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FINAL MURDER TRIAL SCENES.
PRISONER'S CAMPOSURE,
Sentence of dently was passed at. the Crimual Sessions yesterday on
of the Indian „Nur Almed, ono guards charged with the murder of
fellow indian guard near the Wester Market. The second pri- wner was found hot guilty by she jury and discharged.
Mr. F. C. Jenkin, for the pri soners, in support of lús caso that the deceased had met his death in the course of a struggle in which be ven the aggressor, suid "that there was no motive for un attack by pri
Decensed hud certainly passed remarks about Nar Ahmed's uncle which the latter had resented, but in bad already fought the
Crepe Rub. sole Canvas Shoes $ 7❘ deceased whilst the latter was
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11. Quiser's Road Con re. Cen. 180. Repairing & Sofing a Specialty Marashing had satisfied his honour
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69, Queen's Road Central.
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RELINQUISHING BUSINESS
MADAME LILY
Last Week of Sale
Ladies should not Jose this High opportunity of buying Class Goods at Bargain Prices. As everything must be cleared regardless of cost, no reason- able offer refused.
Madame Lily is retiring from business owing to ill heath.
Tel. C. 2336.
MURDER CHARGE.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS
causer
TRIAL
Tel. C. 2336.
on that score.
The facts as regards incentive to werd all the other way, 1424a71
snd Mr. Jenkin. Decmused hid kherat humiliated by being forced to the ground in the mud before a crowd of Chiness and he undoubted- He had it in his mind to attack Nar Ahmed and get even will Him for Having been the means by which he, the crused, Ind been publicly humiliated on us own beat. Ha Jasked the jury to believe the story of the prisoners that the deceased lad been the negailent and that the wound was self-inflicted while the dimësi struggled with the pri
DEATH INQUIRY.
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As regards the explanation given by Nar Aluned of how la came to have blood on his trousers-baving bought fish in the market at an hou when it was an established fact that the market was closed. this was obviously untime, wid counsel, but during counsel's severn! years' experience it the bar he had found that often where a man hund a perfectly good defence and as good a chance as ever man had of getting verdict of not guilty he would volunteer a gratuitous be which was so obvious that rather than help him it, wis enkuluted to rain and | demugë his defence.
In his final address, the Attorney General. Sir Henry Pollark, K... } said that for the wound in have Iren self-inflicted, the deceased would have had to have held the knife in his left hand when he attacked the prisoners, if their version was to be accepted. When erosa-examined on the point as to whether most people did not use their right hand instead of their left, they had been not a little con- Insed. As regards the fish story he was obliged to submit to them that it was important. Its purpose had been to try and explain away the |many blood stains which had been Tomid upon his trousers and it was At the Central Magistracyalie told with a definite and distinct yesterday, Major C. Willson, sit-purpose.
MOURNER KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR LORRY:
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INDIAN CONSTABLE'S DEATH.
Important evidence was given bere fore the Chief Justice (His Honour Sir Henry Cowper (ollan) and jury, at the Criminal Sessions this ting as. Coroner, assisted by Chief Justice, had summed up and morning, in the last of two murder eases on the calendar in which a jury composed of Messrs. G. E. the jury hul Chinese male is charged with having Labrum (foreman), Pank Pun-yelict, the foreman said that
the death of Indian con- sang and Wong Wing-fung, con- they strongly recommended stable Abdul Khalik of the Hong-ducted an inquiry into the death mercy the prisoner whom they had kong Police.
Chinese from injuries re-was a certain amount of provocation found guilty. They considered there Mr. 11. K. Holmes (Crown Solicitor) prosecuted and Mr. T.ceived by being knocked down by and that the deed was done more
ย motor lorry belonging to or less on impulse. Addis (instructed by Mr. G. K. Messrs. A. S. Watson and Com- His Lordship said that the recom- Haywood) defended.
