INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22nd, 1914.
from the very beginning and now after nearly five months of war, the German Army finds not only that it is unable to gain the objects it sot forth to achieve, but that it is doomed to be driven back
The Russian Government has placed on order in Japan, reports the Japan Times. for cholers and typhus serum for 4,000,000 persons, for the use of the Russian soldiers fighting at the front, there being signs of
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, December 21st.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
REES DAVIES,: KC).
the complainant with the intention of California, Mexico, Peru, or Australia,
where there were also considerable num robbing him, and they committed a bers of Chinese. These places had certain cowardly assault upon him in the middle jurisdiction and legislation of their own. of the night, holding him down and using Counsel, continuing, referred to a violence toward him. He was determined case in which a foreigner shot another as far as he could to put down robbery foreigner ou a foreign vessel on the high soas. The ons shot died in England and it was held that the accused could not be tried in England. The similar principle, in a less extensive manner, could not be applied in this case. One's mind, in dealing with such a case, must only run on the facts rather than cn what was pass- ing in the mind of the person charged. They had to deal with facta and acts and not with thoughts and intentions. Mr. Pollock then remarked that under the
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Three Chinem were arraigned on indictment charging them with attempt ing to commit a gang robbery at the residence of Mr. Alexander Carmichael (an engineer employed at the Taikoo Sugar Refinery), the Joss House, Quarry Bay, on the morning of the 1st December. The prisoners were also indicted for assaulting Mr. Carmicht 1. -___
The following composed the jury:
Wong Tak was indicted for the manslaughter of one Chiu Tong on board the British steamship Tai Lee on the 12th November, in the Canton River.
Prisoner, when charged, said "Deceased fell down dead." This was takon as a plen of hot guilty a
circumstances, and should the jury be against him, he would ask for a special verdich
His Lordship on this point said that he proposed to let the ease go to the jury, here their verdiot, and, if it was against prisoner, to reserve his decision and to consult with the Full Court and take its
raised, opinion on the point which had been
The Attorney General said that the only difficulty in the case might be he know what sentence should be meted out to the prisoner, but that was a matter entirely for his Lordship, not for the jury, & dispute took place on the T'ai Lee between a cook-boy and the deceased some money, and the prisoner, who was The boy asked deceased to re-pay him the quarrel. Blowa were struck and the the father of the cook boy, interwoned in deceased fell down and struck the dock The Attorney-General Hon. Mr with his head. There was no fracture of Kemp) prosecuted. In opening, I the skull, but the man died from inter that at about two or three o'clock in cranial hemorrhage. If the jury thought that deceased died as the result the morning Mr. Carmichael woke of a blow struck in the assault committed of the Court. The circumstances were of
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John Rodger, L. G Rodrigues, J. G. A near the Gordon Road, Shanghai, was as de Bruce Shepherd (foreman) opened last week, when a large company. assembled on the invitation of the pro-Ribeire, E. J. Ainslie, C. M. Soares, and pictors. The mill buildings are five storeys high, the floors boing 76 ft. by 42ft There are 21 mills, each 0
The British scamer Haddonhell arrived
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for the defence, Mr. Hodgson submitted. Replying to the point raised by Counsel that the Crown had jurisdiction under the Ordinance which had been referred to. The whole of his friend's argument on the cases stated had been based on the whole offence committed outside the jurisdiction up to find himself being attacked on him by the prisoner, they would have being in possession under circumstances struggle to find him guilty of manslaughter. The where that possession was not lawful. In- only defence, apparently, was that this case it was evident the man was in prisoner was struck first, but he thought possession of dynamite with an object did not matter in a care of that kind who his Lordship would tell the jury that it Thoy
Dr. Macfarlane gave evidence that the actually struck the first blow
shangabad injury to the skull was such as could have quite recent. ben caused by a fall. The injury was
by some Chinese, ensued.
