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NINETY FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION
HONG KONG, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1935
MANSLAUGHTER
CHARGE AGAINST
BUSINESS MAN
(Continued from Bage 1)
ぶ
SOLICITOR AS THE HALLIBURTON
COMPLAINANT
Goose Stolen By Unemployed
M HBratton, the well-known solicitor, appeared as the
ARRIVES AT ST.
BERNARD PASS
(Continued from`Page 1)
fore answerable for his death
The elephant, tired with ita The premises at which the in plainant in a case against An long climb was bribed to pro-
and: cident had occurred. No. 157 Des wing-sheng, a 35-year-old uneneeed with lumps of sugar, Voeux Road, Central, belonged to
goose there was a regular traffic block! the defendant, and he lived there ployed, for the theft of a
valued at $3 from No. 4 Po Skan in the pass, a stream of motor- with his children and an mele who acted as a servant. There Road, West Point at the Central cars being held up behind the
pachyderm were also several other servants Magistracy this morning.
The accused, who was caught. in in the household. The accused
lived apart from his wife and Mr. possession of the goose at the Fraser said that it was im Bonham Road junction, was sen- to the case that the tenced to one month's hard labour portant accused blamed deceased for the by Mr. S. H. Balfour. separation. Se strongly did he feel about this that he had writ- ten a letter setting forth the facts concerning the separation; and had signed it with his own) blood..
APPEAL TO CHILDREN
Mr. Lindsell: I think the do cument is admissable as 1325
"Miss Dolly" Fractious
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After many halts and much show-lurging of Miss Dolly," the
ing that the defendant was diable modern Hannibal, the American journalist Richard Halliburton,
GROUNDS FOR OBJECTION Mr. Jenkin interrupted at this to assault the deceased." point with an objection and said
the 'document.
.
his
Continuing. Mr. Fraser read arrived at the famous Hospice that the letter was inadmissable, the letter, the gist of which was of St. Bernard at 2 p.m. og
The elephant had found the last whereupon Mr. Fraser told His an appeal to his children to re-reluctant steed Lordship that he based his whole venge the wrong the deceased had case on the evidence supplied by done to him, and advising them miles of the ascent particularly that he was a great enemy of the trying. due to the rarefied air at Mr. Jenkin then gave the family. It was dated August 26, this height, and from the point deceas-known as Combe de Monts had shown the greatest disinclination grounds on which he had object-1934, a fortnight before
ed's death. led. In the first place the man
In describing how the man had to proceed with the Alpine exam was charged with manslaughter:
In order not to impose undue and not murder, and that the state lost his life, Mr. Frase said that on RADIO
the animal through of his mind at the time of the in- on the night in question, deceas- cident was wholly immaterialled had called on accused. There hardship on Secondly, be submitted. if the were about, 10 other people pre-keeping it longer than necessary show sent and the accused had evident in this atmosphere Halliburton did document, was intended to the state of accused's mind at the ly been drinking rather heavily.ot spend the night at the hospice, time, then it was entirely contrary He was shown into a sitting room as he had intended, but commenced of the house, while the descent on the Italian... side to the Crown case on its own evi-at the rear dence. On the Crown's own the accused was in the accounts after a short rest-Trans-Ocean evidence it was obvious that the office talking to a friend. Deceas Service. man had been entirely motivated ed did not know that sensed by other circumstances.
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at accused's house the latter had same as before. A quarrel arose It was stated by his literary seen in it a chance to revenge between the two men and the ac-agent in London recently that! himself for the deceased having cused was heard to say "his sign Col. TE Lawrence (Aircrafts- alienated his wife's affections had been discredited," while the man T. Shaw), left a manuscript He therefore picked 2 quarrel deceased shouted that it had not entitled "The Mint," with in structions that it should not be QUARREL PREMEDITATED? "Furthermore," Mr. Fraser went
This quarrel had evidently been published Before 1950. on. "the use of the nails, on the deceased, and the attack by three premeditated by the accused and book records his life in the SHOWINGS IN persons, amounted to nothing less this view is supported by the fact Royal Air Force than a certain form of torture."
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that the accused was armed with. It is understood to contain two long nails which he used as comments on the RAF. which Mr. Lindsell: "Why was notjone would a dagger and struck make its immediate publication the accused indicted for murder?" deceased on the forehead. At this impossible.
Mr. Fraser: "After this affair point, Counsel continued, accus- the two other persons who took ed's two friends. So Ping and part in the assanit, and who are Shun King-luk, entered the fight: therefore just as guilty as the Wong Pak-kui managed to break accused, could not be found. Also away and jumped to his death. when the coroner's inquest was. The first witness called
a merciful Mr. Grimes, chief draughtsman of international institutions, which isļ held the jury took view and brought in a verdict of the P. W. D., and he gave formal equivalent to denying their right to manslaughter. In these circum-evidence concerning the accuracy separate existence, and to make stances it was not for the Crown and reliability of the plans pro-independent decisions. Such an to bring in a charge of murder.duced in court. Sergeant Moran. attitude; concludes M. Bastide; en- although I agree that there is a Police photographer, gave evi-dangers the whole conception of charge of murder against the ac-dence to the effect that he had international order. Trans-Ocean ensed
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that the Italian budget for the defence and Crown to show who Dr. Greaves, the Government past year shows a deficit of 15 was the instigator of the assault. Bacteriologist, stated that the miliard lire, after special expen- and the Crown asserts that the spots on the dead man's coat were diture for the African colonies has the accused was that person. This caused by human blood. Dr. D. S. been deducted, according to document shows how strongly the Valentine, in the absence of Dr. returns published by the Treasury acensed felt against deceased Pringle from the Colony, then for the financial year ended June about his wife, and supplies the read out Dr. Fringle's notes ₤30. The national debt amounts to motive for the crime.”
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