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MURDER CASE
CASE APPEAL
APPEAL FAILS
U.S. tug arrives from Macao
A privately owned Ameri-
can ocean-going
tug. which was forced to make far Macao due to ongino trouble two weeks ago, finally arrived here last night her
destination.
original
States
Formerly United
# Navy hug, the Pitita was origin- ally bound for Hongkung to look for buyer or contracts. South of Hongkong, on January 25. the lug encountered bad Jenk weather, which caused a through the shaft,
Capt Robert Albert Bott, 29- yeur-okt skipper from Brooklyn, New York, then headed for Masao.
FLOODED
Walled City More German
heroin den killing sequel
Three men, who were convicted in the November sessions on 0 charge of murdering a heroin don keeper in the Kowloon Walled City, had their appeals dismissed by the Full Court morning.
ALLEGED
ROBBERY
WITH
KNIFE
Carl. Bolt cald the engine room was flooded
and the en- A 18-year-old student accused
giac threatened to stop work- ing any minute.
the tug cut through When Chinese waters for Macuo, in the afterncun on January 27, she came across thro Chinese Kunboats, But they did trouble thun. Capt. Bolt raid, though their
Appearance worried Bil Lau, a Chinese erew member from Hongkong.
The hug was dlocked in Macao, but further repairs will. he effected here.
The Lug was
for
of robbery with an offensive
was remanded wespon, Ave days by Mr E. Corbally ME the Kowloon Juvenile Court this morning.
Hel-man, pro notInspector Wong
secuting, sald that this case to the might be transferred District Court,
purchased from
te United States Navy in Japan last June by Mr Eugene McCullera of Norfolk, Virginia. for whom Capt. Bott acts 12.5 ageni,
Her home port Is Norfolk though she WAS registered at
American Consulate
the
Yokohama.
PILE DRIVER
The student is alleged to have robbed Mr Odile Ring of $80 on January 10 at the Seaview Apartment with a knife. No plea was taken,
this
The three appellants were Lo Kan, Szeto Hin-chle and Wong
Hon.
industrialists
to visit HK
A manager of one of the *most prominent GormOTE travel agencies arrived in Hongkong this morning by JAL from Tokyo. Ho is Mr H. Hohs, Manager of the Study Tour Organisa- tion of Hapag-Lloyd, Gor- many.
Mr Hohs, accompanied by Mr Hans Muller, Sales Manager, Swissair, Frankfurt, is making an exploratory tour of Far Eastern countries to facilitate study tours by representatives of industry scheduled for 1980.
There are soven of these tours scheduled for this year.
Giving judgment. the Full Court said the case for the Crown was that the three men wenl to the divan to commit a robbery last July,
the and in
of course of the robbey, one
The object of the study tour them stabbed Sin Kwal, who organization is to bring groups died later,
of people representing the vari
to ous Industries of Germany visit the centres of the Far East with an eye to making further business contacts.
ruled The Full Court
that. there appeared to be no reason for ariticism of the verdlet in the case of the first appellant and his appeal was dismissed.
Justified
With regard to the third ap- pallant, the Full Court said from the whole of the evidence, amply justined the jury were in concluding that there was community of purpose between the first and third appellants to rob by force or the threat of force."
We therefore see no reason
Last October, seven German manufacturers visited Hongkong. from which many contacts were established to increase trade.
Mr Hohs and Mr Muller have an intensive study made India and Japan this trip.
Mr Hobs said he hopes to see Hongkong this time as a tourist,
in
"Of course, I am looking for for the the polnis né interest seven study groups
who will
to interfere with the jury's be coming during the year. This verdict in his care."
Hongkong
is my first trip to Counsel for the second ap- and I am sure that I will find pellant had argued that there it as interesting as I have heard WES insuffielent evidence that it is." against second appellant
to
Mrs. Zarb pays justify the jury concluding that
She first came to Hongkong Just October, but left for Manita Mrs a few weeks later to tow a pile driver to Guam,
The tug has a crew of four, the master, the Filipino engineer Chico De Paula, BIN Lou, and his brother Lau Kin-kee whom Capl. Bott engaged in Macao.
Diamond search
goes on
Police are continuing inquiries into the case of $2 million worth of diamonds found missing after a night from Tel-Aviv to Hong- kong.
JUST 3
of
ninth visit
Cairo, Feb. 9. Elde Zarb paid her ninth and final visit to her jailed British husband Mr James Zarb here today and said afterwards:
"Now my only hope rests with President Nasser. He has a family and I pray he will see that Jin
back to comes
scan,"
09
Mrs Zarb arrived in Calro on New Year's eve to see her husband who has been in jull
here sinco his arrest in Septem- ber, 1050, as a British spy.
is
Mr Zarb, who is 40, serving a len-year sentence,- Reuter.
