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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE RACECOURSE DISASTER [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.")
Six,-In reference to your footnote commenting on my letter re matsheds, published in your yesterday's issue, you
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (SIE WILLIAM DEES-DAVIES, K.C.). DISOBEYING ORDER OF BANISH. MENT
Cheng Fuk, a Chinese pleaded guilty to returning from banishment.
Mr. G. H. Wakeman, Crown Soliciter,
will note that I did not claim your state- said the prisoner was arrested on April L. N. 1, (monthly sub,) ment to be wrong; I labelled it rather 2nd by a District Watchman, and, when Rey, T. Wilfrid Sho
anced the reason for his presence in the Colony, replied: Don't you know who A sweeping statement," and it seems to me to be suck, but perhaps a little more oxplanation is desirable, and my reply I am ami I am your brother." Prisoner was taken into custody, and when charged to your question will furnish this.
Your question was: Can any Euro at the Police Station, stated that his pean engineer say, with any approximinnother was dead and he had come to the
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tion to accuracy, what strain a matshed Colony to take his younger brother to the Mr E. La Agassiz (subcription
this
country Prisoner had been banished five times and had persistently returned.
Prisoner said he had to pass through Hongkong to go to Shanghai in search of a relative"}
His Lordship, in passing a senteng, three years hard-labour, remarked that go the next time the prisoner wished to
Shanghai he had better take another route.
ARMED ROBBERY IN THE NEW TERRITORY.
Tse Fr, Tang Shang Mai, Tang Kwa and Tang Shang, we indicted for armed robbery in the New Territory
The following jury were empanelled to try the case: Meesrs. John Mitchell J. D. Marques, J. H. Unterwood, V. E d'Azevedo, F. C. Potts, E. Thorp, and A. MacKenzi
will bear, when he is ignorant of the properties of the materials employed-1" The reply to this question must be in the negative, owing to your manner of putting it; but I still hold that whilst our European engineer has no accurate physical data regarding the strengths of bareboos and lashings he is not entirely He has ignorant of their properties. seen them in use, in sraffolding and in mutsheds; he has seen them doing the work they were intended to do, and he has seen them fail to do this work. He has also asen the first signs of distortion before any actual failure took place, and a cognisance of these phenomena is, 1 maintain, a step towards knowledge and. I, ask you to concede that, un account, ho is not ignorant of the perties of the materials employed
Mr. G. H. Wakeman, (Crown Solicitor) My second contention is that he also knows something about the design of prosecuting, stated that the robbery was Innisheds. I may be wrong, but I think committed on March 31st at a village e could apply a diagram of forces to called Chuk Hang, between Farling Golf aisted just as he would to a steel pier Course and Au Tai Police Station. At a roof, or a Warren girder, and, although about 19.30 m., the house of t moun yamed Tang Kam Sham was broken he did not know accurately the strengths to by three men, who bound complain. of his materials, I think that he could ant and threatened him. Complainant still show the direction and magnitude was quite positive that the first prisoner, of the forces at work and assist thee Fat, was one of the men. He was Chinese builder in providing adequate strength to meet them, and I ask you to concede that a European Engineer could not point out the chief weaknesses in a Chinese matshed unless he knew something about their design.
pro
I am strongly in favour of scientific research, but even if accurate physical tests were available, it appears to me a heart-breaking task for any engineer to
armed with a knife and a revolver, and was carrying a torch at the time. The · house was ransacked. When the men were leaving with clothing and jewellery complainant's wife noticed three men standing outside, apparently on guard it was a clear monlight night. and as soon as the men saw her they drown her into the house and locked the door. The three men were her neighbours to
there could be no mistake as to their
identity. The prisoners then went to the adjoining house and asked for money. The man of the house bid himself under
design a matshed scientifically from thanket, and they then attacked his
e data. The engineer's work will no doubt resolve itself into a more general Assistance to the Chinese matched builder and a demand for adequate strength in those parts which are now a source of weakness.Yours faithfully,
ALBERT WOODALL SMITH. Hongkong, April 18th 1918.
[We think that between our correspon dent's statement and our own there 38 distinction without much difference, 'IDI}.
ST.
GEORGE'S
CELEBRATION.
DAY
THE AU RESULT OF THE AUCTION OF THEATRE SEATS.
compelling her give up a consider able sum of money, including $60 which he had received the previous morning on account of the marringe of her daughter. The first prisoner was a stranger and Wag believed to be a soldier from the adjacent Chinese territory.
Evidence was given by
wife and other witnesses.
his
The jury, without retiring, brought in a unanimous verdict of guilty against the first prisoner and a verdict of not guilty," by five to two, against the three remaining prisoners.
His Lordship sentenced prisoner to five years hard labour and ordered him to reciva ten strokes with the cat."
JUDGE'S STRONG COMMENTS,
Ting Shai Mụi and Tang Shang wern indicted for robbery, suggest
The following jury were empanelled to try the case: Meara, E. P. Hyndman, E. B. Ford, G. A Carvalho, A. Leon, C. M. Sequeira, E. A. Moosdeen, and H.A. Hyndman.
Mr. G. H. Wakeman, Crown Solicitor, The auction of seats (exclusive of those prosecuting, said that the prisoners.com roserved for offcial guests) in the dress-mitted a robbery at the village of Wang circle for the performance of "The Wit ness for the Defence" at the Theatre Royal on St. George's Day realised in all $8,230, made up as follows:
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