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ARCULLI GETS HARD LABOUR
Fakir Mohammed el Arculii, 41, journalist, was found guilty on one of the remaining three charges against him under the Defence Re- gulations at the Supreme Court when the case concluded. before the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Blackall, yesterday, and was sentenced to three years hard labour.
The jury retired for 50 minutes to return with a verdict of guilty by a 6-1 majority on the first charge, that of having acted as an informer to a member of the Tokku Branch of the Japan- ese Gendarmerie. Verdicts of Not Guilty, also by a majority of 6-1, were returned on the other two charges.
Mr. A. Lonsdale, Crown Coun- Before submitting his pler" in [ mitigation, Mr. A. P. Rajah, sel, after passing of sentence, ask- Counsel for the Defence, called fed His Lordship to make it clear to the witness-box Mr. Henry from what date sentence was to Ching, editor of the "South China commence. Morning Post," who, in a short. statement on cath, said that be had known Arculli for years, had been imprisoned to gether with im in the Eastern Gendarmerie, and would say that Arculli was unstable in character but was not pro-Japanese,
Mr. Ching said that Arculli had various newspapers and had worked for him at odd times. He had played cricket with Arculli and would say that
His Lordship replied that it was not necessary to remind him of was to many this and that sentence
date Trom the commencement of the October Sessions.
worked on
Defence Witness
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Notice is hereby given that the Thirty-seventh Ordinary General Meeting of the Com- paur, will be held at the Offices of Messra Dodwell & Co., Ltd., 3rd floor, Hongkong Bank Building, on Monday, the 4th November 1946, at noon, for Not Time For Speaking hind?
the purpose of receiving the The only evidèrace the Erówa The escape of any Indian from C.M.G. C.B.E, in view of their
Report and Statements of had induced, in the case of Denis Stanley or from the Colony was periding departure from the
Accounts for the year ended Replies are awaiting at our It is hereby notified that 31st December 1941 and for offices for Box Nos. 62, 81, 82, 83, Victor was his own words in say just as difficult as for a Briton Colony.
sealed tenders in TRIPLICATE the period 1st, January 1942 to 91, 99, 100, 102, 104, 113, 117, ing that while in the cell he heard for white man.'
In his address to the jury Mr. Dr. Tseng say to him: “I'm sorry,
The dinner will be held at. which should be clearly marked 30th November 1945,
118, 212, 214, 218, 220, 223. Victor. I think you are here be- Lonsdale, Crown Counsel, re- the Roof Garden of the Hong "Tender for Erection of Rail- cause of me." But on the other quested them to consider his Kong Hotel on Saturday 9th Way Wagons" will be received hand, Mr. Rajah asserted, Dr.the main points. Firstly, the November at 8 pm. His Ex-at the offices of the Kowloon Tseng himself did not give such a evidence of all the Crown wit-cellency The Governor has in- Canton Railway, British Section,
nesses in one way or other con-timated his intention to be pre- until noon of Friday, -150 flicted with that of pecused's.
would be.
If accused had desired, as the Giving evidence on behalf of Crown alleged, to extract in the defence, Mr. Wai Po-cheung, formation, for the Japatiese on of Messrs Wilkinson and Grist. Tseng's work, why should stated that he had known Arculli Arculihave not directly dealt
or over 20 years. He met Arculli with Dr. Tseng? during the occupation in Stanley prison in 1943.
he presented a queer mixture In the summer of 1944 he met George Tanaka's
some time after
Mr.
sent.
The Hon. Dr. S. N. Chau,
China Building.
The Hon. Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro, Prince's Building. Mr. M. F. Key, Hongkong
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. D. Ruttonjce, Duddell
Street.
statement in the witness box.
Mr. Rajah requested the jury to ask themselves whether Dr.
