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SENTENCED.
MEMBERS OF LIGHTER CREW SENT TO PRISON.
THEFT OF STANDARD OIE CO.'S TIN PLATES.
PERPETUAL SHORTAGES OF "CARGO "IN HONGKONG.
The first defendant gave him #i two days later, the money was to buy lah 'but witness had expended · it, on his awa private use. The first defendant was his uncle. He was formally charged by the Folice but had "been acquitted.
Mr. Faux: You were released and told to stay in Court 1-Yes,
Did you go back to the Police Station i -I went back to the Standard Oil Com- pany.
Do you know the master of the motor- boat -I do not recognise him.
Mr. Yaux: You saw him yesterday 1- Yea
The master of the motor-boat was asked Alleged to have been concerned in pil-to stand up and in reply to Mr. Vaux, fering from a cargo of 14,000 cases of tin witness said that he had seen the man plates which were brought into
the before. Colony by the sa. Speybank (Bank Line Steamer) for the Standard Oil Company, seven, members of the crew of one, "of the Company's lighters, were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, rang- ing from three months' to nine months', the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday _afternoon.____
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The seven men (there were originally eight defendants, but one, a cook, was discharged) were charged before Mr. J. H. B. Nihill with the larceny of 16 anses" of tin plates, which comprised part of the consignment imported by the Stap- dard Oil Company.
Mr. F. G. Vaux prosecuted on behalf of the Standard Oil Company and also the Bank Line; while Mr. W. B. Hind appeared for five of the defendants, the second and third defendants being un- represented.
It will be recalled, as reported in the "Daily Press yesterday, that while the lighter Delawar was sheltering from typhoon weather at Tsun Wan on the night of the 19th and the morning of the 20th, the master of the s.a. Wing Oh, which was also there, saw members of the crew unloading what appeared to be tin plates into a sampan on the morning of the 20th.. A report was made to the police, and subsequent inquiries resulted in the sixteen cases of tin plates being recovered from No. 19, Tung Street.
FURTHER EVIDENCE,"
Did you speak to him -Yes. What did you say?
Before witness could answer the ques tien Mr. Hind raised an objection and submitted that that could not be admitted as evidence. What the witness said to the master of the motor-boat was not evi- dence and there was no way of making it evidence...
His Worship: I think Mr. Hind is right. We will leave it at that.
Mr. Vaux: And the words cannot be given I
His Worship No.
DEFENDANTS" STATEMENTS. The interpreter was then called to prove the statements made by the respective defendants on being formally charged on the day of their arrest. The first defen- dant said that the second accused and another man engaged the motor-boat and took the cases of tin plates away from the lighter.
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The second defendant admitted selling the cargo, while the third man said the
Eoliday competitions have been ar things were placed on board the sampan
The Chinese Recreation Club had ranged to take place on all golf courses in the presence of the entire crew.
The fourth defendant said that the available during the holiday week-end little difficulty in defeating the M.B.K., coxswain (tho first defendant) was re-(tomorrow, Sunday, and August Bank in the postponed fixture on Wednesday
on their opponents' courts. They thus- sponsible for this affair and it was be who Holiday).
The faith defendant At Fanling a bogey pool competition maintain their unbeaten record, not only gave them money. said that it was the business of the second has been arranged for the three days in this Division but also in the "B" defendant but the first defendant had while on the following week-end the and "C" Divisions. Only eight sets given him the money.
Captain's Cup qualifying competition for were played, in which the Chinese secur- August will be played on the Old Course: ed 68 games. Failing light prevented For August Bank Holiday (Monday) the last set from being played, but as the the Kowloon Golf Club have arranged a decision had already been arrived at in one club competition for
Sub-Inspector Andrew was called and will begin at 10 Embers, which favour of the Chinese, it made no. differ.
At yesterday afternoon's hearing, Mr. Vaux, before calling further evidence, The sixth defendant claimed that the said that the original eighth defendant tins of plates were surplus from a con- who was discharged at the previous hear-signment of cargo. The last defendant ing was detained by the Police but he had nothing to say. | later managed to give them the súp. že had only been found yesterday, but since his return he had been to the coxswain of the motor-boat which was seen alongside the Deinwar by Capt. Mutton, and used threatening expressions...
Mr. Hind said that that was no evidence against his clients.
