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TWO EUROPEANS CONVICTED.

THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1924.

Witness asked the second defen dant. whether he had any ammun}- tion for the pistol, and received a negative reply. --Inspector Arin- produced tho statement of Fagun which rend: 2 first defendant (Turn Darggran)- gave the pistol.

Frank Fugan, 65,_an_frishtuan, and Tara Barggran, 25, a Swede, appeared on remund before Mr. about 7 pm. on the 7th at the C. D. Melbourne yesterday after, Seamen's Institute, top floor, to noon on a charge of possession of dispose of for him. He promised a Browning-pistol without a per-to-give-me $5-if-1-sold. the-pistal mit. Fagan was further charged for $25." with dealing in arme,

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ut 9.1 pan. on July 9th, he saw six, men talking outside No. 9, a brothel. and-overheard.U conversation to the effect that one of them bad

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stage Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, Captain Superintendent of Police, came into the Court and asked the Magistrate to deal with the defendants summarily Instead- ing of committing them to the Sessions as was originally intend- cik

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Tuesday evening a Triend of bls are of the men saw him and told advised him to take his pistol ta the others. The crowd broke up the Police Station to obtain ti and dispersed, and he came treffier-Shortly after,-when-he out Burggran reported to him that want to his room, he found his someone had broken open his box pishad been stolen from his box, and stolen a revolver and $5. The defendant ther made a He took Burggran to the Polles rambling statement as to how he Station and reported the matter uspected Fugan, followed him oui to Inspector Aris. Later in the of the Justitute and how the latter night he went to the Seamen's dodged him by seling into a Institute with the defendant and rickeln.

made a search, but the revolver could not be found. Accompanied

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by the defendant be next visited Fagan elected to make a sworn Spring Garden Lane and entered statement. Speaking in regard room on the first floor, in which to the pistel he said that on Mon- he found Fagan asleep in bed day, July 7th, he met BarggranTM In a drawer of the washstand with a number of „friends drink- | witness found the pistol. Fagan ing her at Spring Garden Lane. was arrested and. taken, to the 1e joined in the party and was Station.

invited to 24 drink. "The Questioned by Inspector Aris, vereation drifted to the gun," he Sergeant Taylor said Fagan saw said "and the defendant said to the discovery of the pistol. In me! If you could get $26 for the

Pagan called the gun I would sure give you $5 charge-rooni Barggran a fool for having given to-morrow." He said he would him the pistol to sell.

do what he could in the matter. Later in the evening the defendant handed the pistol to him at the Seamen's Institute.

A Mixed-up Affair. Cross-examined by Fagan the Sergeant said hie entered the Mr. Wolfe: How long have you brothel with Barggran. It was been in Hongkong?

not true that there was a third Defendunt: Sing the Fith of man and that he gave the latter May.

10 cents to go back to the Sear, Me Wolfe: Do you dy do you men's Institute, One of the not know that it is against the Swede might be laws of Hongkong to sell arnis or frivils of the following them up the stairs with possess arms without a permit? put. his knowledge. Sergeant Taylor went on to say that, polnit ing at Fagan in the room, he asked the Swede: "Is this the man whom you suspect of having broken upon your box?" and the Swede replied in the affirmative. Esaber you would not have entered

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An immate of 9 Spring Garden Lane, who was in the room with Fagan when the police arrived, 3 said the defendant canic to the] brothel about 9 pant. She saw Pagan replied that he did not him putting something into the mention huy price. The STIELIL drawer of her washstand.

would not have anything to do police came at 2.30 in the morning.

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After the defendants had been found guilty, Mr. Wolfe asked for| me the max.mum penalty for Fagan In view of the farl he had a previous conviction, having served -42 days in good for stealing, this

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A Money-Making Proposition. Divisional Inspector Aris corro. borated the statement of. Sergeant

The Magistrals fined Fastan Taylor that Fagan accused the $1,000, or is mouths" hard labour. second defendant of having given

T and Barggran $500 him the pistol to sell. Frigan said mouths in gol. The charge of to the Swede in the charge-room: dealing 'n arms was dismissed.

"You see the trouble you have led me into now?" Fagan said he hid taken the pistol over to Row- loon and attempted to sell it to a European, but the latter refused to have anything to do with him, Inspector Aris continued that s soon as Barggran saw the pistol

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