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HOUSEBOY ACQUITTED ON H M.S. LUCIA LAUNCH ENGAGED TO "DIE-HARD" BRITISH SCHEME TO AID
MURDER CHARGE
ONE-MINUTE VERDICT
FORCEFUL PLEA BY DEFENDING
COUNSEL.
WHAT THE ROOM - MATES SAW
Tsui Suk-mei, a native of Shanghai. was found “Not Guilty” at the Assizes this morning on a charge of the murder of Chan Yee, a houseboy employed at No. 9, Felix Villas, in the early morning of December 13. The jury were absent only one minute before return- ing their verdict.
Mr. Justice J. R. Wood, in a brief address to the jury, said that the Crown's principal evidence was that of the man's widow, who said she saw the accused outside in the passage immediately after the murder.. It rusted with the jury whether to accept that evidence completely, or not.
There was a conflict of evidence between that of two men who slept in the room with acused at 28, Kennedy Road, and evidence given by accused. They must accept the prisoner's version whole- beartedly, or otherwise they should find him guilty.
ACCUSED'S VERSION
MUTINY
COURT MARTIAL
HELD AT HOME.
"A HAPPY SHIP"
DENIAL THAT MEN WERE BULLIED.
CARRY OPIUM.
Smugglers Sentenced to
Hard Labour,
SEIZURE OF 1,200 TAELS.
The seizure of 1,200 taels of
unch Kwong Chi, formed the sub- illegal opium on board the steam
ject of a charge brought jointly against three men, Lat Sum-ao, Chua Nagy, and Chan Kam-ahing, who appeared befure Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy this morning.
Revenue
the man
London, Yesterday. The Court-Martial opened at Devonport to-day of Able Sea-
case. Outlining the man T. Gratton, of H.M.S. depot Officer A. W. Grimmitt said that ship Lucin, who is charged the first defendant was with disobeying the command who actually engaged the launch to "fall in" on Sunday mornKwong Chi from Canton, at which ing, January 4, as a part of place she was registered. She "both watches for exercises;" came down to Hong Kong on De also a command to "fall in" on cember 15 test and entered a re, the quarter deck.'
"A Happy Ship."
VIEWS
DIVIDING THE SKIN OF BRITISH LION.
"NOT TOO LATE"
DIVERGENT OPINION ON INDIA,
London, Yesterday,
TRADE OF CHINA
INDEMNITY APPLICATION BILL
LIBERALS DECLARE IT WILL BESMIRCH
OUR FAIR NAME.
PROFIT
OR HYPOCRISY ?
Labour
There was a heated discussion in the House of Commons yester- "Die Hard" views on the day, on the re-assembling of Parliament, when the second reading of Round Table Conference were contained in a speech at Chel- the China. Indemnity Bill was passed without division. tenham by Str Michael speakers declared that it would bring increased educational oppor- O'Dwyer, former Lieut-Gov- ernor of the Punjab, who said tunities and material prosperity to China, by helping her to build up that it was summoned “to divide & great, transport system worthy of her natural resources. the skin of the dying British
Opposition to the Bill was offered by a Liberal speaker, however, lion," and that it was significant who declared that it would "besmirch Britain's fair name in China," as marking the willingness of
the present Government to and in moving a rejection of the Bill, he said that it was not profit, abandon British rule and Bri- but hypocrisy that he objected to.
OBJECT OF THE
BILL
Three other able seamen will gistry at the local Harbour Office, and moored in the Yaumati appear before the Court-Mar- tial later and 26 others, who Typhoon Shelter.
The Revenue received Informa tish responsibility in India. are still detained in barracks,tion as regards the launch being an
Mr. Winston Churchill, inter- will be dealt with after the de- opium carrier, and, acting on such viewed, declared "the eloquent cisions of the Court-Martial
information, the Revenue officer got and well meant speeches at the have been promulgated.
on a launch and proceeded to the close of the Conference do not re- Yaumati Shelter. They did not present a very large body of Eri- The Prosecutor stated that only one able seaman obeyed the com- approach the Kwong Chi, but lay in tish opinion," and said that a mand.. The others remained in wait outside the harbour in the stranger would conclude that the They miss-British were anxious to wind up
London, Yesterday. were making to China He the mess with the hatch secured hope of catching her.
ed the Kwong Chi, and after a few their connection with India as
When Parliament re-assembled passed the opinion that Bill from below.