Mr. Vaux said that he did not wish to argue that point but if his Worship thought it correct, he would leave it at
that
His Worship: You are going to put him into sue box!
Mfr. Vaux: Yes.
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he gave evidenes of seizing 1,895 sheets of tin plates at No. 15, Tung Street, and arresting the defendants on board the Delawar on July 24th.
ALLEGATIONS DENIED."
The first defendant was put into the box by Mr. Hind and be said that he was the coxswain of the Delawar. He took delivery of a cargo of tin plates on July 17th and he retallied all the cases into the godown before going to Taun Wan for shelter.
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The defendant denied the story of the His Worship: Well, we will see what unloading from his lighter in the Tsun he has to say then.
CARGO UNLOADED.
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The coxswain of the motor-boat was then called. He said that on July 80th, he towed a sampan to Teun Wan-where some cargo was unloadedfrom the. Delawar. Witness then towed" the" nem- pan to the Ho Tak Wharf in Hongkong and the cargo was unloaded. ...
Mr. Vaux asked witness if he had had
Wan Bay. He himself was asleep at the time the alleged theft took place but there had never been any cases of plates on his lighter.
He was not aware of the fact that 16
At Shek O Country Club a week-end competition of nine holes, with no limit to the number of cards taken out, will take place. This competition will be open to ladies as well Motor cars can proceed up to the Club House vid Shau kiwan.
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Owing to the considerable damage caused by the storm, the Happy Valley ed. Members of the Junior Section will Summer Meeting has had to be abandon- be out of luck for & matter of three months at least, for before that time no play will be obtainable on the course. It is estimated that it will take this time at least before the course can be in any way righted of the hayog caused
there.
At Deep Water Bay eight holes are playable, and it has been decided to play the Denison Cup Competition match over two rounds, sixteen holes in all.
Mr. Hind submitted that with the ex- cases of plates had been missing till the ception of their statements the evidence No. 2 made a report to him. Asked why against the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and he did not immediately inform the Com-seventh defendants was inconclusive. He therefore asked for their discharge,
erice to either side.
The detailed scores are followA:- Honda and Ems:
lost to M. W. Lo and M. E.
Lo
4-7
:
lost to Ho Ka Lau and, Yew,
Man Taun
3- 8.
7-15
Unotoro and Akiyama:
beat Ng Sze Kwong and Yew
Man Kit ------lost- to - M.-W. Lo-and-M. H.
Lo
lost to Ho Ka Lau and Yew
Man Taun
Yamada and Yamasaki;
5
4.7
2- 9:
12-21
beat Ng Sze Kwong and Yew
Man Kit lost to M. W. Lo and M. H..
Lo
6. 5.
8
lost to Ho Ka Law, and Yew
Man Tsun
2- 0
11-99
30-58
Total.
A Honda and Ema v. Ng Szu Kwong and
any conversation with another person and Pany or the Police, witness said that he especially in view of the fact that the Yew Man Kit did not play.
Mr. Hind objected on the grounds that. any conversation which the witness had with another person was not evidence against the defendants. That conversa tion could not have been instigated by the defendants as they were in gaol sil the time.
Mr. Vaux said that he quite saw his friend's objection that it was no evidence against the defendants but be thought that he was entitled to treat the dis charged defendant as hostile witness If he denied a certain statement, be (Mr. Vaux) would be simply bringing this evidence to be able to use it against him. Mr. Hind said that Mr. Vaux could call such evidence after cross-examination but not before.
necessary.
was waiting till he returned to Laichikok second and third defendants had practic. before he made a report. On the moraally pleaded guilty ing of his return to the Company's pre mises he was very busy and did not report.
PERPETUAL SHORTAGES.
Mr. Vaux briefly addressed the Court La answer to Mr. Vaur, the defendant and referring to the fourth, fifth, sixth said that he bad advanced loans to the and seventh defendants, he said that defendants from time to time.. Defendant Capt. Mutton, of the Wing On, has denied that he was on deck when the stated that he saw cargo being unloaded motor-boat was alongside. He did not and a derrick being used. This would see the coxswain. He was saleep and did necessarily mean that more than one man not bear the derrick working.
was employed.
Two other members of the crew of the Delawar denied all knowledge of the tin plates being stolen and said they did not know there were any on board.
