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CRIMINAL SESSIONS...
(Continued from page 3.)
(ARFONA KIS KONOUK THE PULSNE JUDOL ("JUSTICE. COMTERTZ).]
Prisoner alleged that the Indian gaand anw the packet lying on the floor near an ice chest and asked him to pick it ap He maintained that he never had the parcel in his possession until he was on dered to pick it up
The Jury first of all returned a verdict
FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR of not guilty by four votes to three,
ASSAULT.
STORY OF A STRUGGIE ABOARD A BOAT.
but His Lordship said he could of accept that small majority. After having retired a verdict of guilty was re- turned, and sentence of five "years' hard labour was passed.
A. young Chinese named Ng Kwai was arraigned for assault, with intent to rob, in that he, with another not in custody, on December 11th, 1923, on board the licensed boat No. E36367 at Hung Homsion three revolvers and 100 rounds of Bay, assaulted Chung Sam with intent to rob her,
. Prisoner pleaded "not guilty.M
Mr. H. K. Holmes (Crown Solicitor) conducted the prosecution." Defendant was not represented.
Chung Sam, the boatwoman, said that when accused came aboard he said. "Don't make a noise, or I will stab you to death with this dagger. It was then one o'clock in the morning. Witness daw the dagger: it was similar to the one produced in Court. When witness called out, watchman heard her and blew a palice whistle. Accused and his com pasian then dived into the water and awam towards the shore. Nothing was taken from witness' heat. Witness next saw defendant at 2 aw the saine day, when he was in custody. She was, sure that the man in Court was one of the two who came aboaril her boat,
Another boatwoman, gave corroborative evidence. She deposed to being awaken ed at shout i am, on December 11th by erics of "help." She saw a man on the boat next to hers (that of the last wit. ness) but could not recognise the mun.
Xun Yin, a watchinan employed at the Kowloon Docks, said that on the dom- ing of December 11th he saw three men on the praya. They were loitering. Sus- pecting their actions, witness concented himself in order to watch their move- mente. Two went on board a boat which was lying off the wharf. The third stood on the wharf. A Bitle later witness heard a woman erying for help. The man who was on the wharf then evaded arrest by running out from the whart. The other two men were seen awunming from the boat they had boarded towards the wharf. They tried to clinh on to the whart Witness hit him, one managed to climb up and ran into the docks. The other emerged and was again struck by witness. He succeeded, however, in getting away. Witness then went for assistance. After a while witness found defendant hiding under an incinerator. He was shivering a he was very wet. Witness handed accused over to the watchman-inspector, Later, witucas vol lected two hats and a pair of slippers near where he had found the mart
A SENTENCE OF SIX YEARS.
Pleading guilty to having in his possen- ammunition, Cheung Sang was sentenced to six years with hard labour.
་ ་ ཞ
WHY HE WAS - ARMED.
Another prisoner, Yau Sang, abo pleaded guilty to being in possession of December 9th. a dagger on Kowloon "City Road on His excuse was that friends bad told him that he had some ́enemies, and advised him to go about. armed. Prisoner did not, however, re-
fort the alleged threat to the police. Rentence of three yeam' with hard labour was passed.
ANOTHER EXCUSE
A cement worker named Lam Troi was charged with possessing a dagger at To Kwa Wan on December 28th. He plead- ed guilty and said that his work involved the picking out of small stones from Fence his large lumps of cement. possesalun "of the weapon. He was sen tenced to twelve months" imprisonment with hard labour.
THE SIGN OF THE PALM LEAP.
20 YEARS FOR A KIDNAPPER...
The two Chinese who were found guilty at the November Sessions of kid- napping Chan Hing Leung, son of Chant Yan Po, the tonnager of a Canton pawn- shop and partner in the Kwong Fuk Sing firm in Hongkong, were yesterday brought up for sentences. Prisoners' sen- tenees had been deferred in order that they might return the boy to his parents. There was also a further charge of de- manding 880,000 as ransom. The youth disappeared on September 25th, 1923. Letters were sent to the father, asking him to send representatives, one to wear a palm leaf, to open negotiations with the kidnappers for the boy's return. Meetings took place, and the prisoners were eventually arrested.
sentence.
The second prisoner, who was charged
on a minor count, was sentenced to three years' bard inbour.
