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CASEBOOK
That Night
NOWSLEY." Lancs.-- The sharp, harsh im pact of sudden, violence like. murder, upon a small com- munity, tends to make each member of that community retreat into himself defen- Bively,
In the village, that sprawls without pattern about-the walls of Knowsley Hall, a kind of shocked silence fell, when the filtered out the shoot-
of at the big house. The news
about three hours
ILCWS
pel the mile and a half from
the house to the village, where most people were on nodding terms at any rate, with the two And with their men killed.
jäller.
For the next 24 hours, when themselves. they were left to they
and not answering questions from curious outsiders, the villagers talked football,
ing. pheasant-sliouting,
sac- the
weather about anything ex- cept what is known locally as "That Night."
FTER the first 24 hours.
A they talked for tome days
of little else,
But they talked of what they miles read in papers printed away, of the tragedy that had happened on their doorstep. Zealously discreet, the indoor staff at the big house
kept walls.
did
งด
mostly within the park When they emerged they not speak of Tint Night,
A woman servant called Miss Margaret Whittley (ut 88 she is the oldest Knowsley- born inhabitant) at her aims- house home. The pair talked of many things concerning the big house and the family: the shoot- inst
was not mentioned.
Sald Misy Whittley, a scam- stress who used to make all the Knowsley maidservants' dresses; "Oh dear nu. It wouldn't do to "They' never talk about. it. talk."
that
the verdict is about Thal and Night has started again,
spicos the
Now, talk
inside information
tolk at last,
At the Derby Arms, the im poning, atat, village inn, Bob Hart, an old regular
soldier
known as "Barney," has for the time being lost his accustomed. audience for tales of campaigns in Rangoon in '04, 'South Afri
– 03-
|_'01 „__The_customers.concen.... trate on sig
stories told by men
like one I met whom I call Benjami
shall
Benjamin was up at the housa That Night. He talked to Win- stanley 10 minutes before the toy who had swapped u for a pair of trousers went into the hall and shot Lady.
Derby There is a small club for the staff of the Hall, a Low. huo- dred yards from the.
houso. That Night
Winstanley -come into the club at the same time Six
as Benjamin. He. bought.
packets of cigarettes, inquired
of the steword about a ramo
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CHINA MAIL
DAGGER FOR PRINCE CHARLES
The ruby, an emerald, and a diamond ornament this dagger which four-year-old Prince Hassan of Jordan is to present to Prince Charles,
**Gift, for Princo PRINCE CHARLES is to
receive a present from four-year-old Frince Hassan of Jordan, now in London with his mother, Queen Zeln.
It is an Arablan dagger, B. foot long, curved and costly. The blade la of steel; the handle-set with a ruby and an emerald-and the sheath are of gold. In the richly- chased scabbard isa diamond.
Prince Charles will be able to wear, the dagger. With it goes a waist-band of gold thread with-a-gold ·-clasp. Queen Zein told the Queen about the gift when they had lunch together at Bucking. ham Palace yesterday.
London Erpresa Saretoa
for a bottle of whisky, sald 37 Crewmen
good-night, and went to the Halt,
NAID Benjamin: "Harold
wasn't the drinking sort. I don't think I've ever seen him have above two bottles of beer. But I've seen him come in and offer, drinks all round, though he couldn't really have afford- ed to buy them. He seemed to
it for effect,"
સંવ
Rescued
Prison For
Arms
Possession
+
Four men were sentenced by Mr Justice E. H. Williams, Senio Puisme Judge, at the Criminal Sessions this morning on charges of armed robbery and possession of amme and ammunition.
The accused were Wong Shu- fal, 28, firherman, Chan Luk, 31, Cheng Lau, 31, and Wong Ming allas Wong Piu, 39. The first,
third and fourth accused were
charged with robbery with aggravation at Big Wave Bay, Stanley, on September 22, while the second, third and fourth were additionally charged with pas-. session of aims and camuniiion. The robbery took place at the Ham Fat Cheung grocery store, Big Wave Bay.
Mr Patrick Yu, Crown Counsel, who prosecuted, said it could not be ascertained whether the two weapons found in tho possession of the fourth accused the actual ones used in
were the robbery.
