P
ENGINEER'S MISCONDUCT..
FOUND QUILTY OF DRUNKENNESS.
“CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY 'SUSPENDED.
· THE" HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 2578,
FORGED CHEQUES.
AMERICAN SENTENCED TO TERM
OF HARD LABOUR. "
The Amerient, who was arrested, in
yesterday:
Kowkdbon on Tuesday and was charged A Marina Court of Enquiry was held on Wednesday ́nt the Central Magistracy at the Harbour Office yesterday, before with being in the Colony without a valid which Mr. J. A. Whyte, recand engineer passport. again appeared i before Mr. H. of the Halvard, was charged with. Batters at the Central Magistracy. Busconduct as a ship's officer.
The Court "consisted of Lieut. «C'omdr. F. Hale, RN. (President). with Commander F, Thomas, R.N., Captain,
Croft (Master of the 1.5. Lee Strul Captain A. Tucker (Master of the
Kalgun), and Captain W. Christia (Master of the s.s. Burglochus),"
Mr. J. A. union Leask was present on behalf of Captain C. H. Spittle (the Master of the Baluard),
· CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
(BEFORE THE CHIEF JuBrick (sin HENRY COLLAN)]
CHINESE WOMAN ACQUITTED. At the Criminal Sessions 'yesterday a Chinese woman named Au Yee was charged with being a receiver of stolen
goody
INDIAN HAKIM. CONVICTED.
PRACTISING MEDICINE WITHOUT REGISTRATION.
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Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kawicon Magistracy yesterday gave judgment in the case of the" Haki Karim Bux, who: was charged with possession of a quantity of poisons and practising as a doctor The evidenen given was to the effect without being registered. that the goods were discovered by the Mr. Elsley Zeltlyn (instructed by As exclusively reported in the Daily
police in the prisoner's house, but the Mesars, Deacons) who defended, was pre- Press on Wednesday, the man was ar
police had failed to established that her sent. rested in Kowloon. following a report made to the Polive that five travellers husband was absent when the goods were cheques, issued by the Shanghai branch brought into the houss, and His Lord satisfied that the medicine found at 34, of the American Express Company, and ship directed the Jury to return a verdict Staiphong Road, waze the property of: been stofer and cashed in Hongkong of net guilty." * Prisoner was "dis-the defendank. He therefore would con- When arrested, several travellers' cheques | charged. were found in the possession of "the defendant.
On Wednesday defendant was charged Captain sittle, in evidence, stated under the name of Morritt flarett Jones, that on the night of Sunday, April 18th. the name that was given to the police he saw Mr. Whyus under the "infiuence] when he was first arrested. Yesterday.it of liquor, standing outside the Chief trapspired "that :his name. Was Richard Officer's room using obscene language. ¦ Edward Dunn, and that the Mr. 30. H. Bfr. Whyte akkend the Chief Officer to Jones.. names on the cheques was a come out of his room so that he might passenger for Manila' on the President
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put a head on him." Witness request - [CD geland,
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His Worship said that he was not
¿dine himself entirely to the question of The Jury comprised: fears. Lieoffrey what happened at the mosque. The de- Gompertz, T. M. Pereira, Lo Kwan Wai, tence alleged that Abbas Khan bad ea- H. T. Albarda, J. V. Gomes, J. A. Marisgineered the charge, owing to his being de Graca, A, À. ¿Alamada
MONEY FOR NOTHING. LARGE SUMS FOUND ON LOCAL .BEGGARS.
cants.
au onemy of the defendant. This might: be possible. A servant of the defen dant's spoke of a man named Hashim Sha who was alone in the 'Hakim's room This man on the afternoon of the raid.
he allegri opened the Hakim's boxes..
