THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1932.
THE CHINA MAIL
EVIDENCE IN MURDER COMPROMISE WITH
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CASE ATTACKED
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If
quashing of the conviction he is successful on Monday, Cheng will go free. If not, it is most probable that the accused will seek to carry his case Privy Council
The following are the defence points of argument:————
to the
1. (a) That the evid ence generally of the wit- nesses Zimmern and Chris- tie, as from the time of ob- jection thereto being taken, was inadmissable.
"(b) That the learned Chief Justice was wrong in admitting the evidence of the said witnesses which tended to establish that the accused had been guilty of a criminal act or criminál acts other than that covered by the indictment...
(c) That the evidence generally of the said wit- nesses was not "relevant to any issue before the Court and was not required to re- buta defence which would otherwise be open to the ac- eused.
nesses
"(d) That the evidence generally of the said wit- was wrongfully 'ad- mitted and used for the pur- pose of proving that the ac- cused on divers dates be- tween the 23rd day of Feb- ruary, 1932 and the 24th day of March, 1932 (both dates inclusive) in this Colony
through one Lau Hing, did counsel. procure and com- mand Chui Yung-am and Wong Nam-sheung to do and commit a certain felony by them committed on Pe 24th day of March, 1932, at Wong.. neichung, in this Colony, that is to say, to murder Fung Him
alias George- Fung.
"(e) The learned Chief Justice was wrong in put- ting the evidence generally. of the said witnesses to the Jury upon the issue as to whether or the accused did. through the sald Lau Hinz so counsel, procure, and command as aforesaid.
WHEN IS A MÀN DRUNK ?
Glasgow Doctor Explains.
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That the learned Chief Justice was wrong in refusing to withdraw the case from the Jury,"
Difficulties of Hearing. Mr. Potter explained to His Lordship that the first point was divided into five parts, merely to show the line of argument. He had given it in a way to assist the Crown and His Lordship.
JAPAN DENIED.
Jehol's Commander Stands Firm.
PLANS RESISTANCE
Peiping, Aug. 18. Arriving here from Jehol yester-1 day, General Kung Fu-kuel, a sub- ordinate. of General Tang Yu-lin, Chairman of the Vehat Provincial Government, emphatically denied in an interview the Japanese re- port that General Tang has com- promised with the Japanese, milit-
ary.
old man of 60, and is resolved
General Tang Yulin is now an The Judge remarked that he fore- gta or fall with fehol. With the saw a certain amount of difficulty resignation of General Chanz as the learned Pulsne Judge was Hauch-liang, the Jéhel chairman is not well acquainted with the facts obeying the instructions of the of the case.
Central Government to preserve the original defence lines. All com
Mr. Potter agreed. Ho said it
was difficult to give further parti culars of the points, and he could think of adding nothing else at the
tance
munications including the long-dis tween Peiping and Chengte, pro- "telephone service, be
vincial capital of Jehol, have now The Chief Justice I don't unbeen resumed, the Jehol spokesman derstand point "E"...
moment.
:
said.
Flying Hunters Go For Big Game
Air Expedition Into Central Africa
SEVEN DAYS FROM LONDON
Expeditions are now being organised in which big game hun ters, by travelling to and from Africa by air, save weeks as com- pared with surface transport, Nairobi in the heart of the big-game country being only seven days from London by the regular Imperial Airways route,
Hitherto the exigencies of time, owing to the length of the journeys involved, have limited sport in Africa to the leisured few. the modern sportsman who needs to reach, and return from, the But the speed of the African air-mall now solves the problem, of
big game lands as quickly as possible.
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on
Mr. Potter replied that the point was a natural corollary, and His aeroplanes dropped bombs and fir-now being arranged for sportsmen and
It is reported that two Japanese A series of organised parties arelers fly across the Mediterranean, Lordship would appreciate that ited machine guns on Kowpelying
from Cairo southward, followed the others."
tse, a strategic point on the Jehol throughout Europe in which jour African air-stations to be picked up alighting, at one of the Central' Replying further, Mr. Potter said he was very loathe to attack ese troops at Ihsien on the Chin-Africa, and game-hunting trips by parts them, to the big-game terri-} border, last Tuesday. The Japan neys by airway to the heart of by the motor convoy which trans. His Lordship's summing up. Heehow-Chaoyang branch Railway motor-car, are all being worked into tory. Then, their expedition com attacked it in the sense that the have been increased to 5,000.-Kuo general travel schemes. In Brus-pleted, they rejoin the airway at Judge submitted all the evidence Min. before the Jury.
aels, for example, special hunting some convenient point, and fly, back. trips by air are now being organ-to Europe, having covered by air Ised to the Belgian Congo, the out and land a distance of more than and-return journeys, as made along 10,000 miles.
