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and in arower to the Assessar >T, usso said he took no objection to jurisdiction but would ask for a short remand,
(@wman said he had ne objection to a rebund, but he would like to make a short opening statement. The facts were that a native detective, 10, 20, at 3,30 on Saturday afternoon, asting on information received, arrested two wheelbarrow doolies and took them to the Tarbia Road Felios Station with their wheelbarrows, the latter being loaded with what were apparently planks of wood, The planks were found to contain flat saaled tin boxes which, on being opened, were found to contain pistols and ammunition, 'There were altogether 22 ting found in the possession of the coolies.
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Det-Jergt. Fage, Kr. Newman continued, would tell the court that be questioned the coolies, and as a result went to the house of one Ng 350-ping one of the defendanta - and he stated that the tin boxes were the property of his nephew another defendant, Ng and the nephew were tasen into custody, The third defendant, Tsong Tes-dau, was arrested at 50, 804 Yeochang Road, ▲ search of the housọ vào made and 5C tins of pistols and amunițion were found under the bed. Altogether about 130 pistols were found, and about 20,000 rounds of ammunition, The prisoners sere interviewed, and Trong stated that, in this particular instuose, he was employed by a Berman named Hielson, He said that both he and Nielsạn had beạn employed by the German firm of arrels, Borner at 27 Kiangse Road, but that he (the Chinese prisoner) had left that firm and had been trying to get another position. He said that on the 21st September ̧he net Nielsen on Kiangee Road and Dieleen asked him if he m
anyone who would be willing to take a consignment of medicine, or absmiculs, to a foreign country. The "Vedicine" was duly delivered to the prisoner's house, and he employed a carpenter and was told was to pack it in this peculiar way - in between two planks,
The AssesBOT - By shon was be told?
kr. NewAN - By Fielsen. In addition to these planks I may Bay
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