Intention And Motive Any member of the com- Tseng would be so foolish as to speak to, Vietor in a mixed cell
Secondly, the Crown had shown unity who desires to attend that time-Dec., 1944-when no that the special acts laid in the should apply to any one of the body wanted to speak, not even indictment were actually com- following on or before Thurs- to his best friend and whermitted by accused who had tried day, 7th November 1946: everybody was suspicious of eath to persuade them to talk. Some other was a time when the distinction must be drawn be less one spoke the healtbeir one twee intention and motive. Ong's intention could be shown by the natural consequence of the acts, waile the motive was tehing such as greediness and fear of death which drove one to do nets. 1.
Lonsdale drew a distinc tion between acts likely to assist Mr. Rajah requested the jury the enemy and acts actually a- to take into careful considerationsisting the enemy. evidence: "I
All Me. Crown had to do was of character. Never at any time. | Arcul
his met Arculli between Dec. 1 and to show that accused's acts were however, had he had reason 15 | (Areulli's) -release. Arculli told 7, 1944, in front of the
Hong likely to.. assist the enemy. In regard him otherwise than as aim that he had been upproach-Kong Hotel. Arculli told me that this connection,. Mr.
Lonsdalo local Indian buy as British in his ed by a Gendarme and another Aswamoto had arrested a number said, it was inmaterial whether character as any other lural In Japanere and urged to become an
of suspects and wanted him to go the persons internagated were dian by in Hong Kong,
informer.
into the cell to overhear their | Allied agents ur not Later Arculli came to him for conversations because he (Kawa had said that he knew nothing of advice and they discussed the moto) had talent to get anything them, but the Japanese believed He was imprisoned together possibility of escape to Macao, out of them,"
them to be Allied agents and ar- :with Arcull in the Eastern Gen-Areulli decided that he would Date Of Meeting rested them as such...
darmerie between February and pretend to agree with the gen- In this connection, Mr. Rajah Any information" accused might Apill, 1043, where he spoke to dance.
said, accused did not deny meet- get from them might assist the hiin freely with the other pri- A few weeks later witness sawing and telling Tanaka of this, Japanese Irrespective of whether soners to the extent, it would be į Arzulli in the distance under the but he did deny the date. Arculli fit was against the Allied war fair to say, that they left their escort of a Japanese or Chinese said it took place un Dec. 12. effort or whether in fact it did safety in Arcullf's hands.
going to Yeung Wo. Hospital, A As to evidence given by the help the Japanese to detect these In answer to a question from wreck later witness again saw arrested persons, it was establish- agents, Mr. Lonsdale added; the Chief Justice, Mr. Ching said Arculli who told him that he had fed that they were arrested on Dealing with the question of he did not think there was any-been released, Questioned about nec. 7 or 8. At that time, Arculli | duress, Mr. Lonsdale "said, the De Although it is considered that i thing specific of a serious nature his visit to the hospital Arculli was nowhere near the cell; he fence · bad not even shown there is little likelihood at pre- that Accull could have inform explained that he had pretended went in on Daborated by Tana-On the other hand, Ms. Lonsdale of these tunnels must be ra threat of death, injury or harm.sent of an explosion, the vicinity illness to get out of detention.
Arculli appeared to be at liber-ka's words that Kawamoto had concluded, there was evidence garded as a danger area The 1y early in 1945 but to the best arrested a number of suspects, that those who were interested danger area has been marked of his knowledge he was under but that he had failed to get any-in escuping from the Colony wore by notice boards erected on: the arrest till the surrender.
thing out of them. If the meet- {able_to_do so..
public roads in the neighbour- hood. All persons who enter this danger area do so at their own riska
Not Pro-Jap
1
ed on in connection with his ease. Most people who knew Arculli. Mr. Ching continued, would agree that he was unstable in charac- ter but they would not accuse him of being pro-Japanese.
Mr. Rajah: 1 Arculli were to be acquitted today would you be glad to shake his hand?-I would
be willing to.
Mr. Ching continued to say that he considered Arculli the type of man he would like to have be- hind him in a light.
