CRIMINAL SESSIONS. [xon His BONOUR MR. B. H. J.
ACTING, CHIK Juric]
COMPËRTË.
A. BRUTAL ASSAULT. Wong Kui and Lok Chix were indicted ou two charges"; "awault by two or more, and wounding with intent to main.
The Hon. Mr. J. H.. Kemp, K.C., Attorney-General, conducted the prosecu
tion.
The following jury was empanelled Mesure P. W. A. Wilkie, J. de Rout, J. Morase, A. 4. dós. Ramos. J. M. Soares, Woo Yak Lun and Wong Ts Shun. Mr. do Ramon Raked for exemptios, on the Ніч ground that he was deaf in one ear. Lordships asked him to present his good ear to the evidence.
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THE - HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND,
ACK ON MARRIAGE THE ATTACK
LAW.
DANGERS OF EASY, DIVORCE.
SPRMON AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.
The Re HConley Moyle prenched the following won on Sunday morning at St. John's Cathedral ; —
The Christian Church is in the world to fight against sin. we call her the Church" Militant, and everyone who belongs to her is bound to fight, and we have no difficulty Fin finding where the warfare must begin. It begins in our own hearts; we have to fight exit there. Some people seem to think the Christian warfare stops at that. They do not realise that they are pledged to Eght in the world."
Mr. Kemp said that the offener was At the present time the warfare is s committed in Bowrington Road on the sharp and keenly contested as ever. From evening of May 1st. The complainant, a time to time, we see in the history of the motor driver, was walking on the road Christian Church that desperate attacks when. a Chinese, the second prisoner, Bave been made on her faith and on her assaulted him. The first prisoner then moral standard of life, but always the came up and stabbed him with a knife, Aromise of her master has held good and Both the prisoners were, of course, the gates of hell have nos prevailed
acainst her. pally guilty of the wounding, for they acers the complainant with the common lu reegot years not only has the Christ- design of subbing him with violener. Theian faith been sigerously assailed bu; the complainant had received his salary that standard of "Christian morals has also day and doubtless the prisoners knew.oferi fiercely attacked.
TO CHLOE IN SUMMER,
Do you remember, Chios, in the days
When you were small, and I was almost young, How you incessantly would sing the praise
Of Mon; and dil your panna being sung,
I'd say that you were simply talking ros, And you would stamp your foot and say “I'm notÏ"7.
Now, Chloe, when. I meet yng ones again, Your manner seems balf bored, and half. resigned, What you desired I find yoù now disdain-
It seems you have, completely changed your mind !" For, in such tones, as boredom only brings,
You say What. Men? I hate the horrid things! **
V
Perhaps you're right. I, too, have changed any view, And when I scan your frock (the latest style ?), And think of my starcbeil shirt, "and coilar toọ, That I'must wear-ia Jugerith sorry mile
I say, while enviona thoughts within me whirl, ✨ "I could keep cool na well, were 1^ë girl !??.
E. W. H.
It ha
more easily be forgotten, and the matron marriage was better than the heathen, a who in five years can submit to the en-gradually as Christianity spread the mar braces of eight husbands, must crams to rig law, of Christ prevailed reverence the chastity of her own person, never been regarded as an vany law. Here But we do not need to go so far back in, China there are many who would. the result of great facility of gladly, cubes the Christian religion, In Boglend dur-¦ divorce. In some of the States in Americh were, it is for the Christian law of that fast. This attack might well have ing the last few weeks, as you are probit is very easy to obtain a divorce. One arriage: but that they and two bard. resulted in low of life. The complainant ably aware, a resolute attack has been of the best known and most highly thought Or Lord's Apostles were surprised at the made on the Marriage In Bou, of Americans in recent punt was the late everity of His truelling on this subjær was 'stabbed in the chest, and the knife!
sands. In the House of Lords a Bill has President T. Roosevelt and this was what but they recognised that it was an essen The sult wa pspetrated the lung.
which propose to extend the grounds on ¦ divores is fairly appalling. Easy divore hrringe was indissoluble. “And thow who which divorce can be granted in accord is a bane to any nation. It is a curse advocate the present changes know that The Erst priorier, was sentenced to 19 ante with the Majority Report of the to society, and a menace to the home, that they adfecule is the denial of years hard labour, and the second prison Royal Commission on Marriage and tacitemeat to married unhappiness, an Christ's on waching; only they are Divorce Six exuses are to be allowed for evil thing for men, and still more afraid to say so, because the majority of divorce; adultery; desertion for more hideous evil for women." A Judge of the English people are at heart Christian, w than 3 years; cruelty: incurable insanity Supreme Court of Illinois in the U...they try to make out that the Christian alter yours confinement; habitual recently stated his view that the marfax of marriage was the work of prints, drankenness; and imprisonment for life riage laws were fast becoming meaningless.
it is a popular thing to Rouse priests. under commuted death sentene», «The bill because the more divorces
But it was not. 'it war Christ's own worki
witnessed by two other motor drivers, who, been introduced by Lord Buckmaster, he said on the subject. The census oftial part of Christianity to teach that
helped to arrest the prisonersg
The jury brought in a verdict of guilty.
er to 10 years' hard labour
[REFORE HIS HONOUR MR. J. K. WOOD, ACTING PTIESE JUSTICE, Į
BIG HAUL OF JEWELLERY....
