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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
[BITORE HIS HONOUR THE PEIANE JUDUE
(MR. JUSTICE COMPERTZ). [
THE LANTAO MURDER CASE.
EVIDENCE OF THE VILLAGERS,
The hearing of the Lantas murder case The was continued yesterday morning. case is one in which a young Chinese won is charged with poisoning her husband.
UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG ARTS ASSOCIATION - DINNER.
The annual dinner and concert of the Arts Association took place on April 1st in the Great Hall of the University. The record total of 185 persons sat down to the respect.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 192
LAWN TENNIS. THE TWO CHAMPIONS MEET.
RAIN INTERFERES WITH GAME. HONDA LEADA NO SZE KWONG BY TWO NETS. Honda, the Japanese player, had ex- tremely hard luck yesterday afternoon, when he met and nearly defeated Ng Sao
ONE OF THE UNWASHED. HOW THE LAW INTERVENED. He was a coolie of a kind, old and thin. Moreover, he was dirty, very dirty. The passing of the years had wrinkled his face, which was of a rich mahogeny tint, but in the seams were layers of grime. His hair, speckled gray, was long and
After the loyal tonst had been honour-Kwong in the fourth round of the Open unkempt, stood up in pinces and in others' cd, the Chairman of the Association (Mr. Championship Singles. He was leading fell in matted strands over his ears and S. IL F. Prew) proposed the health of by two straight sets, which he won in a forehead. A patched and filthy coat, ence. thur Guests.". The welcomed all those fery convincing manner, when rain isteran ornate part of an elaborate Chinese The game then stood at national outfit, hung anyhow on his nur- present, and mentioned the names of rupted play,
The down- Miss J. Hazeland, Mrs Forster, Messrs. three all in the third wt.
row frame. His nether garments, patch- pour was of brief duration, and after aed too, were shapeless and soiled and whom the quarter-of-an-hour's delay the match was ended at, his knees. A pair of spulery gnarled feet, Lare. resumed and the games went to four all, legs terminated in when the mapires decided to abandon some of the toes azilless, Altogether he further play, owing to the failing light was a pitiable object. and the fast that the litas of the court had been practically washed out, Arrange- tents were made for the match to bo re-played on Tuesday next on the Stand
A. Kirk. D W Morley, H. Piercy, and Mr. and Mrs. Collett, to association felt particularly indehted, for their contriliutians towards the pro- gramme of music and draum for the even
Inspector Harnes. of the Criminal la telligenes Department, gave evidence to the effect that he visited to 'k village for the purpose of finding out whether it was possible for a conversation in No. 2 to be heard distinctly in No 125, This was made possible by a large cracking. in the walls.
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Witness, in reply to Mr. Prosser, said that when be visited the village on March 12th hr Zuumle it deserted between the hours of non ni one pi The villagers were apparently in the hells,
Mr. Maconachie acknowledged the complimente
Owing to indisposition, Mr. Warner, who was to have given The Acts Asso. sintion," was unable to be present. his place was taken by the Rev. Mr. Shanu. Professor Brown replied."
Court.
H.E. The Governor was one of a very large crowd of interestal spectators who witnessed the match, which has aroused auch a las of discussion as to the inerits Before the contest of the two players. Leuppenced. it sened to be the general opinion that Sg Sae Kwong would win
The speeches were interspersed with A sister in how of the decensol, in the musical items contributed by Mrs. Col box, described the prisoner as a very lett (son," Belayed, it is Moru "). Mr. bul woman" and one "who always quars | II. Piercy (song, "Come Friend "), and relled with her husband." she told, the | Mr. V. F. Viccajce (violin solo)... Court that she prerheard the prisoner The one-set comedy,Wurzel Flum in view of the state of the court, which tell her husband (the deceased) that emery, a light and good-natured satire was soft and ten; itself admirably to his was not handsome. He replied that she on the power of money, was then present-peculiar style of play. But on the run was lazy in refusing to go out to work. I
ed. Miss R. Hazeland. Mrs. Forster, Mr. of dwe pay Honda showed his superiority The prisoner said she was anxious to see
Morley, Prat. Hihtou and Mr. Hett and deserved to win. Ng Sae Kwong him die and that she would murder him.
formed the members of the cast and could not keep his opponent back on the Mr. Prosser, cross examining: Every acquitted themselves excellently. The base line: time and again the Japanese Lody appears to be on good terms in
arrangements for this comedy were made player fought his way up to the art and your family except the prisoner and by Mr. Fett, who was ally assisted by finnessed beautifully. But it cannot be decensed?
