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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, 1917
THE HO MUN TIN SYNDICATE HONGKONG AEROPLANE FUND
by
named
ACCUSED ACQUITTED,
The case in which a cont Ka Rim Dia. is charged a Chinese
married woman with the fraudulent ap- propriation of 82,500, money alleged to have been entrusted to him for the pur pose of purchasing lots of land, in the Ho Mun Tin Syndicate, came to an end at the Hongkong Criminal Bessons yes
day
Mr. Jenkin, in the course of his address" to the jury on behalf of the nooused, commented strongly on the manner of the plaintiff. The woman came into that
came into the
Court and stated that she had noted
SUBSCRIPTION LIST NO. 8 Proceeds of Smoking Concert held at Masonic Hall Kowloon, including cheque for 8th from the Hon Mr. Claud Severn, C.M.G.
w
M. J. D. Stephens
Thorne (2nd Donation)
of 5.5. Kutsang, per Mr. S. Nelson ... J. W. Stephens A. Shelton Hooper
Are B. Barker, W. B. Shaw, SC Sampson, HV.R. D. W Traunan, AH.H, P. C. Pasta, W. E. Clarke, H. Overy, A.JL, M. Blackburn, G. M.
Rodger, W.F.C., C.P.S., Wong Siu Woon-810 each PT. Lumble, R. H
Hudson. Wooly Bland C. H
-down her dowry and jewellery in order aray Kennedy, & Nichol,
money
Owen G.
Breen, A
300,00 ∙100.00. 10000
35.00 50,00
GERMANTS TURKISH
PROTEGE.
INTERESTING ARGUMENT IN MIXED COURT, SHANGHAL
JURISDICTION ACCEPTED,
HONGKONG PRISON REPORT.
The report of the Superintendent of the Hongkong Prison for the year 1916. states that the number of prisoners re ceived into prison during the year was 4,168 as compared with 4,179 în 1913 The case in which Abraham Ettinger,
There was no increase of prisoners 10.00 Turkish protege of the German utheviated for larceny during the year rities in China, who is charged with under review, the number being 916 committing & breach of China's neu- against 707 for the previous year 15.00 trality and attempting to forge a Spanish
The number of Itovenue Grade pri passport, was continued on June 4th, aoners admitted to prison was 1,804, or the Mixed Court, before Mr. P. Grant ↑ 45 per cent of the total admissions. Jones and Magistrate Waung. There was a sprinkling of Germans in Court as well as Ettinger's wife, who watched the proceedings with keen interest. Ettinger is a man of lurid countenance, a slight redness in his hair, thick-set and heavily modelled features, says the M. Daily News. He took a fair amount of interest mont hard labour. in the proceedings and Assumed con fident demeanour which was somewhat
180.00
E. Alcock, G, Albert, W. Kay, G. F. Nightingale, F. G. Sinclair, J. Hartley, R. M. Henderson, S. Farrell, GEM, A Tonking, à. Lim
F. Riach, B. W. Carmack, N. Lang, C. Young, T. W Cartledge Winelau, W. B Terry, Heiberg, TJ. Jones, W. A. Donaldson, S. Longfeild Commonsense, TP; 4. M. Lindsay, A. F. Brown, H. G. Samaways, J
shaken, when his counsel's objection to the jurisdiction of the Court was dis missed. Then he appeared anxious and betrayed symptoms of nervousness,
Mr. K. E. Newman appeared for the prosecution and Dr. Fischer defended
to raise money for the purchase of the lots, and that this was all done in the strictest secrecy and without the know- ledge of her husband. Ho naked, would docent woman, who had a plain, straight tale to tell of advancing for a decent and straight transaction goo into the witness-box and behave in the way she had done? The woman was impudent and insolent. A woman who would say quite unnecessarily to a man who was asking her questions, that he was dreaming, and that he was always dreaming, was a woman who was going to unnecessary lengths in a desire to besmatter the case for the defence. It was not the manner of, demure lady who was asking her questions that he wronged lot holder, and who was merely trying to get justice done. She really Amount previously acknowledged 7,205.39 of the Dutch suthorities on whom, since
thought she was going to get out of the
case the return. of the money she alleged she had lost. In that assumption
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Bale, J. W Gloyn,
Hart, J. D.
Blair, H Reinckerd, T.
