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PLATFORM THIEF
THE
THE American sergeant had been posted to the north. He arrived at Euston with his wife and young children and a friend. The time was nearing midnight. The friend was one of those
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THE KING CASE
that, he says, he was a painter in one job for alve months,"
By
his tone he made it seem that for Edward to last in the job for Ave months was a tremendously creditable achievement.
"Was he drunk which he took this! 'case?" the magistrate asked.
but he had been
Counsel Describes Witness As "Audacious Liar”
"Frankly, Seymour is about the most audacious liar who has ever come into this witness drink box," declared Mr M. A. da Silva this morning,
helpful ones who materialise at do you want to say?" when he continued his submissions of no cuse to
on Buch occasions.
"Look here," he said to the Mr Davies asked Edward.
sergeant, "I' Ax
the
reservations, you take the along to the buttet."
scat Edward drove a hand through kids le tousled holr and sald; "Loook. What I say's this,
it's
The sergeant took his family a year since i was in the dock. off, the friend took charge of year alaust to the day. (He
The luggage, and when the train backed in deposited suitcases on scats 10
reserve
41473,
informally
Then the friend went off announce in the buffet-that he had successfully completed his ruission.
ticket In
On the platform a fair-haired Seat with a platform his otherwise empty pocket saw the friend
NOT GUILTY. ... .. -
glanced at the reflectively.
court calendor
NO CARES
THAT'S all you I say?"
THE Scotsman slipped into the citizen at all.
want
As h
"Aye," "Unfortunately," saiki Mr Davies, "you've been a tremen- dous dridh on your fellowmen for a long time. Think of your wife und your children, You baven't done your Job
for yenes and years and years. You must go to the
County of London Sessions for sentence.
Edward
turned
ԱՆ. to not know a railway police had caught the eye of a slim, dark been watching him,
That your ense?" the police-e
the public gallery. woman in
winked at her und tosseri man asked, us the Scotsman, his head to show his storn for whose
Edward, nine was
his surroundings. She bleakly sountéreit towards the ticket- barrier to give up his platform nodded back and slipped away,
compartment where the luggage was, picked up a good looking suitense belonging to the sergeant, and unde olt. He did
ticket.
Edward
WES
arrested
und
brought next morning to the
Clerkenwell court,
where,
irst, he pleaded not guilty to a charge
of stealing the suitcase
and its contents. The case worl adjourned because the sergeant who owned the case could Dol
properly.
Official
Appointments
Ilc
The appointment of Mr B. F.
be present to identify li as his Slevin, Assistant Superintondom
of Police, to be Aide-de-Camp. vice Mr A. Pitterzirigh, Assislani Superintendent of Police, gazetted today.
"A235
.....QUILTY LITTLE later in the inorn- ink. Edward
was brought. back into the dock. He had
It was alto announced that changed his mind. "Guilty," he Miss M. E. M. Benham has been pleaded
Principal Almener, on now.
effect with went into the witness-box.
he
A
policeman
from
answer before Mr Poon Yan-hoi at the Supreme Court building in the prosecution against James Joseph Osbourne King, merchant, formerly of George Falconer and Co., Ltd, of Union Building, on a charge of fraudulent conversion.
Mr Silva was criticising the evidence given by Mr M. W. H. Seymour, a Director of Falconer's, in relation to certain contracts in the course of his testimony against King.
Jumes King, merchant, of 20; story, he goes ning to his out- Braga Circuit, is accused of ride friends and tapects these having taken $6,305.04 (A £400) records some weeks before 'com- for the use of his wife, Margaret, ing to Court.
November 17, 1950 whilst Director of George Falconer and Co. Ltd.
for the Pro: ceulion, Instructedpartment and finds all their
mex
11
re-examination,
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
7.30 T. M. Rig. U. 9. PH. ON,
Copr. 1913 by NEà Buen, B.