Prof. Simpson.
said that Ng had much luck; indeed he had none, for those fine backhand position shots of his, which just skim the net, failed to get over by fractions of an inch. Not until the third es did it took as if
The witness: Yes, everybody except. the prisoner. She is a bad woman.
Were you où good terms with the pri- suner?-Ever since my baabaad died she sculded me day and night. On one occa sion she closed the door and would not allow us to go in for our rics. We broke upen the cloor and who, we got in she Nat on her bed and scolded use
At the conclusion, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. W. W. Hornell, proposed a vote of thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who had contributed to the success of the evening and to the committee for theg was going to make anything like a capable amquer in which they had made fight of it. Then he took the first game all the arrangements.
and in a more assured way held his own and carried the games to three all and,
His Lordship: Mr. Davey, giving evi.later, to four all. It was just possible that he might have made a fiue recovery, which is a special feature of his. for one
dence explained that he extracted from the leaves, a végetable, alkaloid and that he also extracted from the stomach an alkaloid and that he then applied a test. in each ense and food the re-actions Assuming that Mr.
Continuing: M: Prosser asked: Since your husband died, who has been living with you?"A man -1 don't know what his surname is, but he is known as Wong Kee. In the eighth moon of last year the deceased invited him "bark after a consultation with the deceased's parents. were indentical.
Did he consult you at all-Yes, he Dovey was right in stating that the re-
never can tell when he is beaten.
Hola wrved well and could be relied pou to win on his service. Ng's service was not nearly so good and could easily be returned. On the base line both play
His employer apparently thought so too. For he gave this poor voolie seven cents with which to buy soap so that 'he could indulge in a good bath The em ployer also gave the wreck dranite in- structions not to return 'for a day'a 'work and its consequent pay until he had had the lath,
The coolie, slly left the scene of his labours and wandered along the Praya. He realised that the time had come, as it were, to take the plunge. If he did not clean himself, he reasoned, there would be no more work, which meant no more pay, which meant no more food and no more smokra. He looked at the seven cents. It was sufficient, he knew, to buy enough soap to enable him to rid himself of most of the diet if used economically. But, it struck him. "be would require water. There was plenty of water along the Praya. but, to do the job properly, he knew he would have to have hot water. Here was a setback Hot water could not be fadled out of the harbour. Still wandering along puzzling over bis dilenima, our coolie observed a chunk of wood lying absolutely unprotected. The coolle's skies were immediately blue ones. He picked up the piece of wood. fortunately, a Chinese policeman witness. ed the action. He arrested the coolie,
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and the next day our pace hero appeared in the dock before a magistrate. In one In hand -he elutebed his seven cents.
He was of wood stood beside him. the other was a piece of rag. The log
heartbroken. He had oot, by the look of him, really washed himself for many
asker ine whether I liked him or Lot.actions were identical" would you say thaters were very evenly matched and, pro years, yet just as he was on the point
said: “You have gone to a lot of trouble and I don't mind in the least. (Laugh. ter.)
نوایی
I suggest that it was on your other in-law's suggestion that the deceased brought in Wong-So, the deceased
said: You are a widow and as buth
your ebildren are dead I will bring Wong along."
