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FUNERAL OF MB, ALEXANDER MACKENZIE,
There was a very large attendance of residents at the funeral of Mr. Alexander
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD,
"ALL WAS NOT GOLD," PROTEST AGAINST WASTING TIME
AND BULLYING WITNESSES,
A Chinese woman had to answer a
EARLY MORNING MILK. LOSSES AT POKFULUM FARM. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST INDIANS
CONSTABLES.
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SHANGHAI DIVORCE CASE.
JUDGMENT FOR FETITIONER.
In H.B.M. Supreme Court, at Shang bai, His Honour Judge Skinner Turner, Mackenzin at Happy Valley, yesterday, charge, before Mr. G. N. Orme, yester
Chief Judge, delivered judgment, last and a great number of wreaths gave day afternoon, that she hail taken two pany's farm at Paktutum was charged. Singer is praying for divorce from her An employs at the Dairy Farm ComFriday, in the case in which Mrs. Lens further indication of the esteem in which pairs of bangles to pawnbrokers' shops at the Magistracy, before Mr. G. Nusband, William Janies Singer, the -the deceased gentiorgan was held in the which were of silver gilded over and not me, yesterday, with theft of milk and charges being cruelty, and adultery."
gold. This, as Mr. Macnamara remarked in opening the case for the prosecution, it was alleged, in the course of the evi- would not amount to a criminal act indence, that two Indian constables were itself, but there ware accompanying cir seen drinking the milk in the small hours cumstances which went to prore guilty of the morning. Mr. T. H. King, deputy superintendent of police, accordingly knowledge.
Colony,
-The evidence showed that the woman
The minister of Union Church (the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie) conducted the service at the graveside and referred in prayer to Mr. Mackepris as a man and a fellow-worker who sought in all things to shape his life recording to the divine pattern. He had shown patience in suf-went to one pawnbroker and "dissuaded fering and cheerfulness and manifold the assistant from boring one of the activity in time of strength. Now God bangles to test it. She assured him they had granted him surcease from suffering ware genuine, said she had had them minde herself and told him where. She The coffin was lowered into the grave received $100 and afterwards, when the by Mr. W. W. Mackenzie and Mr. A. M. assistant found out that the bangles were Mackenzie (sons), Mr. E. R. Davey andt of gold, he found also that she had given a wrong address. Later on she
and release into a larger life.'
Dr. R. McLean Gibson.
watched the case...
His Lordship said that as this case was the first that had come within the juris diction of the Court, the question of domicile in China had to be settled, and domicile in China had to be proved. He had heard the parties on the subject and was convinced that this was a case that _came within the order
In cases of this description, proof of the charges was required in this Court the same as in the High Court of Justice in England. All of the charges, brought by petitioner had been denied by respondent, who in turn, asks for the custody of the fchildren, of which there are three, the
result of the marriage.
Amongst those at the grave side werewent, to another pawnbroker's with the shed, asked who had put the milkdent on the other hand, nrges that hei
"Case" "And no corroborative evidence
The Indian foreman employed at the dairy gave evidence that the accused as a milker. He had to take the milk to a central depot. On October 31st, early in the morning, witness went on a round of inspection and found a large can of milk
The parties to the action were married in an unusual place near where the in Harbin when the petitioner was 10 and The peti- fodder was kept. He awoke the accused the respondent 34 years of age. and another man, and, taking them to from the first day of marriage. Respon tioner alleges matrimonial differences
there. The accused admitted that he had requires his wife back to live with him, and in his evidence said that at various It was then arranged to replace the milk times since they had separated, and while where it was found. and watch it from wife, he sent her money which she return. he was living at Hongkong away from his She hiding place.
After waiting from ed. This his Lordship believed to be true. 1.50 am, to 3.15 nm, the witness and There was a general conflict of evidence other watchers saw Isco Indian Police by both sides, however, all through the constables, B226 and B293, arrive, bring decide the issue of circumstances and no their lamps into action, and pour out independent evidence to ascertain the
truth. and drink some of the milk. One of the riad five years and respondent had left When the parties had been mar- watchmen called out, in Chinese, Are Shanghai for Africa petitioner deter
At you drinking our milk?" The constables mined to live with him no longer
that time the Court had no jurisdiction replied "Yes, we are drinking a little, to grant divorce, but His Lordship only. The witness then came out of the thought there were some grounds for the wife's decision, because, he contended, in said to the constables in the letter dated written to respondent in shed and Hindustani "You are not doing any good November, 1918, it is admitted that drink thing." The constables expressed contri-had heer a material cause for the unhappy tion and promised that they would not relations that had existed between them.
