A THEATRICAL DISPUTE. JUMENT FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.
At the Summary Court. Yesterday, Me," destier Mellarte delivered judgment in the
acriver in which Mr. W. R.
of the Banvard -Hver boy proprietur American Musical Company, elained gin", damages for alleged serach "of goties, frim Meet Ryles, ill recently deading man at ti & Gupany,
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH,· 1919,
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OFFENSIVE TRADE NUISANCE "GIRL DRUGGED AND TAKEN
THE CURING" OF RIDES WHOLESALE DEALER FINED $1.
At the Magistracy, yesterday, a thin- ese denter in hides was summoned by the
Sanitary Board for storing and cleansing cow hides in No. 7. Sai, On Fette without 4 permit.
TO MACAO,”
ALLEGED KIDNAPPER CLAIMS PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY,
At the Magistracy, yestering, the eas ́was continued in which Mr. Len Longi-, notto, Assistant Crown Solicitor, applied, on bellf of the Canton-authorities, for Mr. W. F. L. Shenton appeaerd for the the extrulition of a Chinese ray a charge defendang, and Mr. A. tiilson, Head off kishaapping a yung girl. the Sanitary Department, and capt Muntfith, M.O, H., watched the ens for the Sanitary Departmetit,
Mr. C. F. Mason, C, appeared for the defendant.
A MOST DISGRACEFUL CASE
CHİNESE DETECTIVE NEGLECTS
TO REPORT A MURDER,
At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chin- se, detective ans charged with neglect of duty.
Sergeant Spear stated that defendant. was stationed in the Tai O district A
der was committed and two men in- | formed defendant, wh however, failed
report the matter to witness, Defendant's statement was its follows
12.20 am,, on September 2nd. Four Persons came to my hose and knowked at the dam. I opened the dum, “let the
Mr Ryles severed his connection with the Company in Hongkong and has re
The prosecution allege that the girl was turned to America, having primanently retired fruta, the profession. Mi, Atma Inspetor R. Wood stated that on drugged and kidanged from the contry Grant, one of the beauty chorus, ako August 25th he visited No. 7. Sai Only defendant. She was taken to Macao,ople in, and they informed the that left the Company and is now residing in Lane and saw some met engaged in clean-ank there the man trial to sell her into a a murder had been caminitted. Hengkong: whit Miss Phy Has Bards.ing raw hides. The asked them to whom use of ill-fame.
the hides belonged and they pointed to the talented young dancer, is parting
The brother of the girl stated that. defendant. Ee exaruined defendant's hearting his sister had been taken, tel"'d asked. Iron Bauvedl sin Singapore-
shown and found a further quantity of Macau, i went there and found her wat hides. Witness then went away, and endering about the streets. There was Bi
is second visit noticed that the work was
geason why she should have su away still in progress. The Mides were in from haar. She was engaged to a wa the same condition as when taken out man. of the slaughter-house.
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At the previon, hearing, in chambers, 3. Mattingles pour in the esisenes of „Mr. Hurley, taken de bent est before the Bgistrar, and M. Heaxis objected to the proevsince. Both solicitors quoted Haris authorities upholding their Mr. Mattingley, respective matentions. have left the Colony ogregruit "his Health, the plaintiff -wa, represquted ges terday M, W. K. L. Shenton.
My, Mason pointed out that it had not Cross-examined,
witness stated that been proved that his client was a Chinese wholesale dealers had no permits. The
subject. There should be clear proof, hides wened to have been slightly washed according to the Extradition Ordinance, ward alted. They had been import that his client was born in 'thian He
asked them how HANY persons were killed. They replied: "Two." Men or women!"