Mr
Justice Willians sentenced and third accused to
the first
seven years hard labour and 12
strokes of the cane on the rob- bery count, and the fourth hard accused to, eight years' labour and 12
of the strokes cane for the same offence.
Second accused was given four years hard labour for possession of arms.
Concurrent sentences of one year's
hard labour for arms possession were imposed on the third and fourth accused, while the fourth accused was given
terin of five for
of arms years and ammunition,
The Court ordered conâsca- tion of all arms and ammunition seized by the Police,
concurson
Inquiry Into Death
Of Journalist
Established 1845.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER'
1952.
ANTI-COMMUNIST ARMS SMUGGLER SENT TO GAOL
"Here in Hongkong we cannot tolerate people collecting arms whether they are going to be used here or to be used elsewhere. Lam taking in -account that you had no hostile intentions against the inhabitants of Hongkong," declared the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, in the Criminal Sessions. this morning when he sentenced a man to two years and six months.
The man, Wong Hon, aged 38, unemployed, was re- presented by Mr A. J, Clifford, instructed by Mr J. C. Stewart, and he pleaded guilty to possession of two revolvers and 18 rounds of ammunition.
Mr Clifford, in mitigation, stressed that his client was engaged in smuggling arms out of the Colony for anti- Communist guerilla activities in China. Ho had no intention of using them here for robbery or any other unlawful purpose. In passlug sentence, his Lordship said that he accepted all that Mr Clifford, had said on behalf of the accused. -
Another man. Chan Chun- Coming back to Hongkong he chung. aged 30, unemployed, became personal servant to
Wod given six years and 12 military officer and had a good
strokes of the cane. He had record. He helped in smuggling earlier pleaded guilty to por-out several simy officers and he 'session of a revolver and six himself went to Chung Shan rounds of ammunition. It was village, where he organised a stated that he had betrayed band of guerillas. On retum Wong Hon to the Police.
here ho had the misfortune to take the second accused into his confidence.
It was tiisclosed by Mr G. R. Sneath, Crown Counsel, that the Colt revolver found in the second necused's possession had been used in a murder in Hong- kong. He was not saying that the accused was in any way responsible for that crime.
Crown Counsel said that on
a
Counsel wald, that first ́ag- used wag a very responsible family man supporting grandmother, aged 83, mother, 04, his wife and three children, aged, seven, five and two years
the evening of October 22, Sub- Concluding, Mr Clifford said, Insp. Indge-Buckingham was on **The first necused has not routine visit to hotels in Kow-wasted the time
On
of the Court
zo 'often
loon when he heard a commo- ¦ and -I cannot, refrain from rem tion.
Investigating he iterating the words found second accused on the used by Mr Hin-shing" Lo, ground struggling and when namely, he who picads guilty
leniently arrested he was found to have a must be dealt with Colt revolver fully loaded with
"After" "passing sentence on the first accused andt, making the remarks reported earlier, his Lordship
six rounds.
to the Police When taken Station and questioned, he gave
Living Language
Why we say. Coster- monger,
The Anglo-Saxon word mixture, mang meant a and a monger was ori ginally a man who sold a mixture of things. "Coster" is-a-corruption of "costard", a kind of apple. A "coster.nonger" was once a man who sold only apples but nowadays the word is used describe any kind street-hawker, but pecially one who sells fruit and vegetable.
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to
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23-
+ By Al Indo-China Tratice, French North sold to the second | and West Africa, 4.30 9.m, Air Viet- that accused
ho could find | neni,
Information to the Police and no merit in his case at all. He Canada Cm. PAL.
