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THE CHINA WAIL, SEPTEMBER 12, 1938.
CASE AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS OUTLINED
DESCRIBED BY CROWN COUNSEL AS "SQUEEZE COLLEC- TORS," WHO LAID SIEGE TO THREE MAHJONG SCHOOLS IN YAUMATI WITH THE OBJECT OF HARASSING THE BUSINESS UNTIL “TRIBUTI".. WAS PAID, FOUR MEM- BERS OF THE POLICE FORCE, INCLUDING EUROPEAN LANCE-SERGEANT CHARLES HOSSACK TELFER (A62), WERE ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE ACTING CHIEF JUS- TICE, MR. R. E. LINDSELL, AT THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS THIS MORNING CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED EXTOR- TION.
The prosecution was conducted by trances to these establishments were Mr. John Whyatt, while accused were also guarded by Telfer's men. “RUMOURS” SPREAD represented by the Hon. Mr. Leo D'.
However, without Telfer knowing, Almada, junior, instructed by Messrs. Leo D'Almada, senior, and C. A. S. rumours had spread that the Emer- Russ.
gency Unit was in Temple Street. In- The other accused are. Chinese Ser-spector Carey was informed and with “THOROUGHBREDS DON'T CRY" geant Leung Chi-and Constables Mak, Chief Inspector Smith proceeded to the neighbourhood, where they found Tel- MICKEY ROONEY Kong-iu and Sun Kui.
Mr. Whyatt stated that accused were fer and his men in front of the pre- members of the Emergency Unit, sta-mises. tioned at the Police Training School. On being questioned by Chief In-
IN MAY
spector Smith, Telfer said that he was About four months ago, on May 9, on "Japanese protection patrol."
Telfer and his men were ordered to first accused with a squad of eight Chinese was instructed for duty for the Yaumati Police Station and in an "blocking streeta" from 2 a.in. to 6 identification parade, second, third and a.m. in the Kowloon City District. First fourth defendants were picked out.
Telfer in answer to the charges, re- accused was in charge of the squad.
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The Chinese, accused said they were
I was his duty to post members at plied "Not Guilty certain spots in an area where larcen- cies were prevalent to spread a "net" under the orders of Telfer, whose in- They making it almost impossible for any structions they had to obey. person to escape or enter the particu-insisted that they did not attempt to lar area without the knowledge of the
The case is continuing. members of the squad.
"Telfer thoroughly understood the instructions, but disobeyed them," said Crown Council. Instead of proceeding towards Kowloon City. Telfer led his squad to Yaumati.-
At about 3 a.m. Telfer and his squad, he reached Temple Street and
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the squad to extend in front of the premises and to search suspected per
sons.
extort money.
WATER POSITION REVEALED
Water storage figures revealed Customers were prevented from en- tering the premises which were Mah-by the Water Authority this jong Schools.
morning show that at September
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Telfer also posted a constable at the rear entrance, and persons attempting 1, the gross total, 3,130,000,000 gallons was little more than half the at the same date last
to use that route were stopped.
ENTIRELY "RINGED"
The premises were entirely "ringed" yea, was in fact, less than
by Telfer's men, who were supposed to the Kowloon storage on Septem-
be on duty in Kowloon City. The ob-
ject of these manoeuvres, alleged the ber 1, 1937. Crown Counsel, was not to arrest any
Kowloon's total was 1,495 mil- criminals, not to arrest the keepers of lion gallons against 3,587 million the schools, for if Telfer effected any
arrest he would have exposed his dis- gallons last year.
obedience to instructions given him by The mainland total was a superior officer.
inquiry as to what was happening, one
It was alleged, and the manager of 1,635,000,000 gallons as against the Tai Loy Mahjong School will say, 2.357 million gallons last year. that he approached two Chinese em-Consumption during · August : bers of the squad and in reply his was 869 million gallons, with of the two constables said: "We've the population estimated... at just come to ask for tea-money," 1,050,000. The Hong Kong con- As the owner of the achool was sumption per head was brought sleeping, the man.consulted Lam Kwan,
owner of the Kai Kee Mahjong School: down to 30.1 gallons per day and Lam Kwan was second, third and in Kowloon to 22.9 gallons per fourth accused, and when he asked how day.
much he had to pay, second accused Jubilee Reservoir is 52 feet 7. replied that the problem had to be dis-
inches below overflow. cussed with Telfer. Telfer, who was standing in the street, joined them and The storage figures represent the figure of $30 was mentioned an increase as compared with each house to pay $10.
Telfer, it was alleged, pointed out August 1 this year, to the ex- third and fourth accused saying "pai tent of 513,000,000 gallons, the kel", instructing Lam Kwan to pay the total intake during the month money to these two men.
TELFER'S REPORT
OF
August being in the neighbour-
The squad then left the neighbourhood of 1,380,000,000 gallons. hood and returned to the Police Train-
ing School at 6 a.m.
Entering his report in the Duty GRATUITY CHARGE
Book, Teller wrote:
"A02 with C292 and squad, block
street duty in Kowloon City District."
The report was in Telfer's own A 27-year-old Indian constable, handwriting and it was false, added B649, was remanded on Acting- the Crown Counsel, as Telfer and his squad were never in Kowloon City that Inspector Mottram's application at Kowloon this morning when charg- night.
Three men called on the two mahed with receiving a gratuity of jong schools on May 10 at about noon, from Lo Chak-yan on August,
but were unable to collect the $80. Lam. Kwan told them. "We mahjong
schools do not pay money.
Bail of $100
However, continued Mr. Whyatt the mahjong schools did not get rid of the
squeeze collectors" as
as easily as they Imagined, for at 9 a.m. on May
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fer and his squad appeared and carried Shanghai Chinese named out similar manouevres as on May 9. | Chun-ching, at the Cen
Telfer was instructed that morning trácy this morning,
were
to take the squad out on nese ed guilty to the theft Protection Patrol.” The squad under the usual orders to stic gether and only under · ext
efreuma
to search per
school")
to-|||| Sub-Inspector. T. | K.- ry said defendant was car handed, bleking a pocket,