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JOHN CLARKE'S
CASEBOOK
A Ruined Christmas
There
Christmus
atmo- surrounded Daniel, where he worked. Gally coloured Christmas crackers rose in tiers above pyramids of tangerines.
Prefabricated Christmas pud- dings in white bowls, vast sacks of nuts, small crates of crystal: ised fruits, played their parts Ecene In the transformation whic
every year, turned the shop into a kind
cave of edible treas
Aladdin's sure.
of
The customers poured in with
CHINA MAIL
BREAD KNIFE AS EXHIBIT IN MURDER TRIAL
A bread knife, 14 inches long and weighing eight ounces was exhibited in Court as the weapon with which Chan Kau, 26, on trial before Mr Justice C. W. Reece in the Criminal Sessions this morning for the murder of Chan Fook, a former Royal Naval Dockyard employee, was alleged to have used to hack the deceased to death in a gang fight in Nathan Road-Argyle Street on the night of July 23 last.
It was alleged by the Crown that the original plan was for one gang to administer a "good thrashing" on another rival gang, but that during the fight accused (who was not a member of either side) was seen hacking deceased with a chopper.
reasonably einbornte orders; the Deccated suffered a number of Street and on approaching the wowunda including "scene saw accused hacking at errand-boys streamed out, hope-serious fully whistling carols and think-terrible wound on the
another man with a chopper. ing of Christmas boxes.
which the Crown said caused the death of the deceased.
The shop's Asistants enn
give the impression trived to
in the that there was nothing world they liked better than to be run off their feet by work.
'DO I PAY YOU?"
ONLY
NLY one
falled to
of the catch
neck"
Condueling the Prosecution is Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr, Senior Crown Counsel, assisted by Det. Insp. J. H. Høden.
Accused is defended by Mr Loo Wing-kan, on the instructions of assistants Mr F. II, Kwok, the pre-
Six men and one woman have
maj
"The Crown case of course is that the murder was committed with this chopper or a chopper like it," said Crown Counsel and exhibited a bread knife for the Jury to view,
The
ahoe black would further say that he saw accused leave the fight,
Ko to a bread stall nearby, take from it a chopper, and then return to the fight. volling gusty wind of good been companclied as a Jury,
Outlining the facts of the case, "The witness
would
say that humour. Daniel. He, while
looked Mr Blair-Kerr said that shortly accused then dealt these blows the others beamed,
loomy. They chatted amlably after D p.m. on July 23 last, on his victim with that chopper."
DRIPPING WITH BLOOD as a result of to customers, he answered In-Insp. Jones,
When the commotion wes ong telephone quiries with
message, proceeded to mong-
Chol over, the chopper which was:
rear Argyle They Street and Argyle selences, Daniel had not.
the Kwong Wah Cafe Street was recognised by the were not robbing the firm, he outsitle
a pool of blood in the mat say
The chopper as his middle of the street, Proceeding who ran the bread stall tripping with blood. was still from there to the side of Fite way
Prosecutor. It was Street, the Inspector saw a man, said the
at one con- fairly sharp
edge, supported by two Police
tremendous weighed eight ounces and was with stables.
the left side of his 14 inches long. gash en
The two persons who left Ho neck," "Do I pay you or pay at the
man was immediately Kafs
with premises
the desk?" the customer enquired. sent to Kowloon Hospital where deceased would say that after "Pay ine," said Daniel, and despite all that could be done they crossed over to Nathan
glum
syllables. They and clear con- the junction of Salicet and found by the Polite
wox.
A woman customer came up to Daniel and asked for two He stood by boxes of crackers. while she made her choice, and wipped up what she chose.
"That'll be 23s. 8.," Daniel sald
pocketed the money,
for
The
ti
.A moment later, Daniel was adm he died shortly after Road they were attacked
write out a re-
cailed to the manager's office. Crown Counsel mid that most Those crackers you sold just of the people concerned in the now, did you
ense were employed at the Royal ceipt in the usual way?" the Naval Dockyard, Stonecutters manager asked him.