Phuippines Guam Hawall, U.S.A.,
?
little more
to
By Burface
Sheaffers TM SNORKEL
Alleged
Attack With Acid
Woman Disfigured
For Life
From The Filéi ~
100 Years Ago
age;
That
bill
We have had several.com- plaints lately of the bad An alleged attack by a appearance of our broad sheet. man upon the woman with The oldest of the three local whom he had co-habited for Journals, however, some excuse claimed on the sconc may some years and who was,
ald the mother of his two has not been the only cause of
the bad children was described by of. In future, and at least of Impressions complained Crown Counsel before Mr these causes will be remedied, Justice. E. H. Williamis, | in the use of new Chineso Senior Pulsne Judge, at the paper, Instead of the dry hard Criminal Sessions this material of foreign
ture hitherto morning, when Lam Hing-tur
printed on. In the year, too, course of next wing, 30, unemployed, was shall hope to improve appearance accused of throwing corro-silli more, by
us
manukuc
Wo
of new sive fluid with intent on a types: and we have some thought woman, Tse Sam-mul, 22, at old, of which we shall be enabled a now and larger press, by Kowloon on June 17 last. · to give our supporters a larger Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr, neling amount of readable matter than Senior Crown Counsel, who they have hitherto had for the prosecuted, said it was fortunato | amount of subscriptions. the woman did not lose her eye these are thoughts only; and, sight, but she' had been dis- | like Mr. Dizraeli's political pro- figured for life.
fections rest in the womb of Det: Sub-Insp. J. Hidden, GM, the future, was officer-in-charge of Invest- 'gations.
CRIMINAL CASES
But
Accused picaded not guilty It is indeed high time for a and a Jury of five men and two | change in the mode of Investi- women was empanelled.
Mr Blair-Kerr said tho
150
gating criminal cases prior to their being brought to the cused and, the woman met about Supreme Court for.... final judgment. Only a few months ago our pen was the sole means, in obtaining the release, from double. irons on the road 'of“ poor lad who had been sen-
to tenced
transportation: and
five years ago when the accused In the Paciile was working In Enamel Factory. They later lived together as husband wife and had two children, both boys, aged four and two. Some time in August, 1951, the no- cused lost his employment, and in April or May this year the woman decided to leave him and carn own..
some money. on her
Ichildren, lookin
ما
must have been ovidont to all at that time that Atle pata on the part of our police 4omcers would have saved tho Government from the peculiar position in which they were
*** SUPPLIED. MONEX
placed, in having to render bull She went to a boarding-house the solemn verdict of a sword in Nathan Rodd where she be jury. And now we have another which we are fully came: prostitute. Arrange caso, in
satisfied that ments wore-made by her with
treat injustico hard Irlends
after the two has been done to a poor and she maintained working fisherman, whose family them. Accused used to call
by his transportation-became "and her boarding-house
ask steeped, in greater poverty than they were before. The case to for
money, sald Crown Couwhich we allude is that of sel, and he did this continually. The woman gave him $10 every reported in our Issue No. 101 ns Chaong-fook-churn's, partially two or three days.
About. 1 p.m. on June 17, the of the jury sworn to
the the 18th instant. The writer WIS one of try complainant went with a friend
mat the two indictments, on which visit her younger son and mat the accused. She later accom the prisoner was arraigned, and panied him to where he lived in had not the case then broke down Kowloon City
City to fetch her cloth by reason of the flagrant
of one of the witness While she was bending Police Constable Boyle would down' packing her clothing, the
Europe, 6 pm. 8.0.4.C.
Marno. 9 minh; 8. pan., we Les 'Hiong/ Tak-6bing.
10
as a result, Det-Insp. Askew had started off by betraying his Malaya, Ceylon, Bla,Burma, with a party went to a hut friens and then he had picked | Pakistan, Middle East, Great Brkali. occupied the first accused
by
more courage by, en-. They found a brown paper deavouring commit: armed parcel which contained a Smith robbery in the street. and Wesson revolver, fully
His Lordship declared, "I will loaded. There was also a
eman envelope which had six roune's not tolerate people who carry drms on their person in the of ammunition.
streets of Hongkong.".
THROWS "GUN AWAY
Prior to entering the hut, Insp. Askew heard a splash in
nullah. the
The object was retrieved and it was a paper pared with another Smith and Wesson also fully loaded. When it was shown to him, first ac- cused "said "Yes, I threw. it out of the window."
1.
CORRUPTION CHARGE
ing:
Indo-Crane, 3 pum, as Bun On Philippines Indonesia, 3. p.m.; Elite Maersk
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER '14 By Ar Formoso, Japan, Dam via CA Biam. Malayang Indonesia, Australia, accused suddenly picked up a have been recalled and quar New Zealand, 6.30 p.m., C.P.A.
