TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1911.
[CormiGHT.)
GERMAN EXPANSION.
BIG DESIRES FROM BERLIN. (Reuter's Service to the China Muil) LONDON, July 18. Telegrams from Berlin and Faria confirm the opinion that Germany desires à rectification of the frontier to
ORIMINAL SESSIONS,
The Criminal Sessions were commenced.. before the Chief Justice, Sir Francis Figgott, at the Supreme Court this mor ing when Wong Chun and Wong Kam were charged with robbery and receiving,
Hon. MFG. C. Alabaster, acting Attorney- Greuural, presocuted on behalf of the
THE SHANGHAI SHOOTING,
CASE
Some Interesting Details.
There was an unusually large crowd of spectators, including several women, in the Shanghai Supreme Court on July 19 when Marion Pennington, alias Grunwald, took hr trial upon three charges of a serious
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had been there only a few days when Mr Roiss arrived and sent his boy to all the houses to look for her. She was in ons of the house then and one of the boys told her Mr hiss wanted to see her. She said abo, did not want to see him, How- prey, whom having dinner one evening the bell rang and she went into the hall where she saw Mr Roiss. He naked her to leave the house and go to the Hong kong Hotel which she did, and there they
the south of the Cameroons, thus / Crown, instructed by Mr F. B. L. Bowley, nature. The case was heard before Mr F. «pent two or three works as Mr ■nd |
effecting an extensive slice of French territory.
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S. A. Bourne, C.M.G., Acting Judge, and Mira Pennington, Mr Reise keeping a room You can read the latest up- the following jurors:Messrs A. Brooke at the Club also. From there they returuod Smith, G. M. Hobden, W. S. Burma, L. Oto Shanghai on the Doria. After visiting |
to-date Volumes for Wagner, and A. E. Lanning The Crown America and Europe she returned to Hong- advocate (Mr H. P. Wilkinson) apposed to kong in 1907. prosecute, and the prisoner was defauded by
Mr Ellis-Was any suggestion made to Francie Ellis And E. W. Godfrey, There were three indictments, the chief of you by Mr Roiss as to your leaving Beng which was that she feloniously did broskasid I had already signed a continet with kong -He asked me to ocme to Shanghai.
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identify them. The men stole 37D in and enter the dwelling house of Huge the lady I was living with to look after the WATKINS'
The following were sworn in as jurers Mondes A. G. da Rocha, M. T. D. Barradas, Germany also seemingly chims some G. J. requeira, W. Maxfield, J. Martin, special recognition far German A. Davidson, and A. H. Hamet. companies operating in the Sus region Mr Alabaster said that five men broke into a house where a man lived with his behind Agadir.
family. The man had their faces blacked so that the man, who was a farmer, could not
money, £20, three Amorican gold pieces, the revolvers and a number of other articles. About 5 o'clock the next morning an Indian constable was on the Taipo road sheltering from the rain when he saw three A tourist express train from Basel to mon approaching. He asked them where Berlin bas been derailed at Muellheim.
they came from, whereupon they man Eight passengers were killed and 15gway. The constable gave chase and he injured seriously, while many others sustained slight injuries.
Fireman and soldiers assisted in the
TOURIST EXPRESS DERAILED, (Reuter's Service to the China Mait.) LONDON, July 18.
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THE VETO CRISIS. SPECULATIONS ON THE FUTURE.
(Beuter's Servic to the China Mail.)
LONTON, July 17.
The papers are fall of all sorts of contradictory speculations as to the course the Constitutional crisis will take One theory is that whilst the Unionist
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managed to get hold of prisoner, while the others escaped. The officer got prisonar dewn on the ground, when he pulled out revolver, but the Indian disarmed him. Nort he pulled out a knife and struck the Inline on the forelicad. The constable, however, pluckily stuck to his man and prisoner shouted out to his friends "Why are you running away, there is only one constable?" The constable put his hand over prisoner's mouth when prisoner bit hiss. Prisoner was carrying a mill of cloth and some wire. His face was als backed The second prisoner was arrested the following morning and his face slo bury traces of having been blackened.
Roise at 40, Connaught Road with intort house and I would not like to dimppaint to commit a felony by unlawfully applying har. I said another reason was Mr Willey or administering to the mid Hugo Raise has started a campaign in Shanghai and I chloroform, landanum or other atupefying | don't care to be treated with the courtesy drug with intent to enable herself or sound which he extends to the American girla other person' to commit an assault.
(Laughter.) Mr Reiss said. "I do not see i why you cannot find a Sparised or a Mexiest or something of that kind to marry you the same as other girls baro dotie."
