CHINESE VILLAGE FEUD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
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n about to be sentenced to death at ngkong Criminal Sessions yester da old village elder who was with murdering another village the small new Territory market Le Lung, following many bit affecting the fung shut, or hrm Hure somewhat remarkable
The jury were
and upon their returf for ten minutes, they had unanimously fourforeman, said wilful purder, but ro emmended dict of mans to mercy on account of his age old also because of provocation.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND 1918.
man who had killed another; and the pri AoTier was not used to
The firearms
statements made by the prisoner, also, did not show anything which pointed to the fact that at the time ho committed the crime he did not really know what he was doing, or, when the crime was com•
To hate mitted, what he had done... man or wish him out of the way was no excuse for taking life.We might sometimes think that certain people who we know would be better out of the way, but if we were to take the law into our own hands in such eases it would be an impossible state of things, proceeded Mr. Orme,and, 'n place of insanity, this seems to be a case of pure vanity Prisoner sued to look upon this orime as a heroic action; vindicating the honour
that Pig village. If we were to vindicate this war of a village or country in
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St-Perhaps you have seen the un- nouncement, which appeared in one, of the home pagers recently, reading thus *****
"A sun of £20,000 from Zanzibar for war expenses has been gratefully ac cepted by the Government 10,000 was giyou last year.”
Wing Wo Street Inspector Wilden went inside the house and asken - opium which he had been informed was I hesitate to draw any comparison be secreted there, and a foki asked him 1a ween the financial resources of Zanzibar wait for the master and to accept $109 in | and Hongkong, but should imagine the the meantime. The fake went and brought balance to be greatly in favour of the Batter, and, in view of the facial sup- his master, who offered the officer a for- ther 3500. The amount of opium seized post which practically all our colonies, totalled 115 taels of dress and two brown colonies, and settlements have of raw opium valued at about $290
already given towards war expenses, do The two men were arrested and brought you not think the time has long since before Ma Wood. A romand was grant passed when Hongkong, should have
Asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him," the prisoner said things. I asould be a fearful atate, ofed, bail being fixed at, §5,000 each,
prisoner killed the
say that at the time cased he was per
did this to prevent trouble in my village. I approached the deceased on many occafectly aware of what howas doing." sions and told him to stop bringing calamity upon my village. My villagers, both young and old, died in consequence
have
approached deceased on several occasions.
Addressing the jury ở behali of the prisoner, Mr. Alabaster ssib that his de fence would be that the old on in the
MISSED THE LAST FERRY. WATCHMAN CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT The fact that Licut. Higby, of the
Inspector Gordon stated that Lieut.
followed suit 1
If, after two years of opportunity, the Government authorities in the Colony have not had the energy or common- senso patriotism to initiate or even sug- gist some form of contribution, such as, for instance, the monthly collection idea,
triumph of our cause.
I am aware that you have already taken
lack of response is greatly to be deplored,
of this obstruction of the jungelus, I dock was unable to control his actions; Hongkong Volunteer Corps, missed the ready working successfully in Shang- revented intending fights between that at the time be committed the me Kowloon ferry on the evening of Septem, it must be left to private enterprise, the two villages. I did my best, and I the old man was so overwrought with paber 9th led to a watchman being charged the Colony is not to bear the stigma, and other troubles that he was not in the Hongkong Magistracy yesterday after the war is over, of having made o On one accusión, while I was trying to possession of that degree of self-control with sabezzling $2, tar property of Mr. Chubined public effort towards the finan reason with him I spoke as nicely as I which they might expect in a normal F. E. Hall, proprietor of the Palace cial support so essential for the fin could, but he struck me, causing me to human being. There were several verdicts Hotel, Kowloon. fall. We all know prison life is not very | Which could be found apart from that of nice, but I would not seleet to go to pri- wilful murder. Of course it was clear son for any amount of money, I am now from prisoner's own statement that ho 70 years of age an 11 have never hud u did not kill the deceased accidentally, to the Palace Hotel for a bed. Lieut and I am therefore writing to urge that |
However, a verdict coull be returned that the provucation was such as to just the action, but he did not think that they would and that that was so; though there was provocation, no doubt. There was still another verdict they could find; that though the provocation was not near- ly enough to justify prisoner in killing deconsed, they would be justified in tok
fight with anyone. I have always tried. to make peace among my fellow villagers 1 have taken up, in this case, the position of a peacemaker. I, at my pre- sent state of life, was never willing to give up the cares of a father towards his family, but I was driven, and could not help doing what I did."
