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THEFT FROM MESSRS. KELLY AND WALSH, LD.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
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forty cents and fifteen cen's respectively, I was taken over with oʻher 'goods when the was a very reasonable price. There was no business became a limited liability company, evidence to the contrary except that of Mr. The solicitors in the case afterwards alldressed . Letton, who had been very positive in all his Worship, his statements. There was no mark at all on any of the tins, nothing that could be reasonably called a mark to identify them as being the property of Messrs. Kelly & Walsh. In con- clusion, Mr. Hastings submitted that the defendant had satisfactorily accounted for his possession of the tins, and asked his Worship to J..dismiss the charge.
Before Mr. F. Haseland to the Magistracy on Tuesday, Lui Man, masterof the Man Sing print- ing ouice, 29, Wellington Street, was charged on remand with being in unlawful possession of five tins of printing ink valued at $20 and said to be the property of Messrs. Kelly and Walsh. The defendant, who had been liberated on bail of $100, was represented by Mr. Hastings, and Mr. J. Hays conducted the case on behalf of Messrs. Kelly and Walsh.
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Mr. Hays said that from beginning to end the case was one of the simplest that his Evidence was heard, and Sergeant Muri- Worship could well have before him. The son testified to the finding of the ink in the tins of ink found in the possession of the defendant's shop. The manager of Messrs.defendant had been one and all identified by Kelly & Walsh was with him at the time. a responsible man, the manager of one of the Charles T. Letton said he was manager of largest firms in the Far East. The ink was Messrs. Kelly & Walsh's office în Duddell Street. of a kind never used in Chinese printing shops, On three occasions since the 6th alt. the shop and in the opinion of Mr. Letton was imported had been entered and a large quantity of print-only by his firm. Messrs. Kelly and Walsh had ing ink removed. The tins produced in Court been cleared out of a great quantity of inks, and were missed on the third occasion.
three of the tins were found in the possession After cross-examining the withess, Mr. of a Chinaman in a dirty little, poky shop Hastings called for the defence Lo Tuk, in Wellington Street, stowed carefully a compositor. in the employ of the defendant, away in a buok room, not-to quote the who said that three of the tins of ink produced Hibernianism used by Mr. Hastings-in were bought by him lat year; he could an open enclosure, whatever that might be. not rem-mber the month, but it Mr. Hastings had called as a witness for the some time in summer. They were bought defence a man who came down from Canton from Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, and the price last Friday, and who had had ample opportunity paid for each was $1.80, a reduction of ten to make up a fine case. Then again, this man cents per tin being made on account of his
was a compositor, and it was not the duty of a paying cash. The ink was sold by an European compositor to buy ink, as his Worship knew whom witness could identify if he saw perfectly well. him again; he was not in Court. The two remaining tins were purchased from a marine hawker, the large one costing forty cents and the sunrill one fifteen cents. Witness got them at a low price because the tins were open.
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Mr. Hays cross-examined and asked the witness why he, as a compositor and having nothing to do with ink, should go and make the purchases he had mentioned. Witness replied that in Chinese printing-shops it was the custom for compositors to buy ink if the master told them to do so. In reply to another question, witness said he was versed in the prices and values of ink, but the knowledge was not particularly required when making a purchase at Messrs. Kelly & Walsh's, as they supplied good articles. Mr. Hays desired to call Mr. A. Cunningham, manager of the Hongkong Daily Press, to give expert evidence, but Mr. Hastings objected to the admission of this evidence the case for the prosecution having been closed, and the ob- jection was sustained by his Worship.
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His Worship--I don't.
Mr. Hays-It was not his place.
His Worship-But if this man were told to do it, I am sure he would not tell his master, Look here, I am a compositor, and it is not my duty to buy ink." He would probably lose his place.
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His Worship discharged the defendantsole d The defendant was d scharged, his Worship stating that from the evidence he was not satisfied that Cban Pik Chnen, who was only n director and shareholder in the company, not the manager, had had any guilty knowledge as. to how the tin of ink came to be in the shop. Sergeant J. Watt then obtained a warrant and arrested the real manager of the business, who was one of the witnesses for the defence in the previous case. A similar charge was referred against him, to which he pleaded not guilty. Mr. J. Hays prosecuted and the defence was conducted by Mr.-J. Hastings, These was adjourned until Wednesday next, 25thịînst.
