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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1958,
COURT RECOMMENDS MERCY FOR MURDERER
SOLDIER
AXE MURDER TRIAL
"Chopped Their Necks Like Wood," Says Alleged Statement
A Chinese carpenter on trial for murder told the Criminal Sessions today that he axed three men in Lily Street, Tai Hang, during a night in July.
Earlier the senior Police Pathologist, Dr T. C. Pang, read to the Court a statement alleged to have been made by the carpenter.
necks
"I just chopped their Its chop wood so that they ly in 14 could not by t CORE JUST fake dong my car-
the wiegel penery
Staternen! Grad
The bald Lee Tam, 40, who) Tas pleaded not guilty of mu derleg Pang Ying-chat on July
Pang Yong-vin.
I bruth
and a fellow worker were used to death as they sing the
Word of the got around and
at work, his fellow curpenters Inghetat tin,
Pang brothers jeered at förp.
ཙ -ཙ དཱཧིཀཾ ཀཱ ཝཱ ཙ ཡ
Rut my
Fald
SHEAFFER'S
Skrip
From the Filos
GETS LIFE SENTENCE 25
NO INTENT TO KILL, SAYS
JUDGE ADVOCATE
A young British serviceman was sentenced to life imprisonment with recommen- dation for mercy, when he was found guilty by a court martial held at the British Military Hospital, Kowloon this morning, on a charge of murdering a fellow soldier.
At night the Sapper Terence David Logan, 20, of the 54 In- dependent Field Squadron, Royal Engineers. goût, Lee
was found guilty of murdering Pvt. Alfred Hawkes of the 1st Bn. the Green Howards on: the night of July 5, at the NAAFI Club, Chatham Road.
LOST CHANCE
Hail As a matter of fact my intention was to chop th police constable "
street outside Fang's mother's constable's "Took-out-men“ nay- shop.
ing that "Monkey King" was
But be overheard we of the The Judge Advocate of the Court Martial, Mr W. St. J. C. Tayleur said the Court had found the defendant guilty of murder but recommended mercy on the grounds of youth, and that there was no intent to kill.
Sintriments tend to the Court being transferred to Stanley und today and allegesi tu huve been that he brot merely returned made by Lee sand live Palgs" (there to cullred a few mams of nother kept a shop which ran a "protection money" due to him. few gomilling tables. A police He knew then that he had just Constable tockhut! Monkey Is King had something to do with constable. Cambling.
PUNCHED
After the prosecution ended tity i gave evidence tut he had had quarrel with the Pang brothers over gambling.
10: February he played at their shop and dominos Pang Ying-chul, lust $3 to him.
Pink patted his chest 41 asked, "Du you want In take By shirts
Pang tried
pawti
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servssfully to watch as Eers later borrowed the money Bum
banget it somewhere articl
the table,
Abusive language passed be- tween then and the constable,
Monkey King." joined in.
that "Monkey tee claimed King" punched him in the riba. Autrit Constable
later two maliy
Lok eliance
axing
the
Lee aliegvd that after his beating by the constable
sick for
suffered haemorrhage. and "Considering all this and
WON
Summing Up
about 20, days The Judge Advocate's summing up of the case lasted for
That
would not be of much use if did not die, I deckied to chop
a few of them. So I chopped a few of them," he said.
EXTENSIVE TB
He told the Court that he
used his carpenter's axe and he twin his three victims.
Dr Angus McCiawan lestifled Uial He examined Lee on July 29 and found that he had ex- tensive pulmonary tuberculosis.
Tu Defence Counsel, Mr K. S. G. Dr
saldat Metownh
I 2011 have had the illarss
one hour and 20 minutes, and the Court Martial hour before deliberated for three-quarters of an passing sentence.
The President of the Court Martial was Brigadier J, T. S. Tutton, Chief Engineer, 17 Gurkha Division, Over- seas Commonwealth, Land Forces, Malaya. The Judge Advocate was Mr W. St. J. C. Tayleur, i Assistant Judge Advocate General.
Other members of the Court were LieuL-Col. H. J. de W. Waller, Major A. G. Smith, Major C. O. Fisher, Major D. Smith, Capt. R. A. Watterton, and Capt. M. A. W. Rickatson.
at least six months before this Logan was defended by Mr Leslie Wright instructed by
examination.
