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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 28, 1939
Murder With Rocks Described At Criminal Sessions
HOW HUGE STONES, ONE ABOUT 65 POUNDS IN WEIGHT, WERE USED TO MURDER A MAN, WAS DESCRIBED AT THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS THIS MORNING, WHEN TWO CHINESE, CHAN YEUNG AND TSE CHUN, IMMIGRANTS FROM THE NE- THERLANDS EAST INDIES, WERE ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL MACGREGOR, ACCUSED OF
WONG KWAI THE MURDER OF A FELLOW IMMIGRANT, FONG.
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Accused pleaded not guilty, and they returned he saw that deceased were represented by Mr. G. She, was missing.
who was instructed by Mr. Peter
H. Sin, The Crown was represent- ed by Crown Counsel, Mr. E. Williams,
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FINDING OF BODY
The following day Tang Lau-mui According to the Crown, the ac-took accused, Chan Chun and Tau cused and deceased were among 16 Pe-chi to Tsun Wan where he found immigrants from the Netherlands jobs for them. East Indies who returned to the Colony in November and resided at a boarding house at No. 206, Yee Kuk Street.
LOAN OF $10
Three days later Mr. Galubeth, while walking near the stream, dis- covered deceased's body and inform- ed the police, who after making in investigations arrested accused Tsun Wan. Tang Lau-mui and On the afternoon of November Tau Pe-chi, however, could not be 29, first accused was heard demand-traced as they had disappeared ing repayment of a $10 loan from deceased, who replied that he had
In the witness-box this morning,
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no money. First accused reminded Dr. Tye of him that he promised to pay in Mortuary, stated that Wong Kwai- Hong Kong. Deceased replied again fong's death was caused by multiple that he had no money as he had injuries, a broken jaw and ruptured lost in gambling.
The case is proceeding.
On December 1, Tang Lau-mui, who used to take the immigrants about the Colony, suggested to ac- cused, deceased, and two other im- migrants, Chan Chun and Tau Pe-! chi, a bathe in a stream off Tai Po Road.
They were seen by one Liang Fat leaving the boarding house.
Before reaching the stream, the party divided into two groups, Tang Lau-mui, Chan Chun and Tau Pe- chi going lower down the stream to
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A German merchant, Siegfried Lahrmann, residing at the St. Francis Hotel, was this morning deceased proceeded further up. cautioned by Mr. R. Edwards at Crown Counsel added that Chan the Central Magistracy, when he Chun who was with the lower party was charged with entering the Co- happened to glance upstream. Helony without a valid passport. saw deceased squatting and throw- ing the water over his body. Sud- denly first accused picked up a rock struck deceased on the head and hurled it at deceased. The rock struck deceased on the head and he fell down unconscious.
65-LB. ROCK
Defendant arrived from Shang- hai on Saturday morning. He went to register his arrival and found his passport without a visa.
Defendant told the Court that he came to the Colony last year, and that a visa had not been neces-
sary.
Dionysios P. Kominatos, aged 36, First accused picked up another a Greek, residing at the Metrople rock and dropped it on deceased's Hotel, was charged with a similar forehead. Apparently not satisfied, offence.
charge
he picked up another rock, about Defendant admitted the 65 pounds in weight, and dropped saying that he was in a hurry to it on the side of deceased's face. catch the boat, and forgot to ap-
Chan Chun, continued Mr. Wil-ply for the visa.
liams, would also say that he saw Detective Sergeant Loughlin said second accused pick up a stone and that defendant arrived here from hurl it on deceased's chest and an-Haiphong on Friday. other rock on deceased's body. A fine of $15 was imposed. First accused afterwards was seen striking deceased several blows on the body with a stick.
Later first accused, when ap- proached by Chan Chun, told Chan not to interfere with his business. Before leaving accused tied the dead man's ankles together with a towel. The party then returned to the boarding house.
Liang Wun who saw the six go to the stream would say that when
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Though the complainant, did not press the case, the Magistrate, Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen, imposed a fine of $50 or one month's hard labour on Tang To, an unemployed clerk, of the Socony Filling Station, in Waterloo Road, who was charged
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