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MURDER TRIAL
Witness
Trying To Forget Sobs Giving
NOR three
FO
Trouble
To this,"
had
Evidence
Tearful evidence of iden- yours Eliza- seems absolutely no reason at all both was JE. She was husband is in a very good poal-
detective said. "Hertifying the body of her in her middle-fifties, and her ton,
younger sister at the Kow- and there was no reason filmens drained her of much for her to work, except to take
loon Mortuary was given off ali Mat mind of her strength,
when hearing of a murder But evenner
happened."
trial continued in the more damaging than the ill-
ANOTHER TASK the doctors at] PLIZABETH'S
Criminal Sessions this morn- husband, ness, which
darki were
puzzled, pleasant looking ing. grew up within mun, came into the witness-box her, that in reality she was
Inst defeated, fears that
[
told the chief magistrate
about his wife's iness and all
suffering from iL disease her fears. Str Laurence asked many times worse than that Elizabeth what she had to say. which afflicted her.
her
Elizabeth's feurs preyed 40 much on her mind that nerves went to pieces
Her husband, who knew the truth, called in three specialiais, one after the other, to try to convince his wife that now that the old trouble had been cleured up nothing led her,
'TREATMENT * QUT B
great
the usauronces did hardly any thing to stay Elizabeth's terror Her nerves became so bad that she had to go to hospital for treatment.
There, when the doctor had done their best for her, Filzn- beth was told: "What you must do now is to get yourself some kind of a job, something to take your mind off all that has hap- If you do that, you pened. should be perfectly all right."
Elizabeth left the hospital, At the age of 50 she took a job as a shop assistant in a chain store. REWARDED
ELIZABETH
well enough,
4.<
JELT und
work she
found it harder than the young- er women and girls did, to be on her feet all day,
she felt well rewarded by the effect the "realment" was having.
Then the other day. as the store's manager passed the counter where Elizabeth served. he saw hor accept a florin from a customer and Instead of pul- ting it into the till, stoop and slip it into her shoe.
A store supervisor Elizabeth's action, too.
the
had scen He and Lowards
manager moved
"Will you come
Elizabeth.
the office," the manager said.
UNSAFE DEPOSIT
IN the office he told Elizabetis
what he had seen. He made her take off
Four her shoe, florins rattled out. Elizabeth nd- mitted that they should all have
Into the tif). At Bow Street next morning Elizabeth,
motherly-looking
Rone
10
little woman, pleaded guilty two charges of embezzlement of one sun of 25., and one of os.
The police told her story. Sir Laurence Dunne.
There
"Only that I'm dreadfully sorry, she sobbed.
"It's very sad to see a woman your condition-and by that I mean a woman in your social sphere,
standing where
Laurence
si ta
זול.
you
Saung here, I'm always having lines blamed for lapses. Quite frankly, I don't believe it.
4
"In this case, there's not much done, if it doesn't happen, harm again. it does, it will be very serious for you. You must pay 408. on each of the two charges.
"Yes, sir." Elizabeth gasped. She walked uncertainly from the dock, her husband following to settle the Bnes, and comfort Ler. Augile A lay ahead of him; there was something else. this morning's ordeni, that his
Chak Foon carrying a baby on her back told the Court be- tween Bobs that she saw her sister, Chak Lin-mul, every day during the month preceding her death on August 1.
ne-
Witness told Defence Counsel, Mr T. L. Yang, that the cused, her sister and You Cheung-fat (who also met his death at the same time) were bot
ou bad terms.
On trial before Justice Gregg
Fung-lum, Chu
27, rattan worker. He is alleged to have murdered Chak Lin-mui, Tal Hang Sal Village, Kowloon in the early hours of August 1 by chopping her to death.
521-
Mr J. Bodilly, Crown Counsel, is prosecuting, assisted by Div. Det. Insp. D. O'Brien. Accused is defended by Mr Yang, structed by Mr D. Szeto Mesars Brutton and Company
NEGATIVE TEST
of
The first witness this moin-
wife must be helped to forget. mg was Det. Sub-Inspector A.
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C. Koh, aliached to the Identi fication
Bureau. He said ne out carried
a lost for finger- printa
a chopper (court exhibit) but found no Anger- The reason prints on it at all. for this, he stated, was that 120 surface us well as the handle of the weapon was too rough to take prints.
PC 1481, Kwok-hing, L attached to Shamshulpo Police Station said that ho panied
1202 Police Corporal another and
constable 10 88 Sai Sul Lane
4.30 at about .m. on August 1.