Why didn't you tell the police when you gave your bistory-a very interesting wac-that this man was living with your - did not tell about Wong
You described yourself as a widow. living along Yca...
the preparations were the same:
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The witness: If the re-actions were identical and characteristic they would probably contain the same alkaloid.
vided both stayed there, it was just a case of long rallies on the back hard until Honda grasped opportunities to work up to the net and, with something of a mix- smash and a forehand drive, The Attorney-General proceeded to put ture" of very difficult technical question which would place the ball in either one or the was not fully understood by the witness other of the corners of his opponent's In the second set Ng Sze Kwong, when, bis Lordship interposed with the court. remark: "We laymen," Mr. Lubatti, tried on several ceensions to get up to "are perhaps likely to get out of our the net, but bio met with indifferent success, and twna.not until the third set depths on these matters,”
that he realised that his game was to koep Honda, back on the bass line and to fol more than be had been doing pre- riously. This change of tacties paid, and
may see a very arned yesterday we evenly contested game on Tuesday,
Play opened with Honda taling the first two games. Ng Sa Kwong made it all The "Attorney-Generai: My learned square, after which Honda secured the friend will persist in interrupting in an next four, which gave him the wt. Thero I have were times when Ng was leading by 30 extraordinarily rude manner..
The Attorney General proceeded to put his question in a different way when Mr. Prosser rose and interrupted.
The Attorney-General: Don't please
of making amends for his long-lasting failure. re had been stopped. It was pathetic. The law, at times, is tolerent. The Magistrate let our coolie go and. as no-one claimed the wood, the coolie was allowed to take it with him. By this time, let us hope, he has hand his bet bath.
OPEN
SPORT.
BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP
OF THE COLONY.
Was Wong living in No. 95 on the day. interrupt, Mr. Prosser. You have been with the lessons that Ng Sze Kwong by 203 points in a game of 800 up. The
slereased died-He was not. He left in Urtoher of last year and has never been
back since.
interrupting in an extraordinarily rude way throughout.
Ilis Lordship: What is it, Mr. Attor
What? What?-le case back just Dey? after the murder.
Are you married to him?-I am not his Lit fur wile, I don't know whether he
I can't say Tikes to keep me or not. whether I am married to bix or not.
You had a feast of village elders to celebrate the event-Yes,
been very patient with him all through I will not bare him interrupting as he
does.
Mr. Prosser: Oh: if the learned At-
Do you regard him as your husband?-torney is going to throw mad about I Yes, when he comes back to the house,
I consider him as my husband.
enu do the same.
The Attorney-General: I did not say that or insinuate that.
and 40 to love, but Honda could always be relied upon to make a deuce of it and to ultimately get the game.
K. K. LEUNG . C. HARNSHAW. The above match in the Open Billiards Championship of the Colony was played last night when Leong defented Earnshaw highest breaks were :-E, K. Leung, | 27, 98, 21, 55, 20, 21, 12, 45, 92. C. Earn-
shaw: 99, 91, 2, 98, 49, 20, 31, ST.
FOOTBALL.
KOWLOON F.C.
惚 EAST SURREYS.
The following have been selected to play for the Kowloon F.C. In their match against the East Surreys in the final of the Shield, to be pinyed, on the Hongkong Club ground on Saturday, kick-off st The second met went to 5-0 in Honda's 4.30 p.m.-A. Duncan; F. Wheeler and favour before Ng got a game. In the T. L. Kaight; A. Turner, J. McKelvie third set Ng got the first game. Honda and H. G. K. Wheeler; A. Latham, R.