It was strange
At the Central Magistracy yoster-This evidence was interesting in 'view of ed: the Chief Engineer the next morning When defendant appeared before His day, before Mr. H. R. Butters, aix the defendant's suggestion, that someone to speak to Whyte about his conduct, Worship, the posive dropped the charge beggars were' prosecuted, as a result of must have put arsenic into certain ex- and later the Chief Engineer told wit- ot being in the Colony without a valid action which has been taken by the bibita, bus as he had no further evidence mess that be considered it was a hopeless passport, hur three other charges were palice in respect of the complaints re- on the point he really could not believe case and remmended A change of preferred" ngabist him. He was first ceived from residents regarding the the defendant on this. appointment as second engineer. This charged with forging on April 1sth cer was at one o'clock on the Sunday, and tain travellers' cheques belonging to the annoyance caused by the local mendi-that the parties who alleged that they were beated by the defendant had told at 1.80pm, when it was found that American Express Company, issued to
Before the hearing was begun, Mr. the same story and therefore their Whyte was still under the influence of Mr..31. H. Jones; secondly, with uttering
P. P... Wodehouse, the Acting C.S.P.. evidence was doubtful. Tet, none of drink, he was served with notice to forged documents, mumely the travellers' leave the ship, after first being given the cheques; and thirdly, with unlawfully said that there had been a lot of trouble the five witnessos were disturbed while One of these opportunity of resigning. Later Whyte having in his possession in the Colony with tiny children begging in the streets, being cross-examined Lasked permission to remain on the ship. April, grst travellers' cheques issued particularly at Battery Path and at the Kbem Singh did not impress him very but this was refused. When the crew outside the Culong, knowing the same bottour of Wyndham Street. There had favourably, nor did Khalas Khan, but were signing of articles as 3 o'clock, to have been stolen.":
been many complaints and also letters the others did, especially Gulam Mahomet. Whyte reused to sigh aff. He (witness)
Mr. Frank B. Dittman (Parser of the in the Press regarding this nuisance. The evidence of Karam Bur and Abbas left the vessel and went shore. On bis President (leveland) stated that the The police ware constantly arresting Khan was only applicable to points.deal- return to the ship at 2 o'clock, he defendant had worked as a night-watch offenders, but in the majority of the ing with "Haiphong Road, but he was found Whyte was still cu board and that man on the vessel, leaving the ably at arrests it had been difficult to prosecute, not very favourably impressed with either, ne Chief Officer had been compelled to Kobe without a proper discharge! At because they nearly always happened to with regard to the alleged meeting in boist the police Hug, owing to Whyte's Kube. Mr. M. H. Jones, who was a pas-be small children, particularly little which a conspiracy was made against | Mulinous conduct and the fact that ho senger for Manila, reported that his girls, who refused to give the name of the Hakim, he found that only one was still under the influence of liquor. pocket-book containing American Express their parents. The police were placed in witness testified that there was a meeting, The police later took Whyte off the ship Company's travellers' cheques was miss the difficult position that they could not
In answer to Mr. Leask, Witness said
every other man named denying it that he wanted to avoid taking proceed. ings, but Whyte's attitude was so anta supistic that he said he would see the skipper in bell
ine.
their parents.
with severely.
