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get to Manila and she was discharging, the first defendant told him to go up on deck from the accountant's room and serve out tally-sticks; this the defendant did, with nccess, When the crew were mustered on deck, witness, on the telling of the first defendant, took his place amongst the compradore's men. He was afterwards dis- covered, put in irons, and brought back to Hongkong. There were six stowaways on board the steamer, and one of them got ashore at Manila one morning-a Monday.
The case was at this point adjourned till Friday at 2.15 p.m., bail being fixed at $1,00 each. The bail for the five stowaways was placed at $5.0 each, and their case remanded till the
same.
The compradore's bail was paid immediately by friends waiting outside the Court.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
In all the circumstances, Mr. Hastings was of | opinion that there was absolutely no case to go to the jury, and reiterated his request for the dismissal of the charges.
His Worship, who said it was not necessary for him to hear Mr. Master or the prosecution committed the prisoner f. r trial.
The charge against the girl was withdrawn, and she was liberated.
Mr. Hastings made an unsuccessful applica- tion for bail for his client.
The result of the case will be found in the Supreme Court report on pp. 23 and 224.
DEATH OF MR. D. R. CRAWFORD.
Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co. informed us the 12th inst. that they were in receipt of a tele- gram from home announcing the death of Mr. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED FRAUD ON D. R. Crawford on the 1 th inst. The dece sed
THE HONGKONG AND
SHANGHAI BANK.
Before Mr. F. Hazeland at the Magistracy on the 12th inst. the bearing of the charges against the Jew Saul Lery was resumed.
Several other witnesses were called for the
defence to prove that defendant had no guilty knowledge when he presented the notes at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and when later he was found to be in possession of olher forged notes.
Jacob Benjamin Jacobs, assistant manager of the Queen's Hotel, said he had been acquainted with defendant for seven or eight months, and knew for a fact that he could speak with fluency only in his own language, Hebrew. He could also speak a few words of Hindustani, but witness had never heard him express himself in Euglish. Further, as far as witness was aware, defendant could write only in Hebrew.
By Mr. Master-During the past seven months witness had had ten or twelve conversa tions with defendant on general matters. These conversations took place in the house of defend- ant's mother-in-law; on two or three occasions witness asked him in their own langurge if he understood English, and the reply was always in the negative. Winess would not swear that defendant was entirely ignorant, of that language; he might possibly be able to speak a little "pidgin" English-"Come here," go there,
no wanchee," and such expressions. Witness was not aware if defendant's know ledge of "pidgin" English extended to the expression, "I come back one o'clock." Defend- ant was a hawker of miscellaneous goods, but witness did not know how much he made out of the business.
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1 his concluded the case for the defence, and Mr.. Hastings, in summing up, contended that the prosecution had failed entirely to prove that there was guilty knowledge on the part of defendant. Proceeding, he laid stress on the fact that his client, instead of going to Canton or some other place where the disposal of the notes would have been made easy, had he been aware of their being forgeries and anxious to get rid of them with the l-ast possible risk to himself, went to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank itself and handed the notes over the counter for entry in his pass book. Was that the action of a guilty man? If the prosecution were to be believed, defendant was either a daring knave or the biggest fool on record. Then again, he did Lot ask to have the notes cashed, in which case the risk of discovery would have been lessened, but simply to have them credited to his account. Another strong proof of his innocence was that he gave his proper name and address, and when the police entered to search his house the box in which the notes were placed was immediately opened and they were handed over. That fact, and the other
that the notes were found in the box of a child who might at any time have taken them out into the street, thus courting discovery, were strong prints in
Mr. defendant's favour.
Hastings after reviewing other material points for the defence, submitted that the prosecution had completely failed to establish its case, and asked his Worship to discharge defendant. As to the case for the defence, could evidence be stronger than that of the little ten-year-old son of defen. 'dant, whose story of how he found the notes was not only possible but highly probable.
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gentlemen was lately the principal of this well- known firm. Mr. and Mrs Crawford were residing in Partick, Glasgow, previous to the sad event, and although not so stated in the cablegram, it is presumed that Mr. Crawford died there. According to latest mail news from hume, Mr. Crawford was in good health, so that his end must have been sudden. Mr. Crawford
quitted Hongkong last year. He left the Far East in 1888, but returned here in 1895. ing about six more years in the Colony he finally
fter spend retired from the business. He was well known and highly respected in Hongkong aud the Far East generally, and the news of Lis death will be heard with regret by a very large number of China residents. During his stay in Hongkong he was a prominent figure in public affairs and he was a warm and liberal supporter of the various benevolent schemes of the Colony. He was a J.P., he filled for long the post of Hon, Treasurer of the St. Andrew's Society, and sat on the Committee of Management of the Union Church. Mr. Crawford leaves a son and three
daughters. The son, Frank, is studying at Glasgow University. One of the daughte's is married to Mr. Dune n Clark, of Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co., a second to Mr. G. A. Cald- well, and the other is married in England. To the bereaved family we, in common with all their friends and acquaintances, tender our sincere sympathy.
