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claims unpaid at the present moment, one by Katt Gen for $180, and the other by E. Solomon for $4.80.
At the suggestion of counsel Mr. Arnold was called and said that he was advised yester- day that Chi Sui Ling, who was in Shanghai, had been paid the 8600 due to him. The sum due to Katt Gen had been remitted to London, where he was, and witness did not know at present whether the money had been received. He did not know the whereabouts of E. Solomon, to whom $4.80 was due.
Mr. Francis--There is now rule 91, my Lord. "Where the Court makes an order confirming a reduction, such order shall give directions in what manner and in what newspapers, and at what times, notice of the registration of the or- der and of such minute as mentioned in the 14th Bection of the Companies Ordinance 1987 is to be published, and shall fix the date until which the words and reduced are to be deemed part of the name of the Company as mentioned in the 10th section of the said Ordinance."
His Lordship-There is no object in keeping the words "and reduced“ in the title for any special time, because there are no creditors.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
Mr. Francis-No creditors at all, my Lord: and there is no further liability in connection with the shares. I think your Lordship might | dispense with the continuance of the words, as in the case of the Green Island Cement Company.
His Lordship-I do not see the necessity for such continuance under the circumstances. I make an order confirming the reduction of the capital, and direct that an advertisement of the order and minute be twice inserted in the Government Gazette and in each of the three daily papers; the continuance of the words “aud reduced in the title of the company to bo entirely dispensed with from to-day.
Order made accordingly.
SKETCHING THE LYEMOON DEFENCES.
Hon. Commander Hastings-They worp in the field ?
Witness Yes.
Hon. Commander Hastings Had they passed any notice board ?
Witness-Oh, yes, two of them.
His Worship-What were those notice boards?
Witness-One of them had upon it. "War Department Property. No admittance
Mr. Deacon What do you mean by field works? Were the defendants actually within the fortifications ?
Witness-They were between the bridge and the range fire observing station They had passed the bridge and were on the bill near the observing station; that is a field work.
Mr. Deacon Was there any gate or door or anything through which they had to pass?
Witness--No.
Mr. Deacon Was it all open? Witness- Yes, it was all open, but notices were posted up, and the defendants could not have gone that way without seeing the notices.
Mr. Deacon-You know the road that leads up to the Docks from the town below?
Witness-Yes.
[February 19, 1896.
Mr. Deacon-Looking all around, I suppose ? Witness-Looking direct at the fort through opera glasses.
Mr. Deacon-They could not all have looked through the opera glasses. Only one you mean?
Witness-Only one.
Mr. Deacon Which one? Witness-I cannot say.
Mr. Deacon-Did you see them looking all arcund, or only at the fort?
Witness-Only at the fort.
Mr. Deacon Were they looking over the harbour or anywhere else?
Witness 1 did not see them.
Mr. Deaccu-What you call the field work is really open to everybody. There is no wall to pass, or gate, or door ?
Witness-No, there is not.
Gunner Morris Langan said—About eleven o'clock on Sunday morning a Sikh called my attention to three men. They were then on the hill side, which is part of the field works. One was looking through a pair of opera glasses.. They afterwards went into the road.
Mr. Deacon-What do you call a field work? Just describe it.
Witness-A field work is land used for Mr. Deacon-I think that branches off to the British works, and near this spot there is a right and left close by the forts?
pedestal for range finding. Witness-It does.
Mr. Deacon What is your recollection of Mr. Deacon-Now up to the junction of the the notices there? How many are there? roads there is no notice at all?
Witness-There is one notice just before you come
Mr. Deacon-Now just think. Witness There is one notice. Mr. Deacon-- Where? Witness-At the beginning of the road. Mr. Deacon---What do yon call the begin- ning of the read-the foot of the hill?
Witness-That is the foot of the hill; it is just before the junction.
Mr. Decou-You say it is just before the junction; I want to know exactly where it is. Is it close in the foot of the hill ?
Witness-Yes, it is at the foot of the hill, CONVICTION OF THREE RUSSIAN OFFICERS. Mr. Deacon What is on that notice board?
At the Police Court on the 17th Feb., before Witness-It is a very large notice board. Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, Baron Graevenitz, a Mr. Deacon-What is on it It might lieutenant on the Russian man-of-war Vladimir | say anything. What is 4 You have come Monomach, Lieutenant Epanchino, and Lieute. i here to try to incriminat my clients, só nant Strannoluinbsky, of the same vogsel. | let us know what is on the notice board. were charged with unlawfully trespassing in the field works at Hongham Dock Fort for an unlawful purpose, and being in possession of sketches and sketching materials on Sunday, the 16th inst.