Island, Accused was, however, "I.....er.....D-no," Daniel
rat employed there, stammered, He rummaged in his worried mind for some ex- ruse, but could find none.
A DECOY
THE police
оть
TWO HOSTILE GROUPS Evidence would be given that
the
Established 1843
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1953.
Galbraith SIDE GLANCES By
REG. U. & PAY.'
DOPE THT BY KEA FERYJEL MIG
72-19
"Dad's getting mother an expansive set of Shakespeare for, Christmas-she'll use them for decoration and he likes to read them!"
Correspondent's
Residence Burgled
of
Mr
The realdenco John Meoklin, Time_Life correspondent
Hong- kong at 35 Shouson Hill was burgled last night and wrist watches and two $200 in cash stolen. -
Mrs Mecklin said that when they #woke
this they found morning burglar had been in the premises. Her husband's taken fromì a kpit wa
wallet wardrobe and Wantaining
$200 extracted from it. Her own wrist watch and her inaband' wrist watch were also stolen. The thief abandoned the suit of clothing, མ་
Entry was believed to be through an open win- dow in the balcony,
Several burglaries have occurred in the vicinity in recent werks and tho Polico believe they have -been-commilled_by_the
out- side th
the Sun Wah Cafe. Lau would say he was kicked and hit across the shoulder with something hard. The deceased was also attacked and they both ran in different directions, Lau did not see what happened to the deceased after that,
Mr Blair-Kerr said that after there were two groups of people the fight Mak and his associates Stonecutters who did not met at Fa Kwal Village and the were called. The like one another. There would general import of their conver- woman "customer" Daniel also be evidener of ill-feeling sation was, "Who used a knife
The consensus a decoy, and nights on previous occa- had served had been
said the Prosecutor, making what was
technically long,
Ecemed to turn to the accused known as a "test purchase,"
of having A man named Ho Kal was as- and he was accused "Great sociated with one-group-and used-the-chopper-One-of- Next morning at the
same man. court, his friends included Sing Leung men was reported to have sald Marlborough Street
the deceased to accused, "Too bad you chop- Daniel, 兢 sad, small, scarlet kal, Lau Ylu and
the wrong faced man of 50, pleaded guilty person (Chan Fook), Mak Hei, ped
man tonight," Yau to embezzling the 239, Bd.
Leung Wal- and the accused was reported to Cheung-kong, He asked
others were have replied, "Yes, foo bad. Mr Paul Bennett, hung and various
was arrested Accused VC, the magistrate, to take into associates of the other group,
Jour Crown Counsel said. other sums,
daya later and made cautioned
the Police the evening of July 23, statemen's They, after they returned from work, answer to the charge. too, had been test purchases.
Mak
Hei, You Cheung-kong, A. post-mortem examination "WILS this man under sus-
Leung
Wai-hung held a dls on deceased was performed by picion, that these test purchases cussion and a plan was agreed the Police Surgeon who would Wert made?" the magistrate upon that they would give Ho say there were six wounds, in-
a "good eluding a terrible one his friends asked the poller officer who told Kai ankl
thrashing"
that him the story.
The neck" which was the cause of night.
death, the Prosecutor concluded. "Yes," the officer answered, reason they chose this particular
The trial is proceeding. that Ho Kai (who were under night
lived at 25 Argyle Street) was was one
party that night for the birthday of his daughter, to "That makes it all the worse," which a number of guests had
consideration two
75.
8d, and 05. 3d., which he had taken on other days,
"All the assistants
suspicion. This man
On
of the last to be so. Ho had giving been with the shop 20 years,"
sale the magistrate.
