The question now is not whether the boys bad committed a crime, because they have fully the robbery. The question is far Judge Shih will go in excusing them owing to circumstances surrounding their adventure. The families of both accused are good and well-to-do. The crime was committed on July 12 when the boys. wearing black spectacles and rubber gloves, did a clean job in their victim's home where they stole more than $17,000 in cash and other personal belongings after binding her with a rope, They remained in the house for fully hours during which they listened to radio music and drank wine in the fashion of the characters mentioned ju the Chinese novels. It was when' one of them tried to cash money at a bank with a stolen pass book that the crime was finally traced by the police.
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