"I do not be-to-day after the recess there was should stipulate that Britain giving evidence, said that it was Shelter, to find the launcher the what the British Nation wishes of Commons, particularly on the Trustees which would deal with
Lieut. Commander Hoskyns, days, returned to the Yaumaticoon as possible.
lieve," he added, "that that is a good attendance in the House was represented on the Board of in a different place. Whether In his submission to the jury at He would
If so, then the day of Conservative benches, in eonse a portion of the money. deal with that point Sunday to get the ship ready to had been Macao or not in the mean its power and greatness in the jquence no the close of the accused's evidence, later,
time was not known.
doubt of the recent
Friendly Relations. proceed to Lisbon on Thursday.
world has set for ever." Mr. Fitzroy suggested that the It was his duty as counsel for He denied that he had been ag-
Long Search.
disciplinary letter of Mr. Stanley The Liberal Member, Mr. The British Case, Crown had established all that the defence to show that
Baldwin, insisting on better at- George Lambert, moved the re- On January 19, the Revenue De the gravating the men and admitted,
"Mr. Churchill complained that tendances. they had set out to do. He re-
jection of the Bill, and said he Crown had not made out a case, that it had been a happy ship partment received further informa- viewed the evidence produced and and in that connection he would until the last few month, but the tion, at 2 am. caught the Kwong the British case was not stated The House of Commons passed considered that the Government at the Conference." All unpala-the second reading without divi- were taking a very circuitous ing. He suggested that the pass- Fitzroy in his opening of the change was not connected with Chi coming into the harbour just table truths about safeguardssion of the China Indemnity Ap-1 route of securing education in
Bentenced Inposederhand, after along search, were left unspoken or touched plication Bill, which Dr. Hugh found the contraband optum con- upon lightly as necessary evils Balton, in moving, declared, had Able Seaman Gratton's de-cealed on a separate part of the appropriate to the period of trun- provisions fending advocate intimated engine room on the port-side. The sition. If the safeguards were to great programme of mutual bene-
be real and effective, then Domin- that he was not putting Grat-second defendant,
ion Status and responsible Gov- ton in the witness box, nor coxswain's ticket, was the coxwaernment were not. the terms to
dealt with the lay-out of the bulld.
age door was closed by the mur- derer so that no shrieks and no sound should penetrate upstairs.
Dealing with the accused's move- ments at 28, Kennedy Road, where he slept the night of the murder, Mr. Fitzroy said that one man who slept with the accused sald in evi- dence that he was awakened by a movement in the bed and saw the accused go downstairs. Another
man, who slept on a camp bed, said that he actually saw the ar- cused put on his socks and shoes. He was awakened by the accused putting a foot on the camp bed.
The Question of Dress. The riceused, Mr.. Fitzroy said, admitted that he had wakened during the night, but claimed that it was for the purpose of going to the lavatory. Counsel submitted that for a man to go to the lava- tory it was not necessary for him to put on his socks. The accused had denlod that he had put on his socks, and it was for the jury to say whether they believed him the two witnesses from No. 28. If they believed the witnesses then there was no doubt that the accus- ed did go out.
Gr
Thore was no reason for not be- lieving the witnesses because
there was no reason why they should deliberately tell lies and rndanger the life of a man with whom it could not be suggested that they had been ou anything but good terms.
Coming to the widow's evidence. Mr Fitzroy Bald that she deposed that she heard her husband's name called during the night. He
got up to answer, and was about
to switch on the Tight when he uttered a cry, and then she saw man by the side of the door. She claimed that she could see plain ly that that man was the accused.
Ho was under her observation for
8 or 10 seconde, and after she had made him out he turned his face Away,
Woman's Evidence,-
quote a statement made by Mr.
Crown case. He said that "A mo- tive carries a jury
A very long way," but in evidence produced by the Crown, he submitted, no mo tive had been proved beyond sug- gesting that one fight and a few squabbles which
were common
STOP PRESS
Nanking. Yesterday.
It is understood that a trial flight from Nanking to Berlin' In connection with a Chinese -European Lufthansa air ser vice, will take place toward the end of February, in connection with which the Corporation is organising with the financial, transportation and navigation departments of the Chinese Government, nominating Chin- ese heads of the financial and transportation departments, while German aviation Inter- este will nominate the head of the navigation department also
4
German assistant for the financial department-Reater.
among house servants had token place between the accused and the deceased..
essential for the men to work on
witness.
Läter.
off Castle Peak
The R.O.'s board-
who
held a
whilst the third defendant was the engineer.
Some arms were also found on
under the
calling evidence.
Gratton was later convicted and sentenced to three months' hard labour, to be followed by board, but it was later learned that dismissal from the Service the Kwong Chi bad a permit to prosecution was satisfied that the Reuter. [An earlier message stated:-carry certain arms The Admiralty states that the Piracy Protection Ordinance. The was the principal weather delayed the undocking of first defendant
M.S. depot ship Lucia, leaving offender, and they her only a very short period in Magistrate to take a serious view of which to prepare to join the At the case.
asked the
jor means,
apply to the constitution which was outlined."
