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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1920;
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
NEW TERRITORY ROBBERY,
I do not wish to disparage the jail If these things were not derected it might be due to he shortage of kaff just now. It is well known you are short-Yes.
How do you think this Indian
The prisoner said "The Doctor has been deceived I was not allowed hall." Is that truck-It is absolutely untrue.. He says We were only allowed At the Criminal' Sessions yesterday 30 per cent of what we were en- the Puiane Judge heard the case intitled to," Is that rue?—No, which Shum Sam, alias Shum Fook Prisoner says "A gued many pri-pudding and ser came to be in was charged with robbery at Tai soners died of starvation." Is that Cheng Tau New Territory. He true-That is not true. No prisoner pleaded not guilty. The Crown has died of starvation in my time allege that prisoner, with andtherman broke into a house in which an oldi lady and her daughter were sleeping The woman was seized by the one
mea but the daughter rushed out. The place was ransacked and prisoner was arrested "wo months afterwards..
The accused again denied his guilt and asked that his fingers be cut off and bis accusers be asked to drink
the blood to test their truthfulness.
Prisoner was found not guilty and!! was discharged.
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THE JAIL MURDER.
He also says that last year-Isap pose he means 1918-a complaint was made by an Indian against one of the Principal Warders-That is
untrue. No' such complaint was ever made.
the cell-I think it was probably given to the prisoner by an Indian warder or guard.
THE CHINA MAIL.
His Lordship: I understand you. to say there may be some truth in the allegations of the prisoner that Indians give men food and tobacco which is not given to Chinese pri soners am not brepared to say the reason is correct.
.
Mr. Belilios: Can you tell us how
Have you ever heard the sugges. your opinion a key to fit this guetion made that any of the officers in could have been, made without the the prison have been making presents origina
for an immoral and improper pur. pose? Prisoners have complained that Indian warders have made overturew to them.
Witness is quite possible for a man who is repairing the locks-the locks are repaired in the prison-to: The Criminal Sessions continued make a key by inspecting the lock and: this morning, the Chief Justice Leaking an impression with Was or some ceeding with the hearing of the case other material. against Wong Kwong, who is charg ed with the murder of Warder Speed at Victoria Jail on December 15..
The Attorney General Hon. Mr. J H. Kemp was for the Crown and Mr. R.. E. Belilios for the prisoner.
Chief Detective Inspector Murison spoke to receiving the knives from various people and sending them to the Government Bacteriologist.
L. S. Clark gave evidence of arrest and Mr. Belilios asked: What was the prisoner's demeanour?
Witness: He was very quiet..
Did any behaviour on his part cail for any comment-Nothing out of the ordinary.
Was there any attempt on his part to resist arrest-There was not..
I take it he made no statement at the time ?-He only admitted he was the man.
The Chief Justice: What did he gay?-
Witness: He was asked if he was Wong Kwong and he admitted he
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Who asked him The Chinese
constable.
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Would this prisoner be likely in y circumstances to be entering round this gater Is it kept open? No. it is locked except when the men are going to and from labour.
To your knowledge has that key ever been our of the possession of the Chief Warder on the warder who keeps it? There are at least a dozen keys to that gate.
A held by different wanders?-
Yes.
To the best of your knowledge has one of these keys ever been missed ---Yes.
How long ago was that?-in April
fast.
That is the only occasion on which the key was missed? The only occa
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The Chief Justice then proceeded to refer to the prisoner's statement and answering questions witness said it was untrue been told by his subordinate afficers. He had made enquiries and the evidence he had given was the result of them. With regard to the civilian clothes a man could easily hide them under the prison jacke".
on what he had
The Chief Justice: That shows carelessness to say the least. on the part et the officer in charge of the workroon..
Witness: Certainly.
The Chief Justice: That is a mater which is beyond the province of the Court to enquire into. I am only as we can. interested in getting the facts as far
Replying to His Lordship Mr.
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sien within my reselection, with re-ment prisoner received so preyed on gard to that particular key.
Would a prisoner in his cell be likely to have any wax or Furry whereby he could get an impression of the key? He should not have.
Is there a systematic cleaning of the cell or search of the person
There is a systematic search,
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Mr. Bellos: That is all you not be likely to have this purty to stabbing on the part of the prisoner, / and chauffeurs employed, the charges
asked him? That is all
Was he armed at the time?-No. The Chief Justice: Was he alone? Yes.
You went there on information that he was coming from the dis trict?—I did.
If I suggested to you that it would
make the impression without the help an accomplice, what would you say would say he was quite as likely to have in without the help of
an accomplice as with it.
The defence opened this afternoon after the tiffin adjournment. Mr. Belihoa intimating that he would not call any witnesses and proceeded to address the jury. He said that on the evidence of the Crown there was not a single witcess to the actual
or, he would go so far to say, on the part of the other convicts. No matter how carefully arranged the plans might have been, he wished to impress on the jury that the prisoner was not an active partner in the ab tempt, he was a mere catspaw of the agree.other people. Prisoner had so worked himself up. whether the wrongs were imaginary of not, that he had become imbued with the idea that he He (Mr. Belilios) had no doubt that was being very wrongfully treated.
My suggestion is that it is more Did either of you know him No. likely that he would have the help of Then how did you identify him?- accomplice-do Our informer pointed him out as he came along.
not
This man. prisoner No. 24. was on expert workman and was employed in the tinsmiths shop. Given indifferent supervision he could easily make key.