THE RATES DUE
"Hell
6615 employers
speak very
was
been invited. The plan
was that Mak and his friends would wait for Ho Kai and his friends to emergo after the party and minister the thrashing.
to
in
H.E. Inspects Scouts
DRIVING CHARGE DISMISSED
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BALLPOINT
РАЙ
RUBY'S
tip
SHEAFFER'S
Sailors On Trial For Alleged Assault
STORY OF ATTACK ON
TAXI-DRIVER
Accused of having assaulted a taxi-driver with intent to rob him three Commonwealth sailors
NEW
$1650
From the Filos
100 Years Ago
Highway robberies infrequent tal the
are not
mountain
passta on the mainland, especially towards
New
the
| Year, when Chinese employed in this colony are on the way home
to spend their savings among their families and friends,
An
stood trial before Judge J. Reynolds in the Vic-instance occurred on the 4th of toria District Court this morning.
The accused are Able Seaman Bryan James Stevenson, 21, and Able Seaman Robert Quentine Wynne Morris, 20; both of HMNZS Kanière, and Able Seaman Francis Vincent Hamilton, 22, of
HMCS Iroquoia:
aro
Stevenson and Morris being defended by Mr T. Shur lock, Instructed by Johnston Stokes and Master, and Hamil ton by Mr A. S. C. Comber.
De An application by the fence for Stevenson and Morris to be tried apart from Hamilton on the ground that there was a vital conflict
ная of interest refused by the Judge after beard. hearing the facts of the case given by Crown Counsel, Simon Li.
Mr
Mr Li said that just before i am. on October 24 Hamilton halled a taxi do take him and two Eltropeans a civilian cloth- ing to Happy Valley. The taxi- driver, Tang Kwong, was in- duced to travel from place to place in Happy Valley and finally to a spot Tai Hang Road near Here in the Jardines Lookout.
qulot of the early hours, it was Homilton stopped about 1,20 amer the taxi and the other men out. All of a
sudden one of Mr Thomas Tam in Central sitting in the back held on to Court this morning dismissed the head of the driver and a a charge against J.
none struggle ensued. The driver was Auslanet, of 0 Dodwell Mansions, assaulted while he was in the the Peak, of driving without due taxi and again by all three per- care and attention on Novem-sons, including Hamilton, on the ber 28 at Leighton Hill Road.
pavement after he had manages te break away from the taxl. Ho The chief witness ogathat was searched. He pretended to be McAuslan was - Chinese unconscious and cae of the two woman, Yip Mu-har, of 225 men in civvica thought he was Wanchal Road, who said that she dead so they went away without was driving East along Leighton taking his money.
Lee Hill Road and passing the Theatre at about 15 mph
Oh when the defendant's car, going at a spoed
greater than her own, had come out of Hysan Avenue and romaned he front left mudguard. then, She had lost control and swerving across the road, had come xxo slight collision with a tuxl coming along Leighton Hill Road in the opposite direction.
The taxi driver, Lau Tai, of 36 Lyamun Street, said that he had heard a crash and saw the wit- tess'a car coming across towards
ROAD BLOCK SET UP Mr Li said the Police were Informed and a road block was set up. Just before 2 a.m., the three accused were found in another taxi and as Hamilton escription sup- answered to pied by the first taxi-driver, the they were asked to go to Police Station, where they were questioned and made statė- ments.
this month, on the hill abova from Kauloong, for Chinese Sookupoo having been attacked and plies, who killed one, and robbed the
by eight men armed with swords
ers of their money and clotha,
of Four murderers are known.
4-hoona,
INQUEST
szufle
the
The complainant said he was
A Coroner's Inquest was held taking his taxi, No. 1797, back on Monday afternoon.
on the to the Shanghal Taxi Gorage body of a Chinese named Wun from Blake Pier after midnight Asheen, who was killed the pre- before going off duty when a|vious night in a. barber's shop bearded man in sailor's uniform during a
with Hoong halled him, near a Church In
his fellow-workman, Johnston Road,
about an opium pipe, The de- ceased would appear to have been the aggressor, but the other proving the stronger of the two,
tressic pushed him upon a bed, and gave him a kick in the stomach, from which he expired. almost instantly. The jury ad- tuned.
The complainant Identified Hamilton as the sailor with the
The case-is
proceeding.