Mr. Churchill found one conso- lation. "It is not yet too late ... by the time another Con- ference, assembles, whether here or in India, the British Nation must know where it stands must have courage
and wisdom, in Lord Birkenhead's words, "To tell India the truth,”
No Sign of Weakness. lantic Fleet. This precluded His Worship passed sentence of
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in a week-end leave and necessitated one year's hard labour on the first broadcast address on the Round the second and Table Conference to-day, refuted the crew working on Sunday defendant, whilst morning on January 4. Thirty third defendant were sentenced to the idea that it was "a sign of seamen shut themselves In below ten months' hard labour. each.
weakness on the part of the Bri-
when ordered to parade on deck The question of confiscation of tish authorities here and in India, for duty. The men were arrested the launch was dealt with, and Re- and called owing to the civil dis- and a Court of Inquiry is being venue Officer Grimmitt said that in orders in India." He declared held privately, If a Court Mar-view of it being 18 tons, a con- that the latter, on the contrary, tial results, this would be made fiscation could not be made, The had placed difficulties in the way [public.]
Revenue Department were keeping of summoning the Conference. the vessel, in the event of the
Mr. MacDonald pointed out that the tendency for Chinese who were owners (who are in Canton) com- for over half a century India had not natives of Hong Kong to keeping forward to claim it. together here, yet the Crown had not been able to produce evidence from any of the accused's country- men that he hated or feared the
deceased.
WAR-LOAN.
been assured that the main pur- pose of our presence had been to give gradually to India Increasing.. powers of self-government, and; FRANCE REFUSES TO PAY IN declared that if we changed our
GOLD FRANCS.
Besides the fight and squabbles, the only other suggestion of a roo- tive, Mr. d'Almada sald, was that the deceased had superdeded the de ceased in his job. Was that a good
In reply to motive for murdering a man 2% Note.
the
that constituted a
DRIZZLE OR MIST.
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states: The anti-cyclone appears to be central to the North of Korea.
Moderate monsoon prevails along the S.E. Coast of China and over the China Sea.
Forecast:-N.E. winds; mo- derate; fair at first, some driz zle or mist later;
Rainfall.
Rainfall to 10 am. to-day nil Rainfall since January 1, 0.11 inch against an average of 0.68,
Temperature.
The temperature at certain specified centres this moralag at 6 o'clock was:--
Hong Kong
64
Macao
61
Pratas Jaland Manila
70
68
Foochow
56
Swatow Chefoo Shanghai
67
24
43
China.
He pointed out that Americans would have dealt this money by very different methods, and declared: "The Bill will besmirch Britain's fair name. in China. It is education plus five per cent.".
He did not object to a profit, but to hypocrisy,
The Conservative, Capt. Eden, pointed out that the body on whose recommendations the Bill was based included Chinese repre- aentatives,
The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. W. Graham, declared that the whole object of the Bill was to cement the friendly rela tions in a practical way and link up the provision for education with railway development.
Debts to Britain.
He said that the Government had been advised in nothing by the Washington Agreement, which did not entitle them to ar-
range that railway material should be purchased in Britain. He had no doubt that the purchas- ing commission would be enabled to see that they were fully safe- guarded in connection with prices, As regards debts due to British firms in China in respect of rail- way development, Mr. Graham quoted the Chinese Foreign Minister's statement to the Bri- tish Foreign Secretary last year, in which Dr. Wang promised that the programme of railway re- habilitation would include the early settlement of such debts.
The motion of rejection was negatived. Reuter.
Commission Appointed.
Nanking, Yesterday.
policy of reason and justice be [cause we encountered obstruction REPLY TO BRITAIN.
and irrationality, the immediate result would be increased lawless- nesa. Paris, Yesterday,
ft to Great Britain and China. British Mr. MacDonald declared that It would bring, firstly, increased regardag wer loan the Conference had been able to educational opportunities to Could the jury believe that these months after, especially as the payments, 12, the Fronch Gov-come closer to agreement than China; secondly, increased mater- should have caused a grudge which accused had secured another job ernment states that it cannot anyone had anticipated or had iaf prosperity to China by helping the accused would muras for 24 which was just as good? It would agree to pay British subscribert in ever been reached before. He her to build up a great transport An unqualified declaration by months and then go and kill the be bellevenble if in the heat of the old francs while other subscrib, emphasised that the makers of system worthy of her natural re Hu Han-min, the Chairman of the man? from the evidence produced by the charged had there and then set on accept the British suggestion to ferent communities.