According to a police interpreter pany. The deceased was follow-mendation hip Bccused said, when charged with ing attempted murder on May 19, (his being the day on which deceased re- ceived his injuries) "I have nothing to my. I have just come down from the country. I do not know the laws of Hongkong. If I had known I would not have shot the Indian policeman.'
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After hearing evidence, the Fe then passed sentence of death jury found that the accident was which the condemned prisoner. re- due to negligence on the part ofceived with composure, afterwards the driver in not swerving to walking quietly to the stairs in the avoid the mourners when the dock. road was quite wide enough for his doing so.
To a query from Chief Inspec- When charged with murder on May 23 accused made another state tor Kent as to whether that con- ment in which he said that another stituted a verdict of manslaugh- man had forged him to snatch theter, the Coroner replied in the police revolver which deceased negative.
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Önse proceeding. ..
ROBBERY BENTENCE.
His Honour Mr. Justice J. R.
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La Kuk to two years hard labour
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STONE THROWING CHARGE PROVED.
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Amsterdam, August 11, on account of highway robbery on The East Netherlands, let even the road between Kowloon Tonging, was swept by a terrific thunder and Bbamshuipo on July 5.
storm, which caused loss of life and After the jury had found him guilty much damage to property. Details he was sentenced to a further termure meagre as the telegraphic and of two years for being a returned telephone communication is inter haniahoe, the sentence to rub rupted. consecutively.
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The main point in the defence put forward by Mr. C. H. Lyson was that the accused was arrested by mistake at the doorway of his employers shop while a com- motion was going on outside with a crowd of nearly 200 people. The accused, counsel submitted, was opening a bottle of lemonade and Four persons were killed and 100 had the bottle opener in his hand Mana injared the village of Borculo, when he went to the door. where the typhoon lasted several His Worship found the accused The 8.8 Chuen Chow has ceased minutes. The towers of both guilty on the charge of throwing coming to Hongkong from Macao churches were blown down and not stones, and imposed a fine of $400, but the Steamboat Co.'s Sui Tui single house caped. The village of five months hardy labour in is still keeping up the run. Some Neede was also destroyed. Berious default. other vessels are also maintaining damago is reported from Didany, Doetinchem, "Oldenzaal und Hen-
service. It is stated that the golo, all in Eastern Gelderland Chinese women, engaged in Chuen Chow's crew decided to lie
During the hurricane sa serostesting wood from a Goverment up for a few days in accordance plans crashed onto the Oatholic plantator was interrupted by the with representations from the Asylum ut Ruurlo, killing three police. She tried Seamen's Union at Canton No people.
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SKIPPER AGAIN CHARGED.
The Japanese master of the Clin ese smp Kai Lee was again before the Harbour Master at the Marine Court this morning.
Yesterday he was fined $1,000. for attempting to leave the Colony with passengers bound for Whampoa from Shanghai when he had no passenger licences
Shortly after 6 o'clock the rear wheel of a taxicab, with a couple of This morning he came up sailors as passengers interlocked similar charge, the vent having with the wire-spoked wheel of a been stopped late last night mak private unha proceeding in the endeavour to leave, passengers again Батло direction A Chinese lady having been found aboard. b passanger in the ricebu fortunately usingers were found concealed in escaped unhurt, and the puller also the chain focher lifeboats and othe crawled out without any injuries pluces, and some women The wheel of the ricah, however, children were found locked up in a was found to be badly buckled when extricated with some difficulty After the puller had vented abuse on the driver of the taxicab, euch took
store room. In all 52 passenger were found
The master's explanation was that he had told the cotipradore the other's number and the ind- to land the passengers an deuts closed for the time being, feeling well, had gone
The second incident was more in returned just before the the nature of a comedy, the centraled and the compradore figures being two American adore him that all the passengers had.. clad in singlets and an Oldsmobila lett. an
car driver Aquarrel ansued be Cross-examined by tween, one of the sailors and the bour Master, the master admitted driver of the car over the hire, and that he had taken no measures to The former soon” found" lmæli | make sure that no- passengers stretched full length under the rear were aboard and the maximum
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