Mr Wilkinson said on the early morning of the 3rd, about daybreak, the accused accompanied by foreigners, drove to Mr Reiss's house. An entry was made into
Was he prepared to afford you any other the house of Mr Reiss and the servant, accommodation-as to getting over the the number two boy, was terrorised. There difficulty besides anggesting marriage 7—— was no charge regarding this but he was to He said to me you can find a man of that rorised by fire-armis. Thereafter the slarmkind. If you dind a man I will end the wangiven by the sorvantsand what time the foreigners, held up the servants secsed proceeded to Mr Reisa's room. The first thing Mr Reiss know was when he wakened to see the accused standing outside bis room. A revolver was discharged and a hole was made in the mosquita cartain. Mr Noise
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Did you enter inte any narriage with anybody I did. There was a man Hongkong who had no money. He said he was a British subject and I asked where he was going. He said he wanted to go to Shanghai. Well, I said, I will pay your fare
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LORD MORLET'S UNUSUAL ACT.
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In his Whip Lord Morley emphasises the momentous results involved, both immediato and future, making the pccasion truly critical
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ARMED BOBBZZY,
Wong Nan and three others were placed in the dock before Mr Justics Gompertz and charged with armed robbery and receiving stolen goods.
Mr Eldor Putter appeared to prosecute on behalf of the Crown, instructed by Mr H. L. Dennys, Jr., from the office of the Crown Solicitor.
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The following were sworn in as jurora :— Mears J. Dickin (foreman), C. J. Bose, Robertson, F. H. Hyndman, F. M. Gregory, J. H. Ruttonjea, and Mr J. Draunberg.
Mr Potter said that a woman who was the owner of shop at Taikokteui was in her shop when a man came in and asked for twenty cents worth of rice. The rice was given to him, when he said that he had no money to pay for it but that he would go and get the money. He went out and immediately returned with five other men who frightened her and threatened her and bor fokia, whom they in a cubicle, after which they robbed put the вдори The new Anglo-Japanese Treaty has Two ad pleaded guilty, and the jury given great satisfaction in Australia. returned a verdict of guilty against the Mr. Hughes, the Acting Federal first prisoner and not guilty against the fourth. The latter was discharged and the Premier, in an interview, declared that the other three were sentenced to four Australians might congratulate them-years' imprisonment each. selves on the renewal of the Treaty which gave Australia ten years instead
instruments in the bag were bought at Voelke! and Schroeder's and the Crown would tell the jury that the stated intention of the accused wse to "x" dog. The case for the Crowd was that the intruments were taken to the house in the car with the intention of "fixing" Mr Rains. hand-cuffs were there to socure Mr Reiss during those interesting operations. Then the medicine cotton was there to enable the operation to be carried out,
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Mr Reim gave evidence and was then cre-uramined by Mr Godfrey. He said he first met accused in 1906.
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take placo 1-Mr Reis give me the money to marry the man and I was married next day. He gave me think it was 31.500. Lam not sure now whether it was $1,500 ar $1,200. It was something around that sum. The name of the man was Louis Grean wald.
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Did this man whom you married remain in Shanghai, any length of time ?—I drove him from the 'Cathedral to the tender and he left in half an hour after the marriage,
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You had then by this marriage become a And you associated - with-her-for-fivo-4-British-subject-7—Ten- months after that ?.....-Threo months.
Then there was a quarrel-a difforener of opinion and accused went to Hoog kong ?-There was no quarrel. Accused wont to Hongkong.
Did you follow her there -No, but I had instructions from my firm to go there on business.
After further evidence, the jury found accused guilty of simple assault.
Addressing accused, His Lordship suid--- Marion Pennington. The jury in my opinion quite rightly have acquitted you on these three indictements. I must say it seems to me on the evidence that it is much more due to your good fortune th
At any rate you wont there very soon to your merits that you have oppaped being after Tea.
"found guilty on these charges. The jury And did you stay together in Hong have found you guilty on the fourth charge kong Yes.
of common assault and I think it my duty to pass on you the highest possible sentence.
Witness adinitted have also ecen accused in America and twice in Europe:
And in January 1908 you passed through Hongkong At the end of 1907.
Did you ask her then to come to Shanghai No.
Accused says you insisted on her coming to Shanghai 1–No.
Did she give you her reason for not wishing to come to Shanghai ?--Yes.
And that was because of Judge Willey? Chia Kam was charged before MrShe said she was mistress or proprietor
GUILTY. Chan Teun pleaded guilty, before Mr of four to prepare for defence against Justice Gompertz, to robbery, and Chan imminent danger.
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was charged with administering drugs to to Shanghai and she was afraid to come un enable some person unknown to commit a account of the state of affairs in Shanghai. robbery, and he suggested it was to roba No. TOKYO, July 18.
safe, as the shop in which the affair oc- continuance of the Anglo-curred contained a safe in which there was Japanese Alliance on modified conditions has been received with general satisfact ion in Japan, though Article 4, introducing the new clause repecting arbitration, has aroused diverse opinione among a limited few.
The surest guarantee, the news papers say, of peace in the Far East is to extend even further the principle of the Alliance.
