MONEY CHANGER TRICKED
DUMMY ROLL OF COINS
VICTIM OF SLEIGHT-OF-HAND
That he himself was the victim of a sleight-of-hand trick was the) defence made by Chan Fai-nam.
ared 22, a money changer's foki at the Star ferry, when he appear- ed before Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Magistracy this morning, charged with obtaining $5 from Mak Chi, a coolie of Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, by means of a trick.
Mr. D. H. Blake was for the-de- fendant, while Detective sergeant! P. O. Guild prosecuted.
After hearing the evidence His! worship discharged the defendant, adding that no blame was attached to the money-changer or his em ployee.
Detective-sergeant Guild stated that at about 4 p.m. he received a telephone message from Mesars. Kelly and Walsh and at once went. there. He was handed a roll of
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1936
Members of the Nine O'Clock Revee Company, who are now performing at the King's Theatre.
SILK SHIPMENTS
CASE
JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS
"I am satisfied that sufficient evidence has not been adduced
DOCTOR'S DIARY LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
QUOTED
Charges Follow A Visit
WOMAN TELLS OF £105 FEE
as the
EX-KAISER'S DEATH RUMOURED
Family Denials lamed
Amsterdam
It was rumoured in Holland last month that the German e-Kaiser had died at emle home at Doorn.
sured
An enquirer- telephoned his family of Doorn and was 03-
that there foundation for the runOSET. The Kaiser
sleeping
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The fortnightly whist drive of July 2 has been fixed the Craigenrower Cricket Club date of the marTiare at the (will be held on Saturday next. Rigistry. Office, Supreme Court, of (commencing at 9 pm.
Miss Thelina M. Scott eldest danghter of Mr. and M E E Scott, of Los Angeles and Hong The CBA launch picnic for Kong, to Mr. John T. K. Gilchrist, members and friends will be held efth son of the late Mr. James on Saturday next Launch leaves Güchrist and Mrs. A. Gilchrist, of Sir Bernard Spilsbury gave evi-Police Pier, Kowloon at 3 pm. for Berwick-an-Tweed. Mr. Güchrist dence at Epsom Police-court re- Picnic Bar..
is in the service of the Public cently when Dr. Laura Winifred Sanders Bliss, of Bayfield House,
Works Department, Accounts and The police have been notified Stores. Little Bookham, and Nancy Melins that a Studebaker coupe, No. 440,] Hermitage Bickell, a nurse-recep-was stolen from the car park at tionist, of the same address, aP Statue Square between 11 p.m. on day Review and march past cere A rehearsal of the King's Birth Monday and 8.30 am yesterday mony will take place at Happy It was alleged that they were
Valley at 6 pm on Tuesday, June concerned together with unlaw The Hong Kong University Me-16. The actual ceremony will be fully using an instrument on vedical Society will hold their an-on June 23 commencing at 5.30 of water, including 8.35 millions Altogether 340,64 million gallons women on different dates.
nual launch pienie on Saturday p. Dr. Bliss was stated at the next
supplied from the mainland, were The launch will leave former hearing to have a consult Blake Pier at 2 pm.
consumed in the city and hill dig. The destin- A whist drive and tombolă willtricts of Hong Kong during the ing room in Harley-street. The al-ation will be Clear Water Bay. be held at the R. A. Station Ser-month of May. leged offences
The figure for taken place at a house at Little
geants' Mess. Kowloon, on Sunday Kowloon and New Kowloon A Dinner Dance will be held at next, beginning at £30 p.m. Bookham.
the Repulse Bay Hotel today at
206.11 million gallons. Arthur Frank Woodford, of the 9.00 p.m. Leatherhead branch of the West-
peared on five charges,
are said to havej
inster Bank, produced an extract of Dr. Bliss's account which, he
Mrs. Bathurst, of No. 519, The
peacefully. He is 77.
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Vicar Has Assets 5s. 6d.
Leicester. St. Luke's was worth £384 gross had done up in paper so as to by the plaintiffs to prove the charge of actual fraud. I therefore said, showed the receipt of a pre Peak, was this morning fined $5 After serving about nine months and before his bankruptcy his look like a roll of coins. He was withdraw the case from the jury. Judgment for the defendants, dit on January 16 last of £45, in. Mr. S. E. Balfour at the Cen-in prison for contempt of court byl household and told that the complainant had with costs," said His Honour Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden at the cluding 125 in 55 notes. A credit tral Magistracy for allowing her refusing to answer questions in had amounted
personal expenses to $600 a year, gone, on instructions from his em- Supreme Court to-day, after hearing arguments advanced by
the money changer at both counsel in the claim by Messrs. Rajaram Girdharital and of £227 received on January 25 in-dog abroad, uamuzzled or on lead his bankruptcy, Dr. Samuel Shan-made up by private means which
in Repulse Bay Road on May 30. non. the inhibited Vicar ten dollar Company for $92,862.75 against the Dollar Steamship Line. cluded $40 in fō notes. Later
of St were now exhausted. Mr. McBride, of cheque for £&S 5s, drawn on the
No. 526, The Luke's, Leicester, appeared for his His bankruptcy arose from Peak, Westminster
was also. Bank, Wimbledon
summoned for public examination at Leicester libel action against another clergy- allowing his dog in Stubbs Road, Bankruptcy Court last month. ¡Common, was paid in.
man in 1932 which was settled on but was cautioned as the com- plainant, an Indian constable, was and the assets amounted to 58. Sd.
