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3 SENTENCED FOR HOUSEBREAKING
Charged with housebreaking, three men were son- tanced by Mr. Latimer of Kowloon Magis. tracy yesterday to three years' imprisonment aach.
Defence Claim Questioned
"The defence counsel has no right to an address before the accused gives his evidence", contended Mr. A. Lonsdale, Crown counsel at the continu- ed hearing of the extradition proceedings against Hsu Chi- chweng at Central before Mr. F. X. d'Almada yesterday.
Appearing for the Crown was le. A Lonsdale, while Hon. Mr. Leo_d'Almada,
R.C., instructed by Mr. Margus du. Sllen, repre-
ented the defentiant
Peler H-Sin held a
ent
briet for the Chinese
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Leung Man, 38, unemployed. -and-Chu Tung. 37, unemplor- ed, were unrepresented legally. Lau Ng Kau was represented by Mr. C. A. R. RuRS.. The three defendants charged with breaking into. No. 27 Wai Ching Street, recond floor, on May 13 and stealing US1880,
were
Non-Suit
Application
Granted
HK$14,000, two gold bracelets, An unusual step was taken two gold rings and clothing and in an action before Mr. Justice into No. 21, Reclamation Street, T. Gould (Puisne Judge),
· second. fibar, on April 18-ne
at the Supreme Court yester- stealing $7,850, and clothing.
day, when the plaintiff, who was suing for recovery of cer tain premises, applied through
Threats Allegod
The first two defendants had, na
previous convictions, while thin defendant had three previous convictions againet hlm.
his Counsel to be non-sufted
tu
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THIS SUDDEN RELEASE
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CAME AS A GREAT
SURPRISE.
TO ME!
Woman's Experience With
Alleged Robbers
Twenty-two-year-old Poon Ng-mui, described as
the "kept woman" of an Indian of the Ma- touchung Comp, told the Court at Kowloon hot harrowing expérience with two, armed robbers, both of whom wore committed for trial yesterday by Mr. Blair-Kerr.
(dismissed) 、 with leave Appearing together with them bring a fresh' action if neces-
36. who was sary. Wes Ng Hung. charged with being a member of
The application was granted an unlawful society. His trint was; adjourned to Thursday morning. by Mr. Justice Gould, who also Defendant is represented by Mr. directed that the plaintiff pay to the defendant the sum of $100, Russ
Defendants plended not guilty agreed costs. and Mr.
Chung Yim-hung was charg- The plaintif Lam Ying of 15 watching sund that they were threaten
under 15al-Street-3rd floor, was repreed with-armed, rubbery of $1, she, complied with his request. ed 10 snake" statements Covera-
F. D. Huminond | possessing of arms and an- sented by Mr.
Johnson Stokes and munition, rope, Assault with of Messrs.
intent to rob and conspiracy Muster.
Mr. C. A. S. Rusa appeared to rob. Li Mun was charged for the defendant, Trang Fook, with ormed robbery and con- also of 16 Sni Street, 3rd floor.
The plaintif sought to recover spiracy to rob. possession from the defendant of cublete occupied by the defen- dant on the 3rd floor of 15. Sal Street, on the ground that the defendant tunt,
threats,
Det. Sub-Inspector Baker fold Mr. Lonsdale produced numer ous authorities and local criminal the Court that police raided No. 46. Nam Chuen Street, second records,
One of procedure
Door, and found an opium divan which he could £nd anything re- lating to the defervi ounsel operating. The second defendant WOS arrested there. A search bring entitled to such an address.rought
HK$1,870 and US$18. The defendant admited stealing the money.
He said that after the prosecu tion concluded their évidence, the magistrate will then deride whelter
chre 10: answer or not.
леге Wan
wat
No. 273, Lockhart Road, second floor was then raided on 10- The magistrate said that the formation and there the others
were arrested. case is of considerable and he must go into the author- ties quufed by the counsels, He
and the ease until July 5.