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Colonial
enable the Acting
Surgeon to open the
body; and on reassembling next
forenoon, Dr Harland stated, after post mortem examination,
without
being
previously aware of the cir- cumstances, he, or
the
any other bean medical man, must have Elmer of posting
at a loss to defemmine the cause of death there being no rupture o: eternal disease, and only mark upon the body being a "Tour bruise over the stomach, Inches long, by half an inch mezno such a one broad; by no as under ordinary circumstances would have resulted fatally; but the stomach having been dis- tended with food, the shock had affected the sympathetic nerves to such a degree as to Instant death. Such cases, though are reported in the medical rare, books. The jury considered the evidence against Hoong A-hoong
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Friends, Not Enemies
cause
very meagre, and not sufficient. for a conviction upon a telal, yet recorded
verdict
Man- slaughter against him, as the
D
of
person indicated by the only wilness of the occurrence, Ho howover having escaped in the first instance, will probably re- main beyond the bounds of the colony, ce so out of the hands of the police.
NEW ORDINANCE
The Ordinance giving Chinese the option of setting civil uits amongst themselves as effectual- ly as in our courts of law, Is now passed, with a few altera- tions on the draft as published two months ago. The chict of these are,
the
reduction of the Assessors list from Twenty-four
accused The clothing of the
examined by the Police surgeon who found small blood spots, said Mr Li The shoes McAusland refused to festify in
worn by the accused were very the box but mako a submission from the floor of the Court, say muddy and evidence would be
that given
the Police, accom- ing that his front left wing had panied by Stevenson, went to a been damaged and that therefore place near the scene of the at- wivers had ecllided with hin
tack where they found the taxi- "Good scouts must be em- and also that if witness, had driver's torch on ground that
to Twelve, and the acting body elent and filled with the spirit been hit on the side, as the sald, driv
"If you
were attacked, from Five to Three, the Tepo on tho of scouting". His Excellency, she could not have continued was muddy and bushy. They the road also found a sailor's cap ribbon the Governor, Sir Alexander about 15 feet across
the ship of Hamilton. Grantham, said at the Inspection to the other side where the tax with the words MCS Troquels, you would call a Policeman, having both a vote and the cast- cap wouldn't you?" asked Mr D.ing vole powers conferred upon
him since the draft 'when he had no ribbon on
Ordinance of the 11th Kowloon Group Boy was coming.
appeared. It certainly seemed Scouts this morning, at Govern- Mr Tom, in Anding MeAusland went to the Police Station, All Benson in Central Court ment House.
not guilty, said that no blame the accused were then charged. this morning of a 12-year- strange that the president of the heil and that he opposed the old boy who was charged but that is no reason why a court was to have no voice in it; witness, Yip Mu- "Filled with the spirit of attached to scouting is to be thoughtful of har, but that it appeared the others, to want to help others, was an inexperienced driver. to unto others as you would want them to do unto you, and
service.**
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
6. Time Signal and Programme efficiency to be able to be of
6.03.
then ad-e Little Gold Shoe-An Children's Half
Entertainment for Radia based on
Сопровет
HUNT FOR
His Excelency congratulated MISSING BOY the story of Cinderella-written and
reduced by Francis Dillon (BBCTS): the Group on being the first in Bixio 650 Weather Reports 7. Time the history of the Colony to be
(London Relay); 7,15, "Box 200”-
of his work," said the policeman, "and he had an Accused, suid Crown Counsel, cxemplary Army
He was friendly with Ho Kai and and they are his friends, including Tai Yung- lives with his wife, and they are fai who, lived at Fa Kwal Vii-Signal World News and News Talk the winners of both the Prince paying 18s. Gd, a week on n
Inge. pre-war mortgage to buy their house. There are no children." "What do you want to say?" the magistrate asked Dantel.
To:On
His
the facts he saw no
stitches,
person in the condition of Tepo, the very lowest fune fionary, with whom respectable shopkeepers would not associate, should preside, or have any higher duty than that of, sum- moning officer and it spams not unlikely that the experiment nray fall through giving pre pondersting power to a person, whose
mikat appointment
and 48 therefore approved, mare or less influenced, by So much
60
application for separate trials with hawking without a and the Judge replied that after licence and resisting arrest. hearing
"Yes," replied, the boy. to grant the Defence's
"Then you must remember, to application.
