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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1929.
CLOSE OF CRIMINAL HONOURING PIRACY.
SESSIONS.
AMAH'S PART IN A --ROBBERY.
MAN AND WOMAN FOUND GUILTY.
This month's Criminal Sessions concluded before the Puisue Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) yesterday when a Chinese and ap amah were con- victed of robbery on the third floor of No. 31, Laichikok Road, on February 8th.
The case went before a jury as
Prisoners.
VICTIMS.
IMPRESSIVE SERVICE AT ST. PETER'S.
HIS EXCELLENCY UNVEILS MEMORIAL TABLET.
"And God shall wipe away all tears and there shall be no more death.” The voice of the Dean of the Cathedral echoed through St. Peter's Church, West Point. Then the organ pealed
the first prisoner, the man, made "Oh Trinity of Love and Power" only a partial admittance of his and the hymn of those who go guilt, while the woman denied that down to the sea in ships" barst she had any hand in the robbery.forth in supplication and pacon.
Relationship Between, the There were very few among the scant congregation who remained In his outline of the case, Mr. Tunmoved by this memorial service Somerset Fitzroy (Assistant seaterday morning and an unaccus Attorney General) drew the attentomed mist caused several horny tion of the jury to the relationship thumbs to grope fumblingly with between the two prisoners, so for the pages of the English Hymnal.
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as the Crown could ascertain the facta. There was evidence that in November last year they lived at No. 86, Nam Cheung Street, giving the principal tenant to understand that they were brother and sister.
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Home Sweet Home (Payne-Bubop) Last Rose of Summer (Moore)
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(The Warbler) · (Gretry)
(with Giuseppe De Luca) (Verdi) (with De Laca)
Lucia Saxtette (Donizetti) with Homer-Gigli-De Luca Pinza and Bada Rigoletto Quartet (Verdi) with Homer Gigli, and De Lacs.
Included in MME GALLI-CURCI'S. Recital at the QUEEN'S THEATRE ON MARCH 25th.
The service was in honour of the late Mr. Robert Black, Chief Engi. acer of the a.. Kochow, who was killed by pirates up the West River on September 1, 1927, and also of In January the woman secured Mr. Harry Conway, late Chief work as an" umah and was present Officer of the .8. San Nam Hoi, in the complainant's house on the who was killed by pirates in the night of the robbery.
Shortly after midnight, the mis same district on January 17, 1998. trese of the house, who was the only
H.E. The Governor (Sir Cecil other person there besides the amah, was awakened and in the Clementi, K.C.M.G) was among faint light saw shadows of two those present. During the singing persons in the room. „A pillow was suddenly pressed against her face, of the byma, led by the deep bass she was tied up, and a ring wat of a grey-haired captain and the taken from her. Later she heard pleasing tenor of a young engineer, the noise of various things being opened.
His Excellency, preceded by the Bishop of Victoria (the Right Rev. C. R. Duppay), and accompanied by the Dean, the Rev. G. T. Walde. grave, Capt. F. G. Billitoe, A.D.C.. and Commander G. F. Hole, R.N walked to the memorial tablet, draped with the Red Ensign and unveiled it. The tablet bears" the A SAW-DUST TRAGEDY AT
When the complainant freed her self she switched on the light and found the amah lying on a bed with a quilt over her. There was a piece of cloth loosely drawn over her mouth, but her hands and fect were not tied.
"Who Opened the Door? The method of entering the floor, Mr. Fitzroy continued, was by withdrawing the bolts of the door. A small hand inserted through the apy-hole from the outside could have drawn back the top and mid- dle bolts, but not the bottom one. The only inference was that the second Accused "pulled back the bolts to admit the robber or rob bers. No jewellery was found on the second accused, but her connec tion with the first prisoner was well established.
Further there was the fact that the stolen articles, with the excep tion of a bangle and 845 in money. were found at the house where the two prisoners lived togethe and time of the search The first prisoner had assisted the police by pointing out the places where the articles were hidden; and he
where the first accused was the
also produced pawn tickets for
some of them.
Before the Magistrate the first accused had said that he broke open the door and no one assistèd him in the robbery. The fact, re- mained that the door was not broken, and it was impossible to open the bolts from the outside. "
Conclusion and Sentence.
following inscription:-
"This Tablet is erected by the Government of Hong Kong in
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“LAUGH, CLOWN,
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'THE QUEEN'S.
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SINGAPORE'S SMOKE. NUISANCE.
HEALTH OFFICER AND SOME CHIMNEYS.
The nuisance caused in Singa pore of smoke fogs a quarter of a mile long was described in a Muni-
memory of Robert Black, chief THE CLOWN ON THE SCREEN. cipal prosecution.
Engineer of the British Steamy ship Kochow killed by pirates in the Ling Yang Gorge, West River, on September 1, 1927," A wreath was then laid by His the foot of the Excellency on
tablet.
A Tribute of Raspect.
..`[BY OUR FILM CRITIC.]
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MURDER AND ROBBERY.
VILLAGER SHOT DEAD NEAR SHEUNG SHUI.
A lonely cottage at Ta Koo Ling, near Sheung Shui, was the scene The case was one in which the of a daring robbery early yesterday", owner of a saw-mill at 80, Grove morning, says the Wah Tas Tat Road, Singapore, was prosecuted
"Laugh, Clown, Laugh, showing cipal notice requiring him to pro- volvers broke open the door and for failure to comply with a Muni- Fao.. Three men armed with re- at the Queen's until Saturday, in vide smoke cleansers on his saw aroused the owner, Yi Shing Lun another of a series of films with a mill chimney.
clown as here, and is no more Gourlay, pointed out that there shot the husband dead when he The magistrate, Mr. W N. and his wife from their sleep, and "It is doubtful if the congregation successful than its predecessors. was nothing in the notice to the offered resistance. apart from the clergy and His The circus, and more particularly owner to indicate to him that the Excellency and staff-numbered a its central figure the Clown, seems to do so. Mr. P. Storr, appearing the woman being paralyzed with person who issued it had authority They then ransacked the house, scare, yet one felt the suggestion doomed to failure as the theme of