CO129-429 - Public Offices & Others - 1915 — Page 494

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lived at le, 23 Tengshan Road,

By Mr. Halborow: After witness took the planks from 3o. 333 to He, 23 Tongshan Road, he got the other seolie from the rice shop where he was collecting rice baga at the time.

Bài Liang-feo, a coolie employed in sellesting bags at the rice shop was called and gave corroborative evidence,

in axaver te kr, lusso, witness said when he was stepped the Police asked what was loaded on the barrOV,

ume of the planks was then prised open, The police took them to the

station.

Constable T.J. Fitzpatrick was called, Cm the

afternoon of vetober 16th, between two and four o'clock, he saw

the last witness brought in by Chinese Deteative ho, 20. Thay

got the planks on wheel barrows, They were tied up in bundles

of five or six and fastened with ropes,

kitness gave a demonstration with the planks in court

and said the planks were arranged in the following manner,

plank had rectangular holes out out at distances of about six

inches. When plased one on top of the other, the four planks

would form a receptuale sufficiently large enough to receive the

tin boxes, Then two more planks, but without koles out out,

were placed as aavers so that the tins could not fall out, ner

could the beles be seen, The four planks inside were then

seraved together.

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continuing, said he undid four bundles which

were soroved tagether.

with ropes.

had none,

the ether,

The two covers were fastened together

He counted 25 holes in them, some had tins, some

He found five tine in three bundles, and seven in

It would take six planks to conceal four ting, all there were 129 pistols and 20,830 rounds of ammunition found in the planks, sxsept two more tins, whion were in court, of the bundles were loaded, three were not loaded,

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