Accused who was standing chair was taken into beside custody. Lying nearby was a chopper.
Witness said the Corporal then handed accused over into his instructiona 10 custody with esution him. After he had ad- ministered the caution he said the accused made a statement saying, "I did chop two persons to death. The girl was my lover six months ago but a month ago she turned to love another boy That is why I chopped her to death tonight."
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berned
Sar
has.
"Curious
Chinese testimony" about ho Chinese in
Australia, Some
0:20, in noticing the
madnesa methodical
Port Phillip
Health Inspector Chan Tai-yiu, 25, of the time Urban Services Department, was acquitted by legislators and District Judge Reynolds this morning on charges of corruption.
two chinco
bribo
nonsenso опо
The two charges against Chan intention of the second alleged that between November i story was part and parcel of and 30, 1934, accused coruptly the revengeful trap. received $20 tom Kwan Kan Mr Silva called it a piece of 29 0 reward for torbearing
unadullernted 10 sheer, duiles propuriy in that for a cat's carry out respect of 12 Canal Road West, ground floor, and that he allegea- ly received $200 ots June 20, 1955, rom Kwan Kan for the same purpose.
Chan received
ash tray, man would have demanded $200 and the other would have been willing to pay it.
of tho newspapers of regarding the we mentioned 09 an that unaccountable absurdity, It was alleged the hordes pour- In ing into the Colony were fact Russian Agents, despatched by our ever-watchful and all- absorbing enemies to prepare for their pouncing down upon the country. The immigrants
consequentcat
concluded mcasura
Were
10
bo in
Tartars; and sineo, We have observed that term, and
Manchu and Mongolian, indiscri minately appled to them. The of this has at length explanation n
roundabout come, though in a the
13 Wo for way; nobody here, so Was
know, having
tho noticed evidence taken from the San
of the
He concluded that If it were possible that the version given The Prosecution alleged that by the accused might be true, even if the Court were the money for then not issuing a summons and or not convinced of its truth.
of the les told by not pulling down a cockloft of view
complainant, the accused Kwan Kan's poultry snop.
Mr J. W. D. Hobley, Crown entitled to the benefit Counsel,
and Mr doubt and to an nequitial. prosecuted
Mr Hobley in his address dia- M. A. da Stiva represented the
missed the idea of
от д
trap. accused.
comolainant, Kwan Kan, not the type to think of such e which involved him play- Trap Ing a double gume
with the Anti-Corruption Branch und with the accused. He was still less the type to carry it through, he added.
In his closing speech Mr Silva alleged that suil nolders of the Carl Road Marke, inig a trap for his client because they thought him a partner of a com- peulive meat shop which open- ed very near the Market.
DEFENCE EVIDENCE Further evidence called by the defence, was given this morning Jass after an adjournment from Thursday.
Mr H. F. G. Chauvin, Lob- our Office, tesitled that the ac-
from 1948 to 1963.
very
The was
After Mr Hobley's address the Court gave its judgment.
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
Programme
6. Time Bignal and The ac-
Summary: 0.03, Stock Market Ho port; 8.8, Jummy band's Scottish Country Dance Band; 6.30, Adven ture in Musia. "Hello, Young Musie Lovers". Three illustrated Talks by Bir Malcolm Sargent. No. 1: "What
At the annual general meeting of the Hong-cused worked in his deparment kong Realty & Trust Co., Ltd., held this morning | cused was honest and reliable, eileent it was revealed that the company's subsidiaries had hardworking and
and there were no complainta
work. doubled their contribution to the profit and loss
his
The accused against on two occasions reported irTC- account by way of dividends declared.
gularities of the staff
to him A house-wife, Hau Foon, The continued strength of the property mar-
neighbour of Canal Road Mar- ket was also commented upon.
ket, who had lived in the arca for over ten years, identided the complainant, Kwan Kan one of the poultry stall owners there. She said that on the Dragon Boat Festival last year all the stalls in the Market had a cheap She was sale for three days. told that this was because a new meat shop had opened nearby in Bowring on Hota and was seli- ing meat at a cheap price,
shares.
pon
4 total of 1,714,326
of building aide there is
for
to
a sub-
In his closing uuress after this evidence, Mr Silva sald that although it was not on the ac- ensed to prove his innocence, ne had gone long way to satisfy any Court or Jury that his story was a very supportable version.
