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TOT many of the men
Nand women who stand
in the dock at the London courts seem ever to have had ambitions much beyond those simple ONUR of ordinary people-to be able to earn enough to eat and live and play, to marry per- haps and settle down to a family Hfe, to love and be loved.
Not much to ask, but than many achieve.
more
Darold almed higher than most who stand whire he did, In the duck at Bow Street 126
his kate terms, and The first years of his twenties (he is 27 now the world seemed full of promise to him, and he ment to do great things.
AMBITION
was plenty his credit. Since leav- ing schoul he had done well in hack, In the two jobs he hack
ALREADY, there
Scotland, where his home was When he came out of the Navy after his National Servic h frad in his pocket u "character" marked excellent."
Besides all this. be had G Wife and a new pretty young ambun to beetne a profes- stonal boxer and fight his way to the top of that tough profes- sion.
Harold did moderately well us
a boxer and he might have gone a long way in the business had something happened 1L
That wrecked his career entirely. flis wife left him.
HE
NEW ROLE
IIE was trained to take all kind of punishment, bui What kind he could not take, and from the day of his wife's de- parture. Harold censed prosper.
to
to
He wannered presently London a joined those who meera apoy the city living on to vull what they are plensed
army of
Their work-shy.
wila, the
the
other evening. Late the
in aide-streeta
Victoria Brouted station, twy policemen watched Harold in his new role, sheck- into the areas of durk, curtained, houses, on the look- cut, as it seemed, for unlocked doors and windows.
LIVING ROUGH
THE polier nude their arrest, and in the morning, at Bow Steet, Hamid, #good-looking, loose-limbed
pleaded man, guilty to lattering with intent lo steal from dwelling-houses.
"There are no previous con- victions, & police-officer said 10 Mr Bertran Reece, the magistrate, and he neatly sketched flurold's story.
Is there any reason why he cant work, is he able-bodied?" The magistrate usked.
"Yes, sir, he is. But he tells ine he has been living rough fer some time."
"What's the reason for this?' the magistrate sold,
"I
cut
UNTIL THEN
THINK he
was very up about his wife leaving him," sald the officer, under- standing In his tone. "Untit then he was pretty steady."
"What do you want to say about this?" Mr Recce asked Harold.
"I'm sorry," he said. "I'd no food, no money..." He looked dired out, punch-drunk by cir- cumstance.
"Well you'll find this acting the part of a potential burglar very unprofitable,' said the magistrate. "But you seem to have done well in the past. Are you prepared to work?
"Aye, I'd work if I had a job," sald Harold.
"You could find him a job, couldn!!
you?" said Mr Reece, to the probation officer whó nodded that he could.
TUESDAY, · APRIL 13, 1954. ·
Royal Standard Formed By Children
The Royal Standard was formed by 7,000 children when the Queen visited Wayside Oval, Adelaide, to see the children's demonstration. This picture, taken from one of the floodlighting pylons, shows the children in formation. — London Express Photo.
Man Falls 7,000ft From Plane To His Death
Singapore, Apr. 13.
1
A 40-year-old Chinese clerk, Cheong Chen, fell 7,000 feet through the air from a Malayan Airways Dakota to his death in an abandoned rubber estate in Johore yesterday.
$1,000 Fine For Gold Smuggling
Bound for Medan in Sumatra, the plane was 61 miles out from Singapore's Kallang airport when the incident occurred. The air hostess and other passengers realised something had gone wrong when a gust of air rushed through an emergency exit door which was open. A few of the passengers who sat near Cheong saw a pair prosecuting, told the of legs disappearing through the open hatch.
licence.
Revenue inspector J.R. Allen, Court in- formation was received that a Chinese woman, a passenger on air be saw something the ss Fatshan, would on arrival emergency from Macao, attempt to smuggle quantity of gold into the Colony,
through go hatch doo1,
An Airline spokesman said it gust of all happened so suddenly the other passengers had no chance of reseung the man, whose body was later found in
rubber estate abandoned South Johore, lying face down. A poller party found it half an hour after the incident reported.
i
wus
the
can
were
COUNSEL'S ALLEGATIONS IN WINDING-UP PETITION
(Continued from Page 1)
Seymour as individual share-King.
holders.
