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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 1921.
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PROFESSOR MIDAS," "THE ALCHEMIST.4.
A POSSIBLE LINE OF "DEFENCE.
Professor, Midas, the magician and of his magic powers, to multiply gold alchemist, who undertook, by the exercise
ten times, as related in these columns a faws days ago, is now serving a sentence of three months' hard labour.
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NOT WARRANTED BY THE FAOTS.
PUISNE JUDGE'S PROTEST.; The Puisne Judge (Mr. J. R. Wood) gave judgment. in the Summa Court. yesterday
in the Beats Ordinance case in which Mr. A. H. Crew (of Messrs. Hastings & Hastings), for the landlord, With much gesticulation of his delicato had suggested that unfair use was being hands never soiled by manual toil, the made of the Renta Ordinance by & tenant Magistrate that the seance described by "Professor" sought to persuade the a cheap Mrs. Wong and her witnesses, the mani- godown by making a great show of beds pulation of the two similar jars, one in' it. The tenant had another house, containing golden trinkets and the other back-to-back with the one the landlord old iron, the long night of mummery, Hongkong's Most Modern Picture. Falace wanted to gain possession of, and Mr.ment of Mrs. Wong's imagination!.
jiggory-pokery and jass,ali was Crew suggested that having moved his Her husband had paid him a debt with coolies across for sleeping purposes, the his wife's jewels and this was a ́ ́ put up Court might reasonably require him to job." by the wife, to get them back again. move then back again. so that the land have been cleverer than that. Why not Ons had hoped the magician would lord might have the premises he desired,
After mentioning that evidence by have taken the line, indicated by Inspec reat-collector,
called for the plaintiff, he tor Grant when he said, ironically, entirely disbelieved, the Judge remarked that the difficult point for decision, in this case. was whether one of two con- nected houses was a building, He con- tinued:-
A building was defined by Lord Esher, M.R. in Moir V. Williams. 1599, 1.Q.B. 279. as. An inclobare of brick or stone work covered in by a roof." The essential feature in this definition" an inclosure under one roof." Under this definition
thes
Ordinance
rows
&
She spoiled the joss, opening the jar beforehand.". A curious legal position might have arisen if the magician had succeeded in satisfying the Magistrate that he conscientiously believed in his magic powers that if Mrs. Wong, with impious fingers, had not tampered with | ❝☛ the sacred jar, the serap iron would have turned into gold, before many hours had passed.
"Oh the Magistrate might have objected, "but you were going away. with her jewels
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whole block of buildings of which both 41. Dea Voeux Road West, and 72, Con- naught Road West form a part, would forin the building, and each house by
The answer would have been perfectly itself or the two houses together would simple. "I am a priest of the cult," he constitute merely a portion of the buildould have said. She was to here. ing. I think that the intention of the had ten times the value; what I took was
requires a more restricted one tenth, and the Church has an old 5.15 p.m. meaning to be given to the word build. established right to its tithe." ing." In a town where a la 66 adore and he is now "doing time.” number
But the magician did not think of that of houses have been erected in ing lateral support from each other it would lead to absurdities of all kinds ta regard the whole terrace as one building under this Ordinance I adopt for this Ordinance the following;
snodification of Lord Esher's definition, no inclosure of brick or stone work or any other service able material covered in by one roof and without immediate and direct communi Tai Tung Hotel, Connaught Road Cen- A Chinese watchman, employed by the cation with any other similar inclosuretral, was summoned before Mr. R. E. Under this deinition these two houses Lindsell; yesterday, for disorderly con form together one building and each house duct outside the hotel, by itself, therefore, is not a domestic tenement, as contemplated by the Ordinant strike a chair coole on the arm with The Sergeant, said he saw the defend- Ance, but is merely a portion of such bis truncheon. When remonstrated with domestic tenement. The Ordinance has provided no machinery by which the Court can deal with portions only of that the coolie was obstructing the en- Mr. H. L. Dennys, who defended, said domestic tenement. The plaintiff there-" fore fails.
trance to the hotel" with the chair, and the defendent struck the shaft of the chair, to make the man move away. The Indian accused him of having assaulted the coolie, and they had some words. The defendant, sometimes, had to use. force in order to regulate traffic, but he never exceeded his authority. The en Gance to the hotel had to be cleared to permit free access by visitors.
I enter judgment for the defendants, with costs.
Before leaving this matter I think it is desirable that I should make some refer- ence to remarks made in the course of his conduct of the plaintiff's case by Mr, Crew, and all the more desirable because I notice that these remarks bere appeared in the report of these proceedings which has been published by the local Press. The report published is fair and accurate Mr. Crew opened his case by saying This is case in which a dishonest
defendant abused the witness.
The Magistrate said that privaté
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On Friday, September 9th.
watchman had no right to regulate traffic. In ald of the Widow of the late Lance-Corp. Way, 2nd Wilts.
If they chose to do so, and caused a
tenant can profit by the Rente Ordinance disturbance, they must take the conse
A fine of $10 was imposed.
to the detriment of the landlord. He inces further reported as saying, "That is what against in this case, it is
I
BOY ADMITS FRAUD. DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES
PLEADED.
morning, a Chinese youth was charged Before Mr. G. N. Orme, yesterday with having obtained 833 by falso pre
tences.
defendant, said that the defendant was Mr. F. G. Vaux, who appeared for the
In
I am protette defence, but an attempt not a bond to keep a cheap godown away from a landlord who desperately needs housing accommodation. This is a case of a tenant trying to take
dishonest every advantage of an Ordinance that was never. intended to apply to business premises,"
discouraged these remarks at the time they were made. Having heard the evi dence I am satisfied that the case for the defendants, The Him Sang Fat Firm, has been presented by them in entire good faith throughout. Whatever steps they have taken appear to me to have been the sole support of his father, grand- taken in an honest defence of what they ed at the Green Island Cement Company, mother and a younger brother, and work- believed to be their legal rights. Their as a salary of. 840, not much in these managing partner gave bis evidence in a straight-forward and satisfactory manner, times, to keep a large family on. In all cases under the Bents' Ordinance pressing need of money to meet house- there
may be -a keen conflict of hold expenses be induced three other
Vory interest between landlord and tenant. Is students of the Y.M.C.A., where he at does not help either side to bring allega tended fught school, to turn over to him tions of dishonesty against the other side their term fees of $11 each, promising to without good, cause. I would also add pay in the money for them. He destroy- that though I have rejected as false the ed the forms and misappropriated. the evidence of the rent collector called by the money: The defendant was only a boy, plaintiff, I acquit the plaintiff himself after all, and should be pitied more than personally of any attempt to mislead the blamed, on account of the heavy burden which he had to bear on his shoulders at so young an age. The officials of the Y.M.C.A. were willing to allow the matter to drop, the father having under- taken to refund the amount.
The Magistrate remanded the case until Saturday. In the meantime the police are to investigate the boy's circum- stances
Court.
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Sub-Inspector Grant, who prosecuted, asked the Magistrate to make an order that the defendant was not to be allowed
SHALL "ADMINISTRATION REVERSES. out of the House again until the ship by which he is to be repatriated to Italy subscriptions from the public amounting During the war the Red Cross received arrived next month The defendant, he said, had been to the Italian Consulate to £21,885,035, and the cost of head- and had created a disturbance there.
quarters administration was 3.96d. in the
The defendant, replying to the Magis pound, the total administration expenses, trate, said that, after leaving the House, at home and abroad, being the remark On August 8th, he obtained some money ably low figure of 6.13d. in the pound on from the local agents of the Lloyd Triest the income.
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