Sing Jin-keng, a loafer and old offender, is lying in St, Marie's Hospital with a bullet wound in the foot inflicted quite accidentally by annamite policeman No. 773 who was forced to fire a shot when he was assaulted by a group of loafers at 3 p.m, yesterday in Rue Bourgeat.
The trouble started when the French police constable attempted to teke away the licence from a wheelbarrow driver who had broken a traffic regulation. He was assaulted by the loafers who took a hand in the argument, whereupon he fired a shot.
The bullet riccochetted wounding Sing in the foot. Sing is said to be a workman in a Chinese laundry. The French police have ascertained that the same man, two years ago, was sentenced to one week's imprisonment on a similar charge.
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