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Convicted and sentenced to three months' hard la- bour for accepting two bribes, of two cents each, an Indian constable, Piara Singh, ap- pealed against conviction in the Court of Ap- peal this morning.
The Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor, however, found that there were no grounds supporting the appeal, which was accordingly, dis- missed.
This morning, appellant, who was not legally represented, insisted that he did not extort any money from hawkers.
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"I did not squeeze. No one saw The money was not taken out of my hand. I did not ask for bribes. I did not know who Chan Hing (appellant's convicted accom- plice) was until I was ordered to take him under arrest to the Police Station by the Magistrate, Mr. T. J. Houston.
"I am a new man. I do not speak Chinese".
The Chief Justice: "Mr. Houston stated that he saw you talking to Chan Hing, who afterwards went and talked with the hawkers."
Appellant: "I did not see Chan ordered by Mr. Hing until I was Houston to arrest him."
Chief Justice: "I am only re- minding you what Mr. Houston testified he saw.”
BEGS FOR LENIENCY
Appellant insisted that he did not know Chan Hing previously, and, in begging for leniency, said that he was new to Hong Kong. "I have no friends or relatives here, and no means, otherwise I would have engaged a lawyer to defend me", said appellant.
EXPLANATION ACCEPTED
That he knew nothing of ammuni- tion among his bags of scrap metal was the excuse given by Mak Shing, 30, travelling trader, be- fore Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen this pos- morning when charged with session of 1,000 empty cartridge cases and 102 spent bullets.
Sub-Inspector Mottram, who.
said 8 Water Poin prosecuted, lice
ammunition seaman noticed fall from a bag carried by two coolies in Yaumati. The accused claimed that the bags were his.
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were
Another 11 bags of scrap metal, containing ammunition, were found. on board a junk, lying off Kansu Street.
bags Defendant said the bought by his brother on his be- half in the country. They brought to the Colony for sale, but he did not know that ammunition was among the scrap metal.
were
Satisfied with his explanation, Mr. charge, Macfadyen dismissed the but the ammunition was ordered to be confiscated.
SIR HUBERT GOFFE PASSES
On behalf of the Crown, Mr. J.B. Prentis, Assistant Crown Solicitor, pointed out that if Chan Hing's tes-
LONDON, TO-DAY. timony was the only evidence ac- SIR HUBERT GOFFE, FOR 30 cepted, then there would be only YEARS CONNECTED WITH suspicion but several other wit- THE CONSULAR SERVICE IN nesses testified not only of the actual | CHINA, DIED THIS MORNING demands for bribes but also of the AT THE AGE OF 69. handing over of it.
The late Sir Hubert became a The Chief Justice disallowed the student-interpreter in China in appeal stating that he saw no 1890 and nine years later was grounds at all to interfere with the promoted first-class assistant. Magistrate's decision.
BID FOR BLACK SEA PACT
Sofia, To-day. The Soviet Deputy Foreign Com missar, M. Potemkin, left Sofla last evening after an eight hour stay, en route for Rumania, via Rustuk.
M. Potemkin refused a statement to press representatives on the out- come of the. Sofia tulks.
From 1899, to 1902 he was act- ing Vice-Consul at Chemulpo, in Korea, and later was stationed at Chengtu, Wuhu and Nanking.
He was appointed Acting Con- sul-General at Hankow in 1911, and the next year was Consul- General at Yunnanfu. In 1918 he was made officiating Consul- General at Tientsin, and two years later he returned to Hankow as Consul-General, his last post in China.- Reuter.
BALBO EXPECTED
IN CAIRO
Cairo, To-day.
He arrived in the Bulgarian ca-. pitał from Ankara yesterday morn ing and after a lengthy talk with Marshal Balbo, Governor the Bulgarian Premier, was receiv-Libya, is expected here to-day ed by King Boris, who had return- Several functions have been ar- ed from Vranix for the meeting. ranged for the visiting Italian air
It is assumed that M. Potemkin's chief. Trans-Ocean. visit was prompted by a Soviet de sire to create a Black-Sep Fact. -
An agreement of Bulgaria ing a pact of such a Kind is considered Impossible as long as such "ques- tions as the Bulgarian demand on a part of the Rumanian Dobrudja and demands for access the Agean Sea, are not settled
A.R.P. LOAN CLOSED
Warsaw, To-day.
It is cmcially announced that the life for the Polish A.R.P. Loan, open since Easter, were closed on Saturday--Trans-Ocean.