AR
Forbes, . H. Whiteford, Palmer, JW Slovart, Pinge, AK Anderspi, Barrington, Choa Po Min, Tak Yuen, Mr. Chan Chu Hing- 85 each
Brawn, I. H. North F.J.L..
Bach; CE. Gaunt, $15
Tota!
she had been corrected by his Lordship. CIGARETTE AND Mr. Jenkin added that the complcte
absence of the plaintiff's husband during the whole transaction in fact of most vital importance. His absence was eloquent of the fact that he was afraid to come there and throw what light ho could on the way in which the 82,500 was obtained. He contended that the Crown had absolutely failed to prove what they had set out to do, namely, that the accused had taken the money and con- verted it to his own use. After his Lord- -ship had suimned up at length, the jury, without retiring, returned an un- animous, verdict of “not guilty," and the accused was discharged.
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY
MISSING BRASS,
Two men who were charged with steal- ing brass at Hunghom were each sentenc Fed to one month's hurd labour and four
hours' stocks.
ARMS.
A Chinese, who was found at Kowloon railway station in possession of an auto- matic pistol nud 100 rounds of ammuni- tion was fined $100.0
MOUNTED POLICE ACTIVE,
Trooper French, of the Mounted Police Reserve, summoned six riczhn coelies for obstruction, and a fine of 25 was inposed in each case.
Bergt Arnold, also of the Mounted Police, summoned the driver of motor- ar No. 47 for failing to sound his horn when rounding a bend. The defendaus was convicted and fined $5.
ROWDY JAPANESE
The occupier of 45, Haiphong Road, which is a Japanese eating house, was
BIL GRANT JUNES A JUDGEMENT.
WC
One hundred and forty Juveniles wern admitted. In 80 cases corporal punish- meat was awarded. Of these 23 weró sentenced to be whipped forthwith and discharged, and the remaining 37, in addition to whipping, received sentences STOM 24 hours' detention to 12
The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous con
INTIMATIONS
LANE,
CRAWFORD & Co.
ALL SIZES
IN MEN'S
BATHING SUITS
WITH SKIRTS, WITH OR WITHOUT SLEEVES,
From $8.00 Each,
A.S.A. SWIMMING SUITS
IN NAVY AND BLACK, ALL SIZES $2.00 EACH.
ictions recorded against them was 13.3 NON-ACTINIC AERTEX CELLULAR
There, were & prisoners admitted who a compared with 11.5 for 1915) were convicted by the Police Court in the New Territories, against 92 for the previous your, and 113 in 1914.
The percentage of prisoners in custody to the estimated population on the 31st of December, 1816, was the same as fen years previously,
One hundred and fifteen prisoners wore whipped by order of the Courts, S
There were 9 deaths (7 from natural
Constant attention is given to the in- struction of long-sentence prisoners of good conduct, who are employed at in- dustrial labour. In this connection it may be mentioned that 7,784,306 forms were priated and issued to the various Government Departments and books bound and r
and repaired. The average annual cost per prisoner in 1910 was 26677, in 1915 873.78, 1914 989.68. The prisonergamed 868,209. 08.
.......... In deciding against Dr. Fisher's ob jection to the Court's Jurisdiction Me Grank Jones gid -
Since the last hearing of this case and 2 executions). have carefully considered the question of 210.00 jurisdiction and have reached the follow- ing conclusion. The defendant is a Tur 7.00 kish subject and it is claimed on his behalf that a such he is not amenable to $1,057.00 the jurisdiction of this Court but to that
the rupture of diplomatic relations be $8,269, 39tween China and Germany, protection of German interets has devolved. It is necessary for us to examine the founda- tions upon which the prisoner's plea to TOBACCO the jurisdiction is based. It is admitted, I think, that there is no tripartite agree ment between the three countries concern ed, China, Turkey and Germany by which the latter Power is authorized to assume jurisdiction over Turkish sub- jects, and Chris has never, so far as I am aware, expressly misented to the exercise of sudi jurisdiction. It would, indeed, be stringe if she had done so For the doctrine of assimilation which previals in Mohammedan countries, whereby an allen, whether his own gov ernment has treaty, relations with the territorial sovqeign or not, is considered he entitled, is against the exercies of
FUND. Acknowledged to 18th April,
1917 Since received e
Craigengover Cricket
M.S.B. sub for June Mr. F. G. Becko, Wha
32.00 5.00
20.00
pos, sub, for May Proceeds of Sween on rife match Hongkong
Shanghai. 456.60 Refund orror in ea
change on cheque
1.54 Collected by Mrs WE L. Shenton (acting for Mrs. Arthur)
Lis
992.00:
Expended to 18th April Since expended
20,000 Cigarettes sent to Mt."