Interest
Left Gun With Friend
Said He Was Beaton All defendants, except the fourth who was chargest with solely being a member of a trind society, admitted the offences.
DSI Bakter produred witnesses who told the Court of how their premises were broken into onl who Identified, their
property, produced in Court,
was not the Inwful
Sequel To Stabbing Incident
Third defendant sald he came
Kwong San, 22, ship build- Hong Kong to engage iner, was sentenced to lao to
business with another weeks' hard labour and rc- man. He had $1,500 given to him commended for banishment painting by his mother-in-law, and put
by Mr. Hin-shing Lo at the In $1,300 as capital,
He alleged he was beaten by Central Magistracy yester. police and under duress made the day.
A fine of $25 was imposed on Cpl. R. G. Robinson of the Royal Marines when he Central at the appeared Magistracy yesterday on a summons of counselling and procuring Fredrick wright to possess an auto-charges. matic pistol and six rounds of ammunition at 1, Conduit Road on March 1.
Cart-
to
statement of guilt, He denied He WAS
charged with being connected with any of the suulting Ma Chan Yin in Main Street huukiwan on June 0: Wong Pak at the
Mr. Ruas produced the manag-assaulting ng partner of the painting shopme time, and place, by striking who corroborated defendant's him with a knife, and possession evidence.
of a knife without permission trom the Commissioner I'llee.
TAXI-DRIVER FINED
al
and was slab-
Det. Sub-Inspector Matches, of and Kowloon City, prosecuted, defendants were not represented legally,
Assault Threat
Poon, who admitted first de- fendant's allegation that she had been a prosiltute before, suid that she took a gramophone to return to o friend at 9 pm, in the vicini- ty of the Camp.
When her Glend did not re- witness said turn until 11 p.m., she returned home. On her way back, when near the Sung Wonu Toi Road about 50 yards from the gate of the camp she met Brst defendant, who under threat of ussault pulled her to a hillside.
There she was searched ond when she refused to take off her watch the man suggested that she lie with him then he would
let her go.
ILLEGAL TRANSMITTING STATION
PASSENGERS' EVIDENCE ON FATAL ACCIDENT
on a
Further evidence for the prosecution was heard yes- At pistol point, witness sale
terday by Mr. Hin-shing Lo hut as they were lying on the when Pte.-E.-Northeast of ground another robber arrived and the R.A.S.C. appeared at the asked for "lai sze" (lucky money). Central Magistracy The first robber told the witness summons of driving at a dangerouts to The speed
Defendant. It is alleged. W219 At that moment police arrived driving a three ton army truck searched defendants, The on Kings Road on January 21 first defendant ruddenly made a near the Rite Gardens, and when dash.
rounding a bend skidded, hil 1ram standard and overturned, As A result of the accident two pro ple died and 15 were seriously
to give him (serond 'man) $2. But it was eventually agreed on $1.
naci
Were "Sweethearts"
A
public.
revolver al ammunition injured, including the driver,
was picked up not far from where
Wong Kum, mason, said that
JJ
was
he had been standing. The Brst he was travelling in the back of man was later arrested by police, the truck together with 17 other
He people.
could not say The second defendant said that terms of miles per hour at what had the woman told him that she speed the truck was travelling, was assaulted by the Arat de- but he could say fendant he would have battere fast prior to the accident and at R was going him. He denied holding up the the time of the accident. pair,
Questioned by Mr. Lo, wilness First defendant alleged that the rald he know defendant woman was a prortitute and that driving fast as the people in the he knew her before. Poon denied back were knacked ingether med that she knew the men. She could not sit still, dua to the admitted being a prostitute. truck bouncing on the road.
Poon said that when the second Defendent said that he thought defendant came upon the scene, on a straight and smooth road the first defendant told him that such as King's Road the speed they were "sweethearts" and would have no effect on the oc were there "playing for fun." cupants of the vchlele.
