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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
[SOLE HIS HONOUR. THE PUTINE JUDGE. CAR." H." H. J. GOMPERTE);]
SMALL BOYS WONDERFÜL CAPTURE.
ARRESTS ROUBER AFTER LONG
CHASE,
The story of a very exciting chase alter three men who were alleged to have robbed a bank messenger of 200 was told yesterday by the Assistant Attorney General when a man named Tan Wing was indiete 1 for taking part in the alleged robbery. After the robbery the chase was taken up by a small boy (14 years of c) who accompanied the messenger and who was successful in running one of the robbers to earth after a long chase through the City. An alternative charge of larvenes was preforreal against the
prisoner.
THE HONGKONG“ DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, ""NOVEMBER 231
THE JAPANESE TRAINING SQUADRON.
DUE TO ARRIVE THIS MORNING.
The Japanese Naval Training Squadron. îs clue to arrive in port this morning at Do'clock with 388 naval cadets on board.
After the usual salutes have been fired
number of official calls will be made At 10.30 am the 385 midshipmien will come ashore and half of these are to pro- veed by tram to the Peak nud the other balf are to make the trip to Repulse Bay in. flongkong Hotel motor buses and garage cars. Refreshments will be served to the cadets at the Penk Hotel ned the Repulse Bay Hotel. A number of British naval officers and midshipmen will accom- pany the party. In this connection it would greatly facilitate arrangements if the general public could avoid using the Peak trams between 10.30 am. and noon,
the afternoon the party which visited the Peak in the morning are to be taken to
COLOUR SERGEANT GOURT HONGKONG DEFENCE CORPS
<MARTIALLED.
THE STRENUOUS DUTIES OF A
N.C.O.
Colour Sergeant (C.Q.ALS.) William E.
NEW MINIATURE RIFLE RANGE OPENED LAST EVENING Wcellency the Governor (Sir N. E Stubbs, K.C.M.G.) officially opened the new miniaturo rifle range at Volunteer
Gener, 2nd Bn.. King's Regiment, was Headquarters, last evening, in the pre- charged before a District Court Martial sence of a large number of members of yesterday with disobeying the lawful the Corps His Excellency briefly ex order of a superior officer on November pressed pleasure af being present at the ath last, being absent" without leave, opening of the range, and fired the frat making a false statement, and noting to shot, which announced the official opening the prejudice of good discipline by sign- of the range.
The new range has heen specially con ing a false outer of his duties He pleaded not guilty to all four charges. structed by the Government for the use Capt. We J. H. Howard, D.S.O., 2nd of the members of the Corps. It has King's, was the first witness for the baken something like a pear to complete. prosecution. He said that on November For this purpose a section of the parade sth he was the officer conducting an und has bech used and the tange has examination at Alount Austin barracks, been built practically underground in the and in accordance with battalion orders allotted section. This lateat addition is a credit to Volunteer Headquarters and there that day, should have attended at
In the course of his opening address, and between 220 pm and 3.45 p.m. In the, accused. who was orderly sergeant should do much to encourage recruits to
Mr. Dyer Ball said that on October 13th at 5.45 pun, two of the employes of the
9 a.nl nuð handed to witness the roll
the Corps,
The total length of the new range is
Mun Fat Bank- shroff named Chin. Kui Repulse Bay, while the other party will containing the names of the N.C.0.8) 110 foot which allows '00 feet for actual:
and a boy-were sent out to make a round
be taken to the Peak.
In the evening the Commander of the
of eleven Chinese Links to collect vari Squadron, his three Captains and severnt absent, and witness learned he was at numbers prescat, the full shooting length |
ous sumix of money from each one.
