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The arrival of the Empress of dila from America on Monday resulted in 26 arrest of several Chinese, for attempting to amuggle arms into the Colony.
One of the Chinese was charged at the Magistracy. Yesterday, with the posses sion of 600 rounds of 2 calibre revolver ammunition.
DNRSDAY,
JANUARY ALET, 1940:
CRIMINAL BESSIONS.
[EMPORE HIS HONOUR THE PUIENE JUDGE (MRINJUSTICK GOMFERTZ)].
FORGERY
Mok Shing was indicted for forgory. The following-jury was empanelled:- Messrs. L Hyndman, W. O. Smith, W. O. Robinson, C. D. Sullivan, A. E. Stark, II. Stephens and D. Osmund.
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hai for the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, the C Daily Preit, makes the Mr. G. H. Waterman, Crown Solicitor, following interesting reference in the old stated that the prisoner was charged with premises which will shortly disappear Mr. Leo d'Almada, who appeared for two offences first, that on December after service to the Bank and the com- the defence, and that his client had beength Inst, be forged a certain roquet for manity for the forty-five years: --- în America fer a good number of years, payment of money with intent to defraud, Holy Trinity Cathedral-two years after In the year that Trinity Church hocarde was returning to his home in the country and second, that on the same date, be the present British Consular buildings and brought the ammunition with him uttered a forged request for the payment had been opened in 1975, and a year after The munition were of a very anali calibre, and his client intended using with intent to defraud. The facts were for business. Even not excepting the Ewe of money, knowing it to be forged and the Shanghai-Woosung Railway had been Inid, the present building was opened them for shooting small birds.
that on December 8th the prisoner went it must have been the most imposing struc to the office of the China and Australia ture on the Bund in a Settlement the Steamship Company with a bill for the appreciated in these days. There do not limits of which cannot be adequately payment of a certain amoun tof water par- appear to be many of the names associat porting the same to be a bill of the Bisa Maed with the Bank then which are to be Waterboat Company, for $82.50. On the found today, but we noties in a report bill was the name of the Captain of the of the annua general meeting of the Bank at Hongkong in 1875 such familiar ship, and attached to it was a receipt names as Ede and Bassoon, not now re
A fine of $300 was imposed.
Another Chinero who was charged with the possention of 400 rounds of ami tion, found wrapped, in moue, rags and concealed in a basket, pleaded that he did not know local regulations.
A fine of $300 was imposed.
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13 third Chinese was charged with the purporting to have been signed by some-presented by the original holders, and Hotel or Dragon Motor Car Co. at 81
possession of two revolver cylinders and was fired 300:
When charged with the posession of two packages of 32 calibre smokeless re volver ammunition, a Chinese said he had lived 2 years in America and was re- turning to his native place. He denied the, accusation."
After evidence had been recorded that the accused was seen handing the packages to a boarding-house rumer, and when accosted by a Chinese defective, attempted to throw another packags away, i the defendant was” fined $100.
When charged with attempting to smuggle into the Colony various parts of a fire-arm, a Chinese said they parte
of a 'shot-gun which his master used for hunting purposes in America Be did not know that they were in his lugedagen.
After the Chines Police armourer had testified that the things complained of were parts of a Winchester rife, and not. of a shot gun as alleged his Worship imposed a fined of £50.
The last case was that of a Chinese, sestian on the Emprçag lines, "Who Was charged with the possessión, pie 9,000 rounds of Mauser pistol ammunition, and, pleaded ** Not Guilty.”
