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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 20, 1938.
Duke O
Intervenes To
Duke Of Windsor
Save Spanish Friend
London, To-day. The story of how a Spanish diplomat was released from prison by the Spanish Government through the efforts of the Duke of Windsor, is told by the "Daily Mail."
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THE PAPER STATES THAT THE DIPLOMAT, FORMER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN LONDON, WAS ARRESTED
LAST YEAR AND SENTENCED TO A LONG TERM OF IM- PRISONMENT.
ALLEGED FRAUD
BY LEGAL RUSE ATTEMPT
As soon as the Duke of Windsor heard of the arrest, it is reported, he communicated · with the British Sh Ambassador at Hendaye, Sir Henry Chilton, who after prolonged nego- tiations, has at last succeeded... în obtaining the prisoner's release.
The paper winds up an interest- ing story by the still more interest Allegations that he defrauded his ing revelation of how the story was father, by forging a promissory note, obtained.
having severed connection with It would never have come to light father's firm, So Huen, alias So Suen unless the Ambassador, Sir Henry the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGre
Alias P. C. So, was arraigned before Chilton, had not been robbed of his gor, at the Criminal Sessions this morn- pocketbook while viŝiting a London ing on charges of forgery and uttering cinema during his recent leave in a forged promissory note.
The jury consisted of Messrs. England.
Weill (Foreman), A, Pollock, Lee Chan- In the pocketbook were letters kee, M. G. Prata, A. K. Chan, A. W. from the Duke of Windsor to the Harper and J. M. de Conceicao. Ambassador on the subject. Trans-Ocean.
A VIOLIN RECITAL
his
The Crown was represented by the Assistant Attorney General, Mr. E. H. Williams. It was alleged that accused signed a promissory note in his own name as managing partner of his father's firm, the Yee Hop Firm, and stamped it with a chop purporting to be the chop of his father. Accused had no authority to act on behalf of the firm.
R.N.E.C. MATSHEDS
Hongkong music lovers will have an The firm erected matsheds and opportunity of hearing Mr. Henry C. stands for the Royal Navy Recreation dos Remedios with Mrs. A. W. da Roza Club and an amount of $1,800 was due (Piano) at a Violin Recital which will to the Yee Hop Firm in July, 1936. be held at the Club de Recreio On The Crown's case was that the pro- Saturday at 9.00 p.m.
missory note was made with the "ob- Mr. Remedios is one of Shanghai's ject of securing part of that money. most successful Concert - Violinist. He The opportunity for the fraud arose is a performer of consummate skill, sometime in April, 1937 when the who plays with keen artistic feeling, tather returned to the country.. The whether his work be a simple Lullaby note, purported to be an acknowledge- or a Beethoven Concerto.
ment by accused, that he had borrow- By special request the following ed from Mrs. Tam Shek-shi the sum of numbers will be presented:
Spring Sonata Op., 24-L. Allegro Adagio
Scherzo. Rendo.
Humoreske--A. Dvorak
Souvenir F. Erdla
Beethoven
La Folia "Variations"-Corelli Indian Love: Call-R., Friml Ave Maria--Schubert-Wilhelmj Liebeslied-F. Kreisler Liebesfreud F. Kreisler
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
$1,000, interest and principal to be paid at the end of six months. It was dat- ed January 10, 1936.
Continuing, Mr. Williams" said that on January 27, 1937 accused together with Mrs. Tam and one Lam Cheung- shi went to the office of Mr. Leo D'Al- mada, Snr, and there interviewed an interpreter named Mok Chi-fung. Lam did most of the talking at the inter- view and he was alleged to have, stat- ed that accused was the manager
of- the Yee Hop firm, which was not true as he had then severed his connection with the business. The firm was al- leged to have owed Mrs. Tam $1,400 on two notes and the interpreter was asked to make a draft assignment transferring part of the money due to the business by the Royal Naval Re-
With another six cases of small- pox reported to the Health Au- creation Club to the woman. thorities yesterday, the total since the beginning of the year has now interpretor proceeded to issue 4 WEE reached 82.
Of yesterday's cases, four from Victoria and two from loon.
WRIT ISSUED
On the instructions in Mrs. Tam, the
for $1,000 against accused and the Yee were Hop firm. On April 9, 1937 the writ was issued and hearing of the case was Kow-fixed for April 16. When the writ
Seven cases of dysentery also reported yesterday, as well three of enteric fever and one diphtheria.
was about to be served, accused, al- were though he had nothing to do with the as received the summons. When the case business," went to the firm and there
of was heard, accused was presentin Court and said he was the managing partner and consented to judgment.
On April 24, the money was not paid, and Mok wrote a letter to the Yee Hop firm. The father paid no at tention to it. The interpreter subse- quently telephoned the father and asked him to go to his office. On be- ing shown the document he found the chop was false, and accordingly refus- ed to pay the money. “
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SUGARNISHEE ORDER
Sometime in Jüne, the interpreter, on instructions, proceeded to obtain a garnishee order, directing the Hon. Secretary of the R.N.R.C. not to pay the money to the Hop Yee firm but to: Mrs. Tam. The order was granted and accordingly the R.NR.C. paid the money into Court. The father learn- ed of this only when he called at the R.NEC and asked for payment.
When charged accused asked for the that “THE ___MAGNIFICENT BRUTE arrest of Mok and Lam saying
they had taught him
The case is continuing.