His deficiency was £284 128, 5d. terms. the hospital and even after his which were set off against a pre it was stated that an early ap The examination was closed and
discharge would be going on ferential claim for rates.
plication would be made for Dr. leave.
Dr. Shannon said the living of Shannon's discharge.
ployer, to the Star Ferry with a note to be changed. He wadi
It was stated on the previous given a five dollar note and the;
day that the claim represented the roll which he thought was coins. He paid a copper for the tran-Cost of 370 bales of raw silk which saction. He did not examine the the defendants undertook to ship roll there but brought it straight for the Chinese Overseas Inter- back to his master, who discover Trading Company, Canton, to the plaintiffs, in Bombay, by the 3.8. President van Buren. Shop Searched Sergeant Guild then went to the Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K. C., and defendant's shop in company with Mr. Leo D'Almada jnr, instructed the complainant and asked for by Messrs. Deacon's, was for the permission to search the pre- mises. He found three other sim-), iliar rolls wrapped up in paper
ed the fraud.
and also a quantity of paper, the same as that used to wrap the rolls...
plaintiffs, while the defendants were represented by Mr. Eldon) Potter, E. C., and Mr. H. C. Mac- by Messrs. amara, instructed
Wilkinson and Grist.
A special jury was expanelled and was comprised of Messrs. W.
The defendant was then brought; A Cornell (foreman), Li Tsel
to the Police Station and later told.
Fong, C. M. Gee, V. D. Sorby,
the Police that about three o'clock. H. Priestley, J. D. Danby that afternoon a man had come to and T. A. Mitchell. his shop and changed $20 in'notes for coins,
He gave four rolls of
coins and was given four cents as
No Evidence When the case was adjourned
THE OUTBREAK Extinguisher Turned On Violent Bus Passenger
When a bus conductor at Chelmsford spoke to Harry Turner. West Hanningfield, about using bed language on the bus, Turner knocked him, down, knelt him, and punched him
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The driver could not pull Turner away so he turned c fire extinguisher on him,
Turner was fined a total of £5 at Chelmsford later for assaulting the conductor and uring bad language.
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A very large number of credits were made to the account by bank notes.
100 Guinea Fec
A single woman stated that Dr. Bliss told her that the fee she would require would be 100 guines and that she would prefer cash to cheques.
Next day she telephoned to the doctor and agreed to the termIR. [On the following day she went to Bookham. She took the money, which was in El notes, and gave it! to Dr. Bliss. She remained at Bay- field House for some time and was! there on May 2 when the police arrived.
Insp. Webb said that he went to Bayfield House and saw Dr. Bliss! speaking to a man, apparently a
"I would answer the points as friend, and handing him a packet.
commission. He then proceeded yesterday afternoon, it was stated argued by Mr. Fotter," said Mr.Dr. Bliss then handed two slips of to enter up his books when the that the jury would not be re- Sheldon, and the first point is paper to the same man. He (Insp. man suddenly decided that he did quired this morning as the
I
HIR
ses that there is no evidence that the Webb) took charge of the slips on "THERE'S AN HB COMING OFF THE ICE IN A MINUTE!”
not want the change, and so reision would be taken up by legal cargo came down by junk My which were written a name, the submission is that the evidence is figure 100, the- Eguta 4/45, the turned him the rolls which he argument, took without examining.
When the bearing was resumed overwhelming that the cargo did figure of 100 with an "L" after it, Mak Chi, who bore out the this morning, Mr. Potter submit-not come down by river steamer." apparently £100.
Mr. Sheldon then said that there.
Slips Recovered Police officer's story, admitted on ted that there was no evidence to
Mr. Blake before the jury that the defen-was no allegation of deliberate being questioned by
Cross-examined, Insp. Webb re- that he had very aften changed dants had been reckless and care-fraud against the defendants who, plied: "This man said: 'My friend less, and that they had made the however, had been reckless and can write a note to me if she likes. money at the shop..
Defendant, who repeated his
statement without regard to its careless in that they made a state-Ee tried to take the slips of paper due regard to its and crunch them up in his hand. story in the witness box, said, in truth or falsity, What had to be ment without
established in this case, Mr. Pat-truth or falsity.
but I got them away from him.” ter contended, was that Mr. Car-
Claim Dismissed
Det-Sergt. Russell said that in
reply to a question by Sergeant; (hild, that he did not examine!
of Mr. Potter: There is no evid-the sitting room he found a diary the coins when they were return-penter, who signed the bills
Įlading, and who in fact had au-ence that Mr. Carpenter signed containing entries relating to the ed as he did not suspect anything thority to do so, made the state the bills of lading containing the five women in the case, and, in a and they were done up very much! like the original rolls. He did ment fradulently, that is to say, description "river steamer" rack-desk, a file of typewritten doca- not know of their presence in his with reckless disregard of its lessly or carelessly. There is not ments, including entries relating
truth or falsity.
evidence to go a jot of
to the to four of the witnesses.
shop until the Police arrived, and
Counsel went on to say that be jury on the fraud charge. What Sir Bernard Spilsbury gave the when he gave one roll to the com-
submitted with every
confidence evidence is there that Mr. Car-results of certain examinations, plainant he believed that it con- that there was no
evidence in penter had signed the bills of lad-fand after his evidence the hearing tained coins.
support of the allegation, and adding containing the description adjourned.