Yesterday the fist prisoner was sen- tenced to 20 years' hard labour on the first count and three years" Eard labour on "the second, both sentences to rin Yun Pi Tun, sergeant, interpreter, der concurrently. His Lordship intimated posed to taking down a statement from that if the prisoner helped to get the accused in which he said, “ I did not | boy back he (his Lordship) could apply Assault the woman, I stood on a sand- to R.E the Governar for a reduction of bank there. She cried 'robbers -Lrun the. I did not rob her of anything."
This closed the case for the Crown. Accused did not elect to say anything His Lordship said that the first bost woman's story was confirmatory of the other stories brought out in the ease. The prisoner had told the court how he got aboard the woman's boat, by crosA-. ing a sampan which was tied to the dock- side. No knife was found at the time. Prosecutrix discovered it two days later: Prisoner id he did not assault the woman or roh hor. If they believed the prosecutrix's story, the presence of the danger might then be accounted for.
Prisoner was found guilty and sen- tenced to five years' imprisonment
The Jury empanelled comprised: Messrs. G. Archibald, C. H. Goety, P. Kursk, Chan Ki Soon, Pang Shin Ming, G. Murray and G. L. Alves.
ARMS CANES
JURY REVERSE THEIR VERDICT,
THE INNOCENT ABROAD
- IN THE ORIENT.
The various messes of the Municipal Police are. chuckling tremendously over one of the innumerable Franconia stories (says the V-C. Daily Srips). When ones of the tenders arrived at the Customs
Jetty a certain Inspector was on duty there for the purpose of seeing that even from the palatial Franeantic there shoult land only auch persons as could be de- pended upon not to besmirch the fair name of this inaccent city. He is a true horn me of Scotia and happens to be one of those who are inordinately proudl of the splendid education all Scotsmen suffer from To him there upproached a lady with the remark—” I don't know,
-A series of cases under the Arms Ordiyoung man, if you speak English, but if nance were tried.
The first prisoner (named Wong Ho) created a diversion. As the Jury filed uto the box he clapped his hands. When questioned he replied "I quite apre ciate them the Jury) and am full of joy, so I clap my hands."
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Prisoner pleaded not guilty to a charge of being in possession of 100 rounds of ammunition aboard the sin. Resident Wilson on January 5th,
For the Crown it was stated that an Indian gaard saw the prisoner at the bottom of a stairway on board the boat, with his coat only half on. The guard searched the man and under his armpit he was found to be carrying a pareef which contained the ammunition.
it happens that you do, will you tell me the way to the Astor House 1"" Suppress in his astonishment, he replied, as polite Watsonian should: Certainly, madam. Straight down this road and turn to your right over the bridge. And then, lassie, ye gang richt in." Or some-. thing like that By this time another Shanghai man was in fits of laughter and the indy, turning upon him, indignantly. remarked:" Well, how was I to know? I come to an Oriental country for the first time, and how should I know he wasn't a Chinaman " Since when the Inspec tor's companions in mess have positively refused to speak to him in anything but Chinese, and he has been voted by all to be a singularly good looking Chiatre
SONGS OF A FLAT.
MY GEYSER
(With Apologies to Rose-Fyleman)."
There's a geyser in the corner of my bathroom
That poked so big and beautiful and tall.
I simply bugged myself as I scanned it on its shelf,
Till the workmen came and started on the wall
They are hacking through the bathroom bricks and mortar.
In fitting what I'm told, they call
"One"
You wouldn't think that they would make a fresh hole every day-
Well, they do. Yes, they do!
There's 'n geyser in the coroar of my bathroom,
I was hoping mine would be a primrose path.
No more," I said, "I'll sorub in a half filled Shanghai tub;
a geyser that will fill a full-length bath."
"I always thought the object of a geyser
Was to pour out floods of water that was hot;
But when I came to try, my whole théory went awry-
For it's not. No, its not
There's a geyser in the corner of my bathroom
With half-a-dozen pipes that twist about
And some of them, it's true, let the gas and water
Though as to which does which I'm still-in doubt.
That steel or front were waterproof entirely
7 though was axiomatic, so to speak;
But either that is wrong, or my pipes are not too strong-
For they leak Tes, they leak 1
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