Austin Barracks 300,000 Cigarettes sent to the
Troops at the front
$20,844,25
"m
and in
A return of the income and expen- diture for the past ten years shows that. the former has risen from $10,079.90 to 300.019,80 and the latter from 850,711,39 to $112,015,70. The average cost per pri- soder has fallen from 298.86 to $68.77
THE LATE REV. II. O SPINK.
At the morning service at St. Andrew's, Church, Kowloon, to-morrow (Sunday), HE. the Govertor will unveil the hand- some brass tablet which has been erected An memory of the late Rev, H 0. Spink, formerly Chaplain of St. Andrew's
er him by
the local autho Church, who was killed in etion in
to the protection of the consiste/ Brance on August 8th last year
18 not re
he sheen
at all in China. Nor docs the system of proteyta exist here. 907.13 Such being the
case the Jurisdiction can only have been exorcised with the tot 821,751:48 acquiescence of rather non-inte
-intervention
$21,595 01
50.00
of the Chinese Government, and we are or of opinion that extraterritorial privi
leges in Chim at any rate, cannot legally be assumed or acquired in such a manner. At its best the jurisdiction is but a questionable accretion to Treaty 957.02 ights and to stand or fall with those
righte
in question is the Sino- The Treaty German agreement of 1891 by which
den Hutu Allemands, Cintreet: uljeuts
aro scored enjoyment of extraterritorial rights privileges," 9 operative at the present
$21,50293 15856
Balance in hand
W DOWLEY
The Bishop of Victoria will dedicate the mémorial, and will also preach an appro priate sermon
FAR EASTERN MEN AND THE WAR.
2nd-Liu W W Melville, of the Health Department, and late of the S Artillery, has completely recovered from shell shock and the effects of gas. He has been promoted to a full lieutenant and, according to a letter received in Shang hai a few days ago, was to proceed to the Italian front with the Royal Field Artillery
Hou. See and Treasurer distthink not. By the dismissal Mr H F Miller, late of the Works
Hongkong 8th June, 1917.
THANKS TO KISMET!!! The following acknowledgment has been received of the Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club's contribution to the Star and Garter Building Fund-
British Women's Hospital, 21, Old Bond Street London, W. 13th April, 1917 Mowbray Northcote, Esq
Hongkong Amateur Dramatie Clab DEAR SIR, On behalf of my Committee I beg to offer yout
you hearty thanks for
for the very handsome sum of £850 which you have forwarded from the Hongkong
MOMENTT
Department, Chinese Maritime Customs, has been accepted as a candidate for a temporary commission in the Royal En Bincers and is now undergoing a taonth a training at the London University
TC, B. Kensington.
of German officals from this country and by the reservation of certain offences when committed by Germans to the jurisdiction of her own Courts, China has inflect abrogated or suspended the from the local jurisdiction as German operation of the Treaty Such exemption
subjecta enjoy at the present tame is the result of a regrant of extraterritoriality, limited in ext. That regrant is ex-brought before a British Assessor, and his pressed in the instructions recently issued object in making this application var by the Ministry of Justice, and in accord that the case should be sent before a nex- once with the well-known principla tral
of
assessor. As matters stood he did International Law is to be construed most, not think there could be fair and im strictly in favor of the grantor, fast is partial trial
:19
the territorial sovereignty as is expressly is Judicial knowledge that there is war to say there is mly such derogation from The Assessor Prejudice?
will no Its concuded in the grant. The language of
between England the Assessor's native these instructions is perfectly
and it is the language
Turkey the accused's fathers limited regrantland, and it was a fact that the state of
and country, and It follows, I think, and a ruling has diplomatic relations between countries. been expressly vited on this point, that would affect the T
"different nations. He alone, to detersine in each and very shitted that there must be prejudice instance the qustion of jurisdiction over against the defendant in the case. German subjects, the question whether
her The Assessor--Do you say that the Bri an offence is justiceable in this Court otish judges at home are not dispensing
thd of the Municipal Police in a recent
Amatear Club, us the result of perform for this Court, and forthis Court individuals of mind and feelings of
ahces of Kismet
My Committee greatly appreciato the practical interest shown in their work by
summoned for allowing disorderly con British Residents in other parts of the in the Dutch Court For this, reason her At home it is different.
dact on his premises.
