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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1047.
PALMER SENTENCE QUASHED
Court Decides To Allows Appeal Against Magistrate
The sentence passed on Alfred Brian Palmer, Marine Superintendent CNRRA Waterways Trans- port, was quashed yesterday when his appeal brought against the conviction by Mr. Blair-Kerr, Kowloon Magistrate, was allowed by Mr. Just fee Gould,
The Hon. MP,. Leo d'A}mada e | klon and cancelled with Intie-dobio origin. The deßrers who mad
[by a Mr. Heatrow, ал shiplayer u! Castro. Instructed by Mr. F. cipherable initials. Zimmern. appeared for Palmur.
CHIA Waterways Transport on the int Jannery w far we the journal was Mr. A. Lansdale was for the Crown.
structions of accused and Fletcher.
"Renfrew Jirpared an estimate of the price. Benfrew knew of the one wrist the
"The entry of $1,000 in fact resulted Murday of some $1,800 cash at the rat
concerned, which was not however carried forward to the February accounts.
" that as it may, the relienes of N
shows how the entry of £3,000 cate 10 be made and 11 would appear certain that the apcured rold wut of the pancenda of amant from the 10,854 cheque som
of CHRIA $1,900 to $1,669 on behal Waterænza Teanapori.
Limitation
"The proceeds of these two cheques were never entered in the books of CNRRA Water entity if the purcherer. These frets, it In the course of hir judg-ways Transport with the ex-gund, are more consistent, with int ment Mr. Justice Gould) saldi ception of an entry of $3000mernice than with guill. There would be
"In this case the accused ap- Į made
the under date
3int more weight in thle submissive if it were peals against his convletion by January and expressed to be rt unly against the achnities raneralment a Magistrate on two charges in respect of revenue from s'esbarguent in the commencement of Gond win's invexileption which, though cunda of fraudulent conversion. The of surplus stores or mater Lent with if allegations of the Crown, auma involved were respective-| ials:-- "For crah received alates in a fewwer degree conslient w1:5 ly $7000 and $611.45 and it from sale of surplus stores in the explanation of the means. leut it to was charged that the former order to balance the payn (sic)eprived of foere in the fact that this acettard shitainet and werd na zvrefpts 188 was converted on or about the fo Wan Hung." It win be heads beating the name of Al Pong think I is not to be thereby roniel 218 January, 1947, and
was necessary to refer to this mat- co part of the proceeds of a cheter later.
"The Accused had no text explanation of this set. The receipts according 1 que for $10,000 rencived on ar- "Early in March Mr. R.B.
Fletcher's evidence cœured the latter D count of the Chinese National | Geodwin commenced as invesurprise because he understis the prices Relief and Rehabilitation Or-| Ugation into the affairs of wom buine chocked Chrousth Chinese ganization: the $614.45 was CNRIA Waterways Transport | agents.
also originally charged with "The secured behaved very manther
mbezzlement of these two suspicionsly and while he did
"The Crown has in a mesure netepted
this teallion by imition the charge $7,9na, though in view of the difficulties † with which the provestion was faced, 1
as doing anything more than giving the accused the benefli uf the doubt as to sus remainder. I consider that this eviden in Tayotirabic In the reeused:mein) na vite writing to stan xient the effect of Sa strong evidence of intent funded by the conduct of the accused with Tran o he receipts. It is true that the name of materiais
the murchair of the aurutus
wan hut included in the entry but Ce very existence of the entry would inevi
An enquir) a Aldy rewali In questiasian about the stuck sheets etc. at the frit aulit. The liary that the entry www in the unlure of blinda inconsistent with not direted to he
the proceeds of a similar chè-as an investigator for UNRRA "Any suggestion that the accused mere. que alleged to have been con- anal interviewed the accused only used the first piece of other to hand erunot be accepted when it is considered verted on
the 25th the 8th, the 11th and the 27th that the Ah Pong & Co. slump had al- # about February. The accused was of that month.
ready been put on at his request and that
slollar form for the and parurat enmo weeks later.
The argument, that with a well know sums and with larceny of the admit the sale of some
Ama'l
the use of the fair the fed that it Arm ke MELCO goods in respect of the sale of items and on the 27th March receipt would not keep the transaction and motil some three weeks after Um which the twa cheques above-pointed out the entry of $3000 seret, in nut a good one. The use of amymens and then only following an an
Waterways
recelinley by the accountant. (b) in that it mentioned were received. The in the books, he magle more would have ensured to the transaction in nome diuree less Brly that if p-t embezzlement charges were in than one false statement, and would be entered up in the bazika, effect dropped by the Crown undoubtedly attempted to con- "If there were no such entry, there and the accused was acquitted cont the substantial sale that on the larceny charge.
he had made.