Reserves: Mason
M. Howarth, J. made it all square, and they were also Roberts S. G. Hayes, B. Nash and K. all square at the end of the fourth game. Morton and W. Walls. Honda took the next, 3-2, and Ng, realis ing that if he did pot make it three all
C.C.C. v. E.E. TELEGRAPH CO, the match was as good as lost, they fought it out over many douces in which "Vau-
The C.C.C. team for the friendly fixture tage. Server" seemed to be called "more An amah. in the employ of Inspector oftea than hot. Then the rain fell into be played on Saturday at 2 p.m. on the CC ground will consist of F. E Dorrington at Cheung Chow gave evi torrent,
WAS a stampede for Lawrence, T. Grimes, E. J. Dennis, G. W ness said that he knew the man niekdence as to searching the prisoner." shelter and in the midst of the stampede Milne, G. White, E Mowfung. W. B. nured Wong. He was bought by the Sub-Inspector Dorrington, in charge of Ng won the game. A quarter-of-an-hour Muskett, S. Abbas, Y. Abbas, M. Pinna deceased's father and adopted as his son. Cheung Chau Police Station at the time ator the shower ceased and play was re- and F. K. Modi,
A villager called by the prosecution stated that the prisoner was on good terms with her husband and he had never heard them quarrelling. Deceased was on good terms with his father and mother. Cross-examined, by Mr. Prosser, wit-
Wong worked mostly in the New Terri
tories.
A FREEZE IN COURT..
Mr. Prosser: Then please don't say that I have been rude.
His Lordship closed the incident by asking the Attorney-General to proceed.
Thero
of the death of the deceased, gave evi-sued, but the light was bad and, after dence as to receiving fragments of leaves the players bad taken one further game from the deceased's father at Cheung each it was decided to abundos play.
Mr. Lutatti, Brat assistant to Mr. Chau. On the evening of January 26th Dovey, Government Analyst, at present be visited Lantao Island and found the acting Government Analyst, said he was body of a male. The face was discolour not present when Mr. Dorey carried osted The prisoner, her sister-in-law and his experiments. He was familiar with her mother-in-law were in the same room. the plant gelsemiun elegans. Each leaf Ha arrested the prisoner. Witness wort ́contained about 9 per cent of alkaloid.
Mr. Prosser: Could you say how much a handful of green leaves might weight
The witness: No.
His Lordship: It all depends on the zize of the band.
Do you agree, as a qualified chemist, that in the extraction of alkaloid the toxic propertica are lost 7-Yes, if the prepara
· ́tion is not carried out properly.
Continued as foot of next column.)
CRICKET.
BASKET BALL "LEAGUE.
The remaining games of the above Other games were also spoiled by the league,, Hongkong. University, v. St. rain. Worthington and Sewell, tried to Paul's College and Queen's College t finish off their match; but they were Railroad Recreation Club will be played beaten by the filing light, the slippery on the Chinese Y.M.C.A. floor this oven- court and muddy balls, and they gave up ing at 7.15 and 8.15 p.m. respectively. when Sewell was within a game of vior. A. E. Dome will be in charge, of tory,"
The following are yesterday's results: both games. Open CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES.-H. D. on to say that when be first examined Ramjahn bent, Yow Man Tsuo, 6-4, 6-4, the prisoner's purse in a very bad light 1-6, 6-1. he found nothing inside. Later at the and W. E. Thomas (+15) beat C. D. HANDICAP DOUBLES E. J. N. Mitchell Magistracy in the presence of Mr. Hazle-Armstrong and D. J. Allfree (+4/9), 6-3, rigg (the Assistant Crown Solicitor) on 6-2. March 5th on whose suggestion he turned the purse inside out he found two pieces of leaves, une piece at the bottom of the purse and one on the side.
Witness added that the two or three fragments of leaves found in the cooking pot had been lost.
The gase way again adjourned.
TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
OPEN SINGLES-A. D. Humphreys v. A. B. Raworth.
MIKES DOUBLE-Mr and Mrs. Hat tersley Smith (scr.) v. J.. A. Warwick and blis. Rudge (+3/6).
HANDICAP SINGLES "B"-A E Penn (+1/8) v. G. H. Jillings (+2/0).
At the Magistracy yesterday there was a sequel to the story of 'n Revenue Officer's raid of an opivin divan when the lame man referred to in the account published in Wednesday's Daily, Press Was brought before Mr. E. V. Hamilton. He told the Magistrate that he had been advised to smoke opium by the surgeon at the Government Civil Hospital who had amputated his leg. He then denied that he was at the divan at all, asserting that it was his double that the Revenue Oeer saw. Delendast was discharg with a caution.
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