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RECEIVING CHARGE | MOONCAKE FESTIVAL RAPE AND ASSAULT INDIAN CONSTABLE
STORY BEHIND SINCERE'S BURGLARY
TAKING A ROOM AT HOTEL
YEARS AGO
The story behind the burglary at ORIGIN IN LEGEND OF MANY the premises of the Sincere, Co. Ltd., nearly two months ago was related this morning by Mr. H. K. Holmes, C.B.E. ¿Crown Solicitor at the Criminal! Sessions
Yuen Ping-chung was charged with i
receiving stolen goods on July 27, com-
prising five jade stones for ring-set- ting, six jade pendants and a jade bor, the property of the Sincere Co., know-
ng the same to have been stelen.
Case for the Crown
Chillining the Crown case
where in this issue)
A. NAUGHTY WIFE
CHARGES. AGAINST FILIPINO BARBER
CASE FOR CROWN OPENED
GUN RUNNING
MAXIMUM PENALTY ON A CHINESE
MURDER TRIAL SOME ALLEGATIONS REVOLVER AND AMMUNITION
STORY
Luís Oliva, a Filipino barber, GIRL WITNESS TELLS PITIFUL faced an indictment of three counts this morning before the Pulsne Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) at the Criminal Sessions. The charges
Among the numerous festivals which related to events in No. 5, King's-
Well drewed
Two years' hard labour was the Bentence passed by Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham and Major C. Willson, sitting together in the second Court at the Central Magistracy, this lawful possession of a long .38 Smith morning, on a Chinese or the un-
and Wesson revolver and 16 rounds of ammunition..
-According to Police Inspector J:
fit the revolver,
"JUMPY TROUSERS”
are still closely observed by the Chin- terrave Kowloon, on July 26 and Chinese ladies and a large nun- European and rse community of Hong Kong, the Mid-comprised (a) rape, in that he had her of men thronged the big
of Natividad Court room Autumn Fete (to-day) is reckoned as carnal knowledge
this morning when Frailncora, a Filipino woman, with the case against Lam Ling WES Inner, days, the doon will to-aight out her consent; (b) indecent as resumed before the Chief Justice Murphy, all but-three of the bullets
one of the most important,
According to Chinese astronomere of
shine brighter than ever in the year. Al Chinese families will, in the middle of the night, set their tables nicely with Fruit and mos-cake, to pay homage to Lima.
to the jury, Mr. Holmes related the circum- stances of the burglary on the night « July 25-20, to which Tung Yee-hing had pleaded guilty and for which he had been sentenced (as related else
About 10 p.rs, on July 27, manbers of the Criminal Investigation Depart ment staff raided No. 40, Gage-street. There they found prisoner and the confessed third sealed in the cubicle.
Prisoner intimated to Detectie macy.
rear
i
sault against the same complain-
The prisoner Sir Henry Gallan, ant; () common assault against at the bar is charged with the mur her husband.
der of an Indian constable nam-
Evidence for the prosecution was Mr. II. K. Holmes, C.B.E. (Crowned Sapuran Singh on the night of that a Chinese Revenue Officer stop- Soliciter) conducted the prosecu-July 10, at the hillside between ped a coolic on the Po Tak wharf lion. Detective Sergeant Fitches the junction of Jordan and Can- and asked to examine two bandles had charge of the case
Prisoner ton-roads, Yaumati.
of grass which he was canying. was no legally represented.
The case is an unusually inter- The accused who was there also, as- The woman was 18 years of age esting one, in that not only mussured the R.Q, that there was
In connection with this festival there arose, ver 1000-years ago, a pretty legend of a Emperor who reigned Teva 72% to 755 A:D. He was Em- per Ming, of the Tang Dynasty, and vos deuply absorbed by the doctrine of and has been referred to in the case der was committed, but if the nothing in the grass, and to avoid Buddha.
as "Natty." said Mr. Holmes. She evidence of the only girl witness the trouble of opening the bundles Dream of Immortality
was a maid servant and her hus- Not satisfied with his enethly supra band is a cook. They both came was said to have forced her in the R.O.. a few Canton silver coins be believed, the prisoner and doing them up again, he offered this Emperor, it was said, from Manila.
Tacir employer was have a clandestine meeting with dreamed of being an immortal He Mrs. Cordeiro, who came to Hong the murdered constable just for
to let them through. conceived the idea that his body should Kong together with "Natty" in the sake of $2. ascend to heaven like the fairies did, April this year. The husband came there to live happily for ever.
later. in July 8.