"Young man, you're not going to poke around in my mouth until I find out what kind of training you've had!"
HACKNEYED Alleged
PLAY, BUT
BUT Contempt
DONE WELL Of Court
The Full
Court
Sheaffer's
THE WORLD'S BEST!
LIBEL SUIT: TODAY'S HEARING
Dance Hall's
Business
1
Procedure Described
The procedure of business at the Lido Ball Room was described by a marker formerly employ- ed there, at the continued hearing this morning of the libel suit brought by the Ball Room against the Hongkong Tiger Standard in the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Scholes and an all-male Jury.
The ex-marker, Wong Shing-yau also testified that after August 1961 the proprietor, Dennis Victor and his wife, Pearl Siu, used to resell used table engagement tickets to Servicemen and Americans.
The subject of the complaint nothing to do with the editorial of bel is an article published or .news alde.
In the Standard on August 13, He said it would not be part 1851 headed "Seven Europeans of his duties to know anything beat up Two Chinese" in which about the law of libel and he the Lido was mentioned,
did not actually know that in The plaintift. Mr Victor, also certain circumstances a correc- claimed special damages for tion and apology were a good loss of earnings at $036.82 a day defence to an action for libel as a result of the alleged libei Mr Souza said he did not but this claim has since been know how the reporter Ng lett withdrawn froin the Jury by the Sing Tao but he had heard the Judge who held there was from that paper that Ng left m no case to ko to the Jury
on carly 1962. The action of the case,
Wong Shing-you ex-marker Defendants named are the of the Lido sald that he worked from March,
Tiger Standard Ltd., newspaper in the Ballroom proprietors and publishers 01 1040 to May.
1933 rst as a
179 Wanchal Roat and the Sing walter for six or seven months
Tuo Jih Pau, printers of the and then as a marker. same address.
Mr Jon McNeill, QC, and Mr Clifford, both instructed by
A. J.
WHY HE LEFT
Denying the allegation of the
Mr Alfred Y. Hon, are repre-o manager, Mr Li Shun-man, senting the plaintiff.
put to him by Mi Wright that he was sacked" for attempting Defendants are represented by to extort money from the cabaret the Hon. Leo d'Almada, QC, Mr Charles Loseby, QC, and Mr Siris, Wong sald he resigned from the Lido because he was this D. A. Wright, all on the
the
Mr
sary to deceive Zellemeyers Wa* nut produce As everybody the best sets I have seen respect of the proprietor | published on August 13 and al
cos Of Ipekdjians port
were
n
the
опе.
received a wage
writ was served. on the paper trance fee
$80 which
"You will recall he went to the Stamp Office and inspected A document to make The Hon. Leo d'Almada, QC, answers he gave were not con- sure the and Mr A. J, Clifford are both tradicted. He goes along to the Trade and Industry by Haulings aud Company. M. A. da 51en appears for the records
Mr
"C destroyed after Defence.
eighteen months. He then finds Resuming his address to the is safe to come along to the Court, Mr Silva sald that he witness box and say they are
Falenner's was dealing yesterday with the not
ilcences but gold transactions. He wished to Ipekdjians'. A query Immediate- point out shortly the position ly arose to give the lie to his these gold contracts, story. Could he have gone along regarding these There were at first two King to the bank with Falconer's Fook contracts, All the docu- leences in Turkdjians' game for ts in that matter pointed to the consigt nacal of gold? The their being Falconer's contracts, bank would
not have been a but the Prosecution, through Mr party to an irreguiority of this Seymour, would have the Court sort. He must go with Falzoner's
The Garrison Players opened of gold and Fal- their 1953-54 Season last night believe that they were Ipekd-consignment
coner's import. licences, but he
L | Jared contructs.
with J.B.
Priestley's Laburnumn morning granted an applica-instructions of Mr B. N. Cooper not satisfied with the pay. He "I showed you yesterday that does not want to say this.
