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THE CHINA, MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIC '10, 1948.*
WOOD MURDER EVIDENCE: ALL ACCUSED COMMITTED Gardener's Denial
Of Bus Trip
"That I wont with my friend Mo Yung-hing for a walk is correct. That I wont by bus to Kow- loon City is untrue.". This was added on by (32), Li Chung-chun alias Li Chik-sang gardener, to the Caution Form and his state- ment which he was asked to sign after .ho hod given evidence, on his own behalf, before Mr. W. A. Blair-Korr at Kowloon yesterday. Li appeared before the Magistrate with Lou Hoi alias Lau Yun-hol (20), unemployed; and Ho Cheuk-kui (261, unemployed, on the charge of the murder of Lytton Bevis Wood at a path He was leading to Lion's Rock on Feb. 11. further charged with the armed robbery of George Ronald Ross and Wood on that day.
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Li's endorsement on the two forms referred to two state- ments which he was alleged to have made voluntarily at the Kowloon City Police Station. In the first, on March 6, he claimed that he was with his friend Mu Yung-hing at the while in the material time: second he was alleged to have stated that he went with sev eral others by bus to Kowloon City and then to Lion Rock HI.
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WAITING TO BE Ignorant
CALLED FOR
Letters for the undernamed are
at Room 103, Peninsula Hotel:-
Mr. R. I. Crockam,
Kenneth E. Kirk,
Mr. Gorge A. BhabreT),
Mr. Arxi Mra, Clans Hooper,
Mr. N. VargiSROIT,
Major C.. De Salle Doberlaut.
Peasant A Stooge
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Hall
Morrison
Restoration
A decision was reached at a meeting of Morri- sonians and their friends, held in the board
room of the Bank of East Asia Ltd, yesterday
of
..
FINEST OLD
6 NOAH'S ARK
RESERVE"
afternoon, to restore Morrison Hail, 'badly damaged during the Japanese occupation, and to launch a financial drive for $250,000, the amount estimated to be required for the restoration. Announcing this. the Rev. tion
generation by a now
Described
iguorant Frank Short, Becretary of the Morriconians by September 1948
Board of Control of Morrison and to provide amenities EVER FIGHTS bousant, "clearly being made stooge by a person or permons Holi, naid it was. hoped to get better than unknown," 21-year-old Pans the new hostel ready for occupa-1941. testified Ngar, of Hol Luk, was sentenced to three months' hard labour and the gar-recommended for banishment by Mr. FX. d'Almada at Cantral for im- porting raw oplum. Magistracy yesterday
Defendant was represented by Mr. A.S.C. Comber, while RO Redman prosecuted.
vegetable garden, who "that she was working in den the whole day in Feb. 11, and that after supper In Kong Ming's hut she went back to her own hut at a p.m.
She did not see either the first or recond accused the whole day. she said, and neither of them went to her hut for a smoke or xing-song,
uncle,
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in
those
available in
The meeting decided to launch two separate appeals-one of a general
character to cover the restoration of the central block and the west wing," and other a special appeal, sponsored by Colonel L. T. Ride, for funds to restore the Pearce Memorial
son. Ernest Zimmern and other Morrisonians who Kovo their the defence of the lives in Colony.
Worthy Tradition
the
THE
COLD
WARMS AND CHEERS
HENNESSY
in the house
The select among
The responsibility of raising
Sixty-five cents and n lady's Wing me a continued memorial Mr. Comber sald defendant was handkerchief, contained in a
to Dr. and Mrs. Pearce, and also A farmer in Hot Luk, where the plastle wallet, caused Chung Ping-to the memory of Donald Ander- KEEP
proved so high kuca (23) to be sentenced to ten She had only seen the third cost of living
that he came down to Hong strokes of the cane, eight months' defendant on two occasions at the garden, the last being at the to look for a job with his hard labour, and recommended to
be banished by Mr. W.A. Blair end of last lunar year.
Aboard the steamer, A man Kerr et Kowloon yesterday. Becond accused, Ho, at first
both occasions he was looking named Pang Nam handed him Up to shortly after 5 p.m. on
elected to maks
for the first two accused. statement
tin the contents of which he did' April 8, according to Sub-In- from the dock but, when asked
Cross-examined by the third not know. When he landed at the spector J. S. Howarth, the plastic defendant, witness admitted that Custodian Whert to sign the Caution Form, ra
at 11.45 am. wallet and its contents was tuned to do so and 'sald that he
80 "It was Yeung Koon-ching. would not say anything. After
been long ago that I cannot remem-him. As defendants had committed for trial, Det. Sub her." Injector
Kong Ming, Matches said that he
co-owner of the belonged to PonaHakika had been instructed to prefer at Arst accused was
Sang Ice Yuen garden, declared
working fresh charge of met robbery
afrist Langad fio, and to ask in the garden about three months
He and Ho were then per for a week's formal remand.
mitted to live in the watchman's hat,
He did not see either de- The new count accused Aratfendants in the garden on Feb. 11, what two defendants of having com- and saw the third accused in the "I am putting down you said to the first deton-nated an armed robbery, with place about three or four months dant," said Mr. Blair-Keer to the is not in custody, at on wago. They were in the first two ttn.bered but at Pa Tong, Kow-defendant's hut but witness could Ho when told by the Court Inn, white armed with re-not say whether he was talking terpreter that He had udvised velver, a hand-grenade, a chip to anybody
as "it was so long Lau not to sign the deposition per and a sickle.