Shook Hands
In his absence, Mr. Holmes con- tinued. prisoner entered into some sort of relationship with "Natty." "According to her story, she yielded
is to
Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy is pro- secuting on behalf of the Crowa, and the defence is being condud- ed by Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K... instructed by Messrs. Deacons,
Hakka Customs
Refused to Comply
Sergeant Shek Tui that he had some thing to say. Accordingly, Shek Tui and prisoner went into the cook-house. Prisoner said he had read in the morte,
The R.0 refused to comply and higgest things ever done.
took accused, Hivi paper of the burglary at Sincore's His drotim was partially materialised.
the coolie, and the would then be possible to deal and sided that the thief (his com- for, on the fifteenth day of the eighth |
grass, to C.P.0. Clarke's office, at Geneva with land and air panion) had given him a packet of jade, son, he was taken by a monk to pay
where the latter cut open
the During the conversation
a visit to the moon. armaments. and
prisoner eventually.
bundles of grass and in one of them also said that he refused to accept the:
Ascending on a chariot of clouds, whole world armaments.
found a packet which he gave to the packet because he was in doubt as to they arrived at the moon where they The Brish Government feels, where it came from..
visited a mansion known as the "Cool to his advances I might almost hysterical yesterday, was called Station intact, together
The girl, Chan Kui, who became R... to Lake to Central Police that such agreement would be cheap
with ac- Because the thief spoke the dialect Ether Palace. Here they saw, to the say persecution.”
back to the witness box this morn- cused and the coolie. When the if Great Britain gave a cruiser for of another province. prisoner acted as bewilderment of the Emperor, a sum- After referring to certain incid-ling.
His Lordship told is emphasised that the interpeter and put a question to the ber of fairies, Bressed in white, daicingents, Mr. Holmes mentioned that on through the interpreter, that she in It
ha packet was opened at the Station, thief whose reply was interpreted by under the trues. So pleased with the the day of the husband's arrival, had nothing to fear, and all that revolver
the accusel's presence, the and ammunition were riser as "I don't know."
she had to do was to give a direct | brought to light. answer to any questions which Accused said that he VRS a might be asked. Thus re assured, travelling trader and was asked by the girl composed herself, dabbing a fellow passenger of the "Paul her eyes with a handkerchief and Beau" to convey the grass ashore boldly faeed Mr. Alabaster,
for him. He accused) admitted that it was
he who engaged the coolie to take the bundles from the
ft.
British tarties throughout the nego- tiations have been perfectly safe, and British security is absolute.
Tonnage Differences
Tell Tale Envelope
songs they sang, the Emperor, da re- tuming to his own palace, composed some fine pieces similar to those he had beard in fairy-land.
in the course of their search, the Police found an envelope hoaring the
A Skilled Archer name of a Chinese intel, and on which! the number
In connection with the moon there written. arose of a roomm was
a romantic story, well-known among the Chaese. Once there was a king named Hau Ngai, who was a skill- ed archer. One day his pretty wife stole a potion which had been pre- pared for the king This medicine, it was said, was presented by fairies and whoever had taken it could ascend to heaven like the fairies.
London. Later. The following summary of the
set cruiser strengths indie: The Police followed up the address at the nature of the margh. of given, room No. 214, Meechov Hotel, cruisers, armed difference Great Britain, 15 where most of the jade stolen and also with eight-inch a number of tools for house-breaking guns, and 35 six-inch guns, a total were found. tonnage of 339,000, -
The Crown case is that prisoner took The United States: 21 eight-inchrome part in booking that room, al- guns, 15 six-inch guns, a total ton-though representative of the Hotel,
who would give evidence, was unable to! nage of 315,000.
identify him.