They tried to choke and
ST. MARCEAUX & Co. three years, providing the Germans commit no great tactical error. He divides the war into six periods-two past, one present and three to come. The first period was the advance through Belgium into France; and the second was the Battle of the Marce and the German retreat to the Alsne. The third period is that of the fighting on the Aisne, continuing and developing into the battle for Calais; tho fourth period will be a German retreat and a battle on the Meuse. The fifth period will be a further retreat and a battle on CHAMPAGNE the Rhine, and the sixth period will be the march to Berlin. It may, we think, be said that the third period is now practically at an end, and the fourth There is no period entered "upon." Calais, or Kales, as the German cartome of the accident the vessel was being. He (the Attorney-General) thought the graphers are printing it on their new brought out to Japan from Ergland for jury would be satisfied from the evidence the deceased first. He did not see de- or whether it is lawful or not in Canton,
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an Indian constable, hearing his shouts Bhim, but we Indian watchmen and for aid, went to his assistance, and the three prisoners were arrested in the if defence it could be called-was that house. The only defenes the prisoners- vessel will be docked at the tsu Bishi they did not assault Mr Carmichael,
likelihood now of the Germans reaching Dockyard and Engine Works. Ai thotating that they only went there to steal quarrel between deceased and the prisoner ful here ? We
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that the three prisoners did assault the complainant, and that they went there with the design to rob, and that they meant to carry out that design, even to
the daily cases at the Magistacy a large tendent of
the Government
were not trying the carry- ug out of the object. Possession in that Colony with an unlawful purpose was not lawful. They were really endea-
His Lordship-And you say that pos vouring to panish a man fer the intention to commit an offence outside the Colony session with the object of attempting to assassinate someone in Canton is not law-
The Crown Solicitor-That is 0. are not trying here an attempt in Canton, We are trying here the possession for that purpose. If your Lordship supports the to find, really, that it would be lawful, point raised by the defence, you will have under certain circumstances, to kill some His Lordship Supposing a Chinaman killed a thousand Chinamon, and then
offence was the possessior, in this Colony The Crown Bolicitor agreed, but point- ed out that that was not the offence. The of the dynamite for that purpose. addressed the jury, and, in summing up..
A witness said that after deceased fell he did not get up again. There was a
cited. In his opinion the prisoner struck before they fought. Both were very
ceased strike a blow before that.
The jury found the prisoner guilty and Court,E recommended him to the mercy of the His Lordship, in passing sentence, said bring about the death of the deceased. ceased died as the result of a fall, but
it was a very unfortunate occurrence the prisoner gave. He was very glad to give effect to the jurt's recommendation; altogether. Prisoner would go to prison for six months with bard labour. Subsequently the Hon Mr. Pollock BEFORE THE PUINNE JUDGE, MR. B. H. J. his Lordship directed the jury merely to
maps in anticipation of the German occupation of the port. A period of five. months is assigned by the anonymous high French authority" to the Battle Ministers of State, Merchant Gail of the Meuse, and the campaign on the ammunition has had a salutary effect. the extent of using viclence. no ono supposed that prisoner wished to body,
Rhine is estimated to last twice as long While there formerly figured gularly in Dr. W. V. M. Koch, Medical Superia Medical evidence had shown that the de killed another Chinaman in Canton, or which would carry as well into the year 1918 The final march to Berlin and number of charges against Chiese return- Hospital, gave evidence concerning the that fall was the result of a blow which came down here, we would not try him.: negotiations for peace should bring the war to an end with the final withdrawal of the Allied Armies of occupation in 1917." It is presumed by the same high military authority that the Russian advance will occupy a similar period, and that only the sready combined pressure of the Allies can bring matters to a conclusion within the period suggested, He assumes that the German forces will withdraw steadily and that there will be
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Civil ing from America for smuggles, latterly wounds which the complainant bore when such charges have been almostcompletely admitted to the institution shortly after absent. Sergt. Pincott procected yester the outrage. There were, he said, about day a Chinore who was arresed on the 23 scratches, which appeared to be shizuoka Maru for being unlawful finger-nail marks, on the throat and chest of Mr. rounds of ammunition As usual, the Carmichael, and two wounds on the head, Possession of a rifle, a pist, and 400 upper part of contraband was ingeniously concealed above the right car,
each provide with falte bottom, contained the rile and am tion, and the pistol was hidden in the munition,
Two boxes,
the
GOMPERTZ
SEQUEL TO PLOT AGAINST CANTON'S MILITARY the offence with which he was charged.