Tang Kwong-hon of Queen obey the Polico-hey are your Mary Hospital, described the friends, not your enemies. The taxi-driver's injuries. He said Police need co-operation from that Tsang was conscious, but all the public, and that includes had bruises and lacerations shoe-shine boys."
The boy, who had been ac- over the eyes, one of these re- Westchester, Penn, Dec. 20,
Henhocused: of selling sugar enne in' Bert Gillett at the Organ (OB); 7,30, of Wales Banner, and the Carl-
Hundreds of volunteer search quiring two
Recreation Ground TOLD OF PLAN
Chinese Bongs sung by well-known ton Trophy,
ers, including five Boy Scout had a slight laceration on one the China
wrist. the
on December 20, was dismissed. Mak Hel. would testify that Chinese Singers-Lao Mo Halen (con-
troops, trudged through tralto) and Jan 04 (tenor) with Sir Alexander, accompanied woodlands and fielde today in a Dr Tang suld he also examin- on the charge of hawking with the goverment at his Plano Accompaniment by Moya iles, accused called on him
by his ADC, Mr B. F. Stevin, hunt for a 15-year-old boy mis- | ed Morris who had a slight cut a licens, but was incu sa scope is afforded for jobbing home that evening and was told Songs Introduced by Chow Nai
the arrange-Young (Concert Hall); 7.63. Artist of was met by Mr D. W. Luke, sing from his home. plan and
the Week-Pablo Cal" ('collo); Announcer Choice Hudson,
County Commissioner, Mr.J. A. Commis- Organising
The missing boy, Neil Rey- that day, Cynthia Nixon (State): 8.30, Cariat About 8.10 p.m. him. "I'm extremely sorry," he
sioner
and Mr J.. A. Ozorio, nolds, left home with his pet whispered, and, as if sensing with the exception of Mak Hel, mas Concert by the Crescendo Chorus
rand. by Chao Mel-pa Concers District Commissioner. His Ex-dog on Saturday morning on a
end? A Talk on ra by Bean 0.
Inspected OVCT 100 hike. His family reported him After the inspection, missing last night. ordain (BHCTB), Record Rescouts. view presented by Curtis Hindson Mr macoded): 10. Palace of Varela Scout. Master of the 11th Kow-searched all night in low ten-
Sixty time produced repest of laat Thursday's Broadcast the Governor and conducted by Emes Longate loon Group, led the cheers for perature and the hunt was con- menBBCTS); 10.230, International Cabar
finued by other volunteers this com-PADOS Night Club, Madrid:
morning United Press. Carmen Cavallaro 10.50, Weather
Relay):
Danlei fought to white collar of the
words out. His semi-stiff-white seemed in danger of strangling ments to meet.
Choy Sing-pang, Group
that was not enough, after nj accused and Mak's associates Halj; 0, Time Bignal, Myth or colloney
accused pause went on: "I realise I've met as planned and thrown away everything I've was heard to say, "You fellows The go on first." Mak who arrived worked for all my life." trouble was, you see, the rates later went on to Argyle Street
Evidence would be given were due, and I'd no money, BO
to how
of this group Ho threw up his hands,
themselves out. despairingly.