The defendant said that he was s
sion was admitted" He did not believe
look them all up. It might be possible Mr. F. G. Vaux, representing the
to send the arrested children to Po Hakin of great renown in India, with Aniérican Express Company, said that a report was made to the Company in Leung Kuk if they refused the pames of
They were doing very testimonials from highly placed persons. Shanghai that several cheques issued to good business by begging, as conskler ile admitted he had practised in the Mr. Thomas Ek Ball (the Chief Officer), Mr. Jones had igen stolen or lost. The able sums of money had been found on Federated Malay States. He also ad-
arrested mendicants. He asked His corroborated Captain Spittle's evidence Compary immediately circulated the news Worship to deal severely with the cases mitted that he came to Hongkong with aud further stated that he kept out of to their branches and other concérus. and pointed out the seriousacas of the the intention of practising. He asked Whyte's way on the Saturday evening. The procedure in the issue of these offepos. Mr. Wodehouse stated that 99 On the Sunday afternoon, be caule into cheques was for the holder to sign his persons were arrested in two days" and him. (His Worship) to believe that be went back to Canton last week, and so had never practised in the Colony after personal ebutact with Whyte. Whyte name, at the top of the cheque and when far this week 32 had been arrested. "was drunk and abused himi (witness). negotiating it to again sign it at the Sergeant Nolloth,, who was in charge being told that he must not do so, auswer to the President of the Court, honum munhee of these cheques, were of the cases, stated that of the 2 arrest yet be still preserved his medical stock in-trade.The fact that certain parties ed last week and seat to Canton, about witness said one of the terms used by imperfectly signed. at the bottom. The fifty per cent, had returned to Hongkong might be ready to engineer a conspiracy, Whyte ia bis abuse of witness, was that total number of cheques lost or stolen and were included in the 6e arrested this did not appear to him, to entitle a involved a sum of $2500 gold, of which werk, He asked His Worship to warn against the weight of the evidence. He Magistrate to give a decision entirely be, "witness," was no b→→→ good.” Wit- $1,000 was found on the defendant these defendants that if they returned to thought that the story of the conspiracy mess added that he could not say thas About 450 worth had been negotiated the Colony and continued their practices was entirely against the weight of the Whyte called him anything worse.
and had not yet been presented for pay after being deported they would be dealt evidence and he therefore must convict. Witness further said that Whyte fol- the American Express Company had taken meat at the Company's local offices. As lowed him up to the navigation-bridge, years to build up the travellers' cheque man, who aroused much interest by his defendant when he said that he never The first case heard was that of a dumb With regard to the first charge, posses- damaging to where he was pushed, elbowed and business, it would be very
used poisone in his medicines, nor that shouldered. Whyte also endeavoured to stolen. He therefore asked His Worship company in Pedder Street begging, said This
their reputation f cheques were lost or entirely unintelligible gesticulations.
A little boy who was arrested in his someone must have put in the arsenic. to take a serious view of the case. Mr.
was a clumsy lie, for, later be Vanx mentioned that Mr. Jones, who was that the elder man was his father, and admitted having purchased nur vomica
claim that they
case from Walchow four and tried to explain it away by the poor now in Mauilo, was bringing a against the Company in respect of the months ago. They had lived in the story that it was for external use only.
streets for that time in the Wanchai dis- value of the missing cheques,
trict. His father was formerly an earth coofic, but was unemployed at present, The defendant made a statements in On the person of this man, was found which he said that he went ashore at the aum of $10, and out of this he was Kube and that he found a pocket-book ordered to pay a fine of $10, on the whart He found that his boat bad just left and he was so irritated at losing it that he went and had some drinks. It was under the influence of these that he casted some of the cheques.
POLICE COURT ITEMS. fe attributed his lapse to drink, and said that he had previously borne à good reputation and good character in America.
Before Mr. S. B. &. McKiderry at But for the fact that he missed his bout, the Central Magistracy yesterday, Pan pocket-book hack to the rightful owner. he would certainly have banded the Yang, a saloon-boy, from the President terland, was charged with being in His Worship sentenced defendant to possion of a fully loaded automatic three months imprisonment with hard pistol and 300 rounds of ammunition. labour one first two counts, and to The defendant was arrested on Praya one month's hard labour on the third East on Thursday night by a picket in A farm school for Arab boys and a charge.
charge of Sergeant Danger, When bis high school for Jewish children soon Mr. Vaux applied for the restitution of luggage on the President Cleveland was will be established at Talkaren ant the property found on the accused and soarched, nothing of a suspicious char-Jerusalem, respectively, with the funds said it comprised $245 in Hongkong acter was found. Defendant was reof.the 8500,000 bequest of the late Bir money in notes; $1.50 in silver; one mander until next Thursday.
Ellis Kadoorie, "a Jewish philanthropist Elgin watch; three gold rings; one xold
of Shanghai and Hongkong. Both
strike the captain on bis return, but was prevented from doing so by Sergeant Sullivan.