It
was a regular part of the shroff's daty to collect sums of money from these banks. All went perfectly well until they lund done ning of them, and thore were)
staff officers, as well as several leading
zambers of the Japanese community in Hongkong, are to be the guests of the Japanese Consul-General. The reception is to be of an informal nature_owing, to
Murray Barracks,
attending the examination. : Accused was
shooting. Yesterday, owing to the large so sent a written order of the building was curtailed to 25 yards. to him (by Serg Hannigan) to report The targets, which are mechanically work- to witness at eats at Mount Austin hared by Chinese from the firing end of the racks Witness added that he also told
range, include the Bisley miniature tar Sergt. Hannigan" to give the message. Howard) was most annoyed, and accused man." The butts have been strongly had better come at once. Although wit-
made and plenty of wood has been built- ness was in the examination, room until up behind the targets for the purpose of
only two more to do. The shroff at the the present distressful conditions, of the verbally to the accused and may be (Crint/Ret, snap shooting and the running
time had collected $9,700.50, which he carried in a wallet in his pocket. The amall boy bad been following the shroff
devastated areas of Japan.
To-morrow (Saturday) the enlots are to inspect 'our, Dockyards at Kowloon and
all the way round. It was his duty to Taikoo and on each ocrasion a lead the ovening, the accused neither reparted protecting the gable of the building in the keep watch After visiting the Cheunging member of the Japanese community to him nor sent him any message. Wit. rear. Specially attention has been paid
the eyes of the marksmen will not be sorely tried.
accused under open arrest. The next day targets four 200-candic electric lights ness ordered C.S.M. Reardon to place the lighting there being no fewer than 23 "Electric lights in the range. Over the
Col.-Sergt. Gener une" to witness and
bang from the ceiling, which means that said he was sorry for what had occurred Other evidence showed that the accused was not at Mount Austin Barracks to mount the guard, which was the accused's duty for that day. The accused was sober when placed nador open arrest..
The accused giving evidence made a
Quarter-Master Sergeant he was required to attend sheet-changing at Murray Bar-
During the evening a shooting competi- tion for three cups presented and in scribed for the occasion by the Com mandant (Col. 1. G. Bird) was held. The competition attracted a large entry and resulted in the following being
Iling Bank in Des Voux Road Central.in Hongkong will conduct the party to near the Sincere Company, they were to the docks. proceed to another bank opposite the For Sunday, #1 large programme has Wing On Company Store. To get to this been arranged. For the sailors a cinema dank they went along Wing Lok Street show is being provided for 750 men in the and turned to the right down Rumsey afternoon. Each sailor as he enters will Street. The alleged robbery happened receive a packet of cigarettes. On the at this spot. While they were walking same day a sports meeting has heen ar near the pablie latrine they were attack-ranged by the Japanese community, this, ed by three men, who seized them by the being held under the auspices of the backs of the necks--two men seized the Japanese Primary School. "In the even- atatement to the effect that as Company awarded the prizes:--- shraf and one seized the boy. They ing the naval officers of the Squadron are were taken into the latrine and all three to he entertained by the Japanese com- groceeded to attack the shroff. They took munity in Hongkong 'to a Chinese ban- racks that same day. He admitted receiv- | and third cups. Sergt. Westlake," Mr. R.
bis wallet containing the money, One of the three men had a dagger, The rab. hers can from the latrine towards Wing
quet at West Point,
During the week-end it is hoped to arrange several games of baschall be tween teams selected from the various crews of the squadron.
PRISONER GUILTY.. JUDGE AND JURY CONGRATULATE
SMALL BOY...
Mr. Brewer, in opening his defence, said there was not one point in the prosecu- tion's case, which had not been fully explained by the defendant's statements. It was unquestionably a case of mistaken identity and it was quite clear that the prisoner's explanations, coupled with the various discrepancies in the boy's evi- dence, justifèd him in asking for a ver- diet for the prisoner. "Although," said Counsel, it is not the prisoner's task to prove his innocence yet, in order to sweep away any lingering doubts in your minds, I propose to put the prisoner in the witness-box”
Jak Street. The shroff and the boy, ran after them, but they could only see two men, the third had disappeared. They both continued the pursuit down to the button of Rumsey Street where the rob bers turned into Des Vœux Road Central, There, the man the shroff was pursuing was increasing the distance between them, and the shroff then blew his police whistle. The boy at this time was only a low fect from the prisoner. He con- tinued the chase along Des Voeux Rond Central towards the Sincere Company Store.