..P. Elston-of-ths Water Police said
that he was petrolling the barbour, the Police launch at about 130- yesterday afternoon, when he saw a sampan pushing off from the o Empress liner. He boarded the sampan, and found two bundles of 100 rounds of pistol ammunition, each in
a couple of gras sacks. The boatman coup of the defendant, who was in the boat, as the owner,
sacks wore
The defendant denied that the grase His Worship thought there was not sufficient evidence to prove that the smmunition belonged to the defendant
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body belonging to the Company for the amount of the water. A clark, employed in the Steamship Company, would tell them that the prisoner was told to same back again in the afternoon. By the time he came back the clerk had examined the bill and was suspicious about it, and told the prisoner to wait, meanwhile tele phoning up to the Bze Wo Company who sent a foks round. Upon examining the bill the fois stated that it was not correct and that, the correct bill had not yet made out. Prisoner was then arrested. When charged prisoner said the bill was given to him by a friend and he did not His friend owed him 810 and told him know whether it was genuine or forgot
to make $15 out of the money he received. The friend also told him that he was a fuki at the Bze Wo Company. Before the Magistrate prisoner made a long state ment in which he said his friend bad taken him to a restaurant in Yaumati, and after feasting him asked him to sign his name on a piece of paper, and take it to the China, and Australia Stearnship Company and get some money. He was a little drunk at the time. The friend, however,
said Mr. Wakeman will tell the jury that he knew nothing whatever about 16.2.
After bearing the evidence the jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty and prisoner wna dischar
BLACKMAILERS LAID BY THE HEELS
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
The story of how a gang of blackmailers wrote a threatening letter to the Tai Hing Central, demanding 1600, and how the firm of jewellers, No. 212, Queen's Road Police laid a trap and succeeded in get ting two of the gang, was related to Mr
L. Smith at the Magistracy afternoon
day
Chater
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A good des] has been said outside regarding our new Shanghai promise and it may be well that I should give you some particulars regarding them.
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The lease of our present premises in Shanghai expire abortly and the terms on which we were offered a re- newal, viz-that the place should be rebuilt, would have cost you a higher rent. With this in view, and consider. ing it indispensable that the Bank should be on the Band, the directors had about 18 months ago decided that the Bank should purchase premises in Shanghai, and bought the present site WA
WANTED by a long established Export for Tis. 60,000. A contract was made for Canton Branch, good salary to efficient for the building for Tls. 44,000, some iron pillars, etc., were ordered from England, costing about Tla. 8,000 and architects' commission was to cost Tls. 3,640, making a total of Tia 115,610 and so far as we know these amounts will not in any way be exceeded. Taking the highest rate at which we receive de posits, viz, five per cent, this would cost s T 5,789 and we shall have commodious premises with accomunada tion equal to that for which we now pay The 5,040.?? E
NO PROPHETIC VISIONS HERK Probably bad the chairman been gifted with that foresight with which some Scots are reputed to have been gifted, ba would have expounded the foregoing figures with even greater complacency, for the site is now estimated to be worth 1,000,000, something, but not much, under Tsi
It might have been that Mr. Kingsmill, a shareholder, would have praised the directors for the step they were taking. but not having that occult gift, he is re His sont received through the post on toons to say that the matter of was stated that the master of the Tai ported to have commented as follows:--| desparadoes demanding the sin of $600 the Bank building in Shanghai had bein for a certain society through two
to a certain extent satisfactorily explain- wing at No. 103: Third Streat, Weetod. The new building would cost Tie Point. The shop owner was threatened, 5000 odd a year and they might have had on non-compliance, with pillage of his to pay more for another building it ther shop and incendiarism He took the hired it. But still he must ask whether letter to the Police and Bergt Murphy the directors were justified in authorir- laid a trap for the blackmailers He sent ing, the erection of such an enormous a Chinese detective to the house in Third building for the purpose in view "It' Street to impersonate a foki of the Tai was a common fault with banks to put Hing firm, and to offer the blackmailers their managers in too prominent a pom- $100 only. The man accordingly went to tion and lodge them as if they were part the house and asked for the men mentionners in the business. This was not the
HONGKONG B.C. 7. 740. PUNTS!ed in the letter. Ons of the defendante position which the manager of joint answered to one of the names. The detec stock bank should occupy, and it certainly five then stid The following will represent the long-
he was foki of the Tai kong H.C. against the 74th Punjabi at Hing firm, and informed the man that did seem that there had been an expendi 5 p.m. today, on
be was sent by his master to hand himtare under this head not justified." the U.S.B.C ground
Whether the Hongkong and Shanghai J. P. Jones, M. L. Railton, C. C. Hick $100. The firm's emissary complained
that business was ling, E. J. R. Mitchell, Bev E. Martin could not afford to give more. The man greater things by making its succes-
Tery
bad and his master Banking Corporation would have achieved B 0. Esle BA Brand Wnt first refused to accept the money saying sive manager live like the modest retir Edmonds, AK Mackenzie, J. F. Braga it was not sufficient to divide amongst ing violet is still a matter for argument and B. D. Evans (Capt.)