Fishing Junk Attacked: Man Wounded
An ermed junk attacked and captured A fishing Junk off Lin Ting Island, near Hongkong, last night,
Ono A profit
In
three present shareholders~Mr | iloalors in Hongkong. | Ipekdjian, Mr Seymour and Mr was made which was kept by Ipekdjian Bros, Ltd, and this "Petitioner was, I think I can transaction did not appear Mr Winter, oleo Instructed say, solely responsible for the the books of the Company, said by Mr Hammond is also repro-rehabilitation of this company Counsel. senting Mr J. B. Ipekdjian os after the war-that is set out in Both of these transactions— creditor of the company, an the petition-and he originally Bulova'a and Zeller's wero
chase cl sliares by Mr business, and Falconer's had acquired a very considerable goodwill in this type of business, COURT'S QUERY
Messrs Ipekdjian Bros. us negotiated for the bulk pur-directly in the line of Falconer's
creditors.
Mr W. K.
Thomson appears | Ipekdjian." for the Omeial Receiver as pro-
"AN AGREEMENT visional ilquidator.
As a result of this negotiation Before the case opened this an agreement was entered into morning, Mr Winter Invited his between Mr Ipekdjian and peti- Lordship "to unfortunate mistioner and this was set out in a jeading headlines that appeared letter from Mr Ipekdjian which in the local Press arising out of was attached to the petition. my learned friend's misleading opening yesterday."
tor
on
Mr Bernacchi said:
"We say that in fact of course it was easier to import things like these gold link bracelets in the name of. Falconer's thun it
might have been to import them in the name of Ipekdjian."
was not so easy
The petitioner after putting the parties in touch with each Counsel said that three docu- other was not personally con- Asked by the Court if ments were referred to and had cerned with the actual
sale could give any reason for the Mr Bernacchi taken the trouble which Was conducted through statement, Mr Bernacchi replied to investigate before saying that sollettors and was not aware of in the affirmative, He said These documents were being the exact price firmly paid for deliberately withheld he would the shares, Mr Bernacciti said.
to import a fairly large quantity of com- have found that they were pro- Continuing. Counsel said: "We mercial gold into the
Colony duced to his instructing solici-now come to the events which unless it was imported in the
'February 17 and that led there was no question whatso- ever of them being deliberately Unt!! withheld because they had been in the possession of the special managers for some four weeks. At the request of his Lord- ship
Mr Winter handed up A cutting of the proceedings re- ported in the China Mall yes terday.
Winter said
answer
whereas
crew member, who way chot in the phest, was released by the pirates,
The sailor, Li Kung, 33, was admitted to Kowloon Hospital this morning in a serious condition.
con-
The Pelica are dusting inquiries into the Incident
Counsel's
Appeal To Jury
Aa appeal to the fatherly
penting of this petition,
up ultimately to the pre-name of a reputable and well-instincts of seven men of
were
March, 1940,
Was
known firm who were known the jury in the trial against the to be properly dealing in that 46-year-old Clerk Tse Cho-
type of business because,
then character,"
to Falconer's."
origamily
RS
by Mr
Tho
was
Was
Q
petitioner was in nole charge of the Company but in that month am going to show your Lord-, on a charge of murder Mr Ipekdjlen and Mr Seymour ship at n later stage that this before Mr Justice J. Rey-
directors to firm 15 appointed
being used anolds, Puisne Judge, gether with him.
cover for large international made by Counsel for De shares by Mr Ipekdjian to the Jian Bros, of a distinctly shady his closing address at the The sale and transfer of the naancial transactions of ipekd-fence, Mr Percy Chen in
should have pet carried out but it is our NOT MISLEADING
been
Counsel sald that the business criminal session this morn- His Lordship observed that
was obtained case that from that time on- Mr Bernacchi made the allegowards he continually put off of Falconer's, so that I never was
W. 9. Cheang who was an employee ing. on that the documents were selling
and transferring these at any stage an Ipekdjian business deliberately withheld, and
Tse, a clerk formerly employ as opposed to Falconer's business, therefore the headline was not shares to my cilent."
In arawer to the Couri, Mr ed in the Hongkong Electric In the summor of 1940 the Dermacchi sald that Mr Chess Company, is alleged to have "I was not a carrier-it misleading.