A service in memory of Mr. Crawford was held in the Union Church on the 14th inst. In an eloquent sermon the pastor, Rev. C. H. Hickling, extolled the high character of the deceased gentleman, and the service closed with the " Dead March," by the organist, Mr. G. Grimble. The heads and employees of the firm were present.
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DARING ATTEMPT AT HOUSE- BREAKING
In the early hours of Friday morning a Chinaman made a daring attempt to break into the house of Dr. Gomez at Kowloon, and was only prevented from ransacking probably the entire place by the timely awakening of one of the servants. The robber effected au entry by means of the servants' quarters, where he laid hands on all the clothing withing reach and tied it up in a bundle. leaving it at a conveni- ent spot for removal when the time for depar-
clean sweep,
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another who was running hard far ahead of them. The thief bolted into the grounds of the 10th Bombay officers' mess, and as his pursuers were afraid of trespassing on private ground they gave up the chase. The house- breaker left a pair of shio s behind as A momento of his visit, but took nothing away.
THE HONGKONG CORONATION
CONTINGENT.
FROM CUR CORRESPONDENT.]
London, 15th August On the great morning we were all and
up breakfa ted early and marched out of camp shortly after 6 a.m. We went by train to Kings' Cross and then marched thence to Whiteball. We were very fortunate, as the procession passed us beth going to and returning from the Abbey. The King looked very well, I thought, but the Queen seemed rather tired out She did not
ture came. Four servants occupied the room wherein he was currying on operations, and above! the head of one he observed a coat hanging. With the object of making a he reached up and took the coat from its peg. but in doing so accidentally flicked the face of the sleeping man.
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The latter awoke and asked,
Who is that?" and the thief. probably hoping to pass as one of the other servants, replied " Ob, it's all right; I feel unwell, that's all." The other recognised the voice as a strange one, and demanded again, “Who are you, and what do you want?" Seeing that the game was up, the robber struck the other and then took to his heels, leaving behind him a house fully alive
to the nature of events, as was seen in the out-
cry which followed his escape. The other servants were awakened by the first, and all four joined in pursuit of the man, who was running along the sea front in the direction of the Docks. Many people in the vicinity were aroused by the noise, and some, hasten- saw four shouting ing to their balconies, and gesticulating Chinamen in hot pursuit of
look as fresh as she did at the Colonial review on the 1st July. The royal couches and horses dukes, etc. were just splendid, also the other coaches of the We expected to be able to get food in London. In fact, arrangements were made to provide same, but somehow these were cancelled. Consequently we Fortunately there was a police canteen close went hungry.
no matter how small for the inner man. by and most of us were able to obtain something,
which
It was a cold day and having to stand still for so long chilled one to the bone. For tunately I had a small flask of reat whisky threatening but it did not rain where we were. The weather was was very welcome.
It was splendid to hear the cheering; it seemed Queen were crowned the National Anthem was like one great roar. After the King and sung all along the line. The people in s'ands and the crowd outside took it up in succession. As soon as one lot finished everyone within stand and those adjacent took it up, and on all earshot gave three cheers and then the next along the route as far as we could see and hear. It was really touching. We got back to camp about 5 p.m., tired out with the day's
exertious.
On the 12th the Coronation medals were
presented to the Colonials. We all marched to Buckingham Palace from Victoria Station. The streets were packed with people. When the King and Queen, the Princess of Wales, etc.; came out of the Palace on to the lawn the
Royal salute was given. The King and Queen and Royal family sat under a small tent. The received the medal from the Prince of Wales. meu filed up one by one, saluted the King, then
Officers' names were called out. After this was over all the officers came to the front and the whole contingent marched up in review order. Then the Royal salute was again given. The King afterwards walked out and made a speech.
He walked quite strongly and looked very well. He spoke up well, as I heard every word he said, though
was some way off. He said how pleased he was to see us all, wished us safe return, etc, etc., and ended up with God bless you all! Amen. Then helmets and other bead-gear were doffed and three rousing cheers given. Offices resumed their original places and the whole lot marched past and out.
The medal does not strike me as being a thing of beauty. It has the profile of the King and Queen together on one side and a little inscription on the other. The Queen's head is very poorly done. The medal is of rather an oval shape with a border of raised work. The ribbon is really pretty, red, white and bine alternating, with the red in the centre
We leave on the 19th inst. via Canada.
The cholera in Iloilo is assuming something of an epidemic form. The report of the 4t'ı inst. from there. showed a mortality of nearly 300 in the province. Inspectors have been detailed to fight the disease there and every- thing possible will be done by the civil authorities to stamp it out. The City of Manila had about the average number of cases on the 4th inst.:-12 Filipinos, 3 Chinese, and 2 Americans. The returns of cases and deaths which have been reported since the commence ment of the outbreak show 3,869 and 2,912 as the respective totals of cases and deaths.
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