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-MONDAY, 17th. MAY, 1948. /..
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Plea For
Leniency
The China mail, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1948.
Five Men".
'SPECIAL REASON' PLEA "Fortunate BY OBSERVATORY MAN DOES NOT SAVE LICENCE
With tears streaming down The use of a car to facilitate the discharge of one's her face, a mother pleaded leniency for her only son who appeared for a third time at Central Magistracy yesterday, charged with loltering with Intent to commit a felony.
* m sorry for you," Mr. F.X. d'Almada told her, "He in your only 'aon, but he is a bad exk. I am satisfied that defendant lollered in the manner described by. the witnesses.
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Discharged IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
"You are the most fortunate five men I have encounterei duties does not constituto a "special raason”.
for a long time," said Mr. Ju as provided by Section 5 (ss 2) of the Motor
(Pulsnc tice T. J. Gould Vehicles (Amended) Ordinance of 1947, rulad
Judge), at the Criminal Set- Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr at Kowloon yesterday sions yesterday, when he dis when he recalled Northam Lawrance (29) of
charged Li Yiu, Li Chi-wing Chan Mo, Lam Tak and Tong the Royal Observatory who was, earlier in the morning, fined a total of $500 on the charges. Shan, who were unanimousl of driving while under the influence of drink found "not guilty" by a jury which included. three women and driving without due care and attention.
on a charge of attempted rob depart-bery. The Magistrate further held "apprehensive for his Pylson
Li Chi-wing ami Chan' Mo, who that "special reasons" could be ment."
According to Sub-Inspector, were additionally charged with pleaded by drivers of taxis,
fildden, prosecuting, defendent's possession of arms and n dagger. public vehicles,
others and
*Lei1%r$ *101 whose means of livelihood de- Edward Road at 11 pm on May guilty on this
ear was travelling along Prince respectively, were
count ant તીક. pended on driving a
13 when seen by him to be charged.
This wobbling along the road.
Before discharging the accused, vehicle.
Defendant's licence WAR
another Mr. Justice Gould remarked that car was followed by
question derec to be surebded for 12 car, with S1 Hidden's vehicle in he had considered the
of summary action against them months on the first charge and the rear.
of the endorsed on the second.
Without any warning. defen- for perjury, but in view
the jury, ho would Mr. L. Starbuck, Acting Direc-dant stopped his car in the centre verdiet uf con.
of the road and the accond pri- leave this matter for the Crown vate car "narrowly avoided run- to take such action as it thought wing into necused's vehicle,"
officer said The prosecuting that he noticed that Lawrence's breath smelt strongly of deinka The prosecution was conducted and that his eyes were very by Mr. J. Reynolds, assisted by heavy. When asked to get out. Det, Insp. D. G. MacPherson.
"Mr. Percy Chen, instructed by defendant "staggered out." At his own request.
accused Mr. C.A.S. Russ and Mr. M.A. was sent to Dr. Hollway of the da Siva, appeared for Li Ylu Kowloon Hospital for examing and Tong Shan. The other three:
accused were not legally repro
The defendant has just beef. reicasod
from Sauley after serving four months and is wer police supervision, It is clear that defondant Воя
upon hia release contacted his criminal friends and fallen into his old habits once again,
kapparent that it would be. Usalesa lo have defendant under police supervision for two years unly,
"I sentence defendant to thror [months" hard labour and „Uimunus police supervision."
Wong Hon-kit, allas Wong Kwok anal. 19-year-old unem ployed, stated that he wak re- leased from prisou only a few
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him.
PC 802 told the Court that he saw four men at 11.28 a.m. on May 11 in Connaught Road, Cep- tral, following pedestrians up and down_the_rond. They were busy scrutinising packets and parcels of the passers by.
motor
or
to of the Royal Observatory, sair that defendant's duties
were rather pecullor. He had to be in Kal Tak from 2 as, to 4 am.. which was quite out of the run of
ordinary duties. If his licence was
suspended it would mean that the major part of his duties would be lost to the Royal Observatory, re- sulting in a curtailment of the work of that department,
Have To Drive Themselves
The Observatory -was- niready understaffed. The offee car was At his approach, witness de-off duty once a week, when the chired, the group scultered, but driver gets his day off, and the defendant was caught.
"Olcers had then to drive the car
When arrested, the defendant ald: "Brother give me face",
fendant's mother and sister uppeured in Court and his mother pleaded that he be handed over to her supervising. She prime to keep him Indoors and find him # Job.
themselves wanted to or not.
whether
they
ttor
The jury were exempted from further Jury service for one year.
"Not Fit To Drive"sented.