GOVERNOR,
The complainant stated that when he
Chen Hai Yuk, alias Chan Yik Tong, was rudely awakened he found three Chinese on top of him. One of them alias King Wan, pleaded not guilty to
a
no endden collapse of either front. With centre of a feather pillow, Ir. Prestonhad him by the threat, and was endoay-charge of being in possession of lib. of
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Bay "yes" or "no" whether they wore of the opinion that prisoner was guilty of The jury found prisoner guilty, where- upon his Lordship reserved his decision and fixed Wednesday for the hearing by the Full Court of the legal points raised by- Counsel for the defence.
FIVE YEARS FOR WOUNDING.
Lau Fong was charged with wounding bodily harm, on November 19th. Chan Yung, with intent to do her grievous Prisoner pleaded guilty and was sen- Dr. tenced to five years hard labour, Moore stating that the woman would lose the use of her right hand as the result of
inflicted. the Injuries
– CHINESE JUNK ATTACKED BY
PIRATES.
place a wooden gag in his 7th, in such circumstances as to give cause mohrying to pla
for reasonable suspicion that he did not the experience of the war already gained, The defendant was ni
We are asked to remind our readers and struggled fiercely with the robbers have the explosives 70. lawful purpose. or improbable forecast of the duration of that booking opens at Moutrio's this The room was more or less in darkness, The jury was composed of Messrn. A the war, even if Germany has to set onorning at 9 am for the second charity but by the moonlight he could see the Ritchie, F. Gomes, R. W. Wilks, G. D.
Le the defensive the whole time. As our crformance to be given this season by forms of the Chinese, and to recognised da Foza, F. A. Gace, J. M. da Rosario London contemporary, in commenting on these speculations, points out, the conse at 9:15 p.m, and on Wednesday those who attacked him. He was under The Crown Solicitor (Mr. P. M. quences of defeat are so terrible and (Matinée), January 6th, at 4.30 p.m. The the impression that there were more than Hodgson) prosecuted and Hon. Mr.
MASTER SHOT AND THROWN OVERBOARD.) disastrous, especially for a nation which Belgian Refugee Relief Fund is the three in the room. Eventually an Indian H E. Pollock, K.C. (instructed by Mr. Mr Gardiner's office), has provoked war and treated its neigh charity selected this time. There is watchman rame into the room, followed Russ, from
An extraordinary story was related to bours with the savagery displayed by the surely none mure deserving or popular soon afterwards by another watchman defended.
the Chung Chau Pelico on Saturday by German troops, that the world must be For this reason alone it is confidently and an Indian bonstable. The three Outlining the case the Crown Solicitor
a junk foki named Chan Fat, a native spoke to the man being dumans and of the Tau Tin village. The fol
foki stated prepared for a desperate and protracted expected that there will be a big demand prisoners were arrested in the room.
In answer to his Lordship, Mr. wharf with half a pound of dynamite and rouistance to the Allies. Great Britain for seats so that those who do not wish to and France inve to see to it that their be disappointed are advised to book Carmichael said he had never seen the the five detonators in his possession and that on Friday afternoon last the junk efforts are equal to the emergency, early. The entertainment will be in the three men before, and did not know was arrested, and in answer to the charge upon which he was employed left Macao said that he was passing through Hong for the purpose of returning to Sha-to-kok. Evidently the high French military nature of a Fairy Ballet, and, whilst in whether they belonged to the Quarry Bay kong on his way to Macao, and he wanted They got some little way outside Macao district. He agreed that he could have to get someone to take the dynamite to when it was observed that the junk was authority" whose speculations we liave set no way striving to compare with the made short work of two of the prisonera, Canton, make it into a bomb, and then being pursued by a Chinese long boat. An out. does not hope for the economic recent ambitious" Bluebird" produc but he was caught on the bad while throw it at Lung Chai wong. Mr exciting chase ensued, which lasted for strangulation of Germany in
Hodgson added that if that did not con about threa hours, when the leng boat less tion, it will be found to possess a novel
stitute an unlawful purpose be would be came within hail, and ordered the junk than three years, though the pressure charm of its own that should (ppeal to
very much surprised.