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Principal Warder McLeod spoke to hearing the alarm and going into the jail. He found Warder Speed lying near the reserve guard room, When that expert insmith is at He found a pass key but his revolver work is he watched to see what he is was missing. He found a knife in doing-He should be watched he the office and outside he found a key is not supposed to make any prohibit belonging to the locker in which the ed artick. jail keys were kept. None of those
The metal supplied is reasorabinsanity Mr. Belilios asked the jury In support of the theory of keys were missing.. The torn suciear for the article being made? to consider prisoner's demeanour in revolver holster was found outside-That is so. the office..
the box. "I understand Chinese sufficiently to understand the remarks he has made from time to time and they are nothing more or less than. foolish."
Later he went to cell 63 where he found a parcel wrapped up with cloth in which he found a number of tools; also the paper painted green.
Answering Mr. Belilios witness sard the two Indian warders did not men-
tion prisoner when they said they were attacked.
Can you recognise the tool?-We use some like them in the carpenters shop.'
They might have been pilfered ?—~~ Yes.
been done? cannot.
You cannce account for how it has
On the question of food and com- plaints. Have you ever received a complaint from the prisoner?--I have
since the outbreak,
Witness here referred to prisoner's record and said on April 9, 1918, he complained that he was not getting Witness told him he enough Food was getting the proper amoUNT.
That is the only complaint he made? -Yes, about food.
Witness said paint of similar
I suppose you canzor tell if a com brand to that produced was used to plaint was made to the J.P.'s-1 paint the cell doors. The prisoner cannot speaking from my own per- would come in contact with themsonal knowledge. Complaints are through being in the same ward. A made occasionally. 1ong conversation between prisoner
Are they recorded?-Sometimes and any one of the three convicts the I. P's put them down or larp would be highly improbable. He had them together, and say there are so seen no signs of friendliness bet many trivial complaints and that no ween prisoner end the other con-action is necessary. vicis. If he had heard of it, it would have been stopped..
It
The jury found the prisoner guilty of murder and His Lordship passed the death sentence...
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Hyndman, O. A. Smith, W. C. Robin The urymen were Messrs. L. son, C. D. Sullivan, A. R. Stark, H. Stephens and J D.Osmund. Would you say it was possible that
Opening the case for the Crown, prisoner had made any complaints? the By the Attorney General:
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prisoner was charged with two Would not you as practically offences, the first that on December adjoining calls to converse through Governor of the space in the doors of the cells very
the jail think it last he forged a certain request for slack The officer on duty had to patrol things for the I. P's. to walk round defraud, and second, on the same date way of doing payment of money with intent to three wards..
Mr. Belilios: What kind of shres No. I do not think so. It frequently the payment of money, knowing it and group complaists together with uttering a forged request for
Witness: They are supplied with make the same complaint because it defraud. The facts were that on happens that a number of men will to be forged and with infent to felt soled slippers.
A. G. Passmore, Chief Warder of might give it more force. I should Victoria Jail, was cross-examined by not say it is reasonable to expect the by Mr. Balilios. He said he found a Justices to write down each separate piece of chupatly in cell 63, This complaint.
A complaint might easily be lost was not supplied to prisoners and must have got there illegally. Aby this grouping system?-It is piece of preserved ginger must also possible.
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Replying to further questions the name of the Captain of the ship also found a parcel "containing sugar
receipt which was not part of the Chinese been in the jail hospital
signed Prisoners' diet.
purporting to have been
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You have beard prisoner's state by somebody belonging to the must be presented to the Undersigned J. W. Franks, Assistant Superin-ment. What is your opinion of it. See Wo Company for the amount
Would tendent of Victoria Jail, deposed" to
you .go so far as to of the water. A clerk em hey will not be recognized, say there is no going into the jail in response to the would. I say there is no truth in it would tell them that the accused was truth in it? ployed in the Steamship Compay
at all so far as to references about food and the allegations against the Principal Warder. There is absolute ly no truth in it.
alarm.
Questioned as to the prisoners' diet, he said that in December the rations were better than during the past few years, as the prisoners were geting beef conjee instead of rice conjee. This had been recomiend- ed by the Medical Officer on account of an outbreak of beri-beri which was rbought to be the outcome of the in- ferior rice they had been supplied with. They had been in the habit of using red rige, but the supply failed. He did not know if this was regarded as good rice. The beel conjee was instituted in November.
The Attorney-General: Were the prisoners, given the approved scale of dict?
Witness: Yes.
Apart from the difficulty of red rice were they getting as much in Decem-
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- were the samé.
Gants are to be lalt is the Goriawn, where they will be examined on the 277h just, 2-10 -a m
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told to come back again in the after noon. When he came back the clerk had examined the bill and was suspicious about it and told the ad Would you go so far as to say the cused to wait, meanwhile telephoning whole thing is a fabrication and a to the See Wa Jompany who sent aì by tissue of lies?I am sorry, I do not foki round. Upon examining the bill remember all of it Ask me about the foki stated that it any particular point.
correct and that the correct bill What about these presents given had not "yet. been made Accused was then arrested.
was not
to certain prisoners by warders. Is out. there any truth in that?-I think it is When charged, accused said the bill possible, yes. Trafficking does go on was given to him by a friend and he
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