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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
[AFFORE HIS HONOUR THE PUISNË JUDGE.
(UR. JUSTICE DOMFERTZ)).
PROTEST BY DEFENDING
TEB HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH, 1928.
THE WARFARE IN KWANGTUNG.
THE KIDNAPPING CASE. APPLICATION FOR RE-HEARING.
The latest news from Canton is that
Mr. A. MacAllum attended at the the 3,000 Northern troops which recently Magistrney yesterday morning in con- made their appearance in the Northnection with the case heard the previous River district and pdvanced as far as day in which a Chinese named Ip Saug MR. JENKIN OBJECTS TO WITNESS | Sunkni, aro now retreating from the pro- } was sentenced to six months' hard-labour
BEING "DETAINED BY POLICE.
COUNSEL
In connection with 见证 ATMIS CASA beard before the Puisas Judge yester day, Mr. F. C. Jeukin, barrister-at-law who appeared for the defence, lodged a protest against the action of the Police In detaining one of his witnesses. protest took the form of an application, which Mr. Jenk`n said " was atiended by
That morning. peculiar eircumstances.” the pulien had directed that a witness for the defence be detained. This witness
The
had come to Court early and Mrs Jenkin told him to weturn to his shop as he was notice that the Police were going to call this witness, and as he wan to be a witness for the defence he desired that the Police should have nothing further to do with hic..
sot quirol for some time. He had no
Mr. A. Dyer Ball, for the Crown, said he knew nothing about the detention and
asked for the name of the man.
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On being told that the name was Lau "Sau, Mr. Dyer Ball said that he had heard of this gentleman. The polica had told kim about him and he had instructed them to have him at Court that morning
in ense he was wanted.
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The Puisne Jadge (to Mr. Ball): have no doubt you will take the neccaury steps to arrange his release.
Mr. Jerkin: I want him to go away, I don't want him in the atmosphere of the Court as all..
Mr. Dyur "Ball then gave instructions to Sub-Inspector Spear to have the man released.
vince. The Kwangsi troops in the North on a charge of kidnapping, or, alterna- River area are entrenching, their first line being at Wanshek, a point on the Canton-Hankow railway and their second line at Lin Kong How. They are con- centrating at Yintak.
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SPORT:
LAWN TENNIS.
HONGKONG LAWN TENNIS
ASSOCIATION,
TENNIS LEAGUE **A DIVISION.
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P. W. L. Pts.
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In the "A" Division owing to various other attractions only one game was gively, of harbouring, a girl eighteen played, that between Civil Service and years old. The man was alleged to have the Chinese Recreation Club, the latter told the girl wonderful stories of the winning by 68-31. wealth to be earned in America in order to lure her from her home, and then to have In the West River section, the defeated (drugged her with tea that had been Kwangsi forces are retreating towards doctored. He was stated to have taken Wuchow.
her away to live with him at a number of boarding houses in the Colony, and to have tried to sell her for 8300 when! he tired of her. For the defence · he¦ alleged that he met the girl on a number of occasions, and she had told him she was a widow, and had no friends or relatives in Hongkong. He married her
THE SANITARY BOARD.
The Sanitary Board tae yesterday afternoon at the Board's offices. Those present were the President (Mr. G. R. Sayer), the Hon. Mr. T. L Perkins, Mr.
̊C. G. Alabaster, K.C., C.B.E., Mr. 5. W. | at her own request. The defendanu Tso. Mr. Wong Kwong Ting and Dr. W. brought no ovidence to prove his state- W. Pearse (Medical Officer of Health).
Letters were received from the Colonial
Secretary intimating the appointment of Lieut. Colonel F. G. Fitzgerald, D.S.O., RA.M.C., as a member of the Board, and the reelection of Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., C.B.E, as a member.
ment, however.
Mr. MacAllum informed his Worship Mr. C. D. Melbourne), that he had been visited by a relative of the accused, and had been asked to apply for the case to i
He wished to notify his bo re-heard. Worship that he would make the appli- Dr. Koch and Mr. S. W. Tso, on the cation, and ask him if he desired, that proposition of the President, were elected the prosecution, and a representative of committee to consider and report upon the Secretary for Chiurso Affairs should the Head of the Sanitary Department's be present when he did so."He alleged to the Es-that he could bring witnesses who would proposal with reference timates.
that
give evidence substantially bearing cut This concluded the public business of the stery of the accused that the girl had the meeting..
promised to
marry him, and negotiations for the marriage had taken place on a number of occasions previous to the date on which the prosecution alleged he first met her..
