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NEW YEAR
HOLIDAYS.
MR. SOONG AND MR. SUN EXPECTED IN CANTON.
EXECUTIONS IN KIANGJI,
(THOM OUR.CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19th, 1927.
“SUNNING" PIRACY TRIAL OPENS.
COUNSEL'S - STATEMENT
OF THE CASE.
"DARING AND RESOURCE OF
SOFFICERS."
ME. Justãos Wood: I am inclined "MURDER OF CLUB PART
to the view that another count should not be heard, at the same, time as a capital charge. «I am also inclined to the view that piracy is not a felóny in common law.
Mr. Nihill I do not wish to em- barrass my friend by arguing it at & moment's notice.
PIRACY LAW AND PENALTIES. on other matters. "
"
The new Chief of Police in Can- ton is discouraging attempts on the The trial of the ten Chinesa part of the extremista to organise committed to the Criminal Sessions anti-foreign demonstrations and the from the Central Magistracy on Rads," therefore, in order to enharges arising out of the piracy of courage their followers are circulet the China Navigation Co.'s a ing a report that Mr. Wang Ching Sunning, while that vessel was on Wel is arriving in Canton to take a voyage from Amoy to Hong Kong, charge of their affairs. The mem- on November 15th, was opened at "bers of the "Prince" faction have the Supreme Court yesterday before also sent another urgent message to the Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice J. Hanko asking Mr. Sum Fo to R. Wood). return to Canton. Mr. Sun Fo and Mr. T. V. Soang are expected by their friends to spend the New Year holidays in the Southern Capital
There have bees plenty of ugly rumours but the city generally in quiet.
Mr. Justice Wood: If the verdict is in the prisoners' favour, the Crown want to be free to proceed
Mr. Alabaster It would be a question of a separata indictment, not of a separate count
Mr. Nihill: Quits. But at what time 1
Mr. Justice Wood: It is not necessary to add an additional count at the commencement of the trial.
Mr. Nihill: Would your Lord- ahip be willing to add ona isteri.
Mr. Justice' Wood: "Would you be prepared to make an applica-
It will be recalled that the hear, ¦ tion ↑
of the case at the Magistracy
a criminal case there.
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Mr. Nihill: Yes, My Lord. was a récord for that Court. It Mr. Justice Wood: I am not began on December 3rd, and con- prepared to bind myself. If neces- cluded on January 8th, involving sary the point can be argued when 19 morning and 20 afternoon it crops up, sittings of the Court. Mr. Lind-
Daze Opened. The four principal trade guilds sell sat on the case for 117 koura The jury was then empanelled as ara petitioning the Ktomintang to
and wrote 283 folios of depositions. I follows:-Mr. H. 4. Lamb (fore Mr. Seventy-seven witnesses were call-man), Mewis. H. Hyadman, J.. C. modity the new land taxes. Junkee Choy, the Municipal landed, 65 of whom were for the Crova. V. Ribeiro, F. G. Samways, F. commissioner, whe was the official There were 70 exhibits put in, and Taylor, "P. N. Xavier, and W. responsible for the introduction of the Supreme Court yesterday a Sacuger.
further exhibit was added to the taxes is a graduate of Columbis
Opening the case for the Crown, this number. The case, while it Mr. Nihill said that there could be He is re- Univerzity, New York signing his post on transference te may not last quite so long at the no member of the jury who had not Hankow where he has been ap- Sessions, in view of the fact that read or heard of many of the in- the Court will sit all day on it, is | cidents connected with the charge pointed Director-General a! Rail- ways. Mr. K. Y. Wa, of the China quite likely to create a record for against the prisoners. They must Commercial Trading Company' of
realise that they had to listen to The case for the Crown is being the trial with fresh minda, and Hong Kong, is being mentioned as a likely successor to Mr. Choy.
