CO129-429 - Public Offices & Others - 1915 — Page 490

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presa dated usteber 23rd 1915.

RUAN JETRIGUES.

sans again before.

ant to bribs MM.

interesting exi6930S „ÁÁNG 24.

▲ stevedore, two shopkeepers, and two coolies were

brought up on remand in the Mixed Court yesterday, before XT, Grant Jones, British Assessor, and Hagistrate Yu, charged with keeping, for military purposes, 129 pistols and 20, 830 rounds of samsinition at Mo, 804 Weechang Road,

Mr. X,X, Bowman (police legal adviser) appeared for the prosecution; Kr. A,C. Holborew for äg sse-ping, Mr. 9.D. Musse for Iseng Taz-dam, and Dr. F,E, Hinckley for Ag Tung-shing. Mr. X,F,G, Haster watched the case on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs.

The charge is as follows (+

For that they, on vctober 16th 1915, at 804 Waschang kend, unlawfully did keep for military purposes sertain arms, to wit, 129 pistols and 20,850 rounds of ammunition, contrary to the Chinese Frovisional Criminal Code, sestien

804.

kr. Newman anseunsed that, at the present moment,

there would be no further sharge. If there was a further charge

it would be laid by the Customs and not by the Pelice,

Counsel, continuing, said that before going on with

the case, he winked to apply for an order in reference to a sum

of 150 which had been handed to Detestive Quayle, of the 5,1,

Police, by a man named From, when counsel believed was an

Austrian.

Counsel outlined the circumstances connected with

the $50, mod after bearing evidence thereen, he would ask that

it be confiscated,

Det.

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