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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1939
DISPUTE OVER GIRL WHO CHANGED AFFECTIONS
RIVALRY OVER AN 18-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS ALLEGED. TO BE THE MOTIVE OF AN ASSAULT ON A CHINESE YOUTH, · LEUNG YIM, WHO APPEARED TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN THE SUPREME COURT BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL MacGREGOR, THIS MORNING WHEN CHAN MING WAS ACCUSED OF THE OFFENCE AT THE CRIMIN AL SESSIONS.
Accused; was not legally répre, loon Hospital, after which accused sented, and entered a plea of not entered the witness-box.
Accused claimed that he struck guilty. Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assis- tant Crown Solicitor, appeared on Leung Yim in self defence and that the affair had nothing to do behalf of the Crown.
The jury were Messrs. R. F. Su- with him. therland (Foreman), A. Demee, H.
Accused said he was asked by Lueer, J. J. Alvares, M. M. Affan-Leung whether he was acting on assieff, A. V. Remedios and Loo, behalf of Ho Wah, Accused sald No, but explained that he wanted Yuen Pok.
matter cleared up According to Mr. Prentis, the to have the
Ho Wah was his girl, Wong Sau-ying, lived with her satisfactory as adopted mother in Hollywood Road. friend.
Leung Yim, alleged accused, set A man, Ho Wah, also lived with them. The girl was very friendly upon him and about eight other atruck with him. In October, Ho Wah men joined in. Accused
out in self-defence.. left and the girl followed him, They and kicked went to the second floor of No. 9, One of the men dropped a knife. Kweilin Street, Shamshuipo, and Accused picked it up and struck.
The case is proceeding.
lived there as man and wife.
The girl then met Leung Yim, complainant, în an opium divan and they went go out together. The girl| was attracted to. Leung and on Oc- tober 17 she left Ho Wah and went and lived with Leung in Peak Road.
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Mr. Hin Wong (Wong Hin Chiu), veteran Chinese · newspaperman, died The girl returned to Ho's place educator ad charity worker,
ín
a number of times to get her cloth-early this morning in the Tung Wah ing back, but Ho refused to return Hospital. Death was due to cancer. it. On October 26, Leung Yím,
known Mr. Wong was well Wong Sau-ying and three other Canton and Hong Kong, having serv- friends met Ho Wah, who invited, ed as correspondent for a number them to the opium divan when he of foreign news agencies and local served them with tea. There it was newspapers.
of.
suggested that the matter between In 1929 he joined Yenching Uni- Ho Wah and Leung Yim be settled versity, Peiping, as professor
Since then he had by the girl who would choose which journalism. man she was willing to stay with. worked in Peiping, Tientsin, Shang- She chose Leung Wah..
hai and Chungking.
..
Two nights later, Leung met Ho, He is survived by his parents, who asked him for ten dollars. wife, three sisters and seven chil Leung said he had no money.dren. The funeral services will be Leung left the divan followed by held to-morrow at three o'clock at accused, who was alleged to have the Pokfulam Road Christian Ceme- acted on behalf of Ho Wah,
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Evidence was given by the girl, Lock Road, was cautioned by Mr. Leung Yim, Dr. Bee, of the Kow-Q. A. A. Macfadyen this morning when summoned for possessing a radio-set without a licénce on Jan-
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