conducted by Mr. J. H. B. Nihillmust judge the issue on the evidence (Assistant Attorney-General). Mr. brought before them at that Court. Reports received in Canton com C G. Alabaster, K.C. (instructed They would understand that in Arm the statement, recently, ch
by Messra. Lo and Lo) is defending all matters of law, it was not his culated that the Kuomintang Army Nos 7, 8, 9 and 14 secused; and daty to direct them, but in order at Kiaugsi executed, on January Mr. H. G. Sheldon (instrusted by that they might understand from 19th, five anti-Red" commanders Messrs. Hastings, Dennys and the start the very grave nature of who had previously surrendered Bowley) is for the defence of No the charge, he would say something There has, however, been no con-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 20 accused.. firmation in Canton yet of the re- -poit that Sur, Chuan Fang had ordered the beheading of an alleged Kuomintang agitator at Shanghai,
The Canton Christian College, known also as the Lingnan Univer- sity, will soon be registered as Chinese institution. Among those elected to the Board of Trustees aro Messrs. Chung Wing Kwong, Chien Shih Fang, Wong Kai Ming Lam Yat Man, Lee Yuk, Tong, Lam Woo, The Trok Kai, Kana Tseng Ching, Kwok Lum "Shong, Li Shing Kui, Chan Chow On, and Miss Liu Fung
Ten
ST. PAUL'S BAZAAR.
TO CONCLUDE TO-DAY.
MOTOR-CAR NOT YET DRAWN.
The stalls at the bazaar which has been in progress on the first floor of the Chine Building since last Friday in aid of the St. Paul's Girls College building fund for their new colege, had a very de- pleted appearance last evening There are still, however, many 4- tractive articles for sale and a good rally to-day should see practically everything cleared.
"There was a fair attendance.yes- terday, and the gross receipts have now been raised to over $14,000.
To-day is the last day of the bazaar, which will be open from 9 pm to 7 pm..
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The Lucky-Dip."
Daring And Besourse. Mr. Nihill's opening wa er- tremely lengthy, but very lucid, and his address concluded as 3.35. Mr. Nihill paid a very warm tribute to the daring and resource shown by the Captain and officers of the Sunning.
connected with the penalties. The men were charged under an Act of Parliament passed shortly before the late Queen Victoria's Accession to the Throne. Anyone found guilty was liable to the death penalty.
The jury would understand the seriousness of the offence when he pointed out that the only capital charges remaining in British law were murder, treason and the charge upon which the ten pri-
CLUB CARE GOLD BANGLES FOR OLD TAKER.
SEQUEL TO DISCOVERY. AT KOWLOON CITY"
CHINESE SEAMAN FACES
· CAPITAL · CHARGE.
NEWSPAPERS.
WOMAN'S CREDULITY,"
SHARP SENTENCES ON TWO ROQUES.
The amazing credulity of A. The discovery by the police on Chinese married woman who was November 16th of the body of induced to part with a pair of gold caretaker and accountant of the Sik mounted bangles, valued at $95, for Ting Seamen's Club, 18, Cheung Oca bundle of old newspapers pur. Street, second floor, Kowloon, who parting to be bank-notes was told had been brutally murdered on the in Court yesterday afternoon, when previous night, or during the early two plausible Chinese, one of whom hours of the morning, had a sequel | is well-known to the Police, were at the Criminal Sessions, which charged before Mr. T. W. Ains opened A the Supreme Court worth as the Kowloon Magistracy, yesterday.
with false pretences, and conspir- Before the Chief Justice (Siring to defraud. Heary Gollan), a Chinese seaman, Tru Sang, was charged with the murder of Ip Tsui '
The Attorney-General (Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C.) is conducting the case for the Crown, and Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy is for the defence.
Jais Outlined.
The woman's evidence was to the effect that she was secosted by the No. 1 defendant, at about 1.30 p.m. on December 28th, who asked her where Tai Kok Tai was. While she was telling him the
WAY,
the second defendant came up and also began to explain the shortest route- In his opening statement, Sir to Tai Kok Tsui. Whereupon the Joseph Kemp said in some cases the | first defendant said toʻher and the evidence for the prosecution was so second "defendant that." Since mag- clear and overwhelming that itter and mistress have been so kind seemed that there could be no to explain the way to me, would answer on the part of the defence. not master and mistress be so kind He would say quite frankly that theas to guide me there, and I will case before them was not a case of compensate them with a bank-note that dass. It might be that the each" defence would have sopie perfectly Continuing, witness said that she satisfactory kind of answer which and the second defendant guided might explain the evidence for the the first defendant to Tai Kok Tsui, prosecution in away entirely but when they were nearing the favourable to the prisoner. That railway bridge, the first acensed wes not absolutely necessary, as produced a bundle wrapped in a should" the defence satisfy them handkerchief and told witness that there was a reasonable doubt, than it contained - ten $10 notes The they would return a verdict of "Not second defendant added that there Guilty."