THE TESTIMONIES OF POLICE OFFICERS..
TO BE WATCHED WITH GREAT
"CARE."
His Worship said he should certainly wish the prosecution to be present, and he would listen to the application at any date the two parties agreed upon.
SHIPPING COMPANY FINED. TROUBLE CAUSED BY ABSENT CLERK.
Fung Fai Ting, of the Yer Wo S.S.
Company, was summoned at the Magis racy, yesterday, on four counts.
the
Defendant said the manifest was re-
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In the "B" Division :-
Queen's College beat Civil Service. Kowloon “A”.
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RESULT OF BOGEY POOL COMPETITION
The Bogey Pool competition, played at Fanling on April 21st, 22nd and 3rd was won by W. Galloway, 3 up.
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New rules and ordinances have been promulgated with a view to the special recognition of the meritorious service of members of the Dominion and Colonial Auxiliary Forces during the Great War. The
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forces will not reckon. Service on the West Coast of Africa will reckon two. of any of the Auxiliary Forces who, fold, and so will the, service of a member during the war, served, or accepted the obligation to serve, beyond the bound- aries of the Force, whether in the Naval, Military, or Air Forces.
Forces by members of the permanent
A JUNK'S, ARSENAL.
Mr Jenkin, who had conducted a very POLICE SERGEANT'S DISCOVERY
searching cross-examination of Sergt. ON A JENK.
Saare during the morning, opened his
„Th case
out of which the above in case for the defence in the afternoon. į
as one of excep. tident arose was then proceeded with. He described the care The prisoners in the case were three mentional circumstanes. It was not in the and two women named Chan Ka, Lisual course of events to make au atinek Kon. Leung Ho, Chan Fuk and Chanpon a police officer, but it was not the Man, and they were indicted for unlawfirst time it had been made. His Tully having in their possession on Marchxamination had been made with due 12th on a cargo boat, on the Harbour, consideration to the seriousness of the
The first was that he allowed the s.8. seren rifles, eight automatic pistols, one allegations, and also with due regard to Saichor to travel up to Canton on the revolver, two cleaning rods, four tele- the fact that the police as a body of with March, and whra farty-eight hours scopic sights, two pistol holsters, 160 sets were held in the highest esteem and, it had passed, he failed to return of cartridge primers and 11 sets of spare was not without considerable thought manifest to the Imports and Exports
that a member of the Bar would make Office. Farta
Mr. A. Dyer Ball conducted the case such an aithek. In making such sug for the Crown and Mr. F. C. Jenkin re.gestions it was no part of his duty to turned either on the 5th or 6th April. presented all five prisoners.
try and get people out of the clutches of The delay was occasioned because there The Jury empanelled comprised: the police by maligning them, but in con was only one clerk in the offen who could Mesars, C. F. Rapp (foreman), N.sideration of the general facts he asked write English, and he had gone away in
| Stephenson, Chan Hare, A. F. Matthias, the Jury to share his views on response to an urgent letter, so that they J. Manners, Wai Thom and J. Ematter In support of his contentions had to wait till his return. All madi-
Jenkin quoted from Taylor (vol.1) contests had to be written in English. Outlining the facts of the case Mr. A. ceraing the testimonies of the po + A fine of $50 was inflicted. Dyer Ball said that on March 12th at officers beginning: "With respect The second was a similar summons in 11.15 am: Sergeant Snare was on duty policemen, constables and those employed respect of the same boat, excepting that in the Harbour on, a police launch. On on the muppression of crime their testi the date of sailing was given as March receipt of cortain information he over monies against prisoners should usually 29th. Defendant made the same excuse from a Crown octavo volume of 481 hauled cargo boat No. 339V. which was be watched with great care" He read that his English-writing clerk was absent, under weigh. He went on board the junk | the quotation becausé he wanted the Jury and another 850 fine was imposed. and found five men and women and three to appreciate the point of view that he The summons alleged that the & children. Ha commenced to search the taken up. It did not follow that every | Salchow had been allowed to sail for boat and made as if he would lift one of word which came out of the mouth of a Canton on March 20th and an inaccurate the boards leading into the hold. One of policeman was the truth, the whole manifest had been returned. the prisoners, Chan Fuk, stood on the truth and nothing but the truth." Mr. The Magistrato (M. J. E. Wood), boards and said in Chinese, what the Jenkin then went on to say-that Sorgt. asked whether the mistake was a Sergeant took to mean nothing." The Snare had deliberately tried to make a fide one.