Dr Metowun
The
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market and asked
"Du
you
want me to beat you again?
whs of the
Capt. D. J. Philips, of the Royal Engineers.
wpinion that blows on the chest Major D. J. Hughes-Morgan, Deputy Assistant Director they could not have caused this con.
of Army Legal Services, Headquarters, Land Forces, prosecuted.
İlko
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LIBEL CASE
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A Degree Is Conferred
Mrs Lo Wong Chan-chee is seen being conferred with the Degree of Master of Arts in Education by the Chancellor of the Hongkong University, H.E. Sir Robert Black, at the Fifty-First Congregation of the University at Loke Yew Hall this morning.
Chinese Fined Exemption Of
On Illegal
Houses Denied
Liquor Charge By Tribunal
Tang Wah, 32, of hut 3 Tat
Hàng Tùng,
WAS
12
A
Tenancy Tribunal this morning decided not
to
recommend ат exemp
Tenancy Action Over 3 Houses
In Kowloon
years AGO.
WHILE
tele-
wireless phone communications An exemption application between London and Hong- before A Tenancy Tri- | kong through. direct chan- buna! this morning con- nels is unlikely to bo cerned buildings at the established for some time, Junction of Boundary the Hongkong Government Street and Sal Yeung | is proceeding with the Choi Street, Kowloon. scheme to provide a telo. Plans drawn up by Mr C. C.phonic service Europe Cheng, architect, visualise the via Shanghai and Manila. demolition three houses, 181- Recent enquiries show that is progressing
185, Sal Yeung Chol Streck, and
the erection
of
to
at a nine-storey the scheme buliding consisting of six shops favourably. and 50 nts costing $501,205.
that It will be Applicants in the action were
remembered Messrs Chan Chak-fu and Pang arrangements were concluded with the Radio Shul-yu. The application is op- last month Corporation: posed by the tenants.
America in the Inland Tele Manila and groph Administration in Snang- hai for the provision of
between Telegraph channels longkong
And these centres, and through them to the rest of the world.
Mr Oswald Cheung (for the applicants) sold that the 25-year- old houses which are opposite to the Police Recreation Club com- prised 13 flats of which four had sub-tenants.
RULING
He asked the Tribunal for a ruling to assist settlement dis- cussion whether any distinction would be made in compensation payment, solc оссиринсу дай sub-tenancies regarding space urcupled.
The Tribunal President Mr
Radio
arc between
Telephon.x circuits already in existence these cent.es and Europe and America,
*
H. H. B. Howe sald the TH-FONDON: In the House
yords.
bunal would take into account 4 of Commons yesterday. all space but there would be the Opposition vote of cen- different level of assessment
sure on the Government's between living space and space used for corridors, storage and disarmament policy was de- fented by 409 votes to 54.
Samuel An adjournment was ordered The
of group for further discussion between Liberals refrained from vot-
Also on the Tribunal were Mring. J. F. Marden and Mr D. A. F. Mathers.
the partics.
Mr Cheung wus lustructed by Mr W. 1. Cheung of P. H. Sin
& Co.
Mt Lawrence Leong instruct od by Mr J. B. Slack of Hastings & Co and Mr Peter C. Wang of P. C. Wong & Co; Mr Patrick Yu, Instructed by Mr P. Chan
for Ine
The motion was submitted by Mr Morgan Jones, who was supported by Sir Stafford Cripps and Mr Wallhead. The Goverment Spokesmen were the Prime Minister (Mr Ramsay Macdonald)
and the Foreign Secretory (Sir John Simon).
The Opposition
accused the
of Lau, Chan & Ko Co; Mr C. Government of being respon P. Lai of P. Mo & Co and Mraible for the armaments race in L. S. Shum of Prutton & Co the Pacifle by not unging the prevent appeared
opposing League of Nations to
the Japanese invasion of Man- churin and by assisting Aus- Zealand Ka trallu and New increase their Naval defences,
tenants.
ing 75 and 76A Wangnet. Road Mishaps
.on
the
tion application concern-
chong Road, grounds that there were not sufficient funds to carry out П proposed scheme.