When the case was resumed, Mr. Orme,
gay missed the last ferry from the up this matter in your columus, Tho Kowloon side on September 9th and went Higby told the watebman he wanted a room, and also filled in the form required under the Travellers Restriction Ordin ance. A room was provided and Licut Higby handed the watchman 82 to pay for it So days later Lieut. Higby anw the proprietor of the Palace Hotel, and and in the course of conversation told him that he stayed at the hotel on
some definite and real netion be taken without further delay, and, 1/ the sup port of several well-known local men can be secured, a public meeting might be held duly advertised beforehand, to discuss the formation of a local cony of the Shanghai scheme.
in the course of a lengthy address to the ing a merciful view of the action of the September 9th. The proprietor said hing, furnished privately towards the
jury, again recounted the history of the crime, and asked the jury to remember that the villagers of prisoner's Vllage
old man and finding a verdict of man-
laughter.
was not aware of this, and then it was found that the money bad been paid to The Chief Justice I am afraid I do the watchman but that there was no re
There is no doubt that considerable contributions have already been, and are
purebase of Exchequer Bonds, but I am convinced that the amount might be
enormously increased if the question were
considered they had s bad fungsiz, not agree with you, Mr. Alabaster. Therecord of the fact that Lieut. Higby hit made a pubhe one and the whole idea
is no evidence, to justify numelange vordigh so far
and I shall impress that upon the jury
Mr. Alabaster proceeded to refer to the sanctity of the fangst, and said that such a crime would be incumprehensible to those who did not know the Chinese The religion appertaining to Chinese families was very sacred, and some of
slayed Ht the L= __
In the witness-box, Lieut. Higby spoke to! going to the hotel, after missing, thỏ. last ferry for home, and asking the watchman for a room. He filled in the
usual form, and also handed the watca- man 82, which was the amount he asked
for the room.
Mr. F. E. Hall, the proprietor of the hotel, said that with regard to late visi
which might bring about death, bad climate, and all sorts of bail happenings The villagers of decrand's willago had, apparently, a good fung shui, and this, primarily, was the cause of the quarrela The emotion of a fenos made the dispute irretrievable, and, finding there was no other way of settling the dispute, prisoner. went out and killed the deceased. There was no doubt that prisoner had a griev them might know that there was no curso ace, and that tant preyed scriously upon more terrible to a Chinaman that the tors the watchman hed instructions to his mind, and whether that griov Cure, which suggested the desire that is give them a form to fill in and to collect was a real or imaginary one, it was quite rae u family should be blotted out the $2 for the room, which would be Ten so far as defendant was concerned. It was in evidence in that case that the handed to him (witness) in the morning. and he felt it very deeply. But whether action of the neighbouring village wao had not received any money from the the grievance was real or imaginary it
a great insult; there was the suggestion defendant for Lieut. Higby's visit. ________ was to reason for him taking the law
in it that the prisoner's family should be Defendant, giving evidence, said that into his own hands in the way he had blotted out they and damaged the jungand th
Lieut. Higby spoke to him in Hindustași, done, He (Mr. Orme) had examined the That was an insult to the ancestors and that he (defendant) looked upon the evidence closely, and he had failed to of the prisoner. To buy land in which $2 es cumshaw, and not as payment for find anything which would show that pri was another man's ancestral temple was the room. He had been given cumshau soner was in anything but entire posses to suggest to him that he would have no before by people who had engaged rooms sion of his faculties at the time he comfamily and needed no ancestral temple at a late hour. mitted the crime; he was in a position to That was a terrible thing for the Chinese, realise right from wrong. In fact, pri and he asked the jury to hear this in soner, as the oldest man of the village, mind when they were considering their had been consulted from time to time verdict
