CASTLE PEAK PIRACY CASE
Lammos and Pierra
Two Chinese Acquitted On Robbery Charge
LACK OF EVIDENCE
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"There is not sufficient, evid- ence before me to make me call| upon the accused to answer to their defence, and I must ask you, gentlemen of the jury, to re- turn
formal verdict of not guilty against both the first hand | second accused," said His Hon- our, the Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. A. D. A. Macgregor at the Criminal Sessions this morning, when he discharged Chan So and Chan Luk on a charge of commit- ting. robbery.
Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant At- torney-General, appeared for the Crown, while the accused were: not represented by counsel.
The following jurymen were empanelled:-Meaurs. F. Nor- mington (foreinan), J. E. Kote- wall, W. F. Dudman, Leung Po- shan, A. L. G Eastman and A. G. de Jesus.
The accused were charged withi having robbed Lal Kan, on Octo- ber 27 in the waters of the Col- ony at Pak Ko, near Castle Peak, of $5 In money, four suits) of clothing, and 10 piculs. of sugar. They pleaded not guilty.
Sugar and Sali Cargo Mr. Fraser in his opening ad- dress said that the complainant. Lai Kan, and two of his fokis were in a sailing boat between: Chinese and British territory and were carrying a cargo of sugar and salt, which was dutiable, the business being a very advantage- ous one to the complainant.
On the evening October 27, they] were about to leave Castle Peak) when they were hindered by a strong .wind.
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ROBERT MORRISON ESSAY CONTEST
Prize Distribution In
King's Theatre
PACKED HOUSE WITNESSES SHORT PLAYS
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To-day's Short Story.
A Table
For Six
"WE'LL begin with oysters
By Alan Fox-Hutchinson
"Better have champagne," Old
just half a dozen each," Malcolmason was speaking." Double cocktails. A glass of pale sherry
said Robert thoughtfully.
"Caviare," corrected Eustace with the soup. A double Napoleon
de Bohun.
brandy-for me, anyway-with the]
"Melon for me." Susie Barne coffee. Ispoke decisively. "Canteloupe frappe see.
And champagne. Let me six of us-two ladies. Four
with plenty of sugar and just a bottles will be enough. But not touch of ginger."
too much. In fact I don't see how "Why not all three?" Old Mal-we could get through that dinner colmgon interrupted them with quiet with less. Now, if we are all contempt.
agreed on the menu and order it. "Thick green pea-soup; Saint As this is a hungry sort of day and Germaine," Robert continued. we've all got pretty good appetites,
"Very nourishing," Old Malcolm-shall I say we'll dine punctually at
son agreed,
"Á fried sole."/
"Lobster. a l'Americaine," Susie and Eustace de Bohun shouted in one breath.
"Just as you like." Robert made
a gracious gesture."Just as you like. A partridge a-piece"
"Asparagus,"
"Peche Melba."
"With gloces grapes. that will be enough."
'I think
"Order an angel-on-horseback me," growled Old Malcolmaon.
"And for drinks 7"
half-past seven?
"Perfect! Where at?"
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "The Appointed Key," by Rupert Croft-Cooke.
"Oh!. the Splendide Most em- phatically the Splendide. The
for Imperial is all right for a table d'hote meal. And the Royal can cook you a very good chop, But of the Splendide, I assure you, is the only hotel in Bridborough that could do justice to a meat like that."
"Oh! I should think a pint bitter a-piece would be quite enough with a dinner like that,"
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MEDICAL REPORT FOR "Good old Sandy! Good old
NEW TERRITORIES
St. John Ambulance "Brigade Work
12,522 CASES IN NOVEMBER
The ss. Ranchi left Singapore on Saturday and la due here on The King's Theatre was crowd-Thursday at 8 a.m. At about 9 p.m., four men in aed to capacity this morning when
The following is the number of small rowing boat approached and the Robert Morrison Centenary labour was imposed on Wong Kau, Medical Benevolent Branch during Sentence of one month's hard bulance Brigade's New Territories cases attended by the St. John Am- boarded the complainant's vessel, forcing the fokis Into the hold. Committee hed their prize dia-ja 23-year-old unemployed, who ap-the month of November: They then removed the clothing and tribution in connection with the peared before Mr. E. W. Hamilton sugar into their own vessel, and recent essay competition.
at the Kowloon Magistracy this made off from Castle Peak.
In his opening address the chair-ja axe, valued
morning on a charge of stealing man, Sir William Hornell, Vice-Pun Hop, a 33-year-old carpenter, at 80 cents, from The Police were informed, and Chancellor of the University, gave in Boundary Street near Yec Kuk the first defendant was arrested on a brief outline of Robert Morrison's Street on Saturday.