"Our courts have always dealt sitting at food stalls, others
FI
spread
་
Goodnight Music; God Save. The
Heavy Accident Incidenco
"Berlio, Did":20.
volunteer
firemen
an
SPOKE SENSIBLY Cross-examined by Mr clock, the doctor said he did not examina Morris for alcoholism. Morris did not-give him the im pression putoring from a
hangover".
spoke sensibly
Pretended He Was Was Woman, Allegation
cfticor
and clandestineness, that to gat will be stronge abrasion over the left shin, This or one day for trying
If even be The was very superficial and judging away from the Folice who had Hillor can prevent them. from its size, half inch arrested him.
prestling
shotad either square, it should not have bled
be appointed directly by the Government, or, what would much, but there were signs that it had bled.
be far preferable, chosen with- out control by the people them- to confer such Judle Delves; but to clat powers on the Teps, an omeer neither altogether elect- od mor polecitd, is something like making a parish beadle. chairman of Quarter Sessions, To all appearances, 20-year The Legislative Council and was co-operativo.
other Ordin- In reply to Mr Comber, the old Ma. Kwong-hel, resembled now hatching
a: women
as he stood in the ances relating to the Chinese. doctor said
ho did not notice Dock before Mr H-shing Lowhich, from what we hear of the smell of alcohol on Morris at Central
Magistracy
this them, may be open to similar. breath and he d
not examine
morning. His hair was longabuses. and bobbed, and he was dressed. Police Surgeon, Dr T. C. Fang, in a fashionable pale-blue aid he examined the clothing pyjama sult, similar to those the other men for alcoholism.
army and of the taxi-driver, and the ac-worn by amaha,
ActionTM Against-
Guerillas...
Seoul, Doc.. 21.
Rhee's Warning
at 10.45, ands forces, the Key severely with embezzlers," said various other vanlig in Hontecorded London Renal NET, Red Officers the magistrate. : "You, will go, to the vicinity of Ho Kal's
sidence. prison for six months."
Deceased together with Lau Queen; 11.30, Close down. Danial reeled and they led
Shoot Soldiers woman, Lom⋅ Ng. him off. He, who had been at Ylu and a
Been to leave Ho Kal's odds with the season, would was spend the rest of it in a prison house and the wafting men fol- cell. And his wife? She would lowed them along
Argyle
lon Burgau Westie today that National Defence announced to The anti-Cermunist Informa The South Korean Ministry of be on her own this year, with Street.
Mr Blair-Kerr said that Yau only the worry of the unpaid
Soviet officer shot and killed day that the joint would say that he Cheung-kong rates for company.
three Soviet armoured fored police anti-guerilla force operal-ceed. The driver's shirt was Ma was charged with oblain- a man believed to be the
or .at
Seoul, Dec. 217 kartades in ing near the guerilla bastion of stained with blood of Group Bing money by false pretences, secused hacking at a number of
Schwerin.
shorts had small blood when he married? a Chineso #President Sydgnion Nhéó: sald perrons. A shop. black would
of 1953.
man, Leung Chi-hung, by false here today that if the unification also say that he mw' n com
Deaths showed an increase of between officers arx, soldiers w
Page 90 plays after the convening of motion at the corner of 5 17.7 percent over the same began when drinker poklook The announcement sald Gove the shirts of the other two had The charge was road out but a political conference, this
cpp had thin blood stains and women. Young Chol Street and Argyla
berto last year and the injured offer knocked down a soldier.ernment forces captured 29 small spots of blood, but all no pica was taken. The defers coluntry will have to go to the han | were 31.8 por xml fugher. The soldiers comrades came rifles and one mortar, เ
were: Inaumclent for grouping, dant, was remanded three, days succour "and" rescue """of storying Printed and published by WILLIAM ALIÇK GRINHALE för The speed limit was abolished his aid and the dulcers opened The anti-guerilla operation The trousers of these, nien had in Police custody for further fellow countrymen in the north. and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-8 in Wost Germany last January, fire, the Bureau" said.--United
enquiries began on: December 1.Router.greenish-brown, dirty, patches. Picas.
Reuter Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, I —Reuter,
'What's His Line ? * Solution. -LAW STUDENT-
· London Essters. Service,
Bonn Dec. 20. A total of 2.952 people
wer killed and 80,034 Infured in 110,398 wecktints in West Ger- many during the second quarter
ཚ
4
Chiri. mountain killed 18 and and
las in the past week.
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The Bureau esid the clash Captured 12 Communist guer!! pitoni sullor trousers and ly pretending that He was a of Korea had not been achieved
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