The First Special District Court reserved judgment yesterday on Zur Soong-shu and Li Da-yuan who were accused in the second hearing of a charge of having transported opium. The two men were arrested a week ago in the possession of 136 ounces of the drug. which they stated they were bringing from Tsingtao as a favour to a friend. Li Da-yuan, an ex-sailor, when questioned by Mr. "Thomas S. Lea, Assistant Municipal Advocate, stated that he had been asked to bring the opium to Shanghai as a favour by a Mr. Liang. When the S.M.P. went in search of Liang they found that he had fled, four pounds of the drug being found in his home.
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