His Lordship reviewed the evidence offend again. "They demurred to his jug-und came to the conclusion that some of gestion that they should accompany him the charges had been proved. but that to the police station and he took their against Mrs. Acher he regarded as a most numbers. The accused was arrested later. | improbable story and the allegation
Replying to Mr. King, the witness said against her must fail. milk had been stolen from the dairy for against William James Singer in favour Hia Lordship ordered a decree nisi the past ten days.
of petitioner with custody of the children. and costs against respondent, He further Fare costs in favour of the intervener Mrs. Archer, against both respondent and Petitioner.
Mr. Hall, for the defence, declared that the charge was a trumped-up one and that the woman never made the second attempt to pawn. He cross-examined the witnesses with some vehemence.
the following close friends: Meers. other pair of bangles but it so happened that, although the name was different, A. S. D. Ceusland. J. Rodger, A. Steven- the business was in the same hands and son, Rev. H. R. Wells. Messrs. F. one of the assistants in the other shop Ranger, E. J. Chapman, T. E. Pearce, happened to be on the premises. F. Crawford H. Grima, J. L. McPher again tried to pawn the bangles, giving won and Finlay Miller Others pre similar issuances, then the man who sent were: the Hon. Mr. Claud Severni recognised her stepped forward and there His Honour Mr. H. II. Gompertz, the was the usual dénouement. Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp. K.C., the Hou. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., the Hon. Mr. T. L. Perkina, Messrs. G. H. Wakeman, "A.:0. Lang, A. R. Hollingsworth, H. E. -Goldsmith, J. Duncan, P. Wilson, R. M. Dyor, J. B. Ross, A. Pierey, E. Percy Smith, T. L Knight, E. Green, H. Hancock, B. A. Hale, G. W. McKean, D. MacMurray, W. Schoßeld, C. Bulmer Johnson. EA. Rüc. L. Gibbs. E. Le Cable, E. F. Aucott, D. S. Gubbay, A. Dyer Ball, A. W. Smith, T. W. Robert son, H. M. H. Nemazee, J. Russell, J. Mitchell, Arnold Hughes, P. Farrell, T. W Hill, Dr. J. E. Mitchell and Dr. Aubrey.
Mr. Macnamara protested and said that his witnesses were being bullied. He also complained that Mr. Hall was taking unnecessary time by making them repent all the evidence they had already given. He had brought out a new matter.
The Magistrate: Do not ask the same question more than obce, Mr. Hall.
A little later the Magistrate said: Does this bear on the question at issue, Mr. Hal? If it does not, don't go on with
The accused said he only admitted hav-
tion of milk in the can did not arise.
Saturday.
The Magistrate adjourned the case until
The following is a list of the wreaths it. If it does, tell me in what way iting left the can where it was. The ques. From William and Alec (sons); Jessie has a bearing. and Ernest (daughter and son-in-law); and Jessic Margaret and William Alexander (grand-children); members of
Mr. Hal! asked another witness how many times he bad been to Messrs. Dea-
the Committee of Union Church, the con's office. Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals,
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there
The Magistrate remarked that was nothing in the man's evidence to suggest that he was not bonâ-fide.
the residents of the Jelena May Institute, Mr. Macnamara objected that the ques Messrs. Arthur & Co. (Mr. Harry J. tion was not relevant. Lamb, Mr. R. Benson, Messrs, "Obeng Kong, Cheng Chow and Wong Hing Cheong), Mr. and Mrs. E. E do W Abney, Mr. and Mrs. W. Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Aucott, Mr. Ah You, Mr. Macnamara submitted that the Licut-Colonel L. G. Bird and officers of woman knew the bangles were not what the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps they purported to be. She gave a false Mr. C. "Bulmer Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. RF. Brayn, Mr. T. H. G. Brayield, address, she want a long way from where Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Blair, Mr. E. T. Hshe lived to pawn the things, they wcze Banjé, Mr. and Mrs. W. Budge, Mr. J. Hobviously new although she said she had Brister, Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Breakspear, had them for years, and the moment a Mr. W..Brackenridge, Mr. C. E. Blason, Mr. and Mrs. F. Bevington, Mr. and test was attempted she tried to get them Mrs. H. A. Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs. back. She also said, in so many words, A. S. D. Cousland, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. that they were gold. Comrie, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. J. Cooper, Mr. Hall addressed himself entirely to Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Crawford, Mr. E. J.the fact that the bangles had the Chinese Chapman, Mr. D, H. Cooper, Mr. and characters for "pure gold" upon them, Mrs. R. M. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. E. Danen- and he said the story of the woman's
a lie. berg, Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan, Mr. second attempt was and Mrs. G. B. Dunnett, Mr. and Mrs. S.-H. Dutton, Mr. and Mrs. A. Denison, Mr. H. L. Denays. Mr. and Mr G. T. Edkins, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Edgcumbe, Dr. and Mrs, Charles Forsyth, the Hon. Mr. Ho Fook, Mr. P. T. Farrell and Miss Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gompertz, Dr. R. McLean Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. George Grimble, Mr., and Mr H. Grifin, Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak and Mrs. Holyoak and "Joyce" and "Dorothy" Holyoak, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hancock, Mr had had them 10 years and wore them at In cross-examination she said she had and Mrs. H, C. B. Hancock, Mr. and Mrs.