INCENSED
the
com-
**The
Music?" (BBCTS). ments of Western Music". Viola" A Short Talk by Jeremy Nobe recorded from Londonard movement: Presto (from "Halian Concerto la ♬ Major") (J. B. Bach) Lensa Maanta (alkabati kerty Weather Report; 3, Time Signal and The News London Relay) 7.00. Commentary (London Helay or Special Announcements; 7.15, Fieni Hearing" presented by Alex Borgia *In- (Studio); 745, The Naturalist,
Maxwell Knight. troduced
REDIFFUSION
Arnold
Francisco Chronicle in the Mel- bourne papers of the ime. Here It is, however-A rich spesimen of the roguury of a vagrant Chinaman, swallowed na gospel by a Government Commission,
"WAGGISH ORDER" Howqua, the witnes, was probably taken for ono of a family of reputation in Europe as well as in China; but whe- ther or not ho be of the "Chinese rebel order," he cre-
is of the Chinese waggish tainly order; and was well aware now very far he couja, prossoły to
his own promote
enas, work Tartar upon the
hauucination
of his exam.ners, knowing very well that not a single Tartar has emarated either liom No. 4 or No. 6 Lutrict, "outsion Canton," and that probably there is not one inaiviausi or the race in
Austraila. Not
Not withstanding · all thus, Mr Howqua's ovidence is vadily amusing to us, though: the Commission would seem to have treated
it' very gravely. The characteristics of the two races, · · the best being after all "rather stupid" the evasions of rather stupid questions the hopes held out
bicsson** et being Chinese females
such as Call":
forala can boast of the notions his travels have turmushed hum with on the polytheism of China being "allo samé England"—ine assertion
the
Emperors were Tartars, but the present one is a Chinese, who
anuelids to carry on one, brotherhood and open the country to all-and Lastly,
the pictured felicities which money can secure in
China, prove that Mr Howqua knew the mon he had to deal with.
missioners from
Mr G. E. Marden presided at On the debit aide there now the meeting which was attended appears the item in respect of by the Hon. C. Blaker, Messrs J. taxation which in previous years D. Clague, J. L. Marden, R. P. was shown in the appropriation Moodle, J
account. L. C. Pearce (Direc- tors) and
The sbareholders
repre-
appropriation account in-.
"Seals" Humphrey
Rower and Dr senung
corporates the Directors' pro-
Lee Harrison Matthews: 8, Inter posals which include a transfer
national Half Hour-Germany: 8.30, Starlight Serenade; 9, Tano dizuASKĀJ In his statement, which was of $250,000 to General Reserve
introduction to Variety Parade. By the proposed
dividend and printed and circulated to share-
Head of BBC Transcription Ber holders, the Chairman said:
which, at 18 ecrits as before,
vice (BBCTS). BBC Variety Parade. Arthur Askey in "Mailo, PlaymLOS The strength of the property will cost $200,000 more this year,
(BCTs);
that 3.30, Musical Notebook which market
Was
commented being payable on the full issued
presented by Rev. Father TJ. upon in my remarks at our last
One last capital.
(Recorded); 10, Ryan S general anual
meeting has In the balance sheet the fixed
Night Stand. Woodchopper's Bali- ADCI'S EVIDENCE
Woody Herman and nia_Orchestra: Mr A. F. Cochrane, Assistant continued to be a feature of the assets have been increased by
Colony's
activity
J. Riley trading act
10.30, Britain Binge. cost of the purchases and the Director of Criminal Investiga-
Festival Choir (BBCTS); 10,45, Bau- even the restriction credit which I have referred and the
sido Book. "Uncie Bilan by tions, Kowloon and New Terri-
which has affected the security amount in current assets. duo
Bheridan Le Fanu, Head by Cynthus tories, told the Court that upon
Nixon, market has made little impres
Episode impres-from
17 (Recorded); Mr Silva said ubeldiary companies re- receiving a telephone
cali he
ho sion + either
10.00, Weather Report; 11, Time upon demand
or flects the "advances made to plainant and his colleagues in signal. Hau News neel and proceeded to the police post at
the стро
Mortgage. On the the Market were incensed over London Ralay): 11.09. Village where operations.