It is especially interesting that the Alliance bas been extended by Liberal Government.
considerable amount of money, The shop we in Aberdeen Street and about 6 The difficulty was when she suddenly o'clock on the 1st of June the master sent turned up here ?—I did not suggest a way prisoner for two bottles of Chinese wino. Prisoner had been a fuki for about fire out of the difficulty.
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THE HARBOUR DISPUTE. -
There is some talk bere of a pending risit to Macas of an official from Canton Mr. Ho applied before Mr F.A for the purpose of talking over matters rubearing in a case in which a coolie was alleged infringement by Portugal of treaty Hageland at the Magistraer to-day for a with HLE The Governor touching the
year and was one of those who drank the difficulty and that was what was done Accused mys you surrested a way out of the wine, Soon after, they felt strange feelings and gradually became unconsciotis in certain other cases, that was marriage charged with stealing two pairs of trousers obligations in the prosacation of the Froner made a statement at the police No. station in which he said met a man who compelled him to allow him to put the
Did you suggest during 1908 that the drug in the wine, but that was no defence accused should live a different sort of life as prisoner could have reported the matter for eight months-I know she would not to his master..
do it. Evidence was called.
FROM THE SICK ROOM, and His Lorlabip sentenced prisover in
LORD ESHER PROGRESSING
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LONDON, July 17.
Lord Esher, who recently underwent
The jury returned a verdict of guilts, seven years' imprisonment with labour.
A STANLEY BOAD APPAIR.
Li Yau and Lo Pum were also charged with robbery. The second prisoner pleaded guilty.
Have you always pointed out to her the evil of her ways I think I did.
Did you say if she would do so for eight months you would marry her ?—No.
born in February, 1011
Witness denied knowing that a child was
In April 1911 accused left Tientsin for Bhanglund - Isard that two days before
an operation for appendicitis, is making charged with haring, in company with the surived. She telegraphed from Nagee ki good progress. ****
THE ALBANIAN REVOLT. ANOTHER TURKISH REVERSE.
(Reuter's Service to the China Masl.) LONDON, July 17.
A Turkish column under Estem Pasha
Mr Alabaster said the first prisoner was Zan who pleaded guilty, taken part in a robbery on May 18. On receiving that telegram did you take Two men were going over the Wong-noi- steps with the Consul for Brazil ?--I did. cheong reservoir when prisoner and the
With the object of deporting tor ?—With other man came up to them and prisoner pointed a dagger at him and seized his loft hand and attacked him. The other man pointod a knife at bis friend and the assailante relieved them of such money as
by had in their posesion, 75 seats from
the main object that she should not molest
ine,
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Did you also make certain endeavours to as some arrangement fir deporting
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From
at Murray Barracks and sentenced to two harbour improvement schema. months baid labour and four hours stooks. reports which have drifted here. from
Mr Ho aid the prisoner was not defended at the original boaring and there seemed to be only one witsom igainst him. Pis Worship There was only one witoess, who saw the theft,
Mr Ho said the defendant was in receipt of a gory good salary and he bad borne a
outskirts of the Colony we gather that anti-Portuguese feeling round and about the delta is not on tho wane. Withal we fain believe that the growing hubbub of disaffecting whose doll rumblings Ara re-ochood from the Listerland and the avizons has already alarmed the Viceroy into referring the matter to Faking. So clean record. It was a serious thing to be stande the matter which is likely to claim on-icted on such a charge, for after the one interest in the near future. Would two months apprisonment it would that the present contingency could at least partiolly meen deportation. The prisoner bring about as early solution of the long- had dependents who would thus be left a grievance. practically destitute.
His WorshipWhat are your grounds for a rehearing } ____
Mr Ho-Simply that he had no opport- unity of defending himself,
His Worship He could have applied and
I would have adjourned the case at once.
Mention was made some waeks ago by some of your contemporaries of a new Commission which had left Lisbon for the East in this connection, but in local official circles wo gut no confirmation of the report, which is all the more improbable as "De Margam Vidal, who was attached to the Lisbon Delimitation Committee whilo at
Mr Hd-After a man has been in the call Home on leave, has now deferred his return
think of legal assistance.
don't ows her any
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one and 68 from the other. The robbers accused 1--No, I made no attempt except has been ambushed by Musselman Alta then ran away. On Jane 6 trap that she should not molest me ninna between Ipak and Drakova was arranged and one of the two
Edom Paaba was woanded and the complainants was walking along the Mr Wilkinson What do you put down for 24 hours and comes before a Court he hers til November next solely at the call Turks casualtice were 200 killed and road when prisoner rushed out and said roughly in round sums-apart from the
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Evidence was called, and the jury returne nd a vertict of guilty and his Lan pontensed priteners to fra giebt, impai ment with hard labour each, the frat rocksite Blake, lanka O ident Emperor's education eball begin, the shooyd minn steviges.
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