SPECIAL RACE FOR CARS Olympic Games Attraction
led that he felt confident that if river steamer recklessly and care- Dr. Bliss and Nume Bickell
His Lordship left the case to the lessly and without regard to whe-were allowed bail, each in her own jury and the latter found in thether it was true or false?
recognisances of £1,000 and two
plaintiffs' favour on that point, Counsel then went on to submit)sureties of £600. the Court of Appeal would reverse that there must be enough evid- the decision.
commit a fraud.
lence for the jury to convict Mr. Only One Case
Carpenter of fraud, because it;
OLDEST MARINE Mr. Sheldor then said that the was his fraud and not the Com-
Ex-Colour-Sergt. James
Gray, Motor racing is not included in plaintiffs' case, as it appeared in Dany's, as a corporation could not the Olympic Games, but in order the statement, was one and one
aged 99, the oldest pensioner of It' was at this point that is the Royal Marines, was visited at to provide motorists with a sub-only, namely, that the defendants stitute,
a. special International made a statement recklessly and Lordship made his ruling and Southsee by Lt-Gen. Sir Richard Ólympia Motor Race has been carelessly, without dde regard to ve judgment for the defendants Foster, Adjutant General of the announced. Mctorists of any na the truth or falsity of it.
Corps, last month Gray enlisted in 1854.
tionality-can take part as long as
they have the required papers.
The goal is the Avus Track in
Berlin, which must be reached
UNLICENSED RESTAURANT
"The defendant had been writ- teh to by the Urban Council on')
between 12 and 6 p.m. by July 30, May 8, that he was to cease. busi
1936..
with costs.
ELIZABETHAN MANOR
PRESERVED
•
BLOODHOUND SEARCH
A bloodhound searched the Wilderhope Manor, built of mountains around Matlock, Derby- ness on June 13, and now a sum-stone in 1601, of the slopes of shire, for traces of Eddie Watkins, Sixty-four automobile clubs out mons has been taken against him," Wenlock Ridge, Shropshire, has aged 17, a bydre porter, missing side Germany have offered to said Mr. C. A. S. Russ at the been bought for the National for a week, but lost the scent after carry out the control of the car Central Magistracy this morning, Trust
and at least 10 control stations when
representing Ng Kam-
jhalf a mile.
half
Fear Of Inherent Insanity
The suggestion, that his son coroner, recorded a verdict of
- must be passed in Germany. Gold, sham. of No. 134, Queen's Road silver and bronze medals. will be East, summoned before Mr. W. awarded to the winners.
Schofield for keeping the above One of the main attractions for premises as a restaurant without motorists will be the big inter la licence. Mr. Russ added, that national race for the Grand Prix when the right hand of a depart- of Germany on the Nuerburg Ring ment does not know what its left committed suicide through fear suicide while of unsound mind. on July 26.--Trans-Ocean Service, hand is doing it is awkward for that he would inherit insanity The father, Mr. Wilhelm Bres-
the public. Inspector Hi Io-from his mother was put forward Leipzig, said that his son
Lauer, of Kaiser Wilhelmstrasse, SHEEP RESCUED FROM CLIFF woon asked for a week's remand, at
a St Pancras Inquest last quite healthy, but was sometimes which was grinteð-
mouth by the father of a young very depressed about his health Bob Harticy, the Bempton
German who threw himself from and his future. (Yerks) cliff climber, was lowered". GIRL WINS CLIFF WAGER to rescue a sheep which had fallen) and was trapped 100ft down the. -cliff face last month.
Miss Doreen Mborfoot, aged 16,
was
the window of a house, where he In amwer to the coroner, Mr. had been staying in Fitzjohn's-Breslauer said that his wife had avenue, Hampstead,"
Obtainable Everywhere including Bowling Alleys.
been in an asylum for a good BREWED AND BOTTLED BY HONGKONG BREWERY & DISTILLERY, LIMITED.
of Bridlington, Yorks, was lower- The inquest was on Bernhard (many years. ed 300ft down Bemptop Cliffs and Brexisser, aged 23, stated to be a The ax Burdwan" is expected (secured two guillemot eggs. She German correspondent, who had about that? Yes, 1 suppose he The mroner: Did he worry here from Singapore at 8 am on thus won à spaniel puppy in albeen in England just over a year. committed this fearing that the
Mr. W. Bentley Purchase, the same illness would overtake him
Saturday,
wager.