THE LAST STRAW, Replying to Mr. Leask, witness said that Whyte's action on the bridge was the last straw. His patients was exhaust *, he considered the matter was very aerious
"and thought it would be more aericus when the captain returned to the Vessel
In answer to the Court, Mr. Ball said that if he had pushed Whyte he would have fallen down. He spoke very thickly and smelt strongly of liquor. Asked if Whyte was close to him, witness replied;" **Too close, his mouth was almost on my Juce."
Witness related some of the language aised by Whyte on, the Sunday.
Mr. G. E. Parker, Chief Engineer, said Whyte went ashore on the Saturday, after being paid, and on the Sunday morning told him he had been celebrating. Wit- ness gave Whyte permission to lie down and advised him to go to sleep. Whyte, who continued to hang about the deck, and engine-room,, sent the mess-boy out to buy a bottle of whisky, which was intercepted, by witness who banded it back to Whyte after his diamissal.
The President: Do you wish to ask this witness any questions?
Whyte: No, sir, it's useless. Following this evidence, the Court was adjourned until the afternoon.
At the afternoon" sitting, Whyte said he had nothing to say..
The Court found Whyte guilty of drunkenness on board the s.. Halvard on April 19th and 20th, and suspended his certificate of competency ·for: ons,
STATEMENT BY DEFENDANT.
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In the other five cases, fines of from 80 to 310 were imposed.
In passing sentence of $100 or two months hard labour on charge A, and 850 or one month on charge B, His Wor ship said that the defendant was how- ever, a old man, and had the case hanging over him since January 1st He had to find heavy bail against his ap pearaoke, and his offences were mala quia prohibita, rather than male in se. He was therefore not disposed to deal harshly with him. His Worship further ordered that the poisons be confiscated.,
THE KADOORIE CHARITIES.
A FARM SCHOOL AND, HIGH SCHOOL IN PALESTINE.
made with regard to this particular gilt. The British Government accepted, the bequest, and decided that the funds be spent in Palestine. In view of the terms of the will, it has not felt itself justified in limiting the expenditure to schools for the Jewish population exclusively..
and jade ring one piece of jade; one Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the schools will bear the name of the donor, silver cigarette case, and some clothing. Kowloon Magistracy, yesterday, Mr.who bequeathed one-third of his estate It was found that defendant went to No. Jauns McPartland, living at the first to the British Government to be spent Broadway, Shanghai, and presented a floor of No. 650. Nathan Road, asked for by 1 on the provision of schools in 50 gold cheque and obtained two pairs of the withdrawal of a summons against Palestine or Mesopotamia. silk pyjamas and received in change $70 the occupier of the ground floor, who Although several of the other bequests (Mexico) in cash. He made purchases was summoned for having caused a dis of the will were for institutions for the from various stores in Hoogkong, includ-turbance on various days during April. benefit of Jaws, no suck.provision was ing the Pioneer Silk Stores, Sincere's, Defendant who was a Chinese had pro- Kwan Bing's, sod Wing Sings. There mised, said, Mr. McPartland, to abate he obtained small articles by vashing" a | the_nuisancs in the future. The appli cheque and obtaining change in return. cation was granted. Mr. Vaux applied that the various articles mentioned and the clothing should either- be handed over to the polica for restora- tion to their rightful owners or be given over to the American Express Company as they bad claims to meet.
The defendant protested against the confiscation of this property and said his clothes, would he of ob use to the police. They were not bought with the money from the travellers cheques. Before be started off he had in his possession $300 gold.
His Worship ordered the confiscation of the artioles by the Police.
SUICIDE OVER FISHPOND. -
PROPERTY SALE.
Receiving a report from the brother of a man who was said to have committed suicide, the police visited Tung Tai village in this Yuen Long District, and At the China Auction Rooms yesterday in a house there discovered the deceased afternoon, Mr. E. V. M. R. da Sousa, with his throat cut from ear to ear. It by order of the second mortgagee, sold is understood that the man had been de the leasehold property known as Inlaod pressed for some time with regard to a Lot No. 240, together with No. 15, dispute over the ownership of a fish Mosque Street, Brected thereon for pond.
$24,950, mabject to mortgage
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