His Lordship said that the objec or that it might be that particulars tion might be to his summing up. as to why Zimmern's and Christie's evidence was admitted, were
ivun.
not
Mfr. Potter-We are very much. obliged to Your Lordship for bringing up that point.
Wants All Argument.
The Chief Justice mentioned that
to
DAMAGE BY FLOOD
IN SHANTUNG.
Breach Forced "On Grand Canal.
the Imperial Airways African route, Speed is not the only advantage being accomplished in less time, thau of the airway when traversing would be occupied by the trip in one Africa. It also affords splendid direction only if made by surface views of wild life from the air. transport.
Recently, for example, during a On an expedition lasting for a fight from Cairo to Uganda, the total of 38 days these flying sports- King of the Belgians obtained, along A breach in the Grand Canal hasen will, for instance, thanks to the the sections from Wadi Halfa to speed of the airway, be able to Malakal, some magnificent views of
Tainan, Aug. 18.
crops
he did not want to shut out any jcaused the inundation.of-Wucheng, spend 24 in Africa, and only 14 on big-game in natural surroundings. of the argument.
in northern Shantung, where consi. Mr. H. C. Sheldon, for the Crown, derable damage to houses and
their outward and homeward jour- From the windows of his air saloon raised objection on the ground has been inflicted.
neys. The arrangements include he saw buffalo, giraffe and herds of that it seemed as if five points were The situation at Techow, about the carriage of the sportsmens elephants numbering nearly 1,000 being reserved for argument. 30 miles north of Wuchang rear compartments of the air-liners, and note that on this occasion, though gans and revolvers in the baggage animals, and it is interesting to The Chief Justice interposed the Hopel border, which has been also the transport back to Europe, the pilot steered low over the say that if the Full Court found in great danger due to the pres by air, of selected trophies of the elephants to afford the King the any point to be wrong it would be sure of the waters, has on the ruled out, of course."
other hand been relieved as a re- Mr Potter agreed.
sult of the overflow at Wucheng. His Lordship announced that all The Tientsin-Pukow Railway autho points on the paper handed in by ritles are not taking any risks, the defence would be reserved for however, and are transporting a the Full Court which will sit on quantity of ballast to strengthen Monday morning. Meanwhile, the dykes at Techow. sentence is still postponed, and the prisoner is committed to prison.
CLAMOUR IN SPAIN FOR REBEL'S LIFE. General San Jurjo Tried For Revolt.
MADRID EXCITEMENT.
The waters of the Yellow River in Shantung are gradually receding. The River was down to 29.4 metres high at Lokow yesterday:-Kuo Min.
PRISONERS ORDERED ||
clearest view, they did not stampede
chase.
Motor Convoys:"-"
or take fright, being apparently Joining the airway on their out- undisturbed by the passage of the ward journey at Brindisi, the hunt-aircraft above.
WOUNDED BANDITS DIE OF HUNGER. Forces Dispersed By Government Men.
FRESH SUCCESSES
CORRUPT OFFICER TO BE FLOGGED, General Han's Order" Of Punishment.
EXTORTION CHARGED, Nanchang, Aug. 18. The 90th Division, the "Iron-i
Tsinan, Aug. 20. General Han Fu-chu, Chairman sides", under General Wu Chi-wei of the Shantung Provincial
RELEASED. Amnesty Must Be Observed. He is not drunk who on the floor
has arrived at Ki-an, central Kiang Government, assumed the role of "Can still sit up and ask for more,
at, and has effected junction with the stern judge yesterday when he But drunk he is who helpless lies,
Nanking, Aug. 17.
the 11th Division under General ordered Lu Chiao-min, magistrate And cannot speak and cannot
Madrid, Yesterday. An order issued by the Ministry remnant bandits along the Kishul-jruption.
Lo Chu-ying in clearing up the of Pingyuan, to be flogged for cor- - riac."