MORE DAYS
Paquerette's
he was a party to any common design to rob.
"After the most careful con- sideration, we have come to the conclusion that 11 the
charge had been that all three appellants had jointly robbed deceased, we would not have been justified in upsetting the jury's verdict. In the circum- stances, therefore, there is stround for upsetting that verdici because the charge is murder."
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The Full Court comprised Mr Justice J. R. Gregg Acting Chlef Justice, Mr Justice C. W. Reece and Mr Justice W. A
Blair-Kerr.
Lo was represented by Mr A.
Zimmern, Szeto by Mr Patrick Yu, and Wong by Mr A. H. Sumad.
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German
remanded again
A 30-year-old German, Wer- ner Jennings, 23 Cooper Road, appeared before Mr A. J. San- guinetil at Central Magistracy this morning ya charges of com- mon assault, malicious damage and relating a police officer in the execution of his duties.
He pleaded not guilty
Jennings is alleged to have on January 20, assaulted two men, Chan Chun-chiu and Chan Kar- cbuen at 142 Queen's Boad East, ground floor. He is also alleged to have damaged 10 bottles of wine, seven chairs and two glaavos at the same adiiresti The damage is estimated $190,
д
at
is
On the following day Eastern Police Station he sore alleged to have resisted Sub- Insp Sit Yu in the execution of his duties.
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Mr Sanguineiti remanded the case until February 24. Insp. W. Watson appeared for the prozecution.
refuses
to part
with first-born
Mr Finis Davis hands a Care parcel to a smail boy sitting with his blind father at the Old Tran Yuk hospital this morning.
Magistrate hits
out at
'appalling noise' of motor bikes
A Central Magistrate said this morning that the appalling noite produced by motor-cycles was a menace on the roads in the Colony.
and
"The low relating to efficient silencers is openly flouted very seldom enforced," Mr 1. T. Morris said.
"No one wants more compl cated, traffic laws but I believe there is room for tightening up of some of these traffic regula-
tions.
Or the mortuary
"Better to sort it out this way than to leave it to the Magis- trate's Court, the hospital or the tortuary," ho upid.
Mr Morris made this comment when he sentenced an assmont engineer to che month's jail cod a one of $160 or another month in jail for driving his moter- cycle carelessly.
The sentences are to run con- secutively.
Defandant le Ng Yac-ton, ** 101 Lockhart Road, second floor. He was found guilty by Mr Morris ut the last hearing..
Loud noise Sub-Inspector Patrick Riley tald, while driving his motor cycle along Queen's Road East, he heard another motor-cycle making a loud noise,
Baby's addiction to pipe-smoking
Tokyo, Feb. 9. A two-year-old baby's pipe-smoking addiction to was reported today.
Food parcels for
the blind
om the Filos
25
years AGO-
February, 1935
RASHING into the sea
at the height of a blind- ing storm the giant U.S. dirigible, Macon of the US Care Navy was wrecked off Call- this formin with 80 people on
Food percola from wore distributed morning at the Old Tuan board. Yuk
to 53 Hospital, mombors of the Older
Club Persons
for tho Blind.
1
A strange story of an un- nsual experience was related
Younger people in Vocational by officers of the Lycaon when run by tho she arrived in the Colony pea-
Training
classes
Hongkong Society for the Blind terday from Liverpool. and the Department of Social Describing ft as the
Welfare, also received parcels.
most
Each package contained 10 lbs weird phenomenon that he or ercio had CTCT of rice, also dried fish, soya any of the
ecen, und of the officers TC- beans and salt cabbage.
The 100 parcels were given hylated the experience as fol- Mr Finis E. Davis, First Vice lowe: President of Lions International,
who la spending a few days in the Colony.
While in the throes of the
the inonacon of
East of
He is visiting Lions' Cluha. Socotra, with a hugo swall throughout the Far East. running and making white Mr Davis expressed his satis- horaes, the sea just after duak faction at the way that Care and
changed its appearance and the Lions Clubs worked to- became what appeared to bự
gether.
FROM HONOLULU
an endless field of now.
Above this was
a layer of
The packages of food given white mist, and above that a blackness. out this morning were sent by contrasting rim. the Kamehameha Lions Club of There was no moon but the Honolulu for distribution in sky was exceptionally starry. Hongkong.
The wash of the ship ap
After consultation with Cap- tain Charles Kelsch, President of peared black and on it patches the Hongkong Lions Club, I of what appeared to be snow was decided to give the parcels alid past and ust the water
temperature was 80 degrees.
to the needy bind here.