Police Accused After Yeung Kwan' had roborated the evidence of the Devious witness, the Magistrate ked where his brother, Yeung Witness said Koon-ching, was. that he did not know and that
It was pointed out that some he might have been looking for on March 20, he was arrested. the left hand of a Chinese formale, serves were available, built up Pang Nam walked ahead of Ho King-duen, who was walking out of Mr. Stanley V. Boxer's A sum of faithful wardeniħilp. about to be along Shum Chun Street, said the tin When she was
promised arrested, defendant
near
Argyle £1,000 also had been Num,
London but he Street, Chung sneaked up from by
Missionary could only
and behind and snatched the wallet Society, and only something like out n understand Cantonese. trom ber hund. The
woman $175,000 was needed. Sixty-four tools of raw oplum shouted and gave chase to defen-
the tin. Ins was found
dant. Appearing with defendant at PC 1505, on duty nearby, hear- the first hearing lust
month,ing the shouts joined in the chase wore two men who pleaded and arrested accused at Argyle guilty and were sentenced to 12 Street. The wallet. added SI montha hard labour and nine Howarth, had been thrown away and could not months hard labour. One had 10 during the chase
Woman's Story
and Caution Form. He was The first witness called yester- alleged to have said,
sign".
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Argument With A Taxi-Driver
Koon-ching had never worked in Convicted on the counts of failing to pay his lagal
the partien.
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Div. Superintendent Charles Mottram testified that at the Identifiention
"Parade heid at kowloon City Police Station Feb. 25, Mr. G.R. Ross was un- tile to identify anybody after he had walked between the lines of 21 persons for between five and tea minules.
In the witnest box, first de. fondant reiterated his allega-
tions of having been beaten un-
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til fainted. When ho, was revived, he said, Det..8gt. Tam Chung gave him a cup of hot ten, told him that the matter teb, had nothing to do with. kim, and asked him to sign a pre pared statement.
taxi fare and assaulting the taxi driver, Olimpio Dulay (28), Filipino steward of the m/v. "Turk's Hoad", was fined $40 and ordered to pay $100 compensation by Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr at Kowloon yesterday. Wong Hang, driver of taxi 4789, testified that his taxi was engaged outside the Majestic Theatre at 10.30 p.m. on April 5 by defendant and another Filipino and told to drive to the Kowloon Docks.
the money required will rest genuine Cognac Brandles --
the shoulders of the ener-
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getic chairman of the Finance The Brandy which made' Committee, Mr.. Li Ten-fong, the reputation of Cognac "We have entered Into
worthy tradition," said Mr. Short "A fraction of the devotion and sacrifice of Robert Arthington,
Thomas William Pearce, and ALWAYS KEEP
Stanicy
oxer will enable Mor-
Boxer
rison Hall to
to resume
former
service to the undergraduates of the University of
and
Hong Kong to sland As worthy
memorial both to the benefactors
of the past and to those Mor- risonians who gave to this Colony their
greatest gift—lifo itself."
New Board
Morrison Ha} Was bulle · In 1917 from funds located by the: London Missionary Society from trust fund left by Robert Arthington, who devoted
the taxi defendant prevented, his do- whole of his estate for the When nearing the Main furtherance of missionary work. ing so. Gate of the Docks he told accused In 1927 an anonymous donation that he had to put down the flag of £3,000 was made to complate us otherwise, the watchmen might think: he was doing some "black
market" business.
Near the Kwun Yum Temple at At the Docks; they got out and Wohu Street, defendant told him defendant paid him the correct to stop. He did so and asked for fare of $1.50. As he was about the face of $1 but accused refused
to drive away, accused told him to pay and adopted a threatening to wait and, after a while, board-attitude. ed his cab.
The donor was Dr. W. Pearce the erection of the East Wing.
but this was not made known until after his death in 1938.
Dr. Pearce, who WAD the hostel's first warden. was in 1937 succeeded by Mr. Stanley V. Boxer.
The reconstituted Board of Being scared, witness, said, he
Control after the liberation is Witness Bald that when he took the ignition key and a Sir
Robert tried to put down the flag in his motorcar jack from under his (Chairman). Mr. Justice E. H. Kotewall C.M.G. sent, got out of the taxi and ran. Williams, Mr. Li Tae-fong, Prof. He was called back by nccused and when he re-entered the cab M. Simpson, Mr. W. N. defendant took the jack from his F. R. Ashton, Dr.-A. L Thomas, Thomas Tam, Mr. John Pau, Dr. hand.