were ten $50 notes. Witness was In the case then being tried he then asked to take the whole parcel submitted that on the evidence, as to change at á money changer's, but he hoped to put it before then, she was requested to hand over her there was sufficient to justify them pair of gold bangles to the first in bringing in a verdict of "Guilty." defendant. as security. Witress The Evidence To Be Called.” said she hesitated, but the second The Attorney-General related how | defendant took off his own, gold the caretaker-accountant was found finger ring and handed it to the dead On the morning of the 18th first defendant, saying at the same! several people failed to obtain ad time to witness "see I can trust mittance to the Chub owing to the him with my ring and you may also door being closed & chopper was trust him with your bangles." noticed lying outside the premises." After this she did not demur any In the afternoon one man climbed more. She started to take her The Accused Charged
through the hole in the lattice work bangles off, but found that the clasp The reading of the lengthy, in
and aw a light burning, and a would not yield, so she went to a dictment "took ten minutes. The
man's legs on the floor. The police gold-smith shop near by to get the main charge against them is one of saners were arraigned.
were informed and the body of the clasp off. piracy with assaults, with intent to
caretaker was found lying under- When the bangles were removed murder, and with unlawful acts. Mr. Nihill went on to say that neath a trestle bed. The chopper, she handed them to the first delen- endangering life, contrary topiracy had been described as the sea which was outside on the top of dant, who gave her the parcel pur Section 2 of the Piracy Act.
term for robbery. If the jury the stairs was examined by the porting to be beak-notes and in- imagined a set of circumstances Government Bacteriologist, "Dr. Estructed her not to undo the bundle which amounted to robbery, they P. Mineft, and it bore traces of in the street lest some snatchers would know what piracy was took away property from another Robbery was when a man forcibly against his will, cither with, or without, violence."
The assault section refers to saults carried out against Captain James Pringle, and Messra T. P. Beatty, J. W. Hurst, W. Orr and A. Duncan, other officers of the Sunning.
the
Another part of the indictment refers to the driving of Mr. G. Cormack, the Chief Engineer, and certain passengers towards bridge of the Sunning, in order that they might be used as a shield against the officers of the ship, who were then armed, and bolding the bridge.
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Death Penalty.
death penalty was imposed for a In the old law of England the large number of offences, but as more humane methods
-erept into
the law, the death penalty had
human blood
When charged at the police station on November 28th, the pri- soner made a confused statement, in which he denied that he killed the caretaker.
Evidence to be called concerned
might take it away from her. Wit- ness then proceeded to "the nearest money exchange shop and the two defendants said that they would wait for her at the corner of the street. When witness arrived at the exchange shop, she unwrapped
been done "away and, 85 mal articles of clothing which were left the bundle and to her murprise she! ter of fact, was only retained for in the deceased's charge by a sea-found that it contained nothing but murder, high treason and piracy. man employed on the Prendent a bundle of old newspapers She McKinley, These articles were rushed back to find the two defen- The reason why it had been retain- ed for piracy was that the heinous- hess of the offence was such that missing when the discovery of the dants, but they had decamped. there was no case in support of its body was made and were found in abolition.
Mr. Nihill said that he regretted the prisoner's possession when ar- that he could not produce a model rested. Also found in his pouses of the ill-fated vessel, but, with hission was a singlet with deceased's Lordship's permission he would put initials on it. before the jury a series of photo graphs of a sister ship.
Evidence would be given by mem- Mr. Nihill then went on to de-bers of the Club who saw the pri- scribe the Sunning in detail with soner in the company of the de- the help of photographs.
་་ Dark Picture Of Villainy. During his outline of the case, at the afternoon sitting of the Court, M. Nihill paid a tribute, to the
Az Old Offender.