Di have and made all the arrangements. that the petitioner
In the result, Couneri sald. Mr murdered Tong Yla-fook at No was my own gold," said 38-opening was misleading. It was away from the Colony, sald Mr Ipekdjian himself or Ipekdilan Bros. 25 Spring Garden Lane, first
Bernacchi, and Mr year-old Wong Shiu-chu, of said that the documents
Ipzkdjian obtained the full benefit of "what Boor, on November 9, last year. were and Mr Seymour obtained an were obviously Iarge profis on
He is represented by Mr Percy 115 Lai Chi Kok Road, deliberately withheld, where agency from the Bulova Watch teres fand profits gone
31 per cent Exterest had proflis gone Chen, Instructed by Mr H.A. Company. There watches in second floor, when she was
of the special managers fined $1,000 or two months"
for Falconer's name wer being sold Three or four weeks laster, a fur-Caine, and pleaded not guilty to
charge. some four weeks prior to the
Mr D.N.E. Rae, ther 1,000 ounces were sold in the the imprisonment by Mr
to various retailers in the Colony name of Falconers to a local Chinese Crown Counsel, conducted the Hin-
opening of the case. Counsel at wholesale factory prices. shing Lo at Central this sald he was not alleging that
bank, Counsel sald, The supplier in Counsel'aid that thes: trans- this case was spekjlan Bros. Inc. of prosecution. morning for attempting to
the Press misrepresented the
actions did not
Now York. appear in the
PROFITS KEPT
Mr Chen asked whether they books of the Company, "proper smuggle seven bars of gold case. It had been wrongly mis-
Once again this transaction did not (the Jury) could in the cir- hla Lordship, although ta represented
there we:o certain
appear in the books of Falconer's cumstances from which the into the Colony without a
ho added.
books which it was cont:nded and the profits were kept by what
have In
suffering the accuse to
Counsel would refer to as the Court
by Mr Upekdkian and Mr Sty- whether
Tekin organisations,
arbrought up their children in so Mr Bernacchi
had
mour were books of the Com-rangements for this business were commendable a manner. The been informed of this, Mr pancy In which certain referencze made by Mr Choang.
accused, he added, Was the "About the same time we have Winter said that it was 50 were to be found.
the matter of the Swan, Culbertson father of an under-privileged ordered that all documents US DOLLAR PAYMENTS and Fritz £50,000, Mr Bernacchi but should
but happy family. He sacrileed salt. be handed over to the "We say they do not appear
Explaining the transaction as he everything for his children, and In the proper books and pay-
aw it. Counsel said that it started even
while
suffering from special managers.
Mr Bernacchi sald that ment from the local dealers was by somebody in Manila, wanting his terrible disease,--opliopsy-ha after
money out of the Philippines and had worked and slaved to send the Court adjourned obtained in US dollars and
transferred to sumo ottier part of the solicitors discovered they taken over by this firmi of the world. were in the hands of the special Ipekdflan Bros, Lid,," Counsel
said. managers.
Falconer's Mr McNeill contended that it was said in open Court that they celved any profit on these sales,
the he alleged. hands of were in
So far as he could see it was solicitors. which have been annexed to Mr Seymour that Falconer's re-
His Lordship said that coples the case of Mr Ipekdjian and Mr Bernacchi said that he did not
THE DEFENCE intend to open anything which hu had no reason to subglanillate. It "My defence is that he suffers the amdavit and which were to (ceived
because the other side objected to the word profits
from epilepsy and that he was were made. Coun-muggled at this stage he would be suppiled to Mr Bernacchi were no profits
suffering from a fit at the time sald that
withdraw it but he would certainly not attached. That was Mr Ber-sel
It
be using it in his closing addres. the
he struck and killed face
the macchi's real point,
of it a somewhat Isha show that this money was deceased,Mr Chen said. Mr McNeill said that his startling proposition
brought by a ship's captain from the He was
"I do not dispute that the going learned leader's (Mr d'Almada)
to prove that Pippines to Hongkong and handed clear. The de- the sub-agenta for th: Bulova verte Mr Seymour," Mr Bernacchi deceased was fatally wounded or
further alleged.
that the
defendant attacked ponent would not have referred Watch Company in Hongkong Bersechi was going to show it, everyone
Mr MoNeil naked how Mr
in sight affidavit if he in- made certain very definite pro-was pointed out that the malter was that evening-or that it took to it in the
or anyone tended to suppress it.
ats on the factory, prices.
to be fried on affidavite and when On the correspondence, Mr In answer to the Court, Mraked what Mr Bernacchi's wit-
courage and strength of Bernacchi might have some Bernacchi sald that the aub- Bemacohi said merely formal pro- him," said Mr Chen.
nesses were going to any
to Mr Inspector "Bodle,
subdua Justification for alleging it and agency came under a firm duction of documents,
Mr Chen then cited the principal of operating capacity
outside tho Colony. Mr Bernacchi zaid What if Mr medical witnera, Dr. Yap, who had Counsel that he alleged, and his Hệ was going to show that MeNelli wanted the word struck out and positively that the accused did Lordship said he could
not know what he was doing at the there these sub-agents received com- at this singe he would agres to it.