With regard to the case generally, he had been instructed to say that the Bank Line were very worried about these per- petual shortages in cargo. Pilferages in The fourth and fifth defendants stated cargo for Hongkong, the Bank Line had that they rowed the cook ashore about informed him were perpetually occur His Worship said that Mr. Vaux could 11.30 in the morning of the 20th and re-ring. They associated themselves with ask permission to recall the coxswain if turned to the lighter Delawar about 2.20 the Standard Oil Company in this Mr. Hind agreed but said that he would p.m. They also denied all knowledge of matter, and he asked his Worship to have something to say on the point later with the theft.
the tin plates and denied any connection deal with the matter adequately, not zo much from the point of view of punish. The witness, in reply to his Worship, The second and third defendante, who meat, but in order to put a stop to this said that he could recognised the first were unrepresented, made statements defendant as being present on the lighter from the dock, in which they emphatic when the cargo was unloaded. He could ally denied implication in the theft of the not identify any of the other defendants.
tin plates. "THE COOK'S STORY.
The eighth defendant who was dis
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charged on Wednesday then gave evi- dence. He said that his name was Tam Chi and was employed as a took on the Delawar
When asked why he gave the name of Lo Chi-to the Ponce,tress replied that Lo Chi was the old cook of the Delawar so he thought he would given the name of a former.cool
Mr Vaux: It seems to be more of a title than a name,
Continuing, witness said that the lighter Delamar was lying at Taun Wan on July 20th sheltering from the typhoon She had no cargo on board and witness did not see any cargo being unloaded whilst she was there. Nor did he see the motor-boat. At noon on that day be went shore to the market and did not return till 2p.m.
EVIDENCE INCONCLUSIVE,
sort of thing
lighter, who had stated he was asleep, With regard to the watchmari on the
and did not know the cargo was on board, Mr. Vaux said it was apparent. that whether the man was asleep or not. Addressing the Court, Mr. Hind, said he intended to take part in stealing the the only evidence against the seventh sixteen cases as soon as he possibly defendant was that a motor-boat man had could stated that he saw him on a raft. Mr.
OUTSTANDING : MATCHES
The following is a list of matches that remain to be played:-
" DIVISION. Kowloon C.C.. Chinese R.C. M.B.K.. Kowloon C.C.
"B" DIVISION. United Services" v. Chinese R.C. Kowloon C.C. v. Chinese R.C. Recreio . Indian R.C. Craigengower v. Indian R.C. Civil Service v. United Services. United Service ». N.T.C. Craigengower v. Recreio.
DIVISION.
Craigengower v Recreio. Kowloon C,C. v. Chinese R.C. -Kowloon C.C.. Hongkong 0.0
Craigengower e. Recreio (return). Craigengower<v. Hongkong-0,0. Recreio.. Hongkong C.C.
BILLIARDS
MR. GRAY AT MUKDEN.
He asked his Worship to mete, out Mr. Gray, the famous British billiard Hind submitted that this man may have exemplary sentences in the case of the expert, who holds the world's record for confused the seventh, defendant with first, second- and third defendants, an unfinished break of 2,198, played a someone else. This man intended to re- although he did not press for so heavy match on July 15th with Muzden's lead- port matters to Mr. Kailey of the Stan- sentences in the case of the four other ing player, Major Clarke, at the Mukden uard Oil Company, but pressure of work prevented him from doing so. T
defendants.
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DEFENDANTS SENTENCED.
With regard to the fourth and fifth defendants, Mr. Hind said that their His Worship convicted all defendants. evidence as to taking the cook ashore was He sentenced the first one to mine months corroborated by the evidence of the cookbard labour, the second and third to six himself, He thought the defendants months hard labour, and the fourth fifth, sixth and seventh to three monthe story might be accepted.
With regard to the sixth and seventh hard inbour defendants they were not implicated by His Wordship also ordered that the tin qrect evidence.
plates be banded back to the Standard Oil -Company
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Club in the presence of a goodly number of spectators. Mr. Gray gave Major Clarke 250 in the game of 600. In the fourth century the professional had over- taken his opponent but lost the lead and the score stood level at 441. Gray want to the table and compiled 14, followed by the Major who made a break of 13. A break of 40 gave the lead to the pro fessional who carried his score, to 400 when he was overtaken by the local player, who ran out winner.