• Women,” saith one of the 1 chen nggested to the four men that they should go to the Tai Police- station and report the matter. I pro- naised to follow them later. They replied that they were afraid to go to the station. stating that the Indian constable on duty would not let them in. I told them: “Do' nos be afraid: I will ping up the Indian and tell him to let
Mr. Lindsell: la t
te Col
ihina in a balirare condition.submittel that his client was burn in niention between the station ;
and defendant's house! Mutan, and was therefore it Portuguese
Sergeant Spar: Now he probably citizen. His client bad formerly been a
neant that he would ring the eletric seaman, but when war broke out "he garbell attached to the station ente up his job.
Mr. Lindell ( to defendant): at what Mr. Lindell: Werg you afraid of sule time, dit sou go to the station and ret afmarines -Defendant: Yes.
port?
Mr. Shenton: That is the whole matter; otherwise, the hides would walk het the godowns.
Kuntinuing, witties said it
ufence
against the Offensive Ordinance to keep raw hides half-cured hides,
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Trades even
Hi Lordship said : « This i̟, an action
The only treatment he saw was the brush- Lrougha by Mr. Woit, Horley, plaintiffing off of the sali from the hides. HS proprietor af the Banyard Co, denizet | supposed" the hût weather was very trying Rodari Ryles, who was the leadingg gate; for the hides, which, if not cured in fiew,
were apt to become putrid for jerwatch of contract, and be claus $1100 The whole question is, when Bigg"
1 bart studied the con- confuet began. tract and the agreement. The agreement is dated December 1st, 191, and in famgraph one osages that the war was to commoner on February 5th,, 1989, or thereabouts. The evidence of Mr. Borley say, that the agreement begas from the date the Company left Seutile, qn Febr. uny 14th, 1919. when the tour began. He says that the Company left San Fran. about February 11th 1919, eixo un or and that the eight months of the contract We have, also, nga from that date the evidence of Miss Macfarlane (Alma (punt), who says that the Company left San Francisco on or about February sth
Mr. Viibson suggested that the 31.0... ho had visited the premises, might go into the witness Lox and state whether, or no the smell emanating from the godown was offensive.
Captain Monteith stated that there was an offensive stell, but he thought that Inspector Wood had put the position no ned, sufficiently welk therefore, for him to go into the witness
Lux.
There was
Defendant: At 1.45 am.
tou Fate,"
Mr. Lindell: You heard of the mur der at 12:20 am and did not report the matter till an hour and a half Inter?
When I Continuing. Mr. Mason alleged that The girl's character was hold too good, I received the information I changed, into Ber mother had placed before her a piece my uniform, went to the station, and re of string and a knife, and asked her to ported to the Indian, who said: It is choose which death she preferred. The girl ran away from the house writ tu Macau, and lived with Getendant's wife, The girl's brother took her before the Mano/authorities; the tuge was heard, and the girl was ordered to, pay. $20 to" de fendant for board and loging. She was unable to pay, and brought this preveu tion against the man.
Defendant claimed to be a Portuguese citizen. The girl came to Macau and stayed with his wife, She wrote letters
Defendant: I had finished my duty and 2 Went home, It was raining and I did not man
to go to the station at
that time.
Mr Lindsell? What has that got to do with it! How long has this man ben in the Force?
Sergeant Spear: He joined the force in 1909 and was promoted a detective last ;
to a Chinese Military officer to Last year, He has been reported twice for and asked defendant to find the nigh. He neglect of duty. succeeded, and the man said he would see Mr. Lindwell: This is the "most dis her later. The girl bad refused to re-graceful as I have ever heard. cugnise her brother.
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Mr. Shenton stated that there are eight dealers in bites in that district and they had been permitted to carry, on their trade for a number of years.. His client had informed him that he had applied for a lioner but the Board fused to issue any. The licences were only given to retail dealers. His client tion of the defendant's birth certificate was a wholesale dealer who imported and of witcisses to prove that defendant-UNREQUITED AFFECTION.