Bir McNeill said it was not a quar Uma ho attacked
deceased. fore see nothing whatever in missions of one sort or another ton of the word. It was a state-
the Epilepsy was a sudden disturbance being asked to interfere and in from
no doubt that for two days previous to the attack, accused had shown all the symtoms of an epileptie. He. had picked up pota and pans and kancked illem together; he hadi taken his radio set out into the alteet; he had plcked quarrels for no apparent reasons; and he had acetised his wife of attempting to i polson him, said Counsel.
✡
Accordingly, said Insp. Allen. at 7am. yesterday the defen-
dant
Was identified
in the
A Malayan Airways spokes- man Bald there
three emergency hatches in the Dakota be opened aircraft. They individually by pulling a strand
the at of wire which releases a catch Customs Inspection Counter on fastening them. He said when the Yuen On Wharf, Connaught The pilot. Caplain J.C. Hut- the plane took off all the emer- chinson, Immediately
Road Central, and was searched gency hatches were closed. radloed Singapore control Lower for
by a female Revenue Officer. A police party found the body lying in a one-foot-deep depres- instructions when he was in-
Seven bars slon
of gold, each formed
The by the hostess.
made on the fairly hard
the weighing approximately Ove plane was instructed to proceed ground by the impact of as scheduled to Kuala Lumpur, gall A labourer, Ahmad Bin tacls, were found: one bar was where
Haji Hamid, who saw the body in the defendant's handbag, one officers police
hurtle down, Bald It wailing to question the passen-
crashed in each of her shoes, and four through the branches of a rub- gers and crew,
ber tree before hitting
bars hidden inside her body, the ground with a thud.
concluded Insp. Allen. The witness said he thought it Hostess Marjorie Wee said was a bomb and "1 for my that, as she passed Cheong after life". He stopped running after serving cofee to the pilot, the a few seconds when there was man asked her where the next no explosion and returned to the stop was. She said she told spot, where he found the body. him the plane would stop at United Press. Kuala Lumpur
and Penang. When she was taking some ica behind passenger sitting
of air Cheong, she felt a gus and.
Kaw one of the hatches open and Cheong, who was sit- ting next to the door, was not there.
was .answer were
10 0
GUST OF AIR
די
A Singapore architect, S. Woomer, who saw the incident, suid the moment he felt the
Southeast Asia Security Pact
(Continued from Page 1) French has convinced the Foreign Office that the whole situation is entering a new and more critical phase."
Because of this, former British opposition to a Southeast Asia security pack has been dropped, Marka continues.
wor.
This
But with the Genova confer-. ence between the East and West' less than two weeks ahead, Britain is still unwilling to take any hasty new decisions.
Up to late tonight Britain
unwilling was
to accept the United States plon for a nat The magistrate turned again declaration warning Red China
to keep out of the on was because such a declaration
might be regarded as
threat. According to one suggestion forward in London the now defence poct for Southcart. Asia would include
Britan America, Australia, New Zea land, the Philippines, Slam and Francoa three Associated Statou in...Indo-China, Cast Our Own Correspondent,
to Harold.
"I'm going to put you probation," he said. "I've no doubt that when you got a job you'll be happier than you have been for some time. You go and talk to that gentleman.”
**Thanit you, sir,” said Harold, and he went out, and there was lightness in his slop again, as there, “must have, boena, dow years back, when his @world. seemed so full or "promíss.
put
What's His Line ? Solution
LAUNDRYMAN London Express Berufce
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith
PAYING
“I don't think this bank is very courteous-bouncing
"two of my cheques last month!”
it
WOR in
hiz
оп
had
never re-
Wag
on
to his
his only son to Technical "US banknotes were smuggled School, and he gave of his best into Hongkong and US$184,000 nett in
famliy neles were paid over to Mr Sey. mour." Mr Bernacchi alleged.
Mr Chen pointed out that the Crown did not dispute the fact Bernacchi was going to prove that
that the accused because there was nothing in the petition about it.
epileptic
Mr Winter said that no doubt Mr
the
was
an
any way he saw no reason to Bulova on Bulova factoryment of facts that Mr Bernacchi bad of the brain, and he (Mr Chan) had
prices and we invite
do
50.
魏
to prove.
Zir Barnaochi your
said that he had that it is every intention of showing that in sub- certain other proceedings this fact even challenged of con- commissiontradicted by Mr Seymour when it
was put to him..
Hearing is continuing.