Chai Wan, Ained $750 or weeks' imprisonment by Mr Hin-shing Lo at Cen- this trai Magistracy morning on charges of illegal possession of dis tilling apparatas without a licence, possession of fermanting material and (President). Mr Tong Shtu-lun dutiable Chinese liquor.
and Mrs S. Cleland, ruled that on the financial evidence pre- A fourth charge of distilling sented it would not be posible Chinese liquor without a licence to finance the building project. was taken into consideration. It was proposed to replace the Sunior Revenue Inspector W. existing houses with two 10-
The Tribunal, Mr Derek Cons
1 Stone, prosecuting, said that storey buildings costing $400,000. a Revenue party arrested Tang| Both houses concerned in the at Toi Hang Tung on Novem- hearing had been mortgaged and
Two Hurt
It
during the stated HUS debale that Mr Arthur Hender- son was about to resign from the Presidency of the Insarmo- A 62-year-old man, Ng Shou- ment Conference,
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so, of No. 517 Queen's Road West, ground floor, was knocked down and injured by a private car while walking in Des Voeux MR Harry Show, a London Road West, near Queen Street, Jute last night.
Another man, Chan Tin-hui, aged 23, was struck by a lorry Inside the Government Sand Store Compound, Hung Hom.
Both were admitted to hospital for treatment
Seamen's Dance
businessman, left Croydon Airport is a private plane October 22, to make a 40,000- mile business trip, during which he expects to visti Hongkong..
He intends to fly by the Mediterranean Sea, frag, India to Shanghai and Hongkong, mak- ing business calls at all the im portant towns and cities along his route.
Hearing of actions broughter 1 at 7.30 am, and found Mr Cons eald the Tribunal was
bia
st tisfied that possession apparatus not
the second by
Chinese singer suitable for distilling spirits,
funds. applicant had sufficient
The Missions to Seamen, in Without lawful
those circumstances against three newspapers
authority or Under the defendant
Gloucester Road, will hold also exemption would not be recom-
From Shanghat he will fly to alleging that they had excuse,
dance tomorrow at 8.30 p.m. torj Melbourne via Malaya and the Ubelled her was adjourn possessed 10 gallons of ferment-mended.
Mr K. Y. Yung of F. Zim- all seafarers and Service per- Dutch East Indies. At Melbourne ed to December 29, 30,
sonnel.
he will have his plane shipped Mrs Mui Mei-ling. applicants,
and and 31 by Judge K. R.
to Durban, South Africa,
will fly from there to Macfee in Chambers this
Capetown, returning by air to Chou Tin-pong and Chau Chi- morning.
ngai, co-owners of 75A.
London along the West Coast of Africa. He plans to reach Mel- bourne by December 27, and return home to London time in February.
The singer is Miss Lau Sing,
ing mash and one quarter of a gallon of Chinese liquor, in morn and Co., represented the
owner of No. 76. and Messrs Three Detained
which duty had not been paid.
Inspector Stone added that when arrested Tang broke custody and ran away but was caught again. He claimed that
of 44 Kimberley Road Shehe was paid $2.50 for the dis- claims $5,000 from each of the tiling of four gallons of Chinese
quor a day.
newspapers.
Named in the actions werd: Yuet Wah Daily News-Lo Sau-king proprietor; The Kats ́ cho, publisher; Hung Lal-man, editor; all of 142 Connaught Road, Central; and Sheng Keo Press Lid, printers, of 14-15 Lee Yuen Street East.
DEFENDANTS
Hung Lock Daily New-Yo Wa-fa, proprietor; Fung Tsul- wah, publisher; Yam Tat-nin, editor; and Golden Bildge Co., printers; all of 21 Bonham Strand Enst.
Chin" Po Dally-Chung Ping, proprietor, publisher and editor, of 84 Elenatsay Road, third flour, and Sheng Keo Press Ltd, printers.
Plaintiff claims tbat the defendants published artielca on May. 10 last allegedly in- furing her reputation and bring- ing het inio public disgrace, scandal, ridicule, hatred ди contempt.
The on. Leu d'Almada, QC, and Mr Gerald Basto, both in- structed by Mr1A. Y. Hơn of Hion and Co. represented the pininum.
The defondante
WOTO (TOPTEA sented by Mr. Patrick Yu In-
Three men have been Opponents were represented detained by the Police following by Mr Richard Winter Instruct-} pocket-picking and snatching ed by Mr R. E. Moore of Messrs cases in various parts of the
Colony yesterday.
Desconi,
This Funny World
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structed by Mr Y. H, Chan of "Why can't you get breakfast in curlers and house
Lau, Chay and Ko.
çont like other wives."
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