Hundreds of people, including of Judicial Administration in Taiho-Wanan region. ed by Dr. Frank Martin, assistant secure admission to the Palace of according to the General Amnesty blockade of the bandit-infested Tsawhsien, were brought before
That poetic definition was quot many women, waited for hours to structs that the pardon of prisoners
Two magistrates, Lu Chiao-min In consequence of the economie of Pingyuan and Hsieh Tayu, of to Professor Glaister, jun, at of General San Jurio, alleged to National Government two months the supply of foodstuffs there has day following charges made by the Justice in order to hear the trial Regulations promulgated by the areas by the Government forces, the Shantung Chairman yester- Glasgow University, when he ad dressed the members of the Rotary
be the leader of the recent ago must be carried out immediate been exhausted Wounded bandits inhabitants of their respective dis- Club, Glasgow, at their weekly monarchist revolt in Spain.
Hely by the Higher Courts of the in the base hospitals at Juichin and tricts for misappropriation of the Juncheon in the Central Hotel on tried by the Civil Court for rebel- According to the Ministry, the tion, it is reported. is the first Spanish general to be various provinces. "Drunk. Within the Meaning of the
Hingkuo are dying from starva-proceeds from extortionate" fines Act."
lion. The Public Prosecutor has regulations have not been enforced
which they had imposed on the peo- asked for the death penalty.
with aufficient promptness in many the Government troops along the General Han ordered their dismis Owing to the compact defence of ple Both being found guilty, ties got over the difficulty when insignificant figure as he entered prisoners coming under the catego- 10,000 men concentrated east of each. Lu, whose offence was more General San Jurjo presented an localities with the result that many Kan River, a large brigand unit of sal from office and fined them $1,500 charging a man with being drunk the Palace escorted by police. He ries mentioned in the Regulations Kinchow has failed to cut off com serious, was, in addition, giyen 50 by substituting "under the in- fluence of alcohol."
was dressed in a dark suit and ap- are still either not released have or munications on the Kan River strokes with the bamboo, a punish- Drunkenness per 86 was no present at the opening of the It is ordered, therefore, that all against a funct
Was no peared depressed. He was not had their sentences reduced, only. crime, maintained Dr. Martin, but
As a precautionary measurement rem
reminiscent of olden If, as a result of alcohol, a person Court, having been permitted to re- such cases be dealt with before against a function between the ban- Kuo Ming Ming
main in a neighbouring room dur September 30,--Kuo Min.
Dr. Martin said that the authori-
lost control of his faculties to such
...
ing the preliminaries. He entered
'friends.
WARSHIPS.
Canada Seeks “To Preserve Relics.
dits under Lo Ping-hui in western Fukien and those under Fang, Chih-ming in northern Kiangsi,
General Mao Ping-wen, Commander
of the 37th Army, has instructed
FORCES RESTLESS AT SHANHAIKWANE
hia units the 8th, 24th and 63rd Garrison Commander: Back at Post Divisions to check them at Kang- tu. Kuo Min.-
Pelping, Aug. 17.
an extent as to render him unable the courtroom surrounded by his CAPTURED AMERICA to execute, safely, the occupation in which he was engaged at the material time. when he was com- Madrid is agog with excitement. mitting a crime.
Young Socialists are plastering There was no statutory defini-the walls of the city with flaming Hon of drunkenness in British red posters depicting adgure, Law. A high legal luminary dé symbolising the end of a century's Anes drunk as "drunk means triumph of military over civil Jus- Brunk.”
EASY FOR "DATAS ":: tice. Kindness To AIL Dr. Martin then dealt with cases The Chamber of Deputies has two old wooden warships, captured Ebelson, who recently filed an ap An Englishman, named / Emil where motorists were charged with been inundated with telegrams de- by Canadiens during the last clash plication for citizenship at Detroit, being under the influence of al-manding the death of San Jurjo, of arms between Great Britain and anda little difficulty in remember cohol while driving their vehicles. although the President, Senor the United States, is being put my important dates, says B.U.P. concurrently Garrison He held that a driver was unit Zamors, is understood to share the forward here
message.
Penetanguishene, Ont., Aug. 5, Aples for the preservation of
to have charge of the wheel when, Socialists' objection to capital Just before the end of the War He cited as a result of taking alcohol, his punishment on principle. skill, judgment, and behaviour The verdict is not expected be the Scorpion were taken near Fort were so altered or imparted as to fore late to-night-Reuter.
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