Inspector Gordon said that a number of Japanese officers were singing and ahouting on the premises after midnight, Mr. F. E. Hall, o of the Palace Hotel also said that he had sent complaints to the police about the rowdy nature of the place.
The case was adjourned until Monday.
world Will you please convey to all who have assisted in this very successful in dertaking the thanks and gratitude of the Committee of the Star and Garter Building Fund. Yours truly,
($d.) A. L DOUGLAS:
(Secretary).
EXERCISE IN THE FAR EAST Exercise is a positive faish with many
action case was, in my opinion, perfectly cor- Continuing. Dr. Fisher and have to rect, and they should follow a similar show that the accused in the victim of course on all future occasions, that is trap laid by the War Intelligence Bureau bring the persm charged to this Court attached to the British Consulate of in order that the question of jurisdiction Shangbai. I have to declare that Eng FOLY
be determined here and not else lish provocating agents in order to pro- whore.
mote British wat aims have close con nexion with tas charge mado against the acoused and I say that the Assessor must be prejudiced
DOCTOR'S DISHONEST COOLIE, Europeans in the Far East and like neutrality, and attempt of while in this Court I accept no dictation
been
INSINUATIONS OF PREJUDICE Dr. Fischer object to the ruling of the Court and I wish to make a further motion a motion for the change of The Assessor did not accept this. I t venno of the Court charges agains! There are two here to do justice he continued, and
of a from my suthorities, other fetishes it claims a regular toll of document.A Spanish document in A coolie in the employ of Dr. Lindsay victims. One of the soundest medical alleged to have been forged by the accusa political one, especially considering the Dr Fischer urged that the charge was mon in the Straits, a man who is con- ed or an attempt to this effect has Woods was charged with stealing a quan-Stitutionally adverse to making dogmale made. With dis respect to the Assessor fact that the photograph of Nielsen, whom tity of metal polish, and also a bottle of statements, old us year ago that far mubmit that the case seriously affects his learned friend called notorious brandy
more people were killed out here through. Spawish interests and therefore ought to appeared on the passport indulging in too
much exercise than ever be remanded for the Spanish Assensors he not! Perhaps you would say The Assessor-Ho wsa rather notorious, died through not taking enough, and The AssessorIs
claim from we are consequently getting illustrations the Spanish Asesoramie
there any celebrated on y of the truth of his remarki Exercise in Dr. Fischer will ask the to Dr. Fischer concluded by urging that moderation is certainly god for almost have the case. Nought before him. The everyone but it
to be taken re
kenres will make a claim when he has seen the gularity and mildly, not spasmodically documents. The police should have sent and in huge doses. The person who steal the papers to him in an office all the week and then on The Assessor-Is the
Spanish Assessor
Assessor a Bunday buss long swit in the sea, fol- Spaniard t lowed by a couple of rounds of golf in Dr. Fischer var understood to reply the morning and three hard sete of tennis that he was an dastrian, and added that 1 the evening, is an use. All he requires the trial of the case necessitated a fully and all he should tako, is a couple of impartial sad disinterested judge: | In rounds of golf or tennis and a rubber the present cassie housed had been of Bridge.Straits Echo.
Continued al foot of next column.)
The defendant admitted stealing the stal polish, bat said that he knew
nothing about the brandy, and this story was accepted.
Inspector Gordon, said that complaints were received by the Police, and a Chine detective, after making enquiries, found
the metal polish concealed in a chimney at 3, Nathan Road
A fine of $20 was imposed, default, one month's hard labour
in
for a should to seminded for trial be fore a neutral Assesworne] Mr. Grant Jones said the Court would consider the application but if thir Roched wanted the one to be tried before a neutral assessor there would have to be an absolute said irrevocable submission
by the accused to the jurisdiction of the Court and an absolute and irrevocabla submission by the Dutch Consul Geners! enon behalf of the German authorities and
himself to the jurisdiction of the Court
GOLF SHIRTS
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