Mr David E. Jack, Chief of Hongkong the Care Mission in
Believing that it was the and Macao said that Care had result of an electric storm the distributed about 600,000-pack beholders were puzzled at the
ups in Hongkong last year. absence of St Elmo's lighta The packages distributed to the flickering lights on dey were bought from Care by
the
the Lions Club, which is one of ends of the masts and apara. the member agencies of Caroj (Co-operative For American
Keller Everywhere),
CHANGED OCCUPATION
A Marine Police launch
en-
AT the concert arranged
by Mrs Bowes Smith and to be held at the Cheero Club tonight at 8.80 p.m. the following artists are taking part: Mrs R. Sanger, Miss Wood, Miss M. King, Miss A. Steele, Miss Doreen May,
gineer who made a false state- Mrs Bowes Smith, Dr Ride, ment about his occupation when and Mr Kennedy, with Mr F. applying for a driving licence Mason and Miss Doreen Ma yesterday, was fined $25 by Mr at the piano.
Derek Cons at Central Magis-
tracy this morning.
Defendant, Tang Tack, picad-
ed guilty.
Inspector T. Y. Yip sald de-ROM the SCM Post's 25 fendant had been told that he Years Ago column: To- vrould have to ask for the e-day another stage in the proval of the Marine Divisional
Superintendent if he used his completion of the Kowloon Railway will be real occupation in his applica- Canton
marked by the laying of the To avoid delay Tang put down last brick in the lining of the his occupation as "shirt maker," Beaconhill Tunnel. said Insp. Yip.
Boy's admission
A
His Excellency the Governor
Shinichi Osaka, son of a beauty parlour owner, pick- ed up the habit of pipe.
will attend and lay the brick, smoking (Japanese style) five months ago. Today, he
but the ceremony will, contrary heavily as
14-year-old boy admitted to expectation, be or quite an Fic w
before Mr D, Benson at Central inforinal nature unattended adult smoker.
Juvenile is unhappy The baby
morning with blare of trumpets or ful- without tobacco and
that he had indecently assoult some oration. cries violently when refused his dally share-AFF.
Isolation of influenza virus
Singapore, Feb. 9.
He followed the motor-cycle,
A Bingapore bacteriology pro- driven by Ng, and found he was fessor said today he had 19- driving at an excersive speed. latcd the viru which is re- At one line he clocked 48 miles sponsible for the current out- brack of Anlan 'Au in many areas throughout the world.
an hour,
He said Ng swerved his cycle In und of three lanes of traffic along the road,
Several cars had to pull up sharply to avoid an accident.
The police arrested a couple. In Laichikok Road Wyndham St
yesterday as they quarrelled and struggled over their first-born son.
At Kowloon court this morn | "It was not a serious fight," Jrx. Inspector I. W. Elias told Mul sald after, pleading guilty the magistrate that the disturb to the charge of disorderly con- ance orote when the husband, duel. We were Just holding Mul Ying-lu, wanted to give and pushing each other." the baby away,
His wife, Liu Yuen objected.
NOT SERIOUS
However, the wife, Liu Yuen, egid her husband frad said that pon This the busband denied. He wanted to give her
Hardway, "but I didn't really know natd they were having a
addies Eme and his wife
was "drag-hin intention,"
Mr B. V. Rhodes, the, magist glog" him in the street to urge. fin lo got some work.
rate, cautioned the couple for le disliked physical permaticorderly conduct and referred "Riki kiruggled }- the caso, to social welfare alos in publie
werkers. with the wife.
Profesor Lim Kole Ann reld to isolated the virus from sem- ples taken in Brunei. He sald It was the same type of virus which caused the widespread 1057-68 'nu epidemic.
He add that the exposanco of 'new typen of 'flu viruses the world popitiation became immune existing viruses.—UPI,
now open to ruined whanever
Queen's Road
For the first time in years Atom generator.
for Canada
to
traffe. Is entering Queen's Road from Wyndham Street.
This is because of road work on the upper section of Ice
Btreet between House
tfan Colonial Secretarist and Lower
Oitaws, Feb, 0. Albert, Road,
The Government announced The bartlers nt the, foot of yesterday that an alomie gene- would be built on the Wyndham Stroat and the rick-rator shaw parking area have been re-chores of Lake Huron is On-
tario Provinet. moved.
Court this
ed a 12-year-old girt on board
His Excellency a sampars in Causeway Day on February 2. Mr Benson re- stand intends to defer manded him for a week pend- formal opening ceremony until ing a report from a probation the callway is completed to the officer.
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