On Wednesday Yam Shu', master of the Kee Shing printing shop, 76, Queen's Road Central, charged with receiving 8117 worth of paper stolen from Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, failed to respond to his bail of $1,000, which was accordingly estreated. A warrant was issued for his arrest
On Thursday, Yau Ki, mister of]th::Wo Sing shop, 29, Pottinger Street, was con victed of the unlawful possession of three. bookbinding skins 171 a· and-a-half black quantity of paper, and find $100. The eri- dance for the prosecution was similar to that, alduced in the cases already reported.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
"A" MACHINE GUN CO. This Company's monthly curbine dompeti tion was held on Saturday and Sunday, last st the Tal-hang Rifle Range. In spite of the inclemency of the weather there was a good attendance and some excellent scores were handed in. Gunner H. S Holmes with 90 nett Mr. Hays baving concluded by saying scored the first win on the "Jackson" Cup and.
also contributed the best score towards the No. that the case for the prosecution was clear as it was possible to be, his Wor-2 Cup. Gunner E. C. Emmett scored a win on the No. 3 Cup, and Gunners H. S. Holmes, ship said the onus lay with the defendant, not with the prosecution, to prove to his satis Brown and Emmett each won spoons. faction how he came into possession of the goo !s. That onus had not been discharged, and the defendant would therefore be convicted and find $100, or, in default, two months' imprisonment with hard labour.
A similar case was that, in which Chan Pik Chuen, described as the master of a printing shop at 68. Wellington Street, was charged with being in unlawful possession of one tin of violet ink valued at $4. Mr. Hastings again defended and Mr. Hay prosecnted.
Sergeant J. Watt gare evidence as to the serving of the warrant, and was cross-examined by Mr. Hastings, who asked him if he could speak Chinese.
Witness-A little.
His Worship-This is the sergeant who won Mr. May's priza for Chinese.
Sergeant Watt deposed that the defendant, in answer to a question, said he was the master of the shop. The tin of ink produced was found in a closed drawer.
The Pool Competitions for the best nett score at each range resulted as follows:-
200 yds.-Gunner W. S. Brown
30 40 yds.-Gunner H. 8. Holmes 500 yds-Gunner H. 8. Holmes
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HONGKONG CHESS CLUB.
The cable games with Singapore continue to absorb the attention of local players. The Allgaier Cambit is in a very critical state at present. The games stand as under :- ALLGAIER-THOBOLD GAMBIT, BUY LOPEZ.
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Mr. Hastings then summed up, and said that it would not satisfy the requirements of the section of the Ordinance under which the case was brought simply to show that stolen goods had been found in a defendant's possession; there must be guilty knowledge on the part of that defendant. In the present case the existence of such guilty knowledge had not been proved, and, in addition, the defendant's witness, Lo Tuk, bad shown how the ink came to be in the possession of the defendant. Mr. Hastings commented on the fact that the defendant had Mr. Letton again went into the witness-box not tried to keep the police from searching and affirmed that he identified the tin of ink as his premises, but, on the contrary, gave them the property of his employers by the figures 1069 on the bottom. Furthermore, the tin lay on facili-y. Then again, no evidence had every
his desk for three weeks befo e it went amiss- been addnoed to show that the tins, which were found by the police in an open enclosure, hading, and it formed part of the goods stolen from not been bought from Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, the shop Mr. Lotton in the witness-box had stated that In reply to Mr. Hastings, witness said he was prepared to swear that none of these he had never seen violet letterpress ink goods had ever been sold by Messrs. Kelly & used in Chineze calendars; he would not under- Walsh, but this was rather an extraordinary take to say, however, that such ink was not statement to make in view of the fact that used, or would he be surprised to hear that he e had been manager for only two or three the Hi On and other insurance compani s months, They had had evidence that the tins issued calendars printed in that colour.
Court had been soid last year by an A number of such calendars were handed European in Messrs. Kelly & Walsh's, and in up to the witness, who, after examining them, e" of "that" European his Worship gave it as his opinion that the tint was ccept: the statement, for it was im darker; the ink used, however, was certainly
for one man to come. there and violet. In answer to
question for the auts of another. In all pro-witness said the numbar of tins of ink the goods had been sold and no missed from the office was batween forty and the transsotion, because such a fifty. He could not identify every tin, ible even in a firm so well-con- certainly but the majority, yes.
Kelly & Walsh's. With This closed the case for the prosecution bought from the marine and Mr. Hastings called Chinese witnesses to nothing improbable about prove that the defendant was only a director in as the tins were open at the the concern, not the manager, and that the tin of he price paid for them, ink forming the subject matter of the charge'
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ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
On he Happy Valley links on the 18th inst. the annual championship of the Hongkong Golf Club ended in a victory for Mr. E T. McMartri, who defeated Mr. T, 8. Forrest by 8 up and 7 to play. No other players entered.
Freights to Hongkong, says the Times Bangkok, aro very good at, present, as shown by the number of boats coming here to load, but matters are quiet between here and Singapore. Better-class paddy too is rather dificult hold of in consequence of the middlemen holding back for higher prices. On the 16th inst. went up to Tes. 93 a coyan and even at the high figure dealers refused to sell. over a hundred fully laden boats on | | side of the river on the 16th) inst for still better tørms.