Grove. It is a well directed
Wilkinson and Grist. the excuse given for the use of conceivable document that could every
play, for which we must thanktion by the Crown for leave
Luiz Fernando Souza, with lips would give him $120 the home was not probable, the be of help to the Prosecution-ley's decor is quite outstandingly writs of attachment
Hugh Turner.
Novello Hench- to apply for the issue of business manager
of the Tiger or $130. for Standard Lid. since the paper He said that excuse being that it was neves out they came. Yet they could good, and takes
table engage- ment tickets were $11 and dance started in March, 1940, said that tickets were $1.10 full advantage contempt of this im-
of Court in ail the
article complained
for two space available. It is Ilcence.
of was dances. If a customer brought New
continued Mr knows, several
one of coples of such
his own woman friend an en- Silva. "In
of King licences are made. the case
He could
on the ansteur stage. Make no and publisher of the Hung
at the end of that month.
of $5 would be "This man is 39
of 21 August 21. 39 years old,"
Fook in Hongkong, there was no have obtained another copy fold mistake, this production gives a Luk Evening Post,
Tickets were issued charged. sald,
to dec
"Did anybody draw your at- On the recommendation of the necessity
them, yet
good evening's entertainment, Banham Strand East, second deceive and there are eight
Ipekdjians. If he wanted to WHS
tention before previous
the name for Director of Medical and Health convictions, all
and I con recommend it to any floor, and its printer and
that writ was by Dennis Victor up to 9p.m. Seymour support his story, why did he used. mistake
served to said it was
the fact on als not produce it? I say it did not theft or fraud. They date from Services, the following were ap
that there so and Pearl Slu, would take Offeers
editor. part-a mistake which I pointed suit Seymour, as it was in the by the
over from Victor. In was something inaccurate spointed Food
They both 1944." He began to read details.
District Commissioner out Acting
was repeated time
But I must criticle the cholec and name of Falconer's Edward seemed to have stolen
The Court, comprising Ma that report?" asked Mr Wright. issued. the tickets and collect
ed the malicy. "Did Dennis Victor call of the Now again. Then it was also pro- for the purposes
play. particularly for an Justice T.J. Gould, Acting Chief
The tickets upón wherever something he could Territories Rules, mande by the positioned to you by Seymour
GREATEST DIFFICULTY
you to correct that report any at a table inside the entrance of were in books and were issued steal had offered. Now it
**Whenever
opening run. It is so hackneyed Justice, and Mr Justice C. W. Governor in
we require a Council: Health that because
time before the Ipekdjians
document
and the element of suspense is Recce, Puisne Judge, made had
or documents, Inspectors Ho Po-young
we and financed these gold transactions have
When not be served?" T:moved hnd the greatest
in conscquence. The order for the writs to be return- Leứng Tat-shing.
able at 10 a.m. on November 5. There is a warrant out
The witness replied "No" to they were entitled to treat them dimeuity in obtaining them from biggest laughs are gained, some- Other
both questions. listed as Ipekdiluns' deals and to keep Seymour. appointments
The whal naturally, by the allusionsi
persons concerneti are this man," the officer went on. were Sub-Insp. R. White to be
The Dao Hang deal
Yam Wu-fa,
Wong gald that as marko ho proprietor to life in the Far East. These publisher
NO DIFFERENCES He is wanted for the main acting
Was questioned Assistan!
sat near this table and kept a WOULD HAVE LAUGHED Superinten-
some ume are provided by Faith Butler and Fok Hok-lin, proprietor of the
the newspaper; Mr Wright: tenance of his wife and
Do you know record of the time spent by the before Ave
Messrs dent of
September
28, 1953. John Little, who do remarkably Golden Police;
"Incidentally, Chan
before I
any reason apart from this re- dancing giris at various tables I go on, Your Worship remembers that we Pwi-bon and Ho Man-kam
if Jimmy King had ever to
port for ill-will or any differ- for the $11 tickets. He had all Bridge Printing Com- well as gone issued a notce to the Prosecu-
the relatives and un- Sat #
ences between Dennis Victor and their names in his a to produce the various welcome guests of a quiet suburbany, of 21 Bonham Strand East,
He also book your paper? newspaper; and. Yam Tal-nin, Witness: There was no reason checked the $1.10 dance clerts various matters and also the pists them for their duliness,
marking off the names of the by editor of the Hung Luk Evening
at al.