master to stop. The latter would not da which is being felt with ever-increasing both young and old, especially to those
Hon. Mr. Pollock made a lengthy co, and then the men co the pirate craft force month by monta must have the effect who allow themselves to be carried away
statement on points of law in connection fired rifles and revolvers at the junk fokis, with lawful and unlawful intent Sup one shot skimming across the top of the of gradually impairing the efficiency of by the seasonable atmosphere it conveys,
posing a man was in possession of master's head. The junk was thereupon the army in the field as well as of cooling
burglarious implements with an intent to stopped, and nine men, alf well armed, commit a burglary in Canton, that would clambered on to the vessel. The junk be no offence, because the house in Canton master was brutally shot dead, and his
DEATH. GRIMBLE.-At Theydon Bois, Essex, on the 15th of November, FRANCES. ANNE GRIMBE, aged 80 years. [1477
Hoxazona Orion: 10a, Das Vœux ROAD C. the ardour of the civilian population for
man,
Evidence was given by the head watch
who was the first to render assistance to the complainant, Indian P.C. Basava Singh, and another watch The head watchman was com mended by his Lordship for his prompt
man.
LONDON. Oreion: 181, Flat BEKI, EC the war. Already there are indications ORDINATION AT THE CATHEDRAL 40tion, which his Lordship said was
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HONGKONG, DECEMBER 22ND, 1914.
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in Germany of a reaction setting in now that the mendacious charactor of the
at which the burglary was to be committed body thrown overboard. Chan Fat bim- was outside the jurisdiction of that Court. self was shot in the chin and shoulder, bot The same principle, he contended, applied the wounds were only superficiel The to this case. The unlawful object in robbers also threw him overboard As his this case was outside the jurisdiction of story goes, he managed to seize the hatch the Colony's legislature, which could only of the pirater boat, and kept himself from was constituted for the purpose of two o'clock the next day, when he was deal with local crime. The Criminal Law drowning by means of the hatch until enforcing law, order and good government picked up by another junk and conveyed within the jurisdiction of the Court; an to the Chung Char Police Station. He offence againss the Colony had to be com His Lordship Do you say the intention to blow up the Governor-General of
mitted within the territory.
states that the robbers haul was nothing more than 2100 in money, and $20 worth
worthy of all praise.
first and second
defendants On Sunday, the Bishop of Victeria beld The
addressed the jury at length in defence, reports industriously published in order an Ordination at St. John's Cathedral, They admitted that they went there with 10 stimulate this martial ardour is slowly when three Chinese were admitted to the the intention to rob, but denied assault being realised, and the last great hope of order of Deacon. The service was in ing Mr. Carmichael, alleging that he the War Lords seems to lie in the measure Chino and the Cathedral was filled with first assaulted them. They said that on A TELEGRAM published a week ago of success they are able to achiero in their informed us on the high authority of efforts to inspire the German people with Europeans and Chinese; the Choir was the way to the Police Station the three
VON DER GOLTZ that a fanations, hatred of basic People with entirely Chinese, being composed of the Germany had made properations for a of England especially. We can only hope male choirs of St. Stephen's and St. Paul's year of war. While everyone will that the people of Germany will recognise Churches and of pupils from the St sincerely hope that a year will see the war the inevitable long before three years are Bishop was attended by his Chaplains, the Stephen's and Fairles Girls' Schools. The through, it must be admitted that at the over, and, by compelling their War Lorde Archdeacon of Hongkong (the Ven. E did the Sergeant kick us with the tue of "lawful had a much more extended in moment there is little to warrant any such to submit, anve the country from the Judd Barnett), the Rev. V. H. C. Moyle, his boot," said the first prisoner, but tention, There might be a bomb, but the expectation, When Germany prepared greater suffering and misery which must the Rev. P. Jenkins and the Rev. W. T. also with the sols." (Laughter.) fore, the of war, it was, we may be recult from the protraction of a struggle Featherstone (Domestic Chaplain). The His Lordship pointed out that the Lordship was being asked to do was to occupied by Miss B Josephs at No. 10. Bure, in the confident expectation that her which can have but one issue, and that is ndidates for ordination, Messrs. Wong version they had just given from the dock endeavour to insert an interpretation Queen's Road East, evidently with the the French, as it did in 1870-71, while, as cherished aims of Prussian militarism, Tang Ng, Tsung Yat Dung and Lei Kau corresponded with their etatement to the clause in the local Ordinance which did intention of committing a robbery. They
rughty army would speedily triumph over the final and complete frustration of the
we now know, the small Belgian Army
ad the Expeditionary Army which Great
Britain was expected Bend over to
Indians set upon them, and assaulted them, and that the Sergeant at the Police Station forcibly extracted their state striking them with his fist. Not only mente from them by kicking them and
The jury found prisoners guilty, and his Lordship asked prisoners if they had anything to say.
