District Court fi Hung Chiao-lin, a notorious robber who resisted the police on January 8 of this year while running away from a ed residence at House No.
18, Lane 570 Haining Road, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the First Special District Court His alleged accomplice, Li Han-chuan, who was wounded during the shooting, is still lying in hospital and hearing in connection with his part in the crime has to be suspended temporarily. They were escaping with nearly $500 which they had stolen from the residence when they met Police from Sinza Station respond- out any cover whatever in the lane. The C.P: C: was about to fire on the man in return when the latter suddenly stumbled a few paces and slumped to the ground. The C.P.C. ran forward and seized the robber's pistol. The robber was found to have an injured ankle apparently got when he jumped from the roof. when first challenged.
Risks Life As the result of investigations in a threatening letter case (demanding money) detectives kept a rendezvous arranged by the writer with the recipient, at a place in the Western area. The writer of the letter arrived in a hire motor car at the spot designated and, alighting and without ado yanked the decoy into the car.
Detectives immediately surrounded the car from various vantage points and C.DS. 324 who was in charge of the party took up an exposed position directly in front of it. He was red on four times by the armed man from within the car, but dared not return the fire owing to the presence therein' of the chauffeur and the decoy. The latter two, however. managed to scramble out, and the criminal. again firing twice at C.DS. 324; also jumped out being fired upon by the Detectives.
He ran off along various roads hotly pursued by the Detectives with C.D.S. 324 in the van. Many shots were exchanged during the chase and eventually after over a half mile run 324 caught up with his quarry ing him to surrender and throw n his mauser pistol.
Arrests Assassin the police and during the ensuing gun battle Li was shot down. A pistol was wrenched from the wounded men.
Chao Hung-ching, a former wheelbarrow man who wanted to make good the loss he sustained in gambling houses by organizing a robber gang but who was caught red-handed three days ago in Tongshan Road, is facing the same court with two other men as ce-defendants, They have been remanded in custody pending further investigations.
Police evidence was that the gang On the afternoon of April 21, a Chinese was assassinated in a hotel on Avenue Edward VII by a lone gunman. As the latter ran out of the hotel he was noticed by Sub-Inspector Bhag Singh who was passing the hotel at the time and heard the hot.
The assassin ran off pursued by the Sub-Inspector who raised the alarm and fired at the fleeing man without effect This chase continued for about 200 yards when C.P.C. 456 who was off duty and in civilian clothes and shop-had been preying upon pedestrians in Ping in the vicinity heard the alarm several Hongkew streets. On Friday, and shots fired. He then saw a Chin-at about 3.15 a.m. a fish hawker was ¢s¢ with a mauser. pistol in his hand going to the Fish Market to buy his|Tun past him. The C.P.C. though daily quota of fish. He carried $14.40 unarmed immediately went after the in his pocket. He was set upon by armed man and succeeded, after a the men who robbed him of all his chase of about another 200 yards, in money. He shouted for help and the catching him. Both fell struggling to police soon caught up with the men the ground where the C.P.C. even-and arrested them. It was alleged tually subdued and disarmed the man. that the men had thrown away the His pistol was then discovered to be money to the advantage of a pedes- jammed. trian. When they were arrested only a knife was found in their possession
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