cy about the dispute which ended so fatally. After a lengthy summing up, tão jury Then, again, that being so, what was the returned the verdict given above and the reason for which prisoner purchased the prisoner made the remarkable statement revolver Revolvers did not grow on quoted trees in the New Territory, they had to be In passing sentence of death the Chief licensed before they could be used. There Justice said The jury have unanimously was nothing to show that prisoner was found you guilty of wilful murder, and, not responsible for his retion; that he did in my judgment, on the evidence they not know what he was doing. On the could not possibly have come to any other day of the crime prisoner went out and conclusion. I do not doubt that what deliberately shot the deceased, and, to you say is correct; that you suffered, make doubly aure, he drew a knife and and the whole of your villagers suffered, stabbed the deceased. He thought that
considerablo oggravation from the village was the most deliberate case of a man suc-
mediately opposite yours. cessfully attacking another he had ever
But the heard of or read about. Then, after this aggravation of which you complain is no deliberate murder, the prisoner went to justification whatever for your murder the "
gentry house" and said he had ing the deceased man. It is very sad to killed a man. It was said that when the see an old man of 70 years of age con- prisquez appeared at the gentry house vected of murder. The jury have recom
mended you to mercy on account of your he was very excited and his hand was ahaking. From what he (Mr. Orme) knew age and provocation. I shall forward that recommendation to H.E. the of human nature, anyone who had just Governor, who will deal with it. The
who will committed such an act would be suficient law leaves me no alternative but to pass Jy excited to show symptoms. Some of the jury may have read of the tragedy upon you sentrace of death.
of Macbeth and how Shakespeare bad painted Macbeth as a great man of war. Yet Macbeth, great man though he was after killing the King was hardly in a condition to control his movements. He (Mr. Orme) quoted that, because it was the picture drawn by the greatest master of human nature in their language, of
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E Der Vœux (winner) 4 slowth
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146 VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB. Mr Gardiner, who defended, said the ANNUAL AQUATIC SPORTS question his worship had to decide was whether there was any felonious Intent
Thanks to the energy and enterprise on the part of the defendant. No doubt, of a few well-known local swimmers, The most watchmen, defendant was much more interest has been
aroused soundly sleeping when Licut. Higby arrived at the hotel and roused him, and among the members of the YR.C. this sort of compensation for being disturbed been a thankless sort of task, but, as will be therefore looked upon the $ as some season in connection with aquatics. It has
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fined defendant $75, with the alternative Mr. Hazeland decided to convict, and
of six weeks Hard Inbour.
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reduction of the weekly allowance of There are many open events, along with By way of compensation for the recent at the Club at the end of the month. potatoes in Berlin to 2lbs., about 12021 those which are confined to members, and The concession, it is pointed out in the the meeting should provide plenty of Press, is somewhat latile, in view of the good sport. All the local "cracks ” will scarcity and dearness of eggs, and butter, The authorities appeal to the people by figure in the programme, and there way of public placards to bear the should be some keen racing for the vari temporary privation patiently until the que championships of the Colony The arrival of German spring potatoes, which sports will be held on the 26th, 20th, and will soon be available in increasing quan 30th inst, and the various events will tities, as a good harvest is expected. be as follows:
By way of further consolation Hero von Bacocki has issued a statement through the Press depicting the state of the crops in rosy colours here The reports in the vast majority of cases are very favourable. The weather, which on the whole is good for field fruits, has almost everywhere counter balanced the disadvantages arising from the lack of good tillage and manure The hay and clover crop has in most districts produced a rich yield. ***
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Sentence of death was then passed in the usual form. The old man seemed dazed for some moments, and was then 48sisted to the cells below the dock
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