The Two Arrests
the Castle Peak Ferry and the second life, as a youth working in his
in the vleinity of Caatle Peak. father'; workshop making wooden
WIS
the
At the subsequent identification models for the use of boot and parade, the complainant
shoe-makers, and concluding with only witness to recognise the two how he managed to find time and accused.
save money to engage a teacher to
At the Magistracy the frat defen- teach him Latin and other subjects; dant, Chan So, denied the robbery and how in due course he came to and said "I was at Tal Ho Chan China, braving all hardships and Luk, the second accused, said had difficulties, as a pioneer of Chris- been having a meal with Chan Fui, tianity.
a Police informer Castle Peak in a
tea-house until midnight.
Four short tableaux from the life
of Robert Morrison were' afterwards
Mr. Fraser suggested that the de-presented on the stage by the Cen-
Their defence was obviously an alibi.
was
SKIPPER BRINGS
LINER TO COLONY
FOR LAST TIME
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Cheung Chau
2,244
Taun Wan Shatin
2,677
916
Fanling
1,492
Shataukok
1,239
Ta Ku Leung
855
San Tin
1,162
Kam Tin
1,144.
798
Ha Tsun
Sandy Malcolmson! everything!"
He knows
"Well at least I know that. And now; if any lady or gentleman will trust me with the necessary tup- pence I'll ring up the Splendide and order our madest meal. Now then, Just two of the larger-sized coppers.] Hand them over, ladies and gentle- men, if you please."
baskets the carrier so wisely had Seated in Bridborough's dismant- led "Pierrota' Palace" on dress-
declined to move "until he saw the colour of their money" the "Prim- rose Follies Concert Party" received his suggestion of a loan with the deriaive laughter it undoubtedly deserved.
Bridborough'a
a
summer season had opened fairly well. At Whit- auntide "the show had "gone riot." Throughout June, July and August the company sometimes divided as much as thirty-seven pounds a week between the six.. The most satisfactory feature of tempted by so much prosperity, they Their mistake had been that, this month's return a the number had chanced their luck too long.
Total
12,522
of ante-natal cases dealt with at the Kam Tin Centre, as many
Before the middle of September as five women being, in-patients at one
the equinoctial gales and a threat time, under supervision.
of influenza has sent the last. of This is the biggest stride that has been from the town.
Bridborough's visitors scampering Born in Yorkshire, 60, years ago, made. The next is the number of
The hall, the Pierrots' Palace, had
Gallant Incident Recalled
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TO GAOL- Intercepts Letter From Saigon
twelve and six upon their closing A total dividend of four pounds
night had barely paid their lodging- bills and left them nothing for their
journeys back to London.
fendants knew that the complainant trai British School, the Ying Wah his father a Church of England children admitted from time to time been taken until the last day of the was engaged in smuggling. and College, the Mun Sang College, and clergyman, Capt. Hayley, when in- in the childrens' ward, whereas month. Expenses had continued, would not complain to the Police. Saint Paul's College.
terviewed, modestly refrained from formerly only hopeless cases were but receipts had not. A prologue, composed by Miss elaborating on his long service with brought in. Curtin, was rendered by Master W.
the Company. He preferred to Time and patience have over bravely for the "Wood Family," Playing to empty houses, gagging In evidence, Lai Kan, the com.
Gegg on behalf of the Central Bri- allow others to comment as they saw come the prejudices of the villagers getting off with "Mr. Plush," the plainant, admitted that he
tish School, while Master R. fit. He would say, however, that he in one of the most superstitious Follies struggled gamely through smuggling and that the sugar and Trowt represented "Robert Morrison had been on dozens of their vessels, districts in the New Territories. halt were dutinble. He had known as a boy in Newcastle on Tyne," having covered nearly 2,500,000
During the year 1423 maternity before their grand finale evening the days that intervened; but long: both the accused for some time, at
also by the Central British School. miles in their bottoms.
cases, and 142,990 general, cases their slender stock of saving was least seven months. He identified "Robert Morrison in Canton It was from an associate that it have been dealt with, an increase of the suit of clothing produced by Mr. secures the acquittal of a Chinese was learned of the gallant manner 48,483 on the previous year, thus
exhausted. Fraser, and sald he saw it last on who is wrongly accused" was pre-into Kobe, the coal bunkers a blazing, have in the St. John Clinics.
in which he had brought his ship showing the confidence the villagers the night of October 27.
fsented by the boys of Saint Paul's
College, and Kwan Lai Hang took inferno, evidently of Incendiary ori- The Actual Robbery the part of Morrison.
gin during the war. Great con- FORGER SENTENCED Witness, describing the robbery, The theatre rocked with applause
sternation ensued when combustibles -sala-that-he-saw the accused and when the tableau "Robert Morrison were removed and quantities of others approach in a boat, and was translating the Bible into Chinese in DECORATED FOR WAR SERVICE
To say that they were down and dynamite were uncovered..