Carton is lawfult
did not say that, and added that the term
Hon Mr. Pollock replied that he
of clothing
DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY IN EASTERN DISTRICT.
In broad daylight on Saturday morning object not lawful must be within the two Chinese coolly walked into premises jurisdiction of the Court. What his
Yan, were presented by the Archdeacon Police in the charge room There was not exist. Mere possession was nothing sized hold of Miss Josephs, and despite under the Ordinance, and the objecb not her struggles quickly gagged her. An old The preacher was the Rev. Fong Yat Sen nothing in the original statements that Jawful must be an object not lawful amah, however, opportunely appeared, Messrs Lane, Crawford & Co. are (Holy Trinity, Kowloon), and the Litany they had cot just previously said. in the jurisdiction. The onus was also and raised the alarm. The two robber The third prisoner also denied the on the Crown, who had to show possession immediately endeavoured to escape, but the Continent were considered to be keeping their store open till 6 o'clock each was said by the Rov. Fok Tsing Shan (St.
and that the object to be achieved was one was arrested on the stairs, the other assault. too contemptibly small to be taken evening during the present week,
unlawful within the jurisdiction. The succeeding in getting away. At the Stephen's). The Hor. Mok Shan Tsang
Crown, he contended, had not yet sustain Magistracy yesterday, before Mr. F. A. into serious consideration. The Allied on th
(Canton) read the Epistle and the Rev.
that onus. His Lordship was being asked Hazeland a man was charged with arinies on the West being rapidly. One fatal (Chinese) case of diphtheria Fong Tang Ng was Gospeller. The
to extend a section of the Ordinance to attempting to commit an armed robbery disposed of the entire weight of and two non-fatal cases of enteric fever
service was a very impressive one, and the The third prisoner -- I would much object to be carried out outside the with violence, and the case was remanded.
jurisdiction of the Colony, and it would, the Austro-German Armies could be were the only cases of communicable thrown against the hosts of Russia with disease totifed in the Colony last week Ordination of the three candidates caused rather that your Lordship banished me he submitted, he ultra rares to the
Colonial legislature to make such a provi cruiser Bedford, which cank off Quelpart The salvage of articles from the British such effect that Germany would have all One of the enteric caces was "imported." great interest. The candidates were from the Colony. (Laughter.)
One of the enteric once was importained at the C.M.S. Training College, His Lordship, in cendencing all three con na hati, 18hare of the Island, in 1910, undertaken by tradin Europe at her feet in twelve months
Colony was a document which enabled the Japanese, has been carried on since May It For stealing about lewt of coal, two | Canton.
men to five years hard labour each, and legislature to make laws, but the Colonial last by Japanese and Koreans On is only on some such forecast of events as Chinese coolies were at the Magistracy Other clergymen present were:-The 13 strokes with the "cat," said they had legislature had no power to make laws account, of the cold weather, gays the this that Germany could have anticipated yesterday sentenced to a month's imprison Revs. C. L. Cooper Hunt (Army Chap. been found guilty on their own aduis outside of its constitution. He submitted Seoul Fren operations have been a termination of the war within the short ment and four hours stocks es
stocks each. The lam), D. B. Reynolds (Missions to signs practically of what was regarded that the law passed under that Charter suspended It is stated that brass, were not for good order and Govern- copper and iron recovered from the vessel space of a year. But Germany's plans coal was stolen from a nuk in the Seamen), C. B. Shann (St. Stephen's in the Colony as a very serious offencement either in Canton, where there were this year amoun mircarried. Her time table was unset Harbour.
College) and G. E. S. Upsdell (Canton). They admittedly went to the house of large numbers of Chinese, nor for Canada, valued at Y.,100 Soekar tiqora mIUS 20ARÁS 2017 CHE
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