, of having "robbed an assistant of the Wing Tai Yo Tobacco Gompony" in" lukiong "Rotd. "on February 11 of mores than. $9800 Sung, Ling-sen way sentenced 10 Yours imprisonment yesterday by Nie Fra Speco "Dntiet Court A pect. was declared not uly The vill, it will be recalled, was cing to-hit'neud oe in: Kiana fond. wen "ne was" wold Several robbers? This was een by Russian watchman who took base after the men had ston the ency" from their vielim,. Several Shots "were exchanged busing veniually seated not fa sin from the scene the crime, Stolen money was recovered but Eight other robbers were sentenced to! prion terme bythe sate. court Yesterday in coonettion wi Crimes commited In the sett The coder of the gang wae {o'ave. years and x months" Drisonment while his five eller assistants drew five years euch. Kuo Kwan-wu received a throe-yeat prison form charged with attempted robbery, while Yang Ho-ching drew four months.
One pistol and 150 rounds ammunition found in the possession of the sentenced men were turned over to the police for examination. The sentenced men wore extradited to the French police in whose. ter> ritory they might have also" committed other crimes.
Mr. Hsu Peh-liang of 83 Shantune Road and another Chinese living 657 Foochow Road were mentioned victims of the gang. bit the police discovered the crimes only recently when the men quarretied over the unequal distribution of the booty. [During the quarrel one of. their number was stabbed in a Yunnan Road hotel and he was also sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Two of the men were first arrested by the Chengtu Road police and it" was through their confession that the police were aware of the fact that the stayed man was a robber,
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