out, of course, was quite absurd. immediately afterwards surprised Cautan" was presented by the Mun
Robert and Suste-Barno. and by three men, one of them being the Sang College. Chan Lim Fong act-war, he commanded a ship carrying Decorated for service during the
Barno of the balls-had several first accused. The second accusedjed as the famous missionary.
autumn dates. Sandy Malcolmson, was waiting in a rowing beat.
coolies to France. "Robert Morrison with his Chin-slons he commanded troop ships in On other occa-
that fine old Scots comedian, never His Lordship drew the cam-ese tutor in London" was rendered the Mediterranean, and was also hard labour were imposed on Ng the panotrope and wireless at de- plainant's attention to the fact that by the students of the Ying Wah master of a hospital ship from Eog-Wai, unemployed, by Mr. E. Ifance.
Sentences totalling four months accompanist Billy Button still set lacked engagements. As a brilliant at the Police Court proceedings, he College. had stated that both the accused
land to India.. In his closing address the Chair- ⚫boarded his vessel, but complainant man thanked the audience for taking during the War, he replied modest money by false pretences, from Rosie St. Maur, the gay soubrette, Eustace de Bohun had few Wynne-Jones at the Central Magis-to rival him in No. 2 companies as Asked if he had been under fire tracy this morning, for obtaining a juvenile lead. said that the statement he had made auch interest in the work of the ly "I was lucky.
Even poor old in the minor preceedings was not Committee and also the performers blew up ships before me and beklad 109 Des Voeux Road Central,
In convoy, they Chan Ching-po, manager of No. felt pretty certain who acted on the stage. Congratu-me, but I was not scratched.".
of a part in Chan Kau, foki, stated that onlations were prosented to the prize Capt. Hapley brought the Empress Wednesday dofendant went to the the night of November 28 he and winners, especially to Maud Lee who of Canada to the Pacific via Suez complainant and obtained $314.40. pawnshops opened, they each would
Sergeant Fowlie stated that last
# two other fokis were put down in won the first prize in the English and after a short transfer to another Defendant collected the money by a part with some superfluous personal On Monday morning, when the the hold of the complainant's ahip Essay Competition. as she was lying near Castle Peak. Thanks were then given to the for a total of five years.
Pacific lider, commanded the former chit supposed to have been written effects and on the proceeds rejoin Four men boarded the ship and re- Vice-Chancellor, Sir William Hor-He
by a man in Saigon. On Saturday, their friends "in Town." moved the sugar and salt. They nell, on behalf of the community of Chiness Essay: 1st Wong Cha then took off the versal's awning Hong Kong and the directors of the Ko (St. Stephen's Boys' College) plainant attempting to obtain $500 afternoon. and throw them into the sea.”
College), 8rd Li Chou, Lim (Man suspicious and reported the matter luncheon and no hope of tea they 2nd Lam Wing Chap (Mun Sang
This time the complainant waS With appetites sharpened by no
Paul's Boys' College).— Sang College) and Ho Wal Lim. (St. to the Police.
were discussing the kind of meal in Sergeant Fowlle said that a which they would like to celebrate English Essay1st Maud Lee letter from Saigon to the complain the close of what, on the whole, had (St. Stephen's Girls' College) 2ndant had apparently been stolen by been most
true.
London Society...
His Lordship drew the witness's Mrs. E. G. Powell presented the attention to the fact that in his prizes to the following: previous evidence he had not said (Continued at Font of Next Col.) anything about the awning, and,
from his position in the hold, he could not have seen anything.
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the once again went to the com- In the meanwhile it was Sunday HONGKONG BENEVOLENT
Kan and the second witness, Chan Taal Kam Fong (Queen's College the defendant, which enabled him Sandy Malcolmson's request for tup- Kau, had contradicted themselves in 3rd Thelma Gonzalez (Diocesan to to forge the letters, and so col-pence seemed suddenly an in- In summing up, His Lordship said their evidence.
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lect the money. that outalde of the sumplainant, He found that there was not auf-Those p
harmonious note, there were no other persons who cient evidence before him to make Hornell, Professor L. Forster, the Rt chop was produced, and Bergeant the party's empty pockets; others present were Str. William Mr. Wynne-Jones asked how the Some saw in it only an insult to had identified the accused, and the him call upon the accused to answer Rev. Bishop Hall, Rev. E. G. Fowell Fowlie said that he believed there marely a base attempt to place him whole basis of the evidence was to the charge, and therefore asked and Mrs, Powell, Mr. McPherson, was a woman in the case, and that self in funds before the pubs closed founded on auspicion. Both the the jury to return a formal verdict Mr. 9. V: Boxer, and Mr. Chan Kwan the chop had since been thrown until half- main witness for the Crown, Lai of not guilty, which was done.
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