CONVICTION QUASHED BY CHIEF JUSTICE
AMBASSADOR LEAVING BERLIN
Berlin, To-day,
It is announced that the retiring Chinese Ambassador in Berlin, Dr. Tien Fong-cheng will leave to-day. AN APPEAL AGAINST SEN-
Before his departure for China, TENCE OF THREE MONTHS' His Excellency intends in visiting HARD LABOUR, IMPOSED ON the various other European coun- PENG TAI, AT THE DISTRICT tries.
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST
1938.
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OFFICE SOUTH, FOR ALLEGED A former Deputy Foreign Minis STOP PRESS
LARCENY BY BAILEĘ, WAS AL-
LOWED BY THE ACTING CHIEF
ter, Dr. Chen Chien has been ap-
JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE R. E. pointed as the successor of Doctor LINDSELL, AT THE COURT OF Tien Fong-cheng "as
APPEAL THIS MORNING.
the Chinese
Ambassador in Berlin.
Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones, for appel-Ocean.
lant, submitted that there was in-
sufficient evidence against appel-
tered.
Trans-
lant and no evidence on which a and saw a junk being destroyed by Conviction could have been regis-the Japanese. The Chans ordered Appellant was a junk-master, and appellant to return to Castle Peak. At Castle Peak appellant introduc- he was alleged to have sold a cargo ed the Chans to a man to whom the of salt and other goods which did
goods were sold. not belong to him to a firm at Cas- tle Peak.
Mr. Hugh Jones submitted that Appellant was engaged by two the evidence by different witnesses, men, Chan Hung and Chan Shu, at was insufficient for the Magistrate Kongmoon, to transport a cargo of to
The man convict - appellant. sugar, salt
and kerosene from from the Tai Kee firm in Castle Cheung Chau to Kongmoon for Peak gave evidence that at no time $2,000. Appellant agreed and pro- did he deal, with appellant. ceeded to Cheung Chau where the The Acting Chief Justice allow- two Chans supervised the transferjed the appeal.
of the goods from one junk to ap- Mr. Hugh Jones also pointed out pellant's junk.
in spite of written notification of
The voyage was delayed for seappeal against the conviction, ap- veral days before they started from Cheung Chau to Kongmoon.
SAW JAPANESE DESTROY
JUNK
pellant was treated as a convicted prisoner for 10 days in gaol.
The Acting Chief Justice stated that he would refer the matter to
On their way they passed Tai-O the Attorney General.
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