She allowed the pawnbrokers A. K. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs, F. C. Fatahes, Ha, Mr. and Mrs. A Hollingsworth, to bore into them to test them.
Mis. Hayward, Mr. W. M Humphreys,
Mr. Macnamara; To-day is the first time it has been denied.
When the question of bail was raised,
Mr. King said that he understood the BIG PROPERTY DEAL AT accused had been dismissed from the
farm. As he was anxious to thrash out what actually did happen, he suggested bail of $200, in order to ensure that the accused attended again.
SHANGHAI.
SALE OF BURKILL'S BLOCK.
Messrs. Burkill's offices and spacious godowns at the rear, situated at 3, Kiu.
The Magistrate fixed hail in that sum. Kiang Road, have changed hands, the
ALLEGED FORGED NOTF. CHINESE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
Shanghai Mercury says, for the enormous sum of Tla 900,000. The purchaser is the Mitsui Bishi Bank, who, it is under- stood, will not attempt rebuilding for two or three years yet.
The present offices and godowns on the An elderly Chinese who was stated to
Lot are not very ancient, all having been have gone from one money changer's shop erected within the last fifteen years. The to another trying to change a forged $10 Property was bought by the firm of A. R. note on the Hongkong and Shanghai Burkill and Sons in 1900 for Tis. 47,500, Bank was committed for trial by Mr.improvements which have cost a consider. so allowing for the extensive building Orme yesterday.
A man out of employment who had the sale price as affected last week still able amount of money in the interim, the defendant a journeyings. shows a very handsome profit. watched denounced him to the police in the hope of reward.' The note was stamped "örgery in several places in sans capitals, but Chinese characters had been
inscribed over the letters so as nearly to obliterate them.. can
to talk about "lies" unless you
The Magistrate: The best way is not establish them as such.
Mr. Hall: She will deny it. The Magistrate: She may. Mr. Hall: Not only may, but will The woman then told the story already indicated."
Mr. Hall asked that his client be dis Mr. Ho Leung, Mr. F. C. Jenkin, Hon. charged. She had absolutely repudiat- Mr. J. H. Kemp and Mrs. Kemp, Mr. and ed" the story of the prosecution.
Mrs. L. Knight, Messrs. Kayamally The Magistrate said be saw no reason & Co., Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lay, Mr. and
to discredit the evidence of the pawn- Mrs. H. A. Lammert, Mr. and Mrs. L. E brokers or to suppose they had plotted Lammert, Mr. and Mrs. G, P. Lammert, against the woman. It might be that she Mr. Frank Lammert, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. was employed by someone else; he would Leask, Mr. D. N. Larkins, Mr. B. W. take it that way if Mr. Hall Lee-Jones, Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie and
Mrs. Maoonachie, Dr. and Mrs. W. B. A. take it,
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OBITUARY.
H.
MR. W. J. HEWETT,'
Mr. H. A. Mabey, an assistant of the
News has been received in Shanghai by Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, gave evi- cable of the death of Mr. W. J. Hewett, dence that the note was a forgery. The a very popular member of the Chinese Bank had stopped, forged notes, hearing Maritime Customs Service, who retired numbers near that of the one produced fast year. Mr. Hewett joined the service (No. 663231). The witness would not like in 1882 and so valuable was the work ho to give an opinion whether the note was accomplished at the various ports to which he was successively posted that a good forgery or not.
Promotion came rapidly and at the time of his retirement be held the rank of Chief Tidesurveyer, Mount Hewett, near Hongkong, in lat. 22 deg. 41 min. N. and long. 114 deg. 48 min. E., was named after him in appreciation of services rendered during a survey made by H.M.S. Water- witch in 1907, and further recognition of his work was shown by the award of the Button of the Fifth Class in 1911 and the Order of the Chia Ho, Fifth Class, in 1917.