Indo-China (Tonkin only), 4.30 p.m. bowl from underneath the bed toned particularly as to his Formoss, Okinawa, USA. New and allegedly poured some hot Identification of the Prisoner. in
over her face, York? Canada. p.m. 8.A corrosive fluid
P. C. Boyle, when giving NWALA
Japan, 0 p.m. D‚O.A.C."
the dtchen and obtained more his evidence, swore, to that Surface
which we now, and was purely
CPA
army and neck. He then enter/question. Sulico it. here to state'
Macno. 9 gmni & pm, me Lee Hong/ | Buid which he again' throw over | imaginary.
Taople's Republic, 2.30 sm. train via Canton,
the woman.
Accused disappe Phappines, 11 a.m.. Toulouse. and was Blam, il .m., as Horyu Maru.
A Police
China, Corporal, Ling Chun-pong, 27, was remanded for five days In custody by Mr When charged, first accused, in R. W. S. Winter at Central this a statement, admitted the offence morning on a charge of corrup- and said he hoped the Inspector tion in office. would ask the Judge to dest
leniently with him as he had an aged grandmother, mother and young wife to support...
Second accused, in his late ment, said that although he was responsible for the offence the guns were not taken out for any unlawful purpose. He had reported to the Police at Kow-
sing on condition that he would Ling is accused of corruptly receiving $50 from Wong Wai-
not take Police action against Wong and his friend · Leung Yuk-kal,
►
Defendant la represented by Mr F. X. D'Almada,
low City three days previously. Gold Smugglers
He had removed, stuns
57, Woosung Street, Brst floor, to the hut off Castle Penk Road. His original Intention was "to" assist the Police.
Detected
Arrested while attempting jo import gold from Macao with out a permit, Wang Su-kit, 27. Chan So, 24. Chan Hoi-sing 80, and. Yu Chut-yal, 33. mlled to appear in court this morning and hand their $100 bail estreated and the 34 gold, bars,, weighing
taels each, confronted. Defendants were arrested on the Tai Yip Wharf on: Monday
D between
a.m. and 10 am. The Arst
three defendants wero
Honolulu, Dec. 22.
London, Dec. 22, The widow of Mr Ralph Thirty-seven crewmen were
mid-Pacific today Deakin, Imperial and foreign rescued in
In mitigation, Mr Cufford from the American. freighter news editor of the London Times, Quartelte as rolling seas pour- told u coroner here today she said that the revolvers were not locked the door of her bedroom for any purpose of robbery: His ed into the ship's ripped hill.
the night before her husband | client collected guns to take The crew were taken aboard died because "I had reason to over That Night," said Benjamin,
the border for aziti. The looked no more strange the American ship Frontenac suspect he might kill me." Communist guerilla activities.
Victory, which headed imme- than you or me."
Mr Deakin, aged 64, was found Counsel said that, he was not Prosently,
that ovaning, diately for Midway, 90 miles to dead in bed last Friday morning. going on any surmise.
He had been foreign news Domeone ran into the club cry the west. Captain C. Catham-
bis
officers and three
were editor of the Times for more "Harold's running ing:
amok transferred to a Navy patrol with a gun." Benjamin joined, boat, and will wait for instruc-
than 30 year
The Corone: adjourned the The Bret accused was a leader searched and each was found tions concerning possible saly-inquest on him until tomorrow the occupation.
of anti-Japanese guerlifas daring to be carrying eight gold bars.
There was A Yu, the fourth defendant hod Go that pathologist could picture of him in an American 10. gold bars hidden on his pez- examine a box of tablets and a magazine showing him proudly son, bottle found in Mr Deakin's surrounded by arms which he barend had collected to take back to Mrs Deakin testified that last
China. August her husband told her he was going to commit suicide.
in the hunt.
And in the stable yard, around which are the
where the two murdered
lived, a
man ran calling
houses
men
out:
5 run- * The
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The Quartette carried a cargo of wheat, destined for Korea.--- United Press.
TOOL.
