THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 22, 1940.
MUTT AND JEFF
WILL YOU TELL JEFF THAT CHECK
HE GAVE ME CAME
BACK MARKED
INSUFFICIENT
FUNDS!
O.K., JERRY!
THE LITTLE FOOL'S GOIN' WILD WITH HIS MONEY EVER SINCE HE STARTED THAT CHECKING ACCOUNT WITH SEVENTY
BUCKS!
GOSH,MUTT, I'M DEAD BROKE!
KID, YOU'RE WORSE THAN THAT! REMEMBER THAT FIFTY-DOLLAR CHECK YOU WROTE OUT LAST WEEK FOR THAT SECOND-HAND CAR YOU BOUGHT?
YEH!
6-8
WELL, JERRY JUST CALLED UP AND SAID
YOU SHOULD COME DOWN, THE BANK
JUST RETURNED IT!
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By BUD FISHER
BOY!
THAT'S GREAT! WHAT WILL WE
BUY WITH IT THIS TIME
SENNET FRERES MURDER
TRIAL: SHOP STRUGGLE QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
hands up. Chan turned same manufacturer at the same time, and of the box he was holding, at the same same calibre, would have the same groovings was time shouting out "Robbers" and moving towards the back of the given by Sergeant G. Perkins, the Police Armourer, shop.
Mr. Ng, who was behind a at the Supreme Court this morning when the Sen- show case then stood up and de- net Freres murder case in which Mr. J. Dubois, the fendant fired a shot in the direc- manager, was killed; was opened.
The case is being heard before the Chief Jus-Dubois and Mr. Calderara, seeing what was happening, began to towards defendant. One lice, Sir Atholl MacGregor and the case for the pro-move
moved to the front and the other secution is being conducted by Mr. J. Reynolds, as-went along the other side. sisted by Inspector O'Donovan.
EVIDENCE THAT NO two guns, made by the his
round and dropped a cardboard
Just Before Closing
tion of the two assistants, Mr.
Defendant had, in the mean- time, snatched up three rings and put them in his pocket. Ng then managed to grab defendant from behind and swing him round. He attempted to shoot Ng, but the
Accused Li Hung-fui, alias] Joseph Li, aged 20, who is charged with the murder, was represented The premises closed normally by Mr. Somerset Fitzroy instruct-lat 5.15 p.m. and a quarter of an shot went wide. ed by Mr. W. M. Brown.
hour before closing time it was the habit of the general assistant! The jury is composed of the to collect the more expensive following: Messrs. D. McFerran items of jewellery from the show (foreman), Ng Kong-hing, H. D. windows to be locked up. Rumjahn, Mok Man-kec, Č. Blum, J. M. McKenzie and C. Garcia.
Several Shots
Mr. Calderara had, by this time, reached defendant and was On May 2, Mr. Dubois was. grasping hìm -by-the-arms--and sitting at the rear of the shop at wrist. Several shots
were then jabout 5 p.m. talking to Mr. Pfired and one struck Mr. Dubois, Mr. Reynolds said that the staff Calderara, a business associate who was fatally injured. of Sennet Freres, where the Mr. Ng was then behind a 'show murder was committed, consisted case and Mr. Chan in the front partment, attracted by the shots, Mr. Drewery, of the Prison de- of Mr. Dubois, the deceased, portion of the shop, collecting
went into the shop where he dis Mr. Chan Siu-wah, general as-jewellery.
armed defendant and shortly Shortly after 5 p.m., defendant after Sergeant Clarke arrived and sistant, Mr. Ng Kwok-wah, a salesman, two shop coolies, and entered the shop holding a pistol. took charge. In his pocket were two watch repairers who worked He went close up
to Mr. Chan, found the on the upper floor.
told him not to move and to put, wounded in the palm of the hand. three rings. He was
Mr. Dubois and defendant were taken to hospital but Mr. Dubois died next morning.--
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charged, defendant said he had no intention of killing anyone,
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Continuing, Mr. Reynolds said that a photo-micrograph of test bullet fired from the pistol found on defendant and the bullet extracted from deceased, showed that the bullet which killed Mr. Dubois was fired from the gun taken from defendant.
Medical Evidence
Dr. Tai, who examined defen- dant on his arrival in hospital, giving evidence, said that defen- dant had wound in the palm of the left hand. A bullet which had entered the palm and passed: out at the back.
Dr. G. V. A. Griffiths, of Queen Mary Hospital, said that when Mr. Dubois was admitted to the hos- pital he was in an extremely col- lapsed condition, suffering from a wound in the abdomen. In spite [of all that could be done for him, The died next morning. The post- mortem showed that the bullet had entered the spinal column.
Sergeant Perkins, police arm- ourer, said that on May 3 he was handed an automatic which had been. fired, within the last 24 hours. There was an empty car- tridge in the pistol,
He fired two rounds from the pistol and retrieved the bullets, From a comparison with a bullet handed to him by Inspector O'Donovan, he came to the con- clusion that” all' threó. were fired from, the same pistol. The marks corresponded with the marks from the groove of the barrel.
The case is proceeding.
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