Mr. Leo Longinotto, who represented the accused, reserved the defence.
ARMED ROBBERY IN CENTRAL DISTRICT.
SENSATION IN POTTINGER STREET.
Not very far from the Central Police Station,in Pottinger Street-and in Mr. Hall: I don't mind how you broad daylight, an armed robbery took place yesterday morning, Soon after 11 Moore, Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Mitchell, Mr. The Magistrate: If you like I will am, two men gained admittance to the and Mrs. J. Mitclell, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McPherson, Mr. and Mrs. J. McCubbin, make your client take full responsibility brat floor of No. 13, on pretence of de- Mr. and Mrs. R. &. Macdougall, Mrs. but I am unwilling to do that because I James Macdonald and family, Mr. and know women in her position are liable to Mrs. J'Finlay Miller, Mr. W. W. Mc. be imposed upon The sentence will be Kezzie, Mr. H. M. H. Nemazer, Mr. two months' imprisonment.
Mr. Hall I give notice of appeal. The Magistrate: Certainly.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF HONGKONG.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE
HONGKONG '..
H. M. H. Nemizee and staff, Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Newhouse, Mr. James Ormiston, Mr. AJ, W. Ogilvie, Hon. Mr. T. L. Perkins and Mrs. Perkins, Mr. Eldon Potter, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. A. Plummer, Mr. and Mrs. A. Piercy, Mr. and Mrs. G. Piercy, Mr. and Mrs. Purves and Mr. D. J. Purves, Mr. and Mrs. James Reid, Mr. E. Ralphs, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ram, Mr. and Mrs. FE. Hanger, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Badger, Mr. J. Rodger and family.
DAILY PRESS."]. Messrs. Heiss & Co., Hon. Mr. Claud Severn and Mrs, Severn, Mr. and Mrs.
SR-I am afraid that an Art-critic M. Stephens, Roy and Mra, T. W who picks out for special commendation Scholes, Engincer Commander and Mrs.
a three-storey building which masque Campbell Samson, Mr. II. Percy Smith, rades as a Greek temple, and which bas Mr. A. Findlay Smith, Mr. Shuk Fan, a dome stick on the top of it which finds the Sincere Co., Ltd., Mr. and Mrs no structural expression, internally- Taggart, Mr. J. B. Thomson, Mr. Tak which is, in fact, invisible from inside Cheong, Messrs. Tyeb & Co., Rev. H. B. will hardly convert the good people of Welis, Mr. and Mrs E-AM Williama, Hongkong to a better artistic frame of Mr. and Mrs. P. Dougins Wilson, Mr. mind. Is there not a saying, sir, that and Mrs. O B. Wilson, Mr. C. E. Even a fool, it he hold his peace, may Warren, and Mr. Robert Yip, and Meagra pass for a wise man M. M. Hogben, G. M. Turner, H. Davies faithfully,
11 am, Yours, rand M. Ward.
RESIDENT.”.
livering a letter. Producing knives, they terrorized three women, gagged and bound them, and took their jewellery
from them.
They then spent ten minutes in going through the rest of the household. goods and left. Something excited the suspi- cion of people who saw them depart,: Porce whistles were blown, but when the Police came, the men had got as far the Praya, where they disappeared.
Mr. G. G. Perdue assistant superinten. dent of police and detectives conducted an investigation of the affair which caused a considerable sensation in the district.
SPORT.
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During late years Mr. Hewett'a health became very poor and it was in the hope of recovering that he retired from the service and went Home.
JUDGE "LOBINGIER.
INVESTIGATION ORDERED ON MB FLEMING'S CHARGES.
WASHINGTON, September 22nd. The Attorney-General, Mr. Daugherty, announced to-day that an investigation against Judge Charles S. Lobingier, of of charges of misconduct of office filed. the Consular Court of Shanghai, China, has been undertaken "by, the Department of Justice.
.........
Judge Lobingier, who was appointed to the court in 1914 by President Wilson for a ten-year period and who is a former resident of Omaha, Neb., recently arrived in Washington-to-present-his side of the
casc.
The charges on which the investigation is based were said by Mr. Daugherty-to have been filed by Mr. William S. Flem- ing. an American attorney and head of law firm in Shanghai, who last July was sentenced by Judge. Lobingier to serve American prison for contempt of court. sentence of six months in the After M. Fleming had served 13 days
pending review of the contempt proceed- Judge Lobingier suspended his sentence inge by the Ninth Distract United States Cirenit Court of Appeals of California, to which the case was taken on writ of error-Reuter,
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