At this stage the other robber disappeared from his sight. He kept his eye on the prisoner who was dressed in white. This man ran into Wing Kut Street then into Queen's Read Central, across the road and up the steep steps of Aberdeen Street and into Wellington Street where the boy caught the robber and held on to him. The robber made, a request to be taken back to Wing Kut Street. On arrival there the captive/ The prisoner in the witness-box startled struggled, strack the by several blows the Court and his Counsel by stating in and broke away and rae towards Des reply to Mr Brewer's first question as Vaux Road Central but turning into to "where he first saw the small boy Wing Kut Street a Chinese constable came on the scene and arrested the man, Nothing was found on him when he was anken to the Police Station.
Teeny,
The small boy in the witress-box told the Court it was his duty to follow the
that be rst saw the boy in the latrine when the robbery was taking place. He described with candour what he saw there and said he left the scene of the robbery to go to Aberdeen Street walking through the very identical streets through which the chase took place. At the foot of Aberdeen Street, the boy came up to him and accused him of snatching his money,
ing Capt. Howard's note but said he thought the note was intended to be delivered to his at Mount Austin, and having detailed an orderly, corporal to take his place there, be carried on with drawing stores, and later, proceeded to the Quarter-Masters' Department to re- port. Afterwards he was busy complet- ing the handing over of some RE fix-
tures.
The reason for his gbsence from guard parade at 6 pm and staff parade at 10 p.n, anid accused, was that be entirely forgot he was detachment orderly ser geant for the day.
Accused admitted signing a statement that he had attended night guard and nothing unusual had occurred
"during my tour of duty.”,
Lieut. C. P. Moore and Capt. Collins gave evidence as to the accused's good character, smartnéas and respectability..
The accused was found "Cuilty ""and" sentence will be promulgated in due
course.
Accused's record showed he was 38 years of age, and had about seventeen and a half years' military service. There had been a number of minor offences in the earlier years of his enlistment. His decorations are the 1914 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal and Long Ser- vice Medal.
THE "MONTROSE "—" YUEN
SANG" COLLISION."
Mr. Dyer, llall concluded by saying that the shroff disappeared two days after the robbery. The prisoner in a statement had said he was in Wellington Street when the boy came forward and accused
HEARING CLOSED YESTERDAY. him of snatching his money. It was for The prisoner Wis severely cross the Jury to decide whether Chan Kui was examined as to why he took such a round
The arguments in the easy in which the an accomplive in the matter, if so the about away to get to Aberdeen Street, charge: against prisoner was that of lar and said that he took the identical route owners of the xx, The Sung (the Indo- of the small boy, the only difference being China Steam Navigation Company) are that he walked whereas the boy ran. He suing the owners of the Wearate for could not explain clearly the constable's damages caused in a collision between the statement that when he arrested the pri- two vessels in the Manila typhoon of soner he was panting and his heart was 1920, were closed yesterday The day beating rapidly. He was also hard put was cocupied mainly by Mr. Eldon to explain how it was that the boy who Potter's closing speech for the plaintif jocularly asked his Lordship.
was running and he walking arrived at Company. His Lordship the Chief Justice Asked by Mr N. I. Brewer, for the the foot of Aberdeen Street at exactly (Sir William Rees Davies) who has been defence, why he did not shout out for the sate time. The Jury found the pri- sitting in Admiralty Jurisdiction on the help during the chase, the boy replied | koner “ Guilty an the second count, that case with Commander Beckwith, I.N., as that he was panting so much that he could of larceny, and the foreman of the Jury Assessor, reserved judgment.
added that they wished to congratulate the small boy on his resource and pluck.
shroff as an escort
THE JUDGE IN A JOCULAR MOOD.
"Did he have a sword or anything? Ho was nvt armed with anything
nut shout
Mr. Brewer: And nobody offered to help you? Dos Youx Road Was thickly popu
ated at the time?
The hoy Nobody came to my help. His Lordship: Evidently the people thought they were training for a mare
thon
Mr. Brewer later asked: You are a very good runner 19
The boy I am very light.