-Be-Baa-xus-indicted for the robbery of quantity of "jewellery and a sum of noney from a Chinese woman. He plead od guilty, but vaid he did not rub the ten- cent pieces mentioned.
of Lords and its backers seem determineri Į to forer it through.
more men
A woman has
House of Commons was anpurneed, that the amendment against the charge in the daw had been carried, a member was heard
has passed-the-early-stages-in-the-House- to her credit or rather discredit the When the result of the rivision in thei
she is able to get." That does In the House of Communs a resolution not how that the relaxing of the marriage was introduced to the effect that legis law conduce moral improvement as it The Acting Crown Solleitor (Mr. P. Htion dould be passed on the lines of the advocates would have us believe. Jacks), replying to his Lordship; said he Majority Report, but an amendment was "had no objection tra-piga of guilty being moved and carried-to-the-effect that sat
- «jterud
exclaimg ** The Christans have į It was noticeable in the recent debaten trimphed" It is possible for a Christian in the House of Lords and the Commons to hold that the law as it now stands, change in the law of divores that would that the narocite of change did not refer with the Diveren Act of 1957, has the "Mr. Jackrsaid that Yip Yee, a woow. inperit the permanence of the marringe to history or experience, but onto their ahority of Christili possible to b big st No. 1, Pine Street. Takwok contract, would be harmful to the best own theories of phas would follow on the eye that the Church's law is stricter than bui, was awakened at half past four one interests of the community. So it appears open of their proporals. Surely what Christ taght, but it is not possible morning by a voler calling out "Open the that the Lords favour a greater facility when such drastic changes in the marriage claim any remnant of Christian sup- law of England are proposed it our port for the changes now advocated. They dour, the boat has run 'aground." She of divores and the Commons do not. opened the door and two men entered. With such an attack being made on the duty to see what has been the result of nee the dirret repudiation of Christ and One seized her by the theant and then held Marriage law, it behoves every Christina such laws in countries and times when they waching, and so it behoves every her down on the bed by her hair. The to be up and doing and to be ready to have been tried. The appeal to experience Christian, who believes in Christ as the other man ransacked the house. They meet and refute the many untrue things is not likely to lead any. who wish well Son of God, to combat in every way he then covered her head with a blanket and which are being said on this subject. And to their country, to be anxious to relax or she can, this new and insidious attack
on Him.
What He taught at the Went away. She found she had lost all in order to do so, everyone ought to be the marriage law.
I facility of divorce tended to "the jewellary in the house, as well as a acquainted with the facts and history of But let us turn to another point, What hest.
For it is
is the present State law of marriage and happiness and virtue, Christ would not sum of money. At 7.10 m, she reported divorce at least is outline. the robbery to the Police, and on infor- strange to see how the advocates of the on what is it founded? At present the have said what He did, and the history mintion received, "the Police went to the proposed changes ignore history and English pte jaw of marriage is supposed of divorce has shown the truth of His The easier you make divorce Kwong Wah Hospital. The prisoner, appeal to sentiment and theory. One to be based on the teaching of Christ. Up teaching.
night read many of the effusions in favour sill 1857 the law of the Church, which does the more "you encourage thoughtless mar- seeing the Police arrive, tried to escape;!
of the increased facilities and grounds of not allow marriage of divorced personsringe, and wenken the family life which but was overtaken and arrested. Some of
divorce without finding any allusion during the life-time of the divorced hu is the foundation of the State. If Lord theolen property was found in his
to countries and times when such facilities band or wife, was also the law of the land. Buckmaster's bill should become law a possession. At the Magistracy the prison-
and grounds bave existed. One might In 1857 the law of the State was changed, definite step will have been taken towards er said the robbery was engineered by a man named Ab. Wai ́.
suppose from reading them that they were but the church law was not changed. Bat the decline and fall of the British advocating something new which had those people who advocated and carried Empre never been done before, instead of the the Divorce Act of 1857 claimed that the changes being à return to conditions found Church was stricter than Christ, because amongst many savage tribes and amongst Christ weems to have allowed divorce for ROBBERY AT
the Jews at the time of Christ and one cause when He said? "Whosoever Chang Chi Leung was indicted for robongst the Romans in the latter days of shall put away his wife, except it be for the heathen Empire. Divorce was so fornication, and shall marry another, bery by two or more in Yaumati Bay, on
common amongst the Jews in the time of committeth adultery" So, as the Act of the night of May 22nd.