also referred to
The 1
Mr. Holines
R
On discovering his loss, Hau Ngai Great Britain, however, proposes
was in a rage and taking a bow and Desire for Parity
that America shall only have 18 woman of reputed ill fame (who, in into the garden. In her fright, the arrow with him, chased his wife out Great Britain does not object to eight-inch cruisers and a total the course of the Police Court proceed-woman jumped into the air and enter- the United States' deatre for parity, tonnage not exceeding 300,000. ings, had been referred to as "the ed moon. She then became a fairy Both want to reduce expenditure,
"Pence Experiment" charming lady in the case"), by name known as "Sheung Ngo." In le- hénce the problem of agreement is
All British military preparationsjef Tam Kaunui. It was stated that bration of this festival every Chinese both difficult and complicated. It
are at present being made or the prisoner associated with and had main-family enjoys a sumptuous fast. was felt that an armaments' agree-
assumption that there will be notained this woman. She would testify, Students have a holiday. Presents, war at a certain period not before, Mr. Holmes added, that prisoner gave in the form of fruit and moon-cake, ment was not reachable without a
the hypothetical year "."
her two jade stones, (for ring-setting) are to be given to friends. Much busi- political agreement, therefore con-
In the naval discussions 1936 was į and a jade bar (for brooch).
ness is done by tea-houses, cakemakers versations were started with the
taken as the standard year. This station, prisoner said:
When charged at Central Police and fruit stall. Kellogg Pact as the basis. The next
was within the year "," question was the survey of the
proposed agatement will be review- various sections of the fleet. Battle-ed in 1935, thus providing a "period skips were dealt with at the for peace experiment," and to faci Washington Conference. As regards litate more systematic methods of destroyers, it is felt that agreement scrapping replacements at the dock-trate, prisoner made a long statement may be reached on an equality of yards. displacement tonnage. As regards:
in which he referred to his arrival Great Britain has made clear here, that he did not have his fare to Britain holds that whatever America may do in return to his native home because he! very strongly, that they should be the way of expanding her fleet, she had spent all his money, and that the eliminated from warfare, and the will find no response in the British, thief had asked him to introduce him United States is willing to help. The programme, but, if American build- to the woman in the cake. very difficult question of cruisers, ing resulted in stimulating other which was wrecked at the previous countries to build, obviously Great | conferences, remained.
Britain must take indirectly an in- terest in American building--Reu-
* submarines, Great
Disagreement on the cruisers problem was now reduced to the narrowest margin of three eight-inch cruisers, but both President Haover and the Bri-
ter.
Feeling of Security
London, Later.
To the children, paper toys known as "If I knew that they were stolen "heroe race lamps" are presented. I would have come to the police sta- There toys are made of paper, with an. tion to make a report. There jade oil lamp fitted inside. Atop this ump, stones were given to me by him." a paper bamboo ring is also fitted.
dow of different dolls can be seen le re- Refore his committal by the Magis will gradually turn round and a sha These rings, when heated by oil lampa,
Conviction and Sentence
volve.
Business Side of It
MURDER OF PRIESTS
Three Lay Christians Also
Slain
Following the report from
Shanghai yesterday of the murder of Bishop Truco Jans and Fathers Bruno and Rupertus at Llaotang, Hupeh Frovince, British Naval Wireless message states that the outrage took place at Patung, above Icbang. ол September 9.
In addition to the Bishop and two priests, three Chinese Christians were also killed by the bandits.
Note of Protest
Shanghai, To-day. The Belgian Minister has transmitted through his per- sonal representatives in Shang- hai and Nanking a formal Note of prates: to the National Gov- ernment on the recent mur- ders of Bishop Trudo Jans and Fathers Bruno and Rupertus in Hupeh, requesting prompt in- vestigation, and the arrest of the culprits, 98 well exemplary punishment.--Reu-
ter.
as
[Early cable will be found on page 7.]
Mr. Alabaster: You Hakka woman?-Yes.
are &
"
Is it not the custom for Hakia abip girls to be sold quite young and C.P.O. Clarke explained the rea- then to be married to the manson for sending the packet contain. who had bought her?-There is ing the contraband intact to the such a custom, but I was never Police. He said that his Depart- sold to the prisoner, лor was ment was chiefy concerned with married to him.
opium, tobacco, and wine, and that Witness admitted that she was as soon as he felt the contents af. in a village called Wong Hau, but the packet to be a revolver be decid- added that she was forcibly takened to turn the case over to the there by the prisoner. To another Police. question, she admitted that her mother and aunt were also in the same village.
your
An Easy Matter Inspector Murphy submitted that if the accused's story was true, it would have been very easy for him to point out the fellow passenger to the R.O.
Forcibly Taken Away Mr. Alabaster: Did not mother sell you to prisoner that you can be his wife when you
After the Magistrates had con- grow up? This is not true. I
victed, C.P.O. Clarke said that his was forcibly taken away by the Department took a serious view of prisoner.
the smuggling of single. revolvers
some unlawful purpose.