She said that the first defen- After further. corroborative dant at first told the second rob- evidence was given by other pas ber that he was a constable and sengers in the rear of the lorry produced some papers which he the case was adjourned until- té- did not show to the other.
day at 2.30 p.m. The first defendant pleader! Inspector W. Eggleston is in
Defendant pleaded guilty.
Charged with possession of Inspector T. Cashman said that Inspector PJ, Waldron went
Defendant admitted second and Radio Communication Ap- silly to the charge of robbery, charge of the prosecution. the address and on searching
third charge but denied first paratus, Ylu Sun of 127 Caine Cartwright's room found the gun
Ilo Shin-cheung, A
His plea was accepteri Rond was fined the maximum) public charge. and
Cartwright anununition,
of $3,000 or nine months whenj said he was given the gun by vehicle driver, was fined $30 by the prosecution. Hin-sing Left
Lo
Central Inspector Brownrigg said that be pleaded guilty before Mr. defendant
hnd who
the Mr.
ut Central Enlany three day previous Mugistracy yesterday when he defendant was having an argu. F. X. d'Almada
Chan Yin and yesterday. MLS London,
was found guilty of
of falling to stopment with Ma
Prosecuung. D. S. L. Gordon When Robinson returned he when called upon by a police Wong interfered
bed in the back, 09 result of told the court that by virtue of was asked about the pistol and oicer at about midnight on April the wound he was sent to hos
Kam
Restaurant. Ling
pital and detained discharged on another come back to' to keep until he
charge of failing to return to the days. the Colony.
that he was Defendant said
proper place of accommodation
Mr.
Coomber A. given the gun by someone who
represente went home on leave, to do as he the defendant and the prosecution ກ. liked with R. He did not at was conducted by Inspector
G. Mackay, Divisional tempt to sell and only kept it.
inspector Western When
District. he was going to sen for a
Superin G. Binstead kept short while he asked Cartwright tendant
watching brief for the Traffic De- to keep it for him.
partment.
admitted giving it to Cartwright 20 near the BABY DARLING
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ISSUE OF MAY 10, 1948
IN THIS ISSUE-
THE MEMOIRS OF
WINSTON CHURCHILL
NOW ON SALE
SHOULD YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY IN
"BROURING A COPY - PHONE 32812
фор
UNLICENSED JUNK
of
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for
BURGLAR THWARTED
three
A woman's "bravery" thwarted
In burglar early on Monday morn-
a warrant be and 6 party of police officers raided the second floor of No. 127 Caine Road. Accused
was on the premises at the time of the raid and after the warrant had been explained to him a search was made,
In the cockloft and concealed inside a box was a radio trans- mitling sot, together with the necessary
equipment, set had. been disconnected
all
The
and
ing at No. 10, Tak Hing Street, had not been used tor a few ground floor, resulting in his ar- days. Accused when questioned VETERAN'S APPEAL rest and appearance in the dock regarding the outfit denied al
Berlin, June 14.- Five American veterans or-
hard inbour In default by Mr. D. grams of WWllole ther
Cairns at the Marine Court yes- | treatment of terday.
nt Kowloon Magistracy yesterday.knowledge.
Charged with pitempting
to- r
Pleading guilty to carrylist 41
Inspector Gordon added tha! passengers in his junk, which ganizations of Berlin today burgle 'n dwelling, 30-year-old Yiu Sun said that portion of the had no licence to do so, Clan Lo launched an appeal through their Lam Man was sentenced to six premises had been sublet whg finest $200 or anc month's national beadquarters for 20,000 months hard inbour by Mr. man called Wong-ming, who hat
for the Latimer.
left the premises, Tang Yin-min, of the burgled A Was awakened by a noise that the place had all the ap For falling to renew his licence,
health au made by Lam and, despite his pearance which fell due on April 1, Chan thorities there were 37 cases of threat of bodily harm, she rushed station and accused was suspect, Lo was fined n further $25 or the disease in the first quarter towards the door, locked it and ed of being implicated five days imprisonment in de- of 1948 compared with 24 cases shouted for help. foul
In the
the German population, According to the b
inst quarter
In reply to the Magistrate de- United Press. fendant said that he knew it
wus wrong to carry passengers. He had no money and was trying
to earn some by this means.