Another point was that moment the accused on being diers are paid in paper, nor can it the now constitution will have dif- sources and her modern state; Legislative Yuan, and one of the Crown, if; there had been any vio- the deceased.
and thirdly, increased purchasing most influential members of the lence between the two in their
refor the case to arbitration, since There must be a general de power and productivity to China, Government, in favour of the disagreement, that violence had
It amounts to a proposal to place claration of the rights which as a result of which the Chinese much discussed American silver Other points raised by Mr. a fresh burden on the French Trea- cannot be violated. As regards market would increase in value, loan to China, has created a sen- come from the deceased. They had d'Almada was that the accused, If
the disturbances in India Mr. which would benefit British trade. sation in the capital. . heard that in the fight between he was sneaking out of No. 28" to French legislature could not be has never been a troublesome orders and employment to work silver loan could be utilised to sury, and the support of the MacDonald remarked: "There Lastly, it would bring increased Hu Han-min stated that the the two the accused was unarmed, commit a murder, would not have obtained for that-Heuter. The deceased' threw a cooking pot acted so foolishly as to switch on
semi-revolutionary movement for ers in the British heavy indus- devalep. industry, complote the that the new Viceroy would reach The Conservative member, Mr. tion programme, and organise the such a slender reason," and said tries and engineering trades. railways and highways construc- Britain in a day or two, when we Godfrey Locker-Lampson,' said he monetary system; adding that the shall devise ways and means of hoped that the House realised opposition of certala Chinese off- continuing the work of filling up the magnitude of the gift they cials to the loan was entirely un- the gaps and discovering solu
justified. |tiona-Reuter.
It is understood that formal pro- Burma's Position.
posals for a loan, for a total of
Not So Foolish!
leeping man so to put on his shoes SIR F. LINDLEY APPOINTED and socks, and run the risk of wak
FOTO: TOKYO:
FORMERLY IN JAPAN
London, Yesterday,
Counsel said that there was no reason why the woman should at accused with effect, and the the light in the room he shared with NEW AMBASSADOR. falsely accuse the man in the dock. followed up with a rolling pin. another man, and then put his foot It is true that he had alleged that Violent Tempered Boy. on the shaky camp bed of another she bore film a grudge, but if her In submitting that the deceased evidence could be attributed to was a man of violent teniper, Mr. grudge, the same could not be d'Almada mentioned the case of the big them sald of the evidence of the two "Cantonese man" mentioned in avi- The widow Counsel said, was witnesses from No. 28. Why dence. The widow had said that not lying when she said that she should they tell lies about the ac- this man had gone down on his identified the accused, but chem cusod's movements? If the Jury knees before her husband because thought that it was a trick of ima Sir Francis Oswald Lindley, P.C., the Government decision to pro- Burma as an integral part of the interest at two per centum, repay- In an announcement regarding of a responsible Government in 100,000,000 ounces of silver, with were satialed with the avidence of of his fear of violence from outside, rination peculiar to women, and the KCMG CBE, Ambassador Exceed with the separation of Burma Empire. In pursuance of this deable in fifty years, will be pre- the widow coupled with that of and was begging his protection, details of dress which she gave traordinary and Plenipotentiary to from India, Mr. Wedgwood Benn, cision they intend to take such sented to the Chinese Government the two witness from No. 28, Was it not more likely that when a arore from past knowledge of the Portugal since 1929, has been ap- Secretary for India, in the House steps toward framing-in a con- As soon as the project passes the then they should have no doubt man went on his knees before an- man Blood was spattered all over pointed Ambassador in Tokyo, in of Commons to-day stated, sultation with pubile opinion in United States Senate. C whatever about the accused's guilty other he was afraid of violence the place, and yet the Crown could succession to the Rt. Hon. Sir Cesil the Government wish it to be Burma of the new constitution as Meanwhile, the National Govern "Crown Case Not Made Out from that person? Bad no stain on the accused, zo Anthony Tilley G.G.M.G, who was understood that the prospects of may be found most convenient ment la establishing a commission In his address for the defence,There was no evidence that as even on bla shoes, and there were appointed in 1926, Renter. constitutional advance held out to and expeditious, their object beto discuss the project. Mr. d'Almada 4greed with Mr. the result of the fight and the no foot prints to show what direcBir Francis Lindley, who is 58 Burman as a part of British India ing that the new constitution for Shanghai, Yesterday, o Fizruy that if the Jury believed wubble between them, the accused ties, the murderer had taken in year of gorls the fourth son of will not be prejudiced by this de-India and Burma shall come into Latest advices from Nanking, thletwa witdaist, had sat haytime threatened the dight The door, Counsel submit the Jabe Bord Lindley, har precision and that the constitutional force as near as may be simultate that the proposed silver loan
the accused Was; fle
hiding, teds was closed
of the two viously served in Japamin the Bri-objective after separation will re-taneously British Wireless Sers to China / auguain to a thousand-
Heh Diplomatic Service.
main the progressive realisation vice.
million ounces-Reuter.
commented that it was.