Ish, and that, although the extract was dated December 19th, 1914, she did B sign til January, 1919. The plain. if by this treet had to pay for the fat, board and lodging of the Company from the date they left San Francisco, and their salaries began with the first performance, which was in March, 1919. "I have looked up all the authorities quoted by Mr. Mattingley and enormous quantities of hides from Amoy, Beavis and I am of opinion that the contract began on the late they left San Francisco, which is February 14th., and that a breach of contract has been zom- nited. I give judgment for the plain
iff in 21.000 and costs.
His Lordship also gave judgment for Mr. Horley, in the action in which he elained from Mr. Hyles the sun. dau (gold), being part of an amount lent
Mr Ryles in Manila.
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A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY?
WEALTHY MAN CHARGED WITH
SNATCHING.
of
A wealthy Chinese was charged ng the Magistracy, with snatching a gold ear ring, valued at $10, from Chinew
Woman,
Mr. M. R. Lo, appearing for the de fener, stated that his client ways respre table man, and owned several shops, He submitted, that it was a rise of mistaken identity, because his client must have been mad if he committed the alleged
offenci,
Complainant stated that she seized bold of defendant as soon as she felt her earring being watched. The defenstant, however, did not have the earring in his
Fooehow. Awangsi and other places, Unfortunately, owing to the hot wen ther sine of the hides which arrived in a half-cured state had to be sorted out and
placed apart. In the present instance, when the Sanitary Inspector visited the premises a large number of hides werd being pucked for Mr. Netuazee, and his coolies were brashing off the salt prior to weighing them. His client had never bought any focul hides at all. Every hide which was imported was supposed to have been cured. Owing to the extra- ordinary weather it was impossible to keep hides from smelling these days. long
The case was remanded for the produc
was a Portuguese citizen."
Mr. Sherton: If the Government take'
Urdinance. up this attitude they must make some
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Mr. Gibson: There are 7 or 8 such firme in that particular neighbourhood. think the defendant might be let off with a warning.
months hard labour.
CHINESH GIRL'S PLEA,
اده
At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chin- ese girl, fourteen years. age was charged with being in unlawful" - posses sion of 21 taels of opium dross,
The girl: Somebody is trying to harm A mu made me a present of a pair of pillons, and the constable found were the opium in them. 1 knew nothing
about it..
Mr. Shenton stated that there nine such firms in the neighbourhood. it was a regular uren for that sort of work. There was no question of one man going into the place and making it more of nuisance than the other.
Mr. Gibson: You can imagine what the neighbours think of it.
Sir. Shenton siated that no differentia Sotion should be made between the dealers Mr. Gibson replied that the dis fendant was worse than the others. There were certain areas laid down as offensive trade areus, and the area com plained of was not one of these,
Mr. Shenton: Won't it be better to have them all shifted out?
as the Government permitted people to carry on those godowns in the way they did he did not think anything mure could be said on the matter.
Mr." Smith: You mean to say none of them are very offensive!
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Mr. Shenton: Yes, so much so that a
fellow next to our shop keeps raw hides from the local slaughterhouse. At first my client thought he had been mistaken for this man.
What want to put to Dr. Gibson is this. The Government have allowed this business to be carried on for a number of years and are aware of it. This business, therefore, cannot be ኪነ offensive one, because if it had been, the Government would have stopped it long
When A Chinito detective ago. came up, defendant promised to make Mr. Gibson stated that these people restitution.
had been carrying on this business for a
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS. DESTITUTE "AND HOMELESS HE TRIES TO END HIS LIFE,
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Mr. Gibson replied that in that case they would have to give them a long notice, and, moreover, it was subject to the Magistrate regarding the trade
If the business were done a offensive little better he thought they could stay,
Mr. Smith stated that the prosecution alleged that the business was offensive, not that it was being carried on in a carelese way.
Shenton replied that the best thing would be to send the whale matter to the Government
ent for consideration before sen regular procedure in regard to the whole tence was passed. There should be
If this business was to be re med it was not only his client's basi
ness which should be regulated but every similar business. 11 the Magistrate decided that the business was obnoxious offensive all the dealers would have
to
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A Chinese Revenue Officer stated that
he noticed a launch moored to the Leang wing wharf and saw some unloading
quantity of luggage. He examined the pillows, found the opium, and asked to whom they belonged. The girl, claimed them.
