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Mr. Penlington had been authorised by the Attorney General to sign search warrants under section 17(1) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance; and such a warrant empowering
Messrs. Morrin, McNutt, Irvine and Henry to enter and scarch Godber's flat and motor car, was signed by Ir. Penlington and
dated 4th June. The reason Ir. Henry was brought into the case was because the other 3 officers were junior in rank to Godber and it was considered proper to have a Senior Assistant Commissioner present during the search.
It was arranged that the Acting Attorney General's
lotter would be served on Mr. Godber during the usual morning
conference in Mr. Dawson's office; and this was done by Mr. Morrin.
Godber was also informed that a search warrant for his quarters
and his car would be executed.
As Godber was re-reading the Acting Attorney General's
letter he fainted. As he fell forward, he was caught by Mr. Henry
and placed on 2 arm-chairs. Dr. Frederick Ong was called. The
doctor confirmed that Godber was not ill; and he recovered from
his faint in a few minutes. He then phoned his solicitors (Gunston and Chow) and arranged for Mr. Gunston to be present
during the search of his quarters. He asked if he could telephone
to his wife, but he was told that this could not be permitted.
His car was then searched; and in the boot, r. Irvine
found 3 loose-leaf paper holders marked "Hong Kong Island",
"Kowloon", and "New Territories" respectively. Those holders appeared to contain the addresses of vice-establishments in the
Colony.
Mr. Godber's flat was searched on 4th June in the
presence of his solicitor, Ir. Gunston. In a built-in wardrobe in
the main bedroom which contained clothing belonging to firs. Godber
the police found a file containing a large number of documents
relating to Godber's financial resources.
By the evening of 4th June, it was apparent from a preliminary examination of this mass of documents that
Godber's financial resources far exceeded $1 million. Mr. Dawson
decided that he should be put on the Watch List at once. This List (sometimes referred to as the Stop List) is kept by the
Immigration Authorities. The difference in the none "Stop" as