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[BEFORE HIS HONOUR THE PUзNE JUDGE (MR. JUSTICE DYER BILL)] ARMS ON THE SS.
LECAT."
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SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1924.
THE KOWLOON RAILWAY.
AVERY UNFORTUNATE " YEAR.
In his Annual General Report.on the Colony for the year 1993, the Colonial Secretary makes, the following reference. to the Kowloon-Cauton railway--
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PANTRY BOY CONVICTED.
The year 1993 was a very unfortunate *** I shall ask you to say that his story one for the Railway. The political un- is an invention," concluded the Crown rest in the Province of Ewingtung and
consequent periodical disturbances Solicitor yesterday morning, in his open-ferred to in last year's report continued ing statement for the Crown in a case in throughout the year. Naturally the Chi- which Wong Kwan was indicted for un- ferer of the two, but as the working of
nese Section was by far the greater suf lawfully having in his possession three both Sections is so interdependent, the revolvers and 500 rounds of ammunition misfortunes of either reflect on the other, on board the & Paul Lecat on August with the result that the receipts from through traffic compare most unfavour- ably with those of pravious years instead. of showing a steady improvement.
17th.
The Jury empanelled to hear the case were: Messrs. F. Normington (foreman), Lai Yuen, A R. Abbas, A. M. Xavier, O. F. Savage, J. F. de Souza, and Cheung Hak-cheong
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Trouble commenced on the Chinese Section with the departure from Canton of General Chan Kwing Ming on the 15th January. His troops in a panic made a According to Mr. "Hazlerigg's outline, rush for Sock Lung. About 3,000 were the prisoner was employed as a pantry got away by rail when all arrangements boy on the s, Haud freut,o Among the were upset by retreating troops stopping police, who hoarded the vessel on her trains and forcing the drivers to take arrival from France on the 17th August them where they willed, Chinese Section was Serpt, Simpson. At 11 o'clock be engines were left standing wherever they saw the prisoner come up the companion happened to be when coal and water gave way carrying an "earthenware jar. (pro-fout." "From this time onwards there was duced in Court), which was covered with spasmodic and intermittent running of a cloth. He ordered the prisoner to place timins until 9th October when all through the jar on a table and as the Sergeant traffic ceased. There was no express ser; was taking off the covering cloth the vice from the 16th April to the end of pantry boy backed away as if trying to the year. Conditions gradually went from bolt. Serg Simpson seized him with had to wire. Chinese Section locomo one hand and with his other hand search-{-tives were run, or kept in steam, night ed the contents of the jar. Under some ¦ and day by the soldiery without proper lemon peel he found the arms and am- attention or repairs, derailments and col- "munition mentioned in the charge. Flisions were frequent until there was "Who gave you there" asked the Police senteely an engine in running order on Sergeant, but he received no reply. At the Chinese Section. Much damage was the Water Police Station the same after-done to stations, doors and windows noon the prisoner when charged said; } being torn out, electrical instruments "An old man on board the ship asked į stolen or smashed, and tickets and docu- me to take the jar down to a sampan:" ments wantonly destroyed: br 1,460 The question was, said the Crown tabled Express trains only 204 ran and Solicitor, did the defendant know what of 730 Slow Through trains, only 409 ran. was in the jar? He suggested that from the facts that the jar was one that might be used for culinary purposes by pantry boys, and that it contained lemon peel, which he understood pantry boys were in the habit of collecting for sale in Hong; kong, and that the prisoner was arrested five hours after the passengers Kul left the ship, and also that he was wearing | his hat, probably with the idea of going ashore, that the man bad guilty know: ledge and that his story was an invention. Mr. N. 1. Brewer was for the defeupe.
CONTRADICTORY VERSION..
The prisoner in the box gave rather a contradictory version of what happened. He said first that the old man, whom he chimed to have asked him to take the jar to a sampan, was about ten pices away when he (prisoner) was stopped,
Cross-examined by Mr. Hazlerigg, pri- soner said the man was eat of sight. He declared he was given no opportunity of mentioning how he came into possession of the jar whilst on beard.
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There were occasions when it become necessary for the British Section to with- draw from Shum Chum Station and make Lo Wo Siding the termicns, where the Hongkong Government stationed police or military patrols to prevent Chinese soldiers from crossing the border. It was also once necessary to withdraw from the Sha Tau Kok terminus for the same reason.
