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What was the last time when you last heard of the arms?
weeks ago;
they had gone outside Woosung but not sold.
I heard that from Chinese.
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Did you ever question Sinnecker whether these Hanyang rifles
were in existence? No, I never asked Sinnecker.
Do you know whether these arms were in the Settlement? I
heard they had gone outside Woosung.
Do you know where Sinnecker is now?
No.
Do you know if Sinnecker left at the same time as the rifles
did? I don't know.
Mr Newman:
This closes the case for the prosecution.
Prisoners make statement.
The prisoners Tsoong Ling-yi and Woo Zaung-kwang
then made statements of their part in the deal.
Det.Sergt. Givens gave evidence of arresting these
two defendants. He said on the 9th inst. he was on business
Woo
in Honan Road when he saw Woo coming out of No.10.
approached witness and asked him if he was there to buy "cargo",
witness replied yes and that he wanted 15,000 piouls.
Witness invited Woo to go and see his principal, to which Woo
agreed. Woo asked witness when the rifles would be wanted,
and witness replied tomorrow as his principal, whom he gave as 2
Chinese, required them for the attack on the Kiangnan Arsenal.
They went along Honan Road and witness took Woo into custody.
Too made a statement in which he mentioned Pereira as his
principal.
Pereira lived at No.4 Yuhang Road. As a result
of this statement, witness arrested the other prisoner in
Chapei.
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