Christ that it was a cause of scandal to 1887 only allowed divorce for adultery, its the heathen and the Rabbis said, in order supporters claimed that they bad Christ' to uxcuse their laxity in the matter, that authority. I do not believe the claim was The following jury was empanelled:- Messrs. A. D. Holland, C. J. Hammes, D., was a privilege granted by God to the correct, but it seemed plausible. But Jews but not to the Gentiler. Gibbon, in today the advocates of change would hare Maclaren, G. Mellis, JN. Jack-P-H- Murray, and M., A. SimooA..
his well-known history, the Decline and as entirely repudiate the teaching of Fall, of the Roman Empire, has written Christ in this matter.
His Lordship passed, sentence of fre years hard labour, and ten strokes with the ** cat,!!
YAUMATI
The Acting Crown Solicitor conducted the prosecution
Mr. Jack said that the facts were that
at about 9.30 p.m. on May 22nd, To Ban.
SON'S REVENGE ON HIS MOTHER.
SETS FIRE TO HOUSES.
'A' Chinese youth, as an act of revengo, is reported to have set fire to a number
of houses at Lan Tea Island, owned by his mother..
A report was made to the Police that a house occupied by some farmiere was set ou fire the Hames spreading to two adjoin- ing houses, all of which were gutted. The buildings were of mud and mortar and were not insured. A storeroom was also set on fire, and a bullock and a pig were killed. Investigations resulted in the dis covery that the son was at the bottom of the deed but he managed to make himself scarce before the Palice arrived.
words which we may well ponder over He certainly did not allow more than a widow and mistress of a passenger boat, at the present time. In a centuries of the one ground for divorce, but to-day wits on her bont with her daughter-in-law. Prosperity and corruption the principle other grounds are claimed Christ said: The best was lying alongside the Leo Keo (of divorce) was enlarged to frequent For this cause shall a man leave, his wharf. The prisoner and another man practice and pernicious abuse Passion, father and his mother and shall cleave to RESULTS OF ATTENDING appeared on the some and told her to interest or caprice suggested daily motives his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh, ink thom to a small cargo boat out in that for the dissolution of marriage, the most then they are no more twain but one Bay When she was rowing towards the tender of buman connections was degrade Besh.
PARTY.
What, therefore, God hath joined INDIAN SERGEANT ASSAULTED."
cargo boat the prisoner kept on sayinged to a transient ooiety of profit or together let net man put asunder," His A. 1. Ablong was charged at the Magis “That's not the boat.” She then turned back and was rowing towards the shore pleasure. A spacious theory is refuted by disciples were astonished at such teaching tracy yesterday, with assaulting an when the prisoner caught hold of her and this free and perfect told her to give up all her jewellery, Ha
took a pair of gold en-rings from her demonstrates that which and asked Him about it and He said Indian Sergeant and with disorderly
of divorce Whosoever shall put away his wife, and Bergeant Stimson said that on Satur
cars and then pushed her over board. She does not contribute to happiness and marry another, committeth-endultory, ang afteryou, the Bergeant say delstidant caught hold of the side of the boat and virtue" Those words of Gibbon, who against her, and if a woman shall put yukine gutter in Haiphong Road in was helped up by her daughter-in-law.
a drunken condition. He lifted him up The two men jumped overboard and swampertainly cannot be accused of any bias away her husband and be married to sa- and was wanted. The Sergeant blew a away. The Police Inanob arrived soon in favour of Christian teaching, may other, she committeth adultery. That is police-whistle and this was grabbed by after and was told of the robbery. The well be commended to the consideration of Christ teaching as we read it in the defendant who broke the chain and threw Police found the prisoner, hiding along
it away. The Sergeant's truncheon was side a Chinese gunboat. The woman had all those who wish to see greater facilily Gospelt. It is not the suggestion of also thrown avar Eventually, with the ntified the prisoner after some little of divorce allowed. Gibbon continues, "The priests in the Middle Ages, as an eminent assistance of a Chinese constable, defend- difficulty, but the daughter-in-law failed facility of separation would destroy all barrister said it was. It is the teaching of Defendant sail he went to a party and - to do so. The jury would, of course, re-
meraber, that the incident took place at mutual confidence and enflame every Our Lord Himself add as Christian did not know what happened to him till 9.30; p...
A verdict of guilty was returned. The tiling dispute, the minute difference religion spread amongst people who were he woke up: at the Station
1. Defendant was fired: 10 and was order." prisoner was sentenced to five years' hard between an husband and a stranger, which accustomed to enay divorce, it was sened to pay $1.30 to the Bergeant si com. labour and ten strokes with the " cat,”** | might so easily be removed, might kill that the Christian law of indissoluble pensation..
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