Mr, H. Noble and the Rev. Frank Short (Secretary).
"if you fail to point out a shop fore 6p.m. where he saw his possession of the jack, and com-
He was later taken out by Det-Sat. Tam to Shanghai Street and asked to pick out the shop where the watches were alleged to have been sold by Cho Kat. When he was unable to do so, suid defendant,
he was
taken back to the Kowloon City Police being with Mo Yung-hing on the Station, brought to an upper ofternoon of the murder and room, and told by detective that returning to 377 The Peak be-
There was a struggle for the lady-employer playing a bull
plainant lost. Dulay, Wong al- game out on the lawn.
leged, struck him a violent blow In reply to the Magistrate, de-
on the left arm with the jack The statement I fendant said,
when he (witness) was outalde on March 9 was on the made
the taxi. instructions
Tam of Det.-Sgt. In reply to DSI Matches, Lau Chung. It was read over to me the witness, drove the constable
presence of DSI Matches the detective got the information who asked me whether it was
I will kill you by electricity."
Next day, alleged defendant, Det.-Sgt. Tam asked him to swear before the "Kwan Tal" god. Then "they are very clever and gave me some medielne pills.""
said that he did not know where the
lo write down; as his statement. correct. I had to say it was or He never sald what was alleged | rect as otherwise I would be against him but was forced to beaten again by Tam Chung. sign the statement as correct after
he had been beaten up.
Watched Game
"Untrue"
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A Police constable arrived and
and defendant to the Hung Hom the Kowloon Hospital where he Police Station. He was sent to was detained for "a few days"
with a fractured wrist.
Defendant, in a statement from the dock, denied having struck the complainant. He declared that Wong attempted to strike him with the jack and that he only took it away from the driver.
The trouble arose, said accused, the out of complainant trying to take of his drunken state
He did not know who Cho Kat "Only the Inspector, an inter- was but he knew Young Koon-preter and myself were in the ching, who often visited the Lee room at the time. The caution CX- was neither read over nor Sang Yuen garden.
In reply to another question, plained to me. I did tell defendant
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Money Market
Gold fell back to $380.26 a facl at the close of the market yes- and was up to $337.75 about mid terday. It had opened at $335/ day before it reversed trend.
U.S.
dollars also eased off, with notes at 85.72%. drafis at $5.78
and TT. at $3.65. Plastres opened at $11.00 a 100, went up to $11.6244 and closed at $11.57% at the tifin interval. There were no transactions the afternoon.
said that he learned Inspector, at the end of the state- $2 when the metor closed
about the robbery and murder
from the detectives during the times they assaulted him,
To. the Magistrats, defondant said that he left with ascond
defendent
ndant before sunrise to buy vegetables to self at Yaumati. They had a meal at a cooked. which food stall there, aftor Lau want for a a walk while he
watched a mah-jongg game.
man, that what I said was un-by
reply
Chinese National Currency futures opened at 10% cts, and at 10-3/8 cts. for registered only $1 as the fore. CN110,000. Spot opened at 10,0 In reply to D8 Matches, de- In
to the Magistrate,
ets, and closed at 10.9 cents./ fendant said it was untrue that Wong said that the doctor at the
Ticals ossed off slightly to he made the rew statement Kowloon Hospital asked him to $26.00 a 100. (Implicating himself) after, the go back again within three weeks.
NEI Guilders, continuing their visit of Kong Yau, Kong Ming, His wagen was $180 per month.
upsurge, reached #41.80 a 100 yer- Yeung Kwan, Li Tong and Mo Sub-Inpsector J.S. Howarth,
terday. Yung-hing, to the
assisted by SI Channing,
Sterling Wes unchanged, at secuted.
$13.07-na wero Australian pounds at $12.52.
City Police Station.
Kowloon
He claimed that he did not
If the second accused had said know either of the accused
his statement that he was with saw
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Pro
HAD TOO MUCH, Chu Fit-lam, 28, was dued $5
at the Central Magistracy yester-
in him and Cho Kal on Feb. 11 called at the garden in the tenth that statement would be entirely moon of last lunar year.
To the Magistrate, defendant untrue. Lou's statement, asorted defendant, was made up by the said that he did not know where day for having 2,070,000 CNC over the permitted 5,000,000.- The Polica. He knew it was so be- Det.-Sgt. Tam Chung got the in- money was, conscated. On a cause they (the Police) furnished formation contained in his (a further charge of trying to send him with a copy.
alleged statement. It letters out at the Colony other- Chung-chun, giving
evi- might be possible that the detecwise than through the post, he dence, repeated what he said in tivo made up the whole story. was fined $50. his statement of March B. about sald defendant.
Li
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R. O. Redman, prosecuted.
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