We had no differences. iris actually on the dance floor- Post
We have However the family com-
“no-association: wh
danced past him, Me
as they, D. F. O'Reilly Mayne, them. We have a different tine placency (and the girl's popular love affair) is shattered application, sald the grounds of
un-Crown Counsel, who made the of business.
Once every ten days he would by the news that the father of application were that the three pany made efforts to trace the household personally prints on September 24, published or Sing Tao reports Ng Man-chiktheir tickets to Mr Victor who Mr Souza stated that his com- Victor paid the wages, sald the Lotal up the Bckets when Mr
witness. "The the money that keeps them all caused to be published in the after the writ was served but in comfort.
counted them, newspaper Items and particulars without
I then checked the Success Ng left
with my book and if there were Geoffrey
in contempt of Court, being Sing Tao Paper in early 1952. Cresswell 15 ex-
calculated
with to interfere
He said that
not enough tickets they cellent as the gentle counter-
the Sing Tao discounted from the girls' pay felter. He has mastered the art
the due course of justice in the Peper had the same registered case of the Queen vs. Cheng office but had a different staff because sometimes confidence
when the of inspiring
when moustache is a stroke of genius. demanding money with menaces.
min | Kwaf-yłu and Cheng Ah-fat in and management to the Stan- girls went out with customers the stage. The conncellon
with a charge of dard.
they did not buy tickets. On liked the naturalness of his
Asked by Mr McNeill in cross-pay days the girls received half examination whether he knew if the face value of the tickets performance, and also that of Lotta Page, his wife
one else was being called excluding tax." in the
TICKETS DIVIDED from the Standard to give evi- story. Elsewhere there is o tendency to over-act,
dence, the witness replied "No." The Judge wanted to know parti- cularly
Mr McNeill moliocablo
to how the $1.10 for two dances in Tina
referring yesterday's Laine,
as the daughter,
whether She
asked tickets would be accounted and must. learn not to move EQ
that the witness སྙམ
explained that each of violently and so continuously,
was
a fountain pen, now a coat, now cullery.
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children. In Scotland."
the
for
41
the profits.
entitled
of
where H-respect-to-the-Dao-
am
deal."
of
an
and
"Is he in work?" asked
the act as Assistant Registrars ot into the witness box and mugistrate, Mr T. F. Davies.
Persons; Mr C. Ingledew to be REFORMED
member of the Board of deal they
to you Ipekdjians financed the documents in connection with ban couple, whose daughter des- / round floor, printers of the
were entitled boen "He tells me he's
un-Examiners to conduct examina- keep the profits. I financed the docu 'employed for three weeks,"tions of applicants
transaction, for pilots badges officer answered,
tore "Before licences, vice Mr J. Moodle.
Jimmy King, I.
Mr S to keep
Silva azala referred to the the £400 shorthand notes of the question secret profit I made and I re- he had asked Mr Seymour in this mind you that King did finance regard anel the answers given by that. He borrowed $0,000 from the witness. Mr Peresipkin and he paid the "I suggest all this ring around Mercantile
Bank
with that the roses' answers were mean! - Jimmy King had
done for one
purpose to put me off, that, I can Imagine how
my frighten ne off, so that if I was learned friends would have got sufficiently persistent, enough, howled with laughter.