The matter was reported to the Police with the result that the two men were arrested in Taumati on January 1 One of the men was found to have been banished from the Colony for life in 1918, and to the charge of returning from banish ceased at the Club the night before meat, he said that he had just come the murder, also by a witness who back to fetch his wife. To the said that he saw the deceased and charges of obtaining jewellery from another inan lying on an opium bed the woman by means of false pre-
place. Later, he had identified prisoner as the man he thought was lying on the bed."
in the Lucky Dip," had not been three pieces of silk, a waistcoat and Captain and officers of the ill-fated on the night that the murder took tences, both pleaded, "not guzty.""|
basket and counterpane, a gold And
vessel.
The Court found both men guilty on all counts. The first defendant was sentenced to three months' hard labour for each offence, the een- tences to run concurrently. The second defendant received
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The indictment went on to refer to the act of piracy by stealing, with force and violence, the ship and firearms, two boats, and $3,200 in money, in charge of two com pradores.
Variety Of Articles.
with stealing a variety of articles, The prisoners are then charged including money, mostly from pas sengers. These articles, include motor tyre; a pair of trousers and The Fiat motor-car, the first prize 8120 in money, four diamond rings, drawn up to last evening. In fact trunk and 81,863 in money, a hand He said: I think the jury, will all the first ten prizes, except the jade chain, two bangles or one agree with me that while it is a very dark picture of villainy on four mentioned yesterday, remain lats, two finger rings and a rain the one hand, it is relieved by the to be drawn. The prizes so far coat, a watch, & watch and jacket, daring and resource shown by the
Prisoner in previous evidence, secured are the 4th, a sewing dollars, an under jacket, 810 in very great peril went on to deal previous to the murder, stating that of the birch for returning from a trunk and 14 Yuan Shi Kai silver ship's officers in circumstances of said Counsel, had made statements
as to his movements on the days months' hard labour and 12 strokes machine, the 6th, 9th and 10th, all money, a suit of clothing. All these Mr. Nihill then embroidered bedspreads. The other articles mentioned, with the ex-with the boats which left the ship. he had been on board the President banishment, and on the charges of After dealing with what happen- Pierce, Evidence as to the dates false pretences and conspiracy, he six havs still to find winners, inception of the last named, are the
property of passengers who were ed during the time the pirates word of eaching of this ship would be was given a months on cach count cluding the diamdad bracelet and on the Sunning,
in control of the Sunning from given by an employee of the Dollar The sentences are also to run cop gramophone.:
Another Charge?
p.m. to midnight, and in partial line
currently. Holders of tickets who have not
from midnight until the control After the reading of the indiet
Prisoner also referred at his sista. boats left, counsel detailed the yet presented them are requested ment, Mr. Nihill asked leave to seizing of property and money from of the murder dating that He ment to his movements on the night to go to-day, or send a deputy with Amend it by the addition of a for- the passengers and compradores had been at the "ah but stating throat. There, were also other.
played by individual, prisoners. Mr. Nihill then related the parts that he left at 3.3qfflf this was m. then be had left shortly after
The Evidence, Evidence. Caffed.
the murder took place, commented Evidence was then called for the the Attorney General A Chinese Crown, which bore ant the Attorney: monk who lived in the adjoining General's opening address. house deposed to having heard cries The osse proceeded throughout shortly before that time. He had the afternoon, and a number of wit Medical evidence would be to the Court adjourned until this morning effect that the deceased died from It is expected that the case for the the results of a wound in the Crown will concluda to-day and that
Continued on next Qolumn).-. the defence will open
ther charge
wounds.
their coupons so that they can draw Mr. Alabaster and Mr. Sheldon a number. The person picking No. said that they considered such a procedure in a case as the one he 1 will secure the motor-car.
fore the Court to be somewhat We are informed that should the unusual car and the other prizes not hare. been drawn when the bazaar closes to-morrow night, the commits he had only just been advised that Sunning, went in the witness box not investigated the cause of them nestes had been called when the
will draw numbers from the dip for absent ticket holders:
Mr. Alabaster, speaking on the question of law, said that, although Mr. Nihil intended to make this application, bo was prepared to proceed with legal argument should his Worship wish.
Sub-Inspector Vincent and an other witness were called to prove photographs and plans, and Cap. thin James Pringle Master of the at 3.4
Ho was still giving evidence when the Court adjourned until this morning.
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