Bernacch! Incredible if even In his opening Mr. Bemisch Lordship to say anid that he would ask his agent receives learned friend Mr Wright to
on factory prices that no com- through the rather mission was paid to Falconer's voluminous documents that on the same factory prices."
of the
at
been a privato limited com-
↓
"APRON STRINGS" Counsel said that the agency agreement was not going to be produced. "You may see from the reply to our notice to pro-
| was not
Failed To
duce that these gentlemen are Rejoin Ship
In
"appeal to you to help this mon the same way that Inspector Bodle, in the midst of danger, help- ed him, by not killing in," Con- tinued Mr Chen.
The Crown cannot prove that the defendant had knowingly and with malice aforethought committed murder.
tion,"
COTT
existed in the case and also to address his Lordship as to such legal aspects that night arise.
GENERAL BURVEY But before he did that, Counsel said he would like to
apron give the Court a general survey sheltering behind the of the case, both the case for strings of a company called
"Defendant is not fit for legal For falling to rejoin their punialiment but for medical atten the petitioner and the case for Ipekdjian Bros. Inc. of New
ship, Bjarni Knodskov, 17, and Yoric those who in on capacity Q1
A man like this who has proved another were opposing it.
The only reason for not pro- bis 16-year-old shipmate, both himself under gimcult circumstances showed Danish seamen, were sentenced to be a worthy father of a family The first three pages
ducing that contract polition merely established that very clearly what agency com-by Mr W. R. K. Collings at the and to have fought all obstacle to give them a chance for beller than Marine Court this morning to all times this Company had Bernacchi mid.
was to mission
ho had himself deserves the oppor be paid, Mr
four weeks in custody or to such tunity to be rehabilitated." Ball"'Mr
when the This was
timo
defendants Cheri. In the nature of a part- because It was one of the few Maerak, or to another ship of the
an important caso pany
could return to the Maren
GRADUALLY RUINED nership concern.
cases where it was frankly ad-
"Insanity crest nearer, and carer Pre-war and until 1948 Imitted by Mr Içekelan and Mr same agents.
and gradually rdned· him," was carried on more or less as a Seymour that the agency was dants failed to rejoin the Maren Jury to give the accused recognition
The Prosecution sold that defen-thued Mr. Chen.“
"Mr. Chen then appealed to the family' concern, most of the obtained for Falconer's and shareholders were members of was contended that the Only Maersk which was scheduled to for his bravery, which was owed to the family, and then in late commission payable was
Fail at 12 noon on April 9. The him by society." ono 1948 Mr Ipekdjian purchased per cent advertising allowance usual notice to this effect was tended that the "Jury, had in the all the shares except those for sales up to US$100,000, said posted at the gangway of the case before them choice of only owned by the petitioner In his Counsel.
vestal.
The ship did not in fact two verdleta-guilty or guilty but own right, Me Bernacchi, said. .. “It is sai extraordinary state sall until 8 o'clock the
“Mr. Chen,” he said, “made (Itāl Subsequently Mr Seymour of affairs and it is one which evening. Defendants could not quite clear there, but for the mes came in as a director sponsored any with confidence that be located until on April 12 of God go all of us," pointing up by Mr Ipekalian and he held your Lordship will not be able when they voluntarily reported Bir Rae o stressed the impor
the evidence «ʼgiven be no shareholding at all until to accept without production of to the ship's agents. Jebsen & tame of
medical witnemer. March, 1950, when the petition that agency contract," Mr Ber-
Company, at 2.90 p.m.
TAIL. WAS, the first: that tha or transferred to
The Prosecution further stated accused suffered, a different type bim one nocchi said. ordinary share and one pre- Continuing, Counsel said that that the agents had made con- of one stroking. The mental freskalon' and thinking “tratenda of ference share on loan, Counsel In September 1940, Mr Ipek tact with the misster of the just movement, continued airBAR. Maren. Maersk who agreed to Later the jury returned 4-verdes djian And Mr Seymour purs The poutioner demanded these chased in the name of Fal- take defendants back on the ship of rusty but wasn and added w shares back in
In 1938, Counsel contr 22,000 ounces of com- when she returned from Bang. Further
* gommendation. went on, and Mr Ipekdjian, then mercial gold in the form of link kok on May 2.PN transferred to Mr Baymour .one bracelets from Zeller Mayer PERSONES of his own shares..
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Parcoders to a firm or bullion Wyndham Bireet, City of
Kini the "Colony of. Hou
Mr Bernacchi
is the positions, - - of
same
Mr Itaes for the Presscutida, con-
Le to the role
for-urnercyulajd