Defendant and he was waiting until alterations to his boat were complete: before renewing the licence.
FALSIFIED ACCOUNTS.
A 21-year-old taily clerk, en- ployed by a farther In the New Territories, was sentenced to 18 months hard labour for embezzl- ing and falsifying accounts, ente trusted to him.
at 1947.-
The prosecuting officer declared
transmittin
arrested.
Police arrived und Lam.
arrested
"NO MONOPOLIES" SAYS DR. WU
San Francisco, June 14,
Industrial relations have never been a problem for the Chinesa, Government because employers were not strong enough politically; adórónïical- ly or well-organised, decording to Dr. Wu Sao- fong.
"
of
21
and
At the slation Yiu Sun ad mitted that he was responsible for the whole affair.
ANOTHER GASE
AT KOWLOON
Li Ping, 28, and Ho Tim, 35, charged with maintaining ù radio station and possessing. wireless apparatus and being the principal tenant of the premises, respectively, appear- edat Kowloon Magistracy yesterday before Mr. Blair Kerr.
Li was sentenced to rine months hard labour Ho was fined $9,000 or six months hard labour in default.-
Det. Sub-Inspector W.G. Mor
He said that the tridian Gov-rison told the Court that when
Chan Kim-took the accused, Dr. Wu was addressing the dian Labout Deputtment, told was instructed to sell a quanity preparatory conference of the the conference. of vegetables to the Government International Labour Organisa- Wholesale Market und he sold the tion at the University of Cali-ernment, management and labour police raided No. 21, South Walt lot for $18.80. En route to the fornia today.
A were conaldering three-year Street, first floor. first defendant farm, it was alleged, he altared the receipt to $13.05.
"A monopolistic capitalism in truce if industrial disputes and was operating on a transmitting The farmer made inquiries, dis. the Western sense." He said, "does added that only two and a half set contacting. Canton, Money
million out of India's 400,000,000 Exchange and receiving informa
and covered the dishonesty, and re- Rot exist in China because the population were in industry. The tion on ship movements
beginning of Chinese indus- ported to poller.
lived in villages where sailingsgan
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working
ving forche Li said he was. Chan was sentenced by Metallsation was ananced largely conditions were illl primitive
man named Lam. He rented the Zalimer at Kowloon Magistracy by the Government,
cubicle from to for $150 A yesterday.
month.
CAR OWNER CAUTIONED
"Private manufacturing, min- Ing and shipping does exlot th good relationship with State-in- dustries."
The present lawa, he added, allow for
for trade unions, collective Á caution was registered barghiking, Government concilia- against Mabel E. Elliot of the tion and an eight-hour, day, the American Express Company regulations of which were fre when she appeared at the quently overlooked owing to pre- Central Magistracy yesterday sent conditions the standard
before" Mr. Thomas Tam in
·äfißwer to a 'sumtións for leav- Ing her car No. 1897 unattend
THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE, LIMITED, ci in Des Voeux Road, Cehtral
WINDSOR HOUSE ·
near the . Hồng Kông and Shanghal Bark for one hour on April 24,
Inspector. J. Ferrier prosecuted the case:
of
Ariad living deperide on agrarlań rd- forms, modernisation of agri- icultural methods, widespréid; mate indinteluilmoflens zand, education," he added.
Reuter.
IT ONLY NEEDE PHONE CALL
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A redistribution of the existing 32312 of 24354.
wealth In. India would merely
mean a redistribution of poverty,
|
mar. 21. -LREL, secretary, óf the Ins
PAYMENE. FOR ALL ITEMS LIÈRES,
Confiscation order for the op- paratus was made.dja
BOY GANGSTER SENTENCED
"The alleged" lendar of a gang
or boy pickpockets and thieves
who operated, lit the Mongkok District, appeared in the dock at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday,
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