Goodnight Tal Hang Tung
New
Possibly, however, he found properties As
the opening of the meat shop in Music. God Save The Qusen; 11.30. ho #W the accused in the they
that more reliable information; become available
Clono Down. increase in the figure of Bowrington Road. In 15 years charge of
of which there are some speci- a corporal. From
occupation are
being let, how-benk advances whilst the ge- no other
shop had opened so there he went to the premises in ever, at somewhat reduced
ederal and depreciation reserves close 10 the Market, They inspector question
O'Brien
330 p.m. Freddy Martin Showmens, was not equally well re- ceived, and, very wickedly, he rentals and there has been a
Murray are increased by the transfers thought the matter was done un resturing was already there.
Mary | MY
would not extricate the Com- falling off in welcome
the from appropriation account. On
fairly and that it would affect grin and the Marun Man: 243. hut entering the
the mud in Its Mr exaction of key money under
Bleak House-by Charles Dickens, their business. The report and accounts were
The
complainant Cochrane said he saw the body various
Tune fenderyous-puter which they waded in approach various guises. There
are approved on the motion of Mr approached the accused, the man Concert Favourites: 230 Vocallying the subject of headmen and a man lying in the courtyard confirmed reports of a very in G. E. Marden, seconded by the of a
who frequently vislied the Yours---Populer, Songs; 448, Donner There were extensive wounds on portant transaction in the cet Hon C. Biaker.
hwules. Hood 11.
shop, and the on Dumetrius: 5. Children's Cornel- Blood
Bowrington Was all over the tral district which, if confirmed
Conducted. 2y. Aunisu. Vai;.5.20, Pro- LETTER TO EDITOR place and
story circulated that the accused the body was
Bud) grassava Jazz Music in The Modern in all its aspects, will not only
was a partner of the shop. The danner Band Call-Featuring the saturated with it.
set new values but will, bo of
On the proposition of the complainant was sent to see if Music of Ted Heath and His Orche Witness said he next crossed considerable beneat to the Chairman, seconded by Mr he could stop the opening and stru. 6.18, Mirthday Maltbag: 6.15, over to a small room and there Colony generally.
R. P. Moottic it was
Musis Maestro-New Raisanos of old presented by Jerry saw the body of a woman, also Your subsidiaries have to pay a dividend of 15 cents when the reply was "No," they favourites
thought it to carry out A Lewis; 0.45. "Shadows of Doubt-- bearing extensive wounds. joyed a successful year, their per share on four million vengerul trap.
Presented by Colgate-Palmolive Later he
Company:17, Timo Signal and The and Inspector contribution to our own profit, shares, absorbing $800,000; to
Mr Suva said that Kwan Now, (London Relay); 7.09, Weather O'Brien returned to the police and loss Account by way of transfer to reserve for deprecia- Kan's dental that he know any- Report Announcements and. Inter
post where they took accused dividends declared being exactly | tion and amortisation of thing about opening of the new lude: 7.15, Necchi Sewing Machine back to the Station.
double that of last year.
property $280,000; to transfer shop was an obvious lio because Italy: 750, Coke Time-Starring Programme-Featuring the Mual of Mr Cochrane said he was Harriman Realty Co. Ltd. has to general reserve $250,000 and the preparations for the opening Ernie Fisher with Axel Stordahl's present when Inspector O'Brien further developed its architecto carry forward $254,138.
took some time charged accused with
and he could Orchestra and the Merry Kay Tho the tumul side and its depart
all
Mesurs J.
Pearce, L..
745, Ralph Flanagan and his Orche- not fall to have noticed this. murder
sira; 8. Personality Panace Maurice of. Chak
Lin-mul.ments are fully and profitably R. P. Moodle and the Hoi C.
His denial was borne of a | Chevaler; B10, Malachrino. Musicale Accused - mado a statement in occupied. Its own subsidiary in Blaicer, retiring Directors, were
**Proseslack..by Cadbury-727; 8.00, guilty conscience. reply.
Singapore, however, in addition re-elected to the Board on the
Pasing the Buck-Conducted by Mr Silva went on to point Profesor Dimple with a Panel In Hearing is continuing.
to suffering somewhat from the proposition of Mr K-B. Allport,
out what prevailing uncertainty in that
he said were duding Jerry Lewis Stephania Tyler, seconded by Ms T. F. R. Colony has not made the general Waters.
deliberate untruths in the com. As Brillon, and Paul Du Tall: # The Bavoy - Operne-GilberE and progress we had beped for.
Messrs Pent, Marwicic, Mitchell plainant's evidence.
Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance" Corp. Ltd. has been able to put
Oriental Mortgage & Finance & Co., were re-appointed audi- It may be that there were
Performed by the Doyle - Caris all | Opera Company · with Chorus and various tore of
explanations for the company. This won
Orchestra under the direction at to antiafactory use all the funds
these floo, he said, but if the
Isidore Godtray; 10.30, Murder at we can provide tory it, thus con- Proposed by Mr J. D. Clague Court were trying the defond="| zeidnight Episode 9 **TI Desi
seconded by Mr J. L.
WOMEN FIGHT
OVER WATER
un..
APPROPRIATIONS
Mardes
and the trend which "I in- timulang dicated to you as existing last year.
AQUISITIONS
Six women appeared before Mr Hin-sbing Lo of Central this morning for Aghting over, the distribution of water. They
There were again no sales of were dined $25 each, and bound bur properties during the year, over in the sum of $100 for but I have to report the import- ant, acquisitions of Thorpe
one year.
Chuna 47; Kwok To 20 La
attractive.
resolved,
ABERDEEN FIRE
A wooden hut at 11A Island ́Road, ·. Aberdeen, used as a
Bir --No Totice whatever seuns to have bean taxed by Bir John Bowring of the communication te s of Erd Dctober, about the person employed as, Pulls Court terpreter, and I therefoća bez to sád to what was then stated with regard to the chaige, id: perjury bright gainst him, that item davidumi in question to the maɛn who was mixed up, with the A of Exchange affair some two years go the particulark of which illis easily learT.......... DY Escombency cen prying to the Police. Superintens I`should' wish ‘also to maction thé another.... Chinese, in the Magistrate's Office, soezised a short time ago of wing permissives Uto, preveni a poor widów: :demanding justice at this handa, od, his friends, And the offence being à carpenter; proved, he was simply reprimanded by the Assistant Magistratë, inakasdi
punlabad b și bring damvadly. osprisonment or otherwien.
The Chief Magistrate" is an hönert man," I' beileve," hat very "stubborn) wzien, s' whim onde asizes himė kisd. therefore;; it'de of "no-um- bringing such matters before him buGWAT a "non-official · Dorninission of ·Pollos Inquiry suppointed by the deyemor x.thanks I could. (prove
ant only on the first charge and Come Back. Prezanted by shriro not on the second and the ovi Parker Pansy 11, Dats with Dream- (China) | Limited, Bole Arents for dence was of the type given by |land-Featuring the songs of the Ging estisfaction that he is raihae raa Kwan Kan, then, he would Blazers; 11.30, Prelude to andaight. submit that the Court could not. Concert Melodies: 12 Bilde:
night, "God 'Bave The Queen's Clora convict' on such evidence.
Down "INCONCEIVABLE":-
It had not been suggested that Police: Seize recorde produced in Court were
The defendants wete Ma Manor and Dochvell Mansions, bontyard, was severely damaged any of the entries mande in the Yuk, 27; Wong Lin-ho, 35, LLcases of these properties for by are shout 8.30 a.m: today.
bot years have been cutored into The fire was under control face, bald Mir Silva. All the Forging Equipment 38; and Kwan: Lan,' 48. and the
return at 8.65 mm. and extinguished entries supported the evidence The dispute started when the arranged will be reflected during five minutes later. There were of the accused, concerning his The Hongkong Police, in, co- firat: three-crtendants, realde at 18 Square Street, first acquired
Who the current year. We have no casualties
visits to Kwan's premises. It operation with the Thai Police, A fat in the Kellet Four appliances and a fire was Inconceivable Book, refused to allow the other Grove Estate which has
that after carried out a series of raids in amo Boat were dospatched to the having noted down that the Kowloon yesterday, and seized (thed Door Lomate) to draw bean leased for ten years. All scene in response to a call, water. The incident occurred: of these
place was in order on Noven- equipment, multable for the fore purchases Occurred A live cigarette and Lab-ber: 29, 1954, be would go on to ging of That 100-baht notes...- shoudy skier 7 pm, yesterday, immediately before the close of Leved to have ontleed the demand a
"a bribe for Hot, virpow- Eight Chinese have been do fire.
the linsanlary conditions of one are continuing
tained
The Police investiga- premises. Me Bilva said that I imposible in law and in reason to convict on the feet chargo upon that type of evidence, it. followed that uniene
Domestic Dispute
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They're Friends Again
Two Shanghai woman, one of? `witor' said the other jured away her boy-friend, and, hit her on the head with her show, told he
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How cautioned Razed chun, 39, of des hute, situated adjacent for disorderly;
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