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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1936
PRESUMPTION OF
DEATH
Supreme Court Application
CHINESE DISAPPEARS IN
AMERICA
"I am quite satisfied that all reasonable enquiries were made and the petition is one to which I ought to accede. You may have leave to swear the death of this man on July 6, 1930, in America,” said His Honour Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor at the Supreme Court this morning when the adjourned ap- plication by Mr. George She, io- structed by Messrs. Lo and Lo, to presume the death of Young (or Yung) Wing-cheong, alias Young Ming. late of No. 312, City Island ¡Avenue, City Island, New York,
U.S... was beard.
The petition was first heard on July last when the Chief Jus tice ordered an adjournment of a fortnight in order that more de- tails might be obtained.
the
When the hearing was resumed this morning, Mr. She told the Court that further affidavits had been filed in regard to the Police fenquiries. He added that the dis-i appearance of Yung was the talk City of the Chinese section of Island and Dr. Leung, a dentist, who was an old friend of family, said in his affirmation that not only himself, but practically the whole of Chinatown felt that Yung had met with an unnatural death. A report was made to the Police by Dr. Leung personally, but the Police in New York were unsuccessful in their search, while the Police at Elizabeth, New Jersey, failed to find anybody answering to the description of Mr. Yung
After five years of effort; Leon Jouhaux, above, Secretary of the General Federation of Labour. has brought the two principal French labour factions under the banner to form a united body of 1,250,000 workers. M. Jouhant's coup thas ends a 14-year split of the labour factions and brings 250,000 members of the Radical Wing back into the Conservative fold. The reconciliation of the two groups is seen as a big step towards the settlement of the current, unrest in France.
CHINESE IN LITIGATION
Claim For Money Lent
CASE PROCEEDING
TRAFFIC IN A CHILD
Magistrate Reviews -
His Sentences.
The
FINES INSTEAD OF
IMPRISONMENT
case in which Pang Cheung, unemployed, Lam Wai-
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ting, a cook-boy, and his wife, DIVORCEE, AND
Yip Lim, were on July 9 sentenc- ed to three months' hard labour by Mr. W. Schofield at the Cen-1 tral Magistracy for taking part in a transaction to transfer a male child, aged seven months, again came up this morning, when the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo appeared on behalf of the se- cond and third defendants and asked His Worship to review the case against his clients.
After hearing Mr. Lo, His Worship changed the sentence to a fine of $50, in default one month's hard labour, taking into consideration that a week had already been spent in gaol.
In asking His Worship to re view the case Mr. Lo said that the couple were employed on the Peak and wanted to adopt a son, so that when approached by first defen- dant this transaction had been gone into. The parties went to Wanchai and a Sung Tip had been drawn up, and they had only fail- ed to make enquiries as to whether the father was a consenting party. He said that it was ignorance, negligence or carelessness, that! they did not go about it properly. The defendants had a daughter, eight years old, and as no son hadj that! come into the family for period they wished to adopt a son) to carry on the family name.
Relevant Section The section was aimed against | Fung Kan, alias Fook Kee, a married woman, represented by trafficing, without taking away the Mr. She concluded by stating Mr. H. C. Macnamara (instruct-right of adoption in
D. McCallum), with Chinese custom, and Mr. Lo that all reasonable enquiries haded by Mr.
claim for $2,870 submitted that the nearer been made by Yung's relatives and brought a
against Chan Hing-wan before intention of real adoption the The application was allowed. the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl lighter the sentence should be,
Mr. Lo said that in considera- It was stated at the initial MacGregor, at the Supreme
Defen- tion of their already having been' hearing that on July 6, 1930, the Court this morning. deceased left New York for dant was represented by Mr. jin gaol a week, if the defendants over it would meet Elizabeth City, New Jersey, to Leo D'Almada. Jur., instructed were bound
the case collect an outstanding debt, since by Mr. Peter E. Sin
that Inspector Ellis said
the when he had disappeared and en- The som involved represents
of this child had been quiries made failed to produce $2,000 :lent under a Chinese adoption any information. An advertise Borrowing Note, and the inter-carelessly gone about, and the de
taken no Chinese est thereon. ment was inserted in a
steps to Mr. Macnamara, fendants had New York daily newspaper, but in his opening address, said find out if the father was a con- failed to bring any results. that the claim was for money senting party to the adoption. The deceased told his best lent under a promissory note The wording of the Sung Tip had
been carefully done to appear) friend, a dentist, that he was go-and that the defence was
clansmen.