During the year the British Section suffered considerable inconvenience by the retention of its goods stock by the Chinese Section Owing to the com- mandeering of the Chinese Section roll- ing stock hy the military for the trans- port of troops and military stores, and the general interference with the work.. Section wagon stock was held up on that ing of the Chinese Section, the British
Section with the result that goods destin- ed for Canton accumulated in the Rail. way goodshed at Kowloon to such an extent that many remunerative cargoes amounting to thousands of tons had to
Mr Brewer, for the defence, said any-be urned away, and several consignments one must have realised that the man's already loaded were eventually with contradictions arose out of his stupidity drawn. and that his story was not one that had
The gross receipts for the year were
been carefully thought out beforehand. | 8474,721.79 as against $710,205.75 for The Jury had to take into consideration 1929, a decrease of $233,573,97. Ite the circumstances under which he re-working expenses exceeded the revenue ceived the jar. He was only a servant, by $48,791.35.
Passengers book-
ed by Stations
in British Ter- ritory to Sta-
1021. 1922 1921
and when he was told what the jar coc- The Through and Joint Sectional Pas- tained, he accepted the old man's state-sengers carried were as follows:- ment as being the truth. The smuggling [*** of artus was a serious offence, followed by a heavy penalty, and in view of the heavy penalty it was inade all the more necessary that the Jury should not coo- viet an innocent man He was entitled to the benefit of any reasonable doubt.
His Lordship (MZ. Justice Dyer Ball) said the onus was upon the prisoner to prove that he had no knowledge of the jar's contenta.
The Jury returned a verdict of "Guilty," and the prisoner was sentenced to five years' hard labour. »
· BRUTAL „ASSAULT ON SLEEPING
j
WOMAN..
A SENTENCE OF TEN YEAÏËS,
A young Chinese,"named Au Cho, was yesterday afternoon sent to prison for ten years and ordered 20 strokea with the birch by Mr. Justice Dyer Ball for wound- ing his father's concubine, Chan Sam, with a chopper. His Lordship in passing sentence described the young man as incorrigible.
The
tions in China 435,933, 526,111 250,719 Passengers book-
ed by Stations
in China to
Stations in Bri-
tish Territory 469,379 529,009. 249,152 The Local Passengers carried were as follows:-
Main Line Faling Branch
Linc
1921. 1920 1923. 429,133, 639,709, 951,001
43,733 52,43) 73,538
DR. SUN'APPOINTS A DEPUTY GENERALISSIMO.
In the course of a telegram to General Tang Chi-yao of Yunnan on September 11th, Dr. Sun Yat Sen said: To-day I held a Military Council which were unanimously of the opinion that as your The prisoner was charged on two Excellency had rendered conspicuous counts, robbery with violence and wound services to the Republic, an exalted title ing with intent He pleaded "Not should be conferred on you so as to Guilty to the first count and "Guilty" facilitate military operations. We have. on the second and the Jury were ordered therefore nominated your Excellency to to returo a verdict of Not Guilty on be Deputy Generalissimo "which post,,I: the first count, the Crown intimating that hope, you will at once assume." On the they did not intend to offer any evidence same day, another telegram was sent to in view of the prisoner's pleading on the Gen. Tong Chi-yao, containing a proposal second count.
The Crown Solicitor (M. T. M. Hazleto appoint him Commander-in-Chief of rigg) said he did not intend to go fully and Kucichew; and expecting him to de
the united Army of: Szechuan, Yannan. into the details but it was necessary to claro war and lead show" the gravity of the offence.
an expedition prisoner was the son of a man named Au against Peking as soon as possible. Chung, of No. 25, Shing On Street (first) Boor). His father lived there with his principal wife and one concubine (Chan Sam). At the time of the offence the prisoner was not living there, but went there for his meals. There appeared to have been some family trouble in which the mother took the prisoner's part whilst the father was against him. Some days before the incident there was a recon- ciliation effected between father and son, On August 14th after her mid-day meal, attacked the woman because his mother. The prisoner told the police that he at which the prisoner was not present, had had no rice to eat. There was no the concubine went to sleep on her bed: possible renson to believe that story. As Between 1.30 p.m. and p.m. she was regards any other trouble between the awakened by a violent" blow on the head. prisoner and the concubine he would say She found the prisoner standing over her that the concubine had never done him attacking her with a chopper, which his any harm whatsoever. It was a savage father kept in the cubicle. He made a attack on a sleeping, defenceless woman Savage attack on the woman's bead, in who had done him no harm and the aug flicting five six wounds which Dr. gestion that he had done it to help his McKenney described as deeply incised mother was not consistent with the wounds Having rendered her uncon-evidence.
The woman, on recovering, managed to crawl down stairs and she was found at the entrance to the house by the police. She was removed to hospital and was an out-patient there for some considerable time. "I think it is a marvel that the woman is alive to tell the tale at all," said the Crown Solicitor.
scious the prisoner ransacked the pre- His Loralship, in ordering sentence, mises and stole articles mentioned in the described the man as incorrigible and first charge.
stated he would send him where he could infict no further harm,
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