·Bergeant was not satisfied and pushed better case out of what was already & good the man away. Underneath the boards case.
Cantro.
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the
Mr. S. J. Roe, of the Imports Exports Office, said the whole thing "shoor carelessness.”
A line of 825 was imposed. That no manifest was returned in res
THE OHINA YEAR BOOK.
A new edition of this valuable work of reference has just been published. It is the seventh issue of the China Year Book, and the second issue to be produced in China. The book has increased in size pages in 1912 to a Dezy octave volume, of nearly 1,300 pages ! 1023, The Chinese Government took 200 copies of the last issue to Washington, where the book was in constant use by every Dele gatich during the deliberations of the Far Eastern Committee.
The 1923 edition has been revised from
ho found, two sacks. Sergeant Secre In describing the facts of the case for "opened one of the sacks and found it the defence Mr. Jenkin said that at 5 contained arms, parts of arms, rifles, o'clock or 5.30 gelook, which was before pistols and the like. As he was in the daylight, a man accompanied by a brace pect of the as. Stn Ping was the final act of examining the bag he heard a of coolies came "an beard and said he summons. The same excuse of the absent shout from a "Chinese engineer on the wanted three bags taken to a junk in the clerk was given, and another $50 Sine in-biographies, and lists of factories have Police launch and, on looking up, saw harbour.
The bags were carried onflicted.
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Defendant asked the interpreter why the third prisoner (a woman) pushing a board and placed in the hold. The mann gunny bag over the stora into the sea then said he had to go away but that he the fines were so severe. The reply was Sergeant Snare pushed away the people would come back. The junk continued to that the Magistrate had already inform surrounding him and ran to the stern, wait until 10 a.m. At that time the man ed him that he could be fined $250 for each Another bag was in the act of being named Lau Sau called on board and offence, and he had only becu fined 9175 mashed overboard. Sergeant Baare caught engaged the junk to remove 31 bags of for all four.
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it in the fall but it was too heavy for feathers from the Taiwah Maru. Sbortly, him and it dropped into the water. The after this the police boarded the boat.. bag was not recovered. The prisoners The Mistress of the boat is her evidence mede statements to the police. The first said that she thought the bags contained prisoner said: "The old woman is the axes and uxe halves. She had carried mistress. I was not in the boat Isuch hardware in a similar way before. The tenth annual meeting of the share don't know. The second prisoner (the old When the Police Sergeant, boarded the holders in Mackintosh & Co., Ltd., was woman) said: "At five o'clock this morn-boat she told him she was taking the bags held on April 23rd, when, after paying ing two men engaged my boat and remov-to the Water Police Station and that an interim dividend of 81 per share, assembled again yesterday at Murray ed the things into my boat. They then there was no need for him to arrest final dividend of $1.50 per sharo wan do landed and told me to wait. They did them. bot return." The third prisoner said she
Mr. Jenkin: Why were you taking wee a cook and the fourth and fifth had nothing to say,
Witness: Because in former years, my Cross-examined by Mr. Jenkin, Sergt. mother who was also a boatwoman-had Saare said to could not remember any of the prisonera, saying that they were some things brought on board belonging just going to the Water Police Station to a foreigner and she took them to the with the goar at the time he boarded the Police Station.
(Continged at foot of next column.)
them to the Police Station? .
After further evidence was taken the case was adjourned..
At the District Court Martial which Barracks, Pte. Edward Smith of the 2nd. clared, making a total of $2.50 per share En., King's Regiment, was charged on on the year 1022-23
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