Their Worships then passed sen- tence, accused being given the full maximum penalty.
Although, according to yourself, you were kidnapped, yet you went and a few rounds of ammunition, on living with him in the same traband was being brought here for as it was obvions that the con- village? I did not do so willing- ly.Ife threatened to kill me.
But your mother and your aunt were in the same village, and yet how can you say that?--You must know that he is a robber himself He was so fierce that my mother and my aunt feared him and he partly undressed?This is not threatened to kill them all.
true. Prisoner never went out to But your mother allowed you to buy anything that night. It was him?-She knew but the prisoner himself who asked she asked me to the Indian to take off his lower
For those who are not converant with the Chinese language, it is inter-1 jesting to quote a number of phrases used with a literary meaning concerning the moon. To do a futile thing is "to observed that the case fell within the sea." To go out day and night In his summing-up, his Lordship salvage the moon from the bottom of
a very small compass. On his for business is "to dress in a coat of own statement, his Lordship add- stars and wear a hat of moa.”
"Natty" confessed and asked to be live with ed, prisoner admitted receiving is said to have "sevon stars surround-see the husband to ask to be for-return home, and it was then the garments..
peron with seven sons and a daughter forgiver. Prisoner also went to after a month the articles from a proved thief. ing a moun.” The onus of proving that prison-
tish Government were determin-approved of the terms of the proer knew the jade was stolen lay dent in connection with the lavish da with the husband.
There has been at least one "laci- given also and he shook hands prisoner threatened to kill her.
The fact that the Admiralty has
ed that there can be no break posed agreement for limitation of on that account.
naval armaments Agreement in
British-American negotiations, but upan Great Britain's ability to fulfil her responsibilities to the rest of the world. Agreement is only pos- sible
throughout.
adds a feeling.
British-American conversations up to the present.
a warning note the British-American
agreement
turned a
not ask two men who
Only After His $2
Did you then take your brother
to your.shelter?--Yes.
If your brother denies that he was there, then he would be tell- not tell a lie. The prisoner tells ing an untruth 2-My brother does
all the lies!
after that.
Re
You remember that night when on the Crown.
cerations along. Queen's-road this Coming to the events of July 20, you and prisoner journeyed te First of all, there was the fact year, in the moon-cake campaign con- Mr. Holmes said that the evidence Taipo?—Yes. You did that connection of security to the satisfaction gen" of prisoner receiving the jade so does not depend finally upon the erally felt over the success of the soon after the theft; then there tauirat and what more topical could be that he had a knife which he pro- you both could escape?-No.
ducted so vigorously by the vendors of would show that prisoner knocked him to shoot the the delicacy. A caricature must be at the door of No. 6. King's-terrace, were following you in order that was his association before and the rout of Russia and the Rads? But duced, and that he pushed the hus-
theft with While it is recognised that the after the
the thief; local agitators took it into their headsband outside and locked the door. Asked to describe the fight be..
What did your brother do when conversations have achieved much and there was also the fact that one evening to hombardia tableau yor-
he arrived at your shelter?-He Then prisoner seized "Natty," tween the prisoner and the mur called prisoner, a robber and said it is not overlooked that there is he had helped the thief to take a Araying the ignominy of the Com with the overriding still a knoty point in regard to hotel room on the morning after nunists. Trouble followed but the Mr. Holmes continued, and the in-dered constable, witness said that to him that he should be content determination both of the
cidents complained of occurred. United
the cruiser problem to be solved. the theft. Against this, hie Lord- Polite booke it up:
all she saw was that the prisoned with kidnapping me and not to States and Great Bri-
Morn-cake Day (15th day of the ith "I must mention, gentlemen of er had seized hold of a bamboo bargain me to the Indian. tain to reach
Even assuming this is overcome, ship remarked, there was prison- an agreement
is sounded that er's denial, the fact that he had is still one of the four principal the jury, certain circumstances to pole and struck at the Indian, much larger in spirit than a merely
put no obstacle in the way of the "settlement" days of the old Chinese indicate the kind of case you have What did the Indian do? The told prisoner to get away. naval agreement. The British Ad-
calendar. Business has been "fair toto inquire into." is only a preliminary to a larger Police, and had even interpreted midding" and no great surprise is an
Indian kept on asking for the re-there was...