Hon. Commander W. C. H. Hastings (Acting Captain Superintendent of l'alice) conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. V. H. Deacon represented the three defendants. Con-
siderable interest was manifested in the case, and several officers of the Garrison were present in Court. Mr. St. C. Michaelsen, the Kus- sian Consul, was also in Court and sat next to Mr. Deacon.
Mr Deacon-Before the prosecntion com- mences their case, if it is to proceed, I take the earliest opportunity of making a statement.
His Worship Do you admit it all? Mr. Deacon-I admit every fact, but not the offence.
His Worship-Do you admit that they were in the possession of sketching materials?
Mr. Deacon-Some sketches were found on one of them, certainly.
His Worship said unless Mr. Deacon had something to say in mitigation of the offence, the case must proceed.
Mr. Deacon I was really going to give the version of the officers as gentlemen and leave it to you.
His Worship-I shall hear the evidence first. Mr. Deacon-We must go on in the usual way, then.
His Worship-Yes
Thomas O'Toole, acting bombardier, R.A.,was called and said-On the morning of the 16th instant, about 11 a.m., my attention was drawn to three men trespassing on Government pro- perty outside the Kowloon Dock forts. I saw one with an opera glass, which he was nsing in the direction of the forts. Another gunner, a private, and I went to them. I took their names and brought them down to Hongham polios station. They were about forty yards from the observing station.
Witness I do not know what is on that notice beard.
it.
Mr. Deacon You don't know anything about
Is it a War Office notice board? Witness I know it is.
Mr. Deacon-How do you know that? If you don't know what is on it, I do not see how you can say it is a War Office notice board. Just be careful what you say. You know nothing about it at all; that is perfectly clear. What is on the other notice Board
Witness War Department Property. No admittance."
Mr. Deacon-Which of the roads is that notice on, the one to the right or the oue to
right the left?
Witness-It is on the right going through the junction.
Mr. Deacon-Now bear in mind this: we have come up from the village to the hill. Is the notice on the left or the right road?
Witness-It is on the right road; it is just at the junction.
Mr. Deacon-This is rather important. Just make a little sketch of it on some paper.
Witness, with the aid of a stick, a pencil, and his left hand, described the position of the roads.
Mr. Deacon-Did you see them pass that notice?
Witness-No.
Mr. Deacon-As a matter of fact didn't you see them go up to that notice, look at it, and turn back again ?
Witness-No.
Mr. Deacon-You have told us of two notices --one at the foot of the hill and one at the left of the road. Is there one on the other road ? :
Witness-I cannot say.. Mr. Deacon-You don't know? Witness-I don't know..- Mr. Deacon When you first saw the defenḍ- auts where were they st rding?
Witness-I cannot say how many; there are a good many all round,
Mr. Deacon-Were there any near this place where you say you saw the men? (To his Wor- ship). Of course, your Worship, we were there; we are not in the least disputing that.
Witness-I saw one notice near them. Mr. Deacon-What does it say? Witness-That no one is to pass without per. mission of the commanding officer.
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Mr. Deacon--I believe the road from the vill- age is open ?
Witness-Yes, but there are notice boards
there.
Mr. Deacon-How many?
Witness-There is one in the road leading from the end of the village, and—
Mr. Deacon-What does that say? Have you read it yourself?
Witness-Yes. It says that noone is to pass excepting these holding passes from the coin- manding officer.
Mr. Lencon-That is at the foot of the hill ? Witness-Yes, aud there is another at the top of the hill near the cross,
Mr. Deacon-What does that say? Witness War Department Property." Mr. Deacon-Anything else i Witness-Nothing else.
Mr. Deacon-Is there not a notice at the junction saying that people are not to go. through, but to turn back, or something of that sort?
Witness-I cannot say.
Mr. Deaccu- Just think, because the other witness told us there was.
Witness 1 do not know. There are a geed many notices and I have not read them all.
Private k han, of the Hongkong Regiment, said -I was on duty at howloon near the sea at i a.m. on Sunday. 1 saw the three defendants on the top of a hill looking all about with an opera glass, and also looking towards Lyemcou. They looked at different places, and were in a prohibited area, alout one hundred or two hundred paces from the fort.
No questions were asked by Mr. Deacon.
Walter William Blades-I am master gun- ner in the loyal Artillery. Outside howlcon Dock battery there is 8 board with a
notice to the effect that admission to the defences is only granted by permission of the | General Officer Commanding and that any in- formation gained is to be considered confi- dential. There is another notice board at the junction of the three roads just below the Kowloon Institute. That notice says that tres- passers will be prosecuted. There is also another notice about twenty yards higher up in similar terms as the first one. There is no actual defence at the junction of the three roads. Kowlcon East battery is nearly a bun- | dred yards from that junction; this is
the nearest battery, end is on the left.
Mr. Deacon How do you destille &
Witness-They were standing at the foot of the hill to the left of the fort, looking towards it.] work? -
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