The girl le had opened the pillows before I got out of the launch. L'identi fed the pillows as my property. Two men were in love with me, and one of them, who is under the influence of his mother, suggested that I should go and live with him in the country till such time as he was able to marry me. agreed, and when the second man heard my decision he made a present of the two pillows."
Mr. Lindsell: Are you suggesting that the second man revenged himself because you were deserting him for another man !
The girl: That is
He was, no doubt, annoyed
Lindsell: When you made your decision ought to have returned bir presents. Why did you keep them?
The girl: The man gave me the pil lows when I was about to embark.
Mr. Lindsell: 8350, or, three months' hard labour
A PRESENT FOR MOTHER.
A Chinese was charged with being in unlawful possession of ten tuels of opium drove.
Smith: Not necessarily. As I said The opium was found concealed in a before, the Government has held its hand pillow, which, defendant said, he intend- It is the same with brothels. We do noted taking as a present to his mother. He prosecute brothels recognised by the did not know the opium was in the pil Government, but only those carried on low.
Mr. Lindel: on the gly.
A nice present for Mr. Shenton: This was not done on the mother! $150 or two months. sly we did it openly
STEALING A DEAD MAN'S CLOTHES.
Mr. Lo suggested that complainant was - confused over her long that she mistook number of year. They dealt in sulted his client for the snatcher.
hides brought down from various parts Mr. Smith remarked that the prosecu- tion was positive that defendant one of the coast, and they also dealt in dried sniteler, He adjourned the car to hides. He was not sure whether it was enable Mr. Lo to call witnessis for the that particular arm, but he knew that defence.
the other firms in the neighbourhood dealt in salted and raw hides. They got the hides down in large quantities, and
Mr. Smith: wish to know what Mr. if they found them not salted they cured
Gibson wants. done in this matter! them and sold them to local tanners or
Mr. Gibson replied that the busin sometimes shipped
Lo Penang.
was too big to be stopped; he did not Singapore and to the North. In this
Two stone-cutters were great friends want it Wood replied that the delen- and lived in the same house in Hungham, A Chinese came to Hongkong from particular care the trade was a great
Inspector deal more offensive than pinces peuply Singapore and wasted in riotous living were. It was the casc
thing of
dant was bolder than the rest and had One day one of them was brutally mur- having cured his hides outside the godown. at West Point a few hundred dollars grown up until the neighbours begun to
dered, and his body was found on the hill- which he brought with him. Then the kick, and the Sanitary Department had a son replied that it was Me.side. A cousin claimed, his clothes. The friends he had made deserted him. Not to take some action. He did not press If anything was to be done there should quito net, an old umbrella, and a rotten coolier who were to blame.deccased a friend uffered him an old moe knowing where to go to obtain food and for any penalty be merely wished the bea-uniform-poliey-All-the- sands of dollars' worth of hides.
Smith stated that it was difficult called in a policeman, who found the find that this was not an offensive deceased's clothes in a box. The friend busine. He thought the Government's told Mr. Smith, at the Magistracy, yes policy should be to treat all alike, as Mr.terday, that he tock charge of the clothes Bhenton had said. He found the defen- temporarily, and did not intend to steal dant guilty and fined him $1..
them. He was fired $10.
Mr.
sheter, the man decided to put an end trade to be considered as an offensive Bie dealers, importing hundreds of thou.qt. The cousin refused to take them,
trade.
to his troubles by taking his life. He went to the We On wharf and jumper definition of an offensive trade.
Mr. Smith remarked that there was no into the sea An Indian watchman, who witnessed the rash act, jumped in after Mr. Gibson replied that certain trades the man and saved him. At the Magis were defined in the Ordinance as offen trate, yesterday, the spendthrift was sen- sive. tenced to fourteen days' imprisonment.
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