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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 r. 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 letter would be served on Er. Godber during the usual morning conference in Mr. Dawson's office; and this was done by Mr. Norrin. 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
The Dr. Frederick Ong was called. and placed on 2 arm-chairs. 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, Er. Irvine found 3 loose-leaf paper holders marked "Hong Kong Island", "Kowloon", and "New Territories" respectively. These holders appeared to contain the addresses of vice-establishments in the
Colony.
Mr. Godber's flat was searched on 4th Juno in the presence of his solicitor, r. Gunston.
In a built-in wardrobe in
the main bedroom which contained clothing belonging to Irs. Godber the police found a file containing a large number of documents relating to Godber's financial resources.
Mr. Dawson
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. decided that ho should be put on the Watch List at once. List (sometimes referred to as the Stop List) is kept by the Immigration Authorities. The difference in the name "Stop" as
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