"Bolt your doors: Harold's
ping amok with a gun, two wives of the murdered men
were among the Ave familica said he was quite happy as he He pretended he was not in
to warned. They bolted their doors. They did not know they were already świdowed.",
THE
his
was,"
Someone else "said: ""He,
good health to get steeping tablets from the doctor" she said, al-"He had been collecting them,” ways, dressed, very, smart, didn't | A doctor testified that Mc ho?" "All" who had known him Deakin had advanced coronery TUE village reckon Winstan- slightly, agreed,
disease and appeared to have ley made
aled, rabidly. If he had taken from Knowsley by taking a 97 The talk went on." Buses anything had merely - bus from Sugar Lang, close to rolled by the Derby. Arms for celerated his natural disease. the village police houses; and every-de by spreading towns
Knowsley Park is besleged Reister. he rode into Liverpool by bus, with
aprawling housing catates. the run
in luck down, trouver lett
Came In tho talk once enough to
(for long INTELLIGENCE TEST BOLUTION
get yourself a better job? For kindly of the men who were
man. his return spend the one he was doing, wasn't killet and much spoken kind- much more than a boy's Helly of their killer
"I "gald)
his
Lo Harold one.
BODORE said, "Why Don't
you
and.
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WAR-TIME LEADER
Counsel raid that the acqu was a victim of war in more ways than one.. He was a person from a. poor start who had worked himself, up to positions of trust only to be shattered by
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Madame «Nɛd" (by:
ed at night school and Infer
carrio a land office surveyor in Hympianty: Oushertram BAS, the government. He returned to mortaram ons t
46 Bertoni Ciristmas Ma Hongkong and worked as a shroff oudersi «joy: Chiton)
at the Hong Lok Bakery where cordedstage Carole
his honesty was proved to be bumit Maging from the
Com
a hundred per cent. Next he Todd Bwin and Bward with Bénikus turned to the lorry business bár - Kägu 1510 m, 24Weather Report. with the war lasiging betwemy, zadio Hawa Zes) Bevor Macao and China cearod.rapide
Sang
not
woman,
after that arrested untif
the
NOT HIS CASTLE
A Chinaman's house is not his · castle as in. Aberdeen; nna so Malaya. Burms, 1-9.m., Chun (aust 40% entlowing
The attack, was taken to Kowloon when the door' was not opened. Horial. M: Blair-Kerr said it readily, P. C. Beyle broke it was Korimate she did not lose down with his foot, rushed up back door
It
Formose, 9 am, as Wing Sang.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
THURSDAY, DECERIDER
Formoes, 3. a.m.ivE CAT eyesight, but she had been stairs and found Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, USA)gured for life. Analysis of open he proceeded through (Ran Francisco), Noon, PA Are vessels containing the fuld and found, three men-one of
Burma, India, Paket hat had been used revealed that them, Staro, Middle". Engl. „Adelon, Great · Hrithi
They had contained pure sul ho said" was phairic acid, he added.
any 46, 4.50 3 Philippines, N. Borneo, 4.50 5.m. C.P.A.
SIDE GLANCES
"The trial is proceeding.
By Galbraith
from Ralph really mlist be love, mothör boy friend who didn't run out on me before
Christrasi..
Chương loài chuồn, who
twenty yards (whether towards the
Pollice
where towards the cast end.
he landed was not stated ---but we hoár hé⠀ says it was towards the Police Station)-he took him in custody, and the Prisoner was afterwards sworn to as having assisted in a pi ath of Octobe
a piracy. 0731-8th F on the 7 "No other doors: The hill where he s Bar Cus opened out ten
and h
fid
have
found,
Kallelsed
kit's house. Now, this assertion, which has most to de with the prisoner's conviction,
is as gross a pieca of perjury as
way and Committed path-
was ever. way,
pf the eleventh house eart of the one from which it was made to
the appear prisonery Ascapest,
to the
runs right to
and
@docentinitës:/
ing oyer à malce TERES
to the public
noma-houses about two hundred
fect further on; and at twenty
yards expctly, west of the
Couso there is n
direct
thle
from
the mala
Kanid
the Prisoner Was ́arrested. We shall,rofurn to this subject shortly, and, may tell u little of what we hieve tourd; su now state what we know.
Juror Fined
to; answer, hlasnamaj service yerlerday, walɛfre ty; the Chief Justic
Howe, at the":
he was think
he' arrived in tou
Triad