his confederates, but eventually agreed but the chairman at that meeting 15 years to take the sum offered. The detective ago stuck to his guns and, replying to then said that his master was waiting in Mr. Kingsmill, observed that at the time the road and wanted to see the envelope, the building was sanctioned the Bank was containing the money, thanga handa. The in what he supposed even. Mr. Kiigamill FORTHCOMING AMATEUR CHAMPION man refused to go down and was just in would have called a very tourishing can
the act of opening the envelope when the dition, other detectives came on the scene and
BOXING,
SHIP: CONTEST.
ALLEGED POSSESSION OF
MORPHIA,
We are informed that two civilians will arrested him and his accomplice THR MANAGER'S BITE OF STICKS
The prisoners were committed for trial you have got into the hands of architects Ab, retorted Mr. Kingsmill. "But enter the ring on the ocassion of the Boxing Association's Third Tournament at the next Criminal Session.
and builders, and at this unkind cut at on Saturday, February 14the Young 2 Maher, Amateur Lightweight
two very respectable callings, the report Champion of the Colony, will defend his title against
goes on to state, the meeting laughed. Bergeant Ward; Royal Naval Yard Policy
Later the same shareholder came back better knowir na !! Young!! Ward and as
to the charge with a reference concerning a member of the General Committee
the furniture to be purchased fie a same- tioned cost of $20,000. The c-airman re was at one time a trooper in the
plied that the furniture had not yet been Police Reserve Mounted Patrols, and Two Chinese living at No. 1.. Ine Lok ordered and the bulk of the money would Joined His Majesty' Forces at the end Lane were charged at the Magistracy, not be spent until better times. (It of April, 1917, Driver in the EGA yesterday, before Mr. J. B. Wood, with doesn't seem true that at one period the Shortly after his arrival at home be being in unlawful possession of a large bank had to look forward to Better defeated Drammer Copping, of the Mid quantity of morphis and, cocaine, and times.") dieser Regiment, in 6-round contest with injecting the drugs without being Mr Kingsmill retoried that for two
qualified persons.
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was surprised that the directors should sanction an outlay of 24,000 for furniture for the Shanghai premises, to which the chairman tritely replied You would not have as go into a house without fur- niture, pe
at O'Keefe, ex-Middleweight Champion informer, hands afternoon and buying Ward and Maher fought some ye house on Monday
some years ago liye.cents' worth of morphia and leving under Police Reserve management Extrait injected into his arm by the first defen rounds were ordered and the decision dant, Sergt. Field went into the witne eventually went to Maher, The, opinión | boz and said that he gave the last wife of the ringsiders" was divided after the neas some marked money to go and bay correctness of this decision, and affurther morphic About ten minutes after the Hostilities were then taken up by Capt contest between these men is looked for last witness had entered the premises, meet Whast did the building at Shanghai
ho Bernardor M ward to with interst
in the room he found the two defondante, cost 1 be inquired the o and some detectives forood their way in
the last witness, four chair coolies and Tis: 118,000," replied the chairmen amaman. He examined all the men and Well, you had better write that off," found that the last vincas, two chair
said the captain. If there was an coolies and the seaman bore syringe marks on their arms. He searched the second apothecary present I should like to ask defendant and on his person found him for an ounce of civet" and the meet marked five cent piece one of the coins ing rocked again with laughter he had given to the informer. In a small The critics were confounded The drawer, he found the syringe (produced) house on the Bund became a tradition, and as packages of morphia and two tubes so traditional that its history seem to of cocaine. He arrested the two defen- be written large in the mind of men, dant and took them to the Police station, but small on paper, for it is difficult to
The case was remanded.
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