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Summing Up
Accused
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Summing up, Sir Henry saldi
During the decupation witnessing were before Dec. 3, Mr. Rajah said that he had been helping in-submitted, Tanaka's evidence ternees with medicine, food and would have been that the sus correspondence by secret, and pects were going to be arrested. illegul means. Arculli Enew of From this, Mr. Rajah said, the from all the evidence only Dr. this and he himself did so peca- allegation of the Crown witnesses se was an Allied agent amor sionally.
that Arculll was in the cell on the group arrested by the Japan If found out the Japanese would Dec. 7 could not passibly be cor-st. There was no evidence that have taken a serious view of this. reet. If Arculli was not in the any attempt was made by accus- Arculli could have given him cell before Dec. 12, he asked, hewed to get information from Dr.
Tseng. way if he wanted to but never could Arculli try to persuade Victor and Ho to divulge In- Arculli had told him that he formation between Dec. 7 and 12. uvolded doing what the Japanese Dealing with accused's state of
Mr. Rajah: You mean you would be willing to shake his hand because you believe that he did. would not do anything against the British? Yes.
Not Traitor
In his plea in mitigation
of
sentence, Mr. Rajah said that he
would make the unusual plea that
sentence to be
wanted by either going too early 'mind
at that time, Mr. Rajak
or too late to an appointment or said Arculli could not have been
The whole point was whether accused had actually assisted the enemy or not,"
The Defence did not deny ac used had worked for the Japan-
by going to the wrong address, then anti-British. The war outese, but claimed that he did it
Defence Closing
come was written clearly on the Everyone knew about it, Earlier, addressing the jury on wall.
Main Factors
under threat and in fact he had "played ball" with the Japanese. in considering
On the face of it there was not passed His Lordship would take behalf of Arculli, Mr. Rajah said even some Japanese knew it.
much. effort by hccused to leave into consideration the time that that the defence not
only, had
Hong Kong, though he claimed Arculli had already spent under raised a reasonable doubt but also | In conclusion, Mr. Rajah beg-he did try and was not able to do detention Stanley, which was al had proved complete innocence.ged the jury to consider the three so on account of his Chinese wife little over a year, and would To satisfy the jury, Mr. Rajah main factors, namely whether the and three children. In his opin consider also the fact that Arcul-said, the Crown first of all must persons alleged to have been per- ion, Sir Henry said, it would not I was in a group of some 30 In-prote that accused did have the suaded were Alled agents, whether be more difficult for a Chinese. dians arrested for questioning by intention of assisting the enemy.accused had any intention of as- woman and three children to the Japanese in May, 1945, and Was there any evidence brought sisting the enemy and whether leave the Colony than the accus detained until the surrender in before the jury by the Crown? his acts had assisted the enemy edge the midille of August.
He declared the Crown had com- or not? Liberation was as joyful a day netely failed to produce any.
Sir Henry directed the jury to In answering these points, Mr. ask themselves whether they were for Arculli as for any of the-other Not only had accused no such Rajah said that there was no evi-satisfied with the Crown's evi prisoners, "Mr. Rajah sald, be-intention, accused had in fact led dence that efther Victor or Ho dence that accused had pasiated; cause there was no certainty that the Japanese to spend, a few valu- were Allied agents, there was the enemy or with 'accused's claim: the outcome of the Japariese inable months hopelessly chasing ample evidence before the Court that his intention was to play vestigation would not have led after shadows instead of making that accused had no such inten-ball", with the Japanese.. R to serious consequences for many these few months useful in get- |tion whatsoever, and none of ne-) If the jury were satisfied with of them, among them Arculli. ting the real information and Al-used's acts had assisted the Jop- the Crown, evidence, His. Lord
"Accused is a fout, even
aled agents that they desired.. anese war effort nor harmed the ship concluded, they should find knave, but not a traitor to hisWith the exception of Dr. Tseng, Allied war effort, country or the British Crown, no one among the Crown wit-
accused guilty, whereas it, they Dealing with accused's remain-were satisfied with accused Mr. Rajah concluded;
nesses had shown any indicationing in the Colony after being claim they should acquit him.
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