Was the Indian fully dressed miralty has been splendidly helpful agreement between the five Naval for the Police and accompanied ticipated. In fact, the caminercial se
Medical Evidence
turn of his $2. Powers, and it is pointed out that them to the hotel,
tion of the Chinese Community & Reference was made also to the the bamboo pole what did he do?
Yea, but when he was hit with You never saw the Indian, again the difficulties which may arise in
The jury without retiring, re-ready making preparation for to subsequent visit to Yaumati PoliceThe Indian snatched the pole the general conference, which, it
unanimous verdict of night's feast, to be ushered in with tra Station to interview Sgt. Fitches and struck prisoner back.
Why a State of Dishabille? guilty con un
crackers at intervals throughout the Natty" was then in a high state How long did the fight last found without his lower garments my mind, no doubt. The jury's ver
Then, why should the Indian be His Lordship said "There is in day
of confusion and, because she could I do not know how long it last on? Before I left
with my Great credit is bestowed on Mr. siated Tung Yee-hing after the theft dict represents the facts. You as
not make a report her mistress, ed, but I can remember prisoner brother I went into a latrine, and SERIOUS CHARGE Ramsay MacDonald and President was committed and shared in the brought a Chinese before Mr. E. W report for her.
Mrs. Cordeiro, who had acted very asking me to help him. refus the prisoner called me back. He Inspector Shaftain this morning kindly, said Mr. Holmes, made the ed and then prisoner told me to took me inside the shelter and Hoover-Reuter.
proceeds. "
go away. I did because I was again forced me to go with the Medical examination was but made a statement from the dock tracy, on a serious charge against a gested and "Natty" consented.
Prisoner did not give evilence Hamilton, at the Central Magis
sug- afraid,
Indian. I again, efnised b Did you take the revolver and in which he declared inter alia, 12-year-old Chinese girl. His Wor-Evidence in this respect would be the baton with you?-No.
What was your brother doing all that time?-He was waiting that, if he had knowingly received ship gave a week'e formal remand.
Did you throw the baton into for me about two feet away from stolen goods, he would be satisfied
the bush. near the shelter? No, the shelter.
Did you keep the revolver and Was the prisoner in a rage?-- then hand it to prisoner in HoYes. A Shanghai radio states that red that the interpretation on a pre-
Owing to it having been suggest muntin?--No...
I put it to you that he was in C. T. Wang received on September 14 vious instance might have been
An Allegation
a rage because when he returned faulty, prisoner's statements were Indian send prisoner away to buy together with the Indian, and the Finland Representativa, the Bri
Before the fight began did the from buying things he found you
of his Lardship. not read, this being at the direction something?-No.
Jatter was not properly dressed? I put it to you that when pri-No. Evidence is being taken this soner returned he found you with afternoon.
the Indian, and the latter was
Five Power Conference The proposed five Power confer- ence may possibly be unable to meet until the middle of January. It is hoped that all will agree to Loudon as the venue. It is suggested that
it will be equivalent to a resumption of the Washington conference, which is not due to meet until 1981, a Britain and the United States feel that the time has come, to consider the naval problem as a whole.
It Is Impossible that the confer- ence will complete its labours in a month. It has been made very clear to Mr. Hoover that any British and American agreement must be scan- ned after the five Power conference.
is now hoped, will meet in Lon- don in January, may yet prove ob stinately complicated.
BRITAIN & SOVIET
FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS TO BE DISCUSSED
CORRESPONDENCE ISSUED
if he were hanged.
A
Sentence of two years hard labour was passed.
London, Yesterday.
The British and Bussian corrES-
DR. C. T. WANG
Canton Testerday
in order that it may be in conson-pondence, now issued, shows that Police Commissioner Ball of thetist Attache and the Japanese Conn ance with the latter's decisions. the Russian representative, who Wiesbaden police is to be tried for General at the Shanghai mice.
Great Britain feels that if she will discuss the procedure for playing Deutschland uber Alles" The report about the resignation of can get world shipbuilding further negotiations, is coming to at a concert attended by members Dr. Wang has been denied. Cantor agreement, it will be one of the London on September 24-Reater, of the British Army of Occupation. New Agency,
given by Dr. D. J. Valentine:
The key of the case, Mr. Holmes observed, lay in whether the woman conserted or not.
(Continued on Page-12.)