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EMBEZZLEMENT SENTENCE
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 16, 1938.
SNEEZE GIVES
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SIGNAL FOR HEROIN RAID
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ISPENT HIS
FIRM'S MONEY TOO FREELY
Five hundred and fifty dollars Leung Chit, aged 19, a shop foki, led 26-year-old Ip Ng-chai into a was this morning sentenced to six trap set for him by the Revenue months' imprisonment by Mr. H. R. Department, and a sneeze result, Butters at the Central Magistracy ed in his arrest, and appearance when he pleaded guilty to the em- before the Chief Justice, Sir,
of the sum of $457.10 bezzlement Atholl MacGregor, at the Crimin-from the Kwong Loong Tai
rice al Sessions this morning.
store, No. 76, Connaught Road West. He was charged with possession Sergeant MacVey said defendant cf nine ounces of heroin, which had been employed by the firm for Crown Counsel, Mr. E. H. Williams. the past six years at a monthly alleged was sufficient to make 230,-
wage of $3 and commission which 000 pills. Accused was convicted
month. averaged $2. a
Part of and sentenced to `three years' hard
defendant's duties was the collec- labour.
tion of accounts. A few days ago the manager grew suspicious owing defendant to the free spending, of inspected the books and found the deficiencies.
The jury were Messrs. J. C. Pow- er (Foreman), S. D. Begg, Lat Tat- ting, Ng Sze-yuk, Choy Sai-pin, B. Rolfe and Yeung Wing-sek.
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Crown Counsel stated that on re- A Chinese detective was sent to ceiving certain information, R. O.
with
Mak Chan proceeded to the Sun Toi-arrest defendant but, armed shan Boarding house, after hand-two choppers he stood at the top of the staircase, refused to surrender, ing $550 to an informer on April
and threatened the detective. A
21.
BANISHEES SENT TO PRISON
As pre-arranged, the informer phone call brought Sergeant Mac- and gave Mak Chan a signal by sneez-Vey and others to the scene
defendant then surrendered without ing, following which Mak Chan
trouble. communicated with Senior Revenue Officer A. W. Grimmitt. The latter arrived soon afterwards with party of other revenue officials and arrested accused in Room No. 11. In accused's possession were found several packets of powder, com- mon ingredients for manufacturing heroin pills. One packet contained Three banishees were arraigned nine ounces of heroin. In defen-before the Puisne Judge, Mr. Jus- dant's pocket was found the $550. tice R. E. Lindsell, at the Criminal · Defendant denied the accusations Sessions this morning charged with but was found guilty.
breaches of the Deportation Ordin-
HEAVY SENTENCE PASSED ON
ance.
Lau Wing, life banishee, was sen- tenced to four years' hard labour for returning to the Colony after having had been deported on November 25 last.
Three and a half years' imprison- ment was imposed on Wang Hing-
PEPPER THROWER kee, and Chan Fu, who was banish-
ed for ten years in February, 1934,
Mr. John Whyatt prosecuted.
Three days without food-throw-was sentenced to two and a ing pepper into the eyes of a Euro-years' hard labour. pean woman-an unsuccessful at- tempt-to-wrench-the-woman's "car- ry-all" represented the sequence of events which resulted in the ap- pearance of a 38-year-old unemploy- ed ricksha coolie before the Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell, at the Criminal Sessions this morn- ing.
PERRY-ROGERS WEDDING
half
At the Registry this morning, Tsang Fo the accused was con-before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, Mr. victed of assaulting Mrs. Ruby Robert Perry, son of Mr. R. Perry, Evelyn Spencelayh, of No. 21, formerly of the Taikoo Dock Com- | Jubilee Apartments, Austin Avenue, [pany and Mrs. Perry, was married Kowloon, at 7.35 p.m. on April 6, to Miss Edwina Louisa Rogers, with intent to rob, and was sentenc- eldest daughter of the late Mr. Ed- ed to two and a half years' im-win Rogers, of Bosham, Sussex, prisonment, with hard labour.
and the late Mrs. E. Mackay. Mr. John Whyatt, prosecuting, The ceremony was witnessed by stated that the man was arrested the bride's stepbrothers Messrs. N. by a cook-boy of No. 28, Austin A. E. Mackay and J. F. C. Mackay. Avenue, who after hearing the cries, "Snatching," came out, in time to
sec accused running past the house. THREE YEARS
Pepper was found in the pockets of the man's jacket.'
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Admitting that he had had carnal knowledge of a 12-year-old Chinese girl, Tang Fook-tal was sentenced to three years' hard labour at the
MOPPING UP AT Criminal Sessions this morning by
CHAOHSIEN
Six months' hard labour was im- posed on Lau Cheung, 25, employ-
Liuan, To-day. ed, by M. R. Edwards at the Cen- Chinese troops who recaptured tral Magistracy this morning, when Chaohsien, on the east border of he appeared on romand charge with the Chao Lake in contral Anhwḍi, having embezzled $104.18 from on May 14, are now engaged in Wing Loong rice firm and fraudu-"mopping up" operations on the lently used $280 entrusted to him outskirts of the city.- Central by Liu San.
News.
the Pulsne Judge, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell.:
Mr. John Whyatt appeared for the prosecution.
PERU AND ITALY
Rome, To-day. Peru has recognised the Italian Empire in Abyssinia.-Router