Cheques
Saw Manager
CNRRA
Trápuri
would be nothing to call the attention of mt audiour to the transartion in the rat place-nothing to suggest thal enquiries khauld be directed MELCO: The Gith ing of the receipt in the name of A Pont & C. rems to me fatuous in any
(event.
11 is admitted that the ac-
"On the 28th March he now rused. being in charge of Mr. Fletcher, the manager of UNRRA Waterways Transport the Macau Electric Lighting "Guilty or not guilty, it would see at Hong Kong, ** ivision of Co.. and as such the purchaser that an informal ræcelos sigtied by the acetimer would have served equally well. CNRRA itself. Cokl certain of the goods in question, and face of these facts, I fool that much moperty of that organization made a tentative arrangement les importance must be attached to id and revelved the two cheques for the return of some of them, one of the necured's uels In relation abovententioned, for $10,000 mubject of ecurse to re-imburan the gonds themariver. und $614,45 respectively,
"On Account"
" In time the necuard naked Fletcher
"Secondly, there in fuck established in ment.
evidence by Fletcher the natural Infer "I was established that he "On the int April. accused races from which are in favour of thy had no right to sell property be sent the sum of $7000 to Mr.Recasal. longing to CNRRA Waterways Tetcher for that purpose, but Transport but he asserted that investigations had by that he believed that in the Interests lime reached such a stage that for For us account as he »," his organization he was just no return of any goods Wauters need of cash to meet his eminit fied in doing so by reason of actually made. Finally, ime : was Chit New Your. 11. the pressing claims continually should be stated that the act that moment, the cecused intended to being made by creditors and cused is a man with a briliant keep the $10,000 why should ise halen the trapunction in that way, delivery 05 the lack of financial support record in the recent war, was the goods not having been made at that from CNRKA.
not at the material times per-me.
Wins In
+
"At a date not clearly fixed sonally short of money, and "The third and fourth matters fur coni but in any event shortly be- there
evidence that hinsiúntation involve an examination of the
ken! by CNDRA Waterways fore receiving the first cheque, methods were informal and count
Traneseort obtained from of unbusinesslike, the nerages
"The ryliener 14
bccused firm called Ah Pong & Co., two "In brief, the explanatius of the mccus |isandled all the cash; each treeipts were of their printed forms of bill he had the time any lutention entered into a receipt book and a daily heads and at 5l request this opting the moneys la question formal was kept with columns for cash in hand and bank; the books were in his own use: that he had in fact retained firm obligingly stamped the them in his verminal possession and mus charge of Mr. Ng Yun Pan the accantotant biank forms in a convenient of them on CNRILA
Transport's half for temporary
Waterway, though written up at timen by other no
pur. Instants.
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ANDREW
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1946
Klarring
ELEANOR POWELL
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of their firm name.
"On the bill head Ah Pong & Co. were described as Ship & House Painters, Building & General Contractors. These two forma were used and issued by the accused
# T
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of the proeeds of the cheque were denit with honewily. Tim There would be Craluten Intent to the remainder.