Why the document would not have should not the same howls of come out into the men, Fortune come from me whenately, I was suficiently per Seymour sald the same
sistent." about these gold transactions?
me thing
The hearing is conficing. "Further became a
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more
ridiculous proposition to believe Gen. Airey
when you compare it with the Dao Hang deal where there was
no financing done by Ipekdjians Visits Sekkong
His
hc.
is on
Radio Hongkong
ovidence
It was so
writ
Was
the
the dance hall.
ing issued they were kept in a steel box in the kitchen.
girls handed
were
both
JO
H.K.T.
Timo Signal and Programme because the gold was paid for by
Summary: 0.04% "Contact" A Realo Dao Hang in full by US dollar
Magazine for the Illaing Generation, polley of the Tiger Standard these tickets was divided into Excellency, the
with Com-
News, cheque three
Views, interviews, days before the mander British Forces, Hong-
WAB directed by Miss Aw Slan. two, une for each dance so that shipment.
1 Liked John Davey's sketch Rosemary luchards (Studio) With it Stories and Music. Produced by Also in the case of kong,
Witness replied that
there
customer could have Lt-Gen. Sir the Dao Hang, the gold was not Afrey, KCMG, CB, CBE, ar Paddy
Terence of the fellow-crook very much.
Reading by Denis McCarthy fiom
have been some mis-dances with the same girl hight Sheehan purchased from Zeilemeyers. It rived at Kal Tak Airport by attack as the sply boy-friend, Orchestra: 445. "Do you Remem. October 1952. In August, 1951, payments every ten days were
needy
"The Life of Nelson" more
by Robert understanding. Miss Aw did not one dance with two girls, Southey: 0.30, Paul Weston and its take up the appointment until was purchased from Ipekdilans' launch this morning, prior
The witness said that these in New York. Wherefore,
to though he shows great promise. Ber? the Fourth in the series of where was the necessity for the RAF Station Sekkong,
leaving for an inspection of the Bernard Fullerton plays the Programofe) 15 velthrate the alet Mr L. Z. Yuen was the general recorded by Mr Victor and ho use of Falconer's_name
Empire ut ali He was mot at the airport by
part of the Detective Inspector Anniversary of the BBC
Services London
"The Helay): 1.15.nager and concurrently chief continued, in Dao Hong?
competently, but with too great Talking about Hongkong by Dr S. Q. editor and directed the policy of tickets handed in by the iris
used
$1.10 But Seymour Fi/Lt G. Macconville, Flight-an gave the excuse I made a mis- Instructor, IIKAAF, Group Capt Margaret Bruce.
clement of Homict Davis and Rev. Father T. F. Hyan the
were torn up and destroyed. Mikecorded); 7.30, Songs from the
he paper. take in using Falconer's name. J.
Show Noel Coward" with Doris
So in August, From the $11 tickets the newer Mr McNeill: "This was
DSO, DFC weeks before he Commander
Hare. Darbara Leigh, and Jimmy 1951 It would be Mr Yuen's and cleaner ones were picked. started the first
Young! of these gold Tak, and Squadron Leader E.. Station, Kai
7.DU. Wenilrer Report: 8. responsibility to my what should out and the rest were destroyed. transactions.
Time Signal, World News and United Worship,
or should not be done about this Those picked out were kept "Your
by Mr Victor in a drawer of the understand how he can make a
cannot manding, HKAAF.
table where tickets were lasucts, mistake if his story is true. His in Spitfire aircraft training. Sir After watching IKAAF pilots
When a foki came to buy $11 story is that, the import licence Terence left for Sekkong in 0.1
ir the customers were for the gold was issued in the Auster aircraft pilotted by Fi name of Ipckdjian Brothers Lt G. B. Munro, who is attached Ltd.