His Lordship: Perhaps you don't smoke 1-No.
Or drink1-No (more amusement in Court)
(Continued of foot of next entumn.)
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man with a score of 46,
The first prize. went to Mr. F. C. Good-
There were three ties for the second
J. Goodman and Mr. N. L Railton each scoring 30 points. They will later shoot off to decide the winners.
"UKET"
ORICKET.
^C_R_C__#. LR,C.
In this League match to be played at Causeway Bay on Saturday at 2.15 p.m., the following will represent, the Indians: A. el Arculli (capt.), S. H. Ismail, U. M. Omar, à. H. Madar, S. A. Ismail, 5. D. Ismail, O, Ismail, J. S. Curreem, N. B. Kitchell, FM. Areulli ned A. B Rumjahn
K.C.C."A" R.E.
Eu this League match at Kowloon on Saturday at 2.15 p.m. the bonic team: will be composed of H. "Overy, (cnpt.), B. Pethoram, E. J. Edwards F. W. Howell, N. W. Duck, A. J. Kew, J. Fraser, D. S. Green, U. B. Raven, A. R F. Raven and W. L. Wenser,'
UNIVERSITY » RGA
The following have been selected to represent the University 1st XI, în a League match against the R.G.A. on the Home ground on Saturday at 2.15 p.m. A. A. Rumjaho (capt.). H. N. Balhatchet, E. Quick. M. H.. Roffey, A: S. Hett, W. Gittins, T. O YEOW, M. E. Osman, A Peterson, N. Hachiuma and B. P.
Ng. Reserve: Dy Liang,att
UNIVERSITY 2ND XI. NAVY 2ND XI.
The 2nd XL's' League fixture between! the University 2nd XI. and the Navy 2nd XI. has been postponed as the Navy's ground is unfit for play.
FOOTBALL.”
B.K.F.C. 18 XI, KOWLOON,
In this 1st division match on the Club
ground on Saturday (kickoff, 4:15 p.m.)
a teams will be as follows:
H.K.F.C.-R. Hutchison': W. "Gerrard
and CF Bishop A. Mair, J. Stewart and J. W. R. McPhail G. Watson. A. S. Forsyth (capt), H. G. Howard 8. D. Big and G. Angus,
Kowloon Stewart; Wheeler and Knight H. Wheeler, McKelvie and Pasco; Leonard, Millard, Morton; Duncan and Masin
H.K.F.C, RES, 9. SOUTH CHINA-“ B.”
The following will represent the H.K.FC Reserves in their 2nd division match with South Chind Bon South China ground on Saturday (kick oft, 2.46 p.m.):A. Gront: H. T. Buxton and D, Lyon, Pearn, E. W Railton (capt.); und £1,000,000 scheme for the extension of J. Gardner, R. B. Bell, A, Ferguson, T. A. Douglas, A. Roberts and V. Ramsay re-pos: H. Garrod, it Williamson and A. Paal
His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to At a meeting of the City Council the three years' imprisonment with hard the Bristol Corporation decks at Avon- labour, and then asked for the small boy mouth was adopted About 1,000 men to be brought before the Court, He will be caplayed on the work for four thanked the youngster for his services years.
and said he was a very brave hay and
KOWLOON SOUTH CHINA “**
hoped that one day he would rise to be In a letter to Sir H. Neild, K. In this 2nd division match on the Kow- fan of his bank
M.P., Chairman of the Association of toon ground on Saturday at 2.45 p.m.. The Jury empanelled for the case were: Conservative Clubs, the Prime Minister the Kowloon team will consist of Beach; Messrs, WF Falconer (foreman), S. S. cadorses the proposal of the organisation Guest and Urquhart; A. W Brown, Church, P. R. Glendinning, L. G. Rosario, to raise a fand to meet the election Randle and Taylor: Hast, W. H. Brown, Chan Bhiu-tsus, . C. Kerley and A. expenses of Conservative working men Spary Walls and Hammassen. Reserves Franklin.
oandidates for Parliament,
Vickars and Haylock,
1923.
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