The five accused were alleged
in an
at about
In evidence, Dr. Hollway said to have been concerned that defendunt was drunic and, in attempted robbery at 171 Lock- his opinion, not fit to drive a car hast Road, Wanchni, when examined by him at 11.30 9.30 am, on Feb. 13. p.m. "His breath smelt of alcohol and he was flushed and perspir-
he
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would give rise 12 a crisis in the Royal Observatory. Mr. Starbuck swaying ond added, after the Magistrate had given his decision. that he was
In his point of view, the using. He had some incoordination pension of defendunt's licence nt speech and, when he walked
a fair amount showed
staggering Testifying on his own behalf, accused said that he had a nor-
Trustee Charged With Converting $30,000
Chan Yuen-shu, alias Chan Shu, manager of the Wing Wo Cheung Firm, 311, Des Voeux Road, appeared at Central Magistracy yester- day for another hearing of the charge of fraudulently converting $30,000 to his own use while being trustee for Chan Tsoi-king, a widow. Defendant
and
was represented (had withdrawn the money by Mr. Marcus_da_Sliva,_while_gone away.
The defendant told him that the Det. Sub-Inspector T. Cashman
been chop for the money had prosecuted.
misinid, that he had advertised its had been loss and that $20,000 withdrawn by Mui Har-san, who
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mal amount of drinks that night. He was going home, accompanied
Questions de- by two friends, when they
commercial MAIN STORE, Exchange Building and honesty WLTO cided to call on a third friend morality
yesterday's con- KOWLOON BRANCH, Nathan Road whose address he did not know. brought up
the action by He was following the instructions tinued hearing of
Hong (plaintiffs) CAFE WISEMAN of one of his passengers when he Wo Loong
the Canton Overstas was told that he had passed the against
(defendants), house. Ife stopped the car and the Trading Co.,
of contract, Sub-Inspector then went up to damages for breach him and told him that he would when Mak Wah-sang of the do- tendant company was subjected be charged.
"I don't think I had taken al- to cross-examination,
that I wns
The action is the outcome of a cohol to the extent
take delivery of and larapable of driving a car nor refusal to was driving without due care," pay for 500 pieces of dry shaved
buffalo hides. concluded defendant.
Profiteer Fined
The case is being heard before Mr. Justice E.H. Williams (Chief Justice).
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Mui Chiu-chan, newphew of the complainant, said he came to Hong Korg in December, 1948, had returned to the country via Hotel, was fined $600 on six ing for the defendants,
Chu Shu, of the Luk Kwok by Mr. F.D: Hammond is appear-
to inquire into $50,000 which his uncle. Mul Leung-nai, had de- poiled with the Hong Kong and Shonghal bank.
Chan
told him that she did not how much had been-with-
wanted mainder.
Macao.
in Canton in February, 1947, his aunt showed him a letter from defendant requesting her to see him.
summonses of overcharging and selling without pricò tags by YOUTH CANED Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Central
FOR SNATCHING Magistracy when 15-profiteers
Lam Kong, 17-year-old Chin were brought up to Court by Before the adjournment, Mr. Inspector J. H. G. Pitman of Chau youth, was sentenced to 10, previously and that she da Silva poitned out that through the Price Control Department, jstrokes of the cane and ordered
withdraw the re- qut the inst witness' evidence he
to be expelled by Mr. W.H. La-
Mr. F. Zimmern, representing
ant wald that his the aunt talked about "dozens of] Hotel management had nothas May. 13. -
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had wholly contradicted that of aefendant and holding a watch-timer al Kowloon yesterday Defendant producer a docu- his aunt and the Bank official. ment which he said was from The Bank acknowledging previous mentioned
Counsel noted that complainant ing brief for the Luk Kwok Hotel, the charge of snatching a gold Important
that the bangle from Mrs, Harverson on two meetings, but informert the Court withdrawals
• Defendant was caught by Mr to do with the summonses. mini should sign it before any-
was running Packington he meetings." thing could be done. She did so.
down the alleyway behind at- At the Bank the document was
declared that the "ridicu-defendant pald rent to the Hotel for showenses in the hotel pIS- ious case" should terminate at handed to Mr. Tam, Defendant
mises and be alone would be phong-Roud-Defondant threw the. date be fixed responsible for the sumnionses, ence or an early
bangle away and i had not been then asked the widow for the re-
should the Magistrate consider
recovered. ceipt given to her by the Bank.
Chu was summoned for over- continuing the hearing. Counsel Witness Shi
said that he did not
Colgate, Cashmere know actually who possessed the $16 observed that he felt guilty charging on
Other profiteers, who receipt but that he had told is that his client should have beeri
unt to get it from the defendant, detained for almost seven months. I charged from between five cents Hearing was Axed for May 19 and 50 cents, received fines rund- at 4 p.m.
ing from $85 to $35.
after leaving the bank.
Aunt Wopt
At the last meeting. witness Enid, his aunt was weeping, Bay-,' Senhor Salinas de Moura, of Ing that she was atraid that the Macao,
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