Your Worship recollects
to the HKAAF Squadron in DECEPTION UNNECESSARY Sekkong.
that."
one
Mr Silva then referred the Court to the shorthand notes,
3. G. Gauntlet, Offee Com Hit
taken by the official steno- Attempted
grapher in the ease, dealing
with this part of the evidence, Murder Charge
He continued: "If Seymour is
they
for
Man
With Stool
Nations Report London Relay) 8.15, Munic
is served; 0.45. "Looking Black" presented by the British Council (Studio) . Music Lovers Hour Classical Requests presented by Curtis Mindsor (Studio); 10. Spiders A Feature Programm written
and produced by Nesta Pain; .10.30 Record
Round "You must not go around: 1030, Weather Report. . hitting people on the hend with ido News Reel (London Relay); stools, rald Mr Hin-thing Lo The Queen; 11.30, Close Dawn."
11.15, Good-night Mule; God Save Central this morning, when he fined a tailor $30 for hilling Kwan. Keng-hon on 'the head with a wooden stool.
A whistle blast brought * constable to First Lane, Wun
Wong Fat, 28, welder, of 10 Shan Street yesterday, where he Tai Ning Street,
the defendant Tsang Keo-
first floor,
by
zaw
telling the truth that were Ipekdjians licences. the import of this gold then how can he have made a mis- charged with attempted murdering, 22, laying into Kwan with
a stool. inke by importing on Ipekdjians was remanded three days licences and sciling in Fal-Mr LT. Morris at Central: this Kyan looked bewildered in court this morning when he was coner's name
to King Fook? morning, There was no necessity for de- defendant wounded two women;
The Police alleged that the asked why defendant assaulted
him. " Uon't know" he said. deption. Frankly, Seymour is acker
was additionally about the most audacious Har Wong Eau-chun, and Tam Sul- The tailor who has ever come into this mul, and one man, Chan Koo-bound over in $100 for one year, witness box. The audacity of hung on August 22 at 10 his lying is demonstrated har- Ning Stroot with intent ther by thiet whenever there murder them. was a possibility of an outside The enso will be heard record giving the lie to his October 20.
Tal
to
'What's Her Line?".Solution. HOUSEMAID London Express Horolet,
Charged With Wounding Girl
Wong Hennessy
action?
Has
Witness: Yes.
Mr Yuen
Jeft
the
Standard?-Yes In September elemen or Americans, Victor
1982 and Miss Aw took over,
APPROVED LINE
would give
him the Cana
the $11 ticketa
would give
As far as you know did Misshe kept in the drawer. If the Aw approvo of the line hir customers were not Servicemen Yuen had taken with regard to or Americans, Victor this action?--Yes.
him tickets from the books on Do I understand that Mr Yuen the table. This practice started is not available?-He is now in from August, 1951. Before that, the States. He left Hongkong to when the girls returned the $11 take up an appointment in the tickets I did not see My Victor States.
doing that. Pearl Siu also did the same thing."
Hearing is continuing.
A 71-year-old man.
Judge: I take it you moan Chl-hang, of 177
the United States of America.
Witness: That is right. Road, second, floor, inced 庭
Mr Souza said he did not know charge of wounding with intent to cause grevious bodily harm
Mr before
called who represented the Sing Hin-shing Lo at Central this morning.
Tao Jin Poo, second defendants Wong, who is accused
The privilege of Brkish Na- Wright Informed of
Mr having wounded a girl by McNeill that no one was being on the following by H. E. the turalisation has been conferred neme of Cheng Poschi at 177 called from that paper.
Governor, with the approval In answer to a further ques: the Secretary Hennessy Road, second floor,
of carly this morning, was re-tion by Mr McNeill, Mr Soute Colorless
of State for the Mas manded for three days, in Folice said that his duties as business (Medical Student); Miss Madred Ingo Horner custody.
manager covered various aspects P. Y. Liong (Midwife); Mr Det. Sub-Insp. G. Fergus is of the business side of the com- Thomas Go Kingtalguta, krown in charge of the case.
pany Jika penco and hades 8. K. Kong (Merchant)
whether anyone WAR being NATURALISATION -