"The fourth question is alm concaran with the verwel Wan Hude. The xreus d alleges that within a day of meriving the P10 he sent It to the master of this vezzel in pesment of WRKY. CABLAID Hutten returned the money to him after two share ying that it wht thers and he could not face his town with purt payment. There is corroborallon of thie vaxtion in the chit (Ex. D) which thu
companied the money which was found and produced after the trial began,
Chit
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"I unfortunately undated anal russ
follows:-
Capt. Haben,
Herewith $10,500 for var way soil. fts 2,023 hori. 1
he
Lalance tomorrow, (hope A) will nee You conlaht
AP. "In addition the accountant Ne said In evidence:1 call money was sent on board in Bert payment of wages, but I
ennnot remember the exact state. It wAT before 28.1.47. That sum taken on board ww 110,con. It was handed by the na cured to rume metuber of the office nt. Capt. Button refused to accept thien
uld he wantest the full amount of waLON and this money was returned to Corn- mander Palmer. Ng In fact recollected that Copinia Hution turned the money personally, and the fact that she chit was found in the posarealon of CNRRA Walers way Transport puts it begond, doubt that $10,000 was uriylanlly sent and returned, Tu summarize then the' effect of this part of the evidence it vidunt that Lbe statement of the necused that he rent the $100 in question to Capt. Hutton,
lack of fraudulent intention. It le rube stantlated to this extent, that there w Her other money soffiolent for the purple Available Recording to the book at CNRIA Waterways Transport, unless st
pores and that the sum of 13,300, part of "The exklance of Na supported by the the precenlk of the $16,000 cheque had to discloned that CNRRA Waterways, if substantiated, teatronk vidence been so want and entered in the books. Transport led a very hand to mouth exie
Lence-Money ***The proceeds, of that cheque het best
niwaya short and was but Bad been returned to him on the 28th January show two could 11- prevtuariz rent on board a ship on accomi
creditur prarfum. Entries In the Journal being insufficient. He aloitted that ments in the Wan Hung (Cmptala Hution3 the retention of a large of CNRRA-fur final payment of Dreember wages al |$10,000 received on the 27th was empluy d Waterways Transport's money in lite pou
and incidental expenditure, on both occasions. The probabilitler m eranium was unbusineralike but stated that totalling 117,225.95. The evidence of Nuh point are in favour of the nceused he frequently did such things to mest shows that at this time it was the prac. but it cannot be resolved with pertainty. contingencies such na vennels arriving dur- flee to make rough moles of the Journs! Ing the weak mad.
money
inlu
ruluistener
"Lastly, have to consider the infee- antos to be drawn from the evidence of ronduct of the accused in connectiam with the investigation by Mr. Goodwin, Bra Interview maluly concern
ceipts for the cheques- thas appeared that the receipts were issued by Ah Pong & C.
antries on howls of paper and to enter though the 10 cunt slamp in
"He had not pald the
up the journal proper at Inter date CNRRA Waterways Transport because from those sheets, ench case was placed on top
there was some question of return of " state that this bartleuler part of the rubber stamp impresome of the goods and he did not regued | wax not entered until some time shortly, ise aule of a Hobart Welder. The accu
the transaction ax finalized. The same after the 17th February and when the ad aald he thought he had sold some other Teknots applied to bis not having issued a entries were being made, they found small eme but denied a lithe, CNURA Waterways
Transport receipt. making up the recounts for the 28th "Ôn tần IHth birch. Goodwin His contextment of the true facts from January that they had paid out 1,200 couse speciileally about a lathe which Goodwin he said was an act of stupidly more than the receinte showed to be an bad, apre in Macao, only, and that he intended, on realizing hard. that he had done wrong in diapialnig of the goale, to minimise the amount there of by setting some returned.
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This was reported to the accused who and that the money had been received by him from the sale of surplus materia! and Instructed Ne to enter the amount a much in the accounts, which was done under date January 31,
"Accusel rellen upon certain facia no showing that his hęta were open and nut "I would appear from the fourant that surreptitious. The sale wa made in ms at w Bist January, illeregarding the will established and reputable concernentry of 31,500 abovementioned, the excers which required the goods for its own of expenditure over receipts, would have nut to
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SIX MONTHS
"Accused naid it had been lens but had been returned to some godown. At a fur ther interview on the 27th, accused point- ed on the entry fur 15,000 and gave fately correck scenynt of what occurred between himself and Fletcher except that be produced a false list of the goods wat stated that he had received only $3,000.
"Threatened"
"On the 20th accused was, threatened by Colonel Wells with police action un more satisfactory explanation were forth- coming. On the 28th shid, accused saw Finisher in Hong Kong and made lattia- 1a frangements for the return of me of the goods Including the lathe and na ibe, 1st April 17,600 wanƐaces to Flatcimer with regulasi, for their · rolten,
This, evidence la conilstent with zull The question, is whether it is more 201 sistent with the roster mullt allewed by the Crown-than with, accused's claim that be wasonly.covering up the samount of the goods disposed of and thai, bet laten is ed in hot them; bank.
Tử he had ang sush intention, he bea [extremely slow "in- tuking' motiva”, utup so Lestry. It into eßret....
He moved only, after, being 16 |with the policy,” On the other hand, të early as the 11th March, the meus - knew that, Goodwin had infarmatipes' abort * Inike that hoi tro là Melon lại mung hara lokaway, then, that it was only, a inätter of time" before, all the-facts-wea
scertained.
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VI regard as the. two vital parts of the car for 'the defence the sntry of the sce |colpḥ, st.–28,500 In the books from: the: vala
of surplus stores and the sending of the | first $10,000 to Capt. Hatton."
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