Enquiries Made
2
accordance
the
ing to Elizabeth to collect a debt complete denial that the defen-genuine and it was made in the and would be returning within the dant had ever known the plain-father's name.
It was also alleged that the Inspector Ellis concluded that same week This proved, Mr. She tiff. continued, that the deceased had claim was brought in order to the sale of children could "not be no motive or desire to desert his make it difficult for the defen- countenanced, and when people dant to make bankruptcy inves-wished to adopt children they friends or family.
A vital fact was that prior to tigations against, a man men should take every precaution. If his disappearance, his wife had tioned in the affidavit.
this was not known in Hong Kong| In the witness box the plain- to-day it couki only become been in weekly correspondence with him, but these letters ceased tiff said that she lent the known by prosecution in all cases altogether after July, 1930.
money to the defendant be-discovered and by the Magistrates" cause he (defendant) was in- giving adequate sentences in such troduced to her as an honest cases.
WORLD'S LARGEST
ENGINE
Leaves Canadian Workshops
man The sum of $2,000 was lent to him on October 25, 1933, while, the balance of $870 repre- sented interest due on the loan. She had made repeated requests for payment but was successsful.
never
BILL OF COSTS MONEY
Solicitors Claim Dismissed
solicitor,
Business Name Montreal The world's largest
Cross-examined by Counsel streamlined steam locomotive basi
for the defence, witness said left the Canadian National Rail-
A claim for £17 2× 30 against workshops here and will that her name, as it appeared Mrs. Edith O'Shea, widow, Blom ways'
in the Note, was Fook Kee, feld-court, Maida Vale, W., by Mr. soon be put into service.
Known as "No. 6,400", the huge which was the name she always Geoffrey Clifton Gibbs, engine is capable of a speed of 100 used in her business transac practising as Later and Latey, tions. She added that she did Clement's Inn, Strand, W.C., was miles an hour. It will be used to not know any member of defen- dismissed with costs at Westmins hand fast passenger trains bedant's family and denied that ter County Court last month. Itween Montreal, Toronto andi
the first time she saw the de- Sarnia.
fendant was in the Judge's balance of a bill of costs and money The money was alleged to be the Chambers.
paid-at" Mrs. O'Shea's request.
All Concealed The engine is nearly 95 feet}
Mr. D'Almada: "I put it to Mr. Saville, managing clerk to long and its design was developed you that the defendant did not Later and Later, said that Mrs. by the National Research Council sign this note and never hand-O'Shea instructed the firm to ob- at Ottawa in co-operation with ed it to you, that he was never tain bail for, and defend, a Mr. Canadian National Railways' ex connected with a firm of build- Horace Terry, who was arrested perts. Smokestack bell, cowing contractors, and that he catcher and coupler are all con- was not in the Colony between a charge of frand and was afterwards sentenced at the OL October 19, and October 29, Bailey to five years' penal ser- cealed by the streamlining.
1933 ?" "That is what he vitude. says now."
Four other C.NR. streamlined engines will also shortly go into service.
RAILWAY FARES REDUCED
Charges Down To Pre-War Levels
The case is proceeding.
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She did not say that she was acting as agent for Terry, and he did not know that she was his secretary.
Mrs O'Shea said she thought she had made it clear to Mr. Saville that she was giving in- structions for Terry. She was Terry's secretary and also a co- director with him in a totalisator pool, which was run in Belgium. new rates are good for passage on. Judge Dumas said he had dif- Montreal From the beginning "tourist" sleeping-cars on payment fienity in believing that experienc- of Jane railway passenger rates of regular berth fares for thated solicitors would have looked for on Canadian lines were reduced to class of accommodation“
payment to a woman of whose fin- approximately pre-war levels. Round-trip tickets are now good ancial position they knew nothing
Basic fares for first-class travel for six months leztead of 30 days. They had. Also failed to take the (have been reduced about 13 per The cost of standard partour, and very obvious precaution of getting cent to the levels in force before sleeping-car-accommodation hasțin writing what was the position 1914. - Day coach tickets at the also been reduced.” Reuter:
of the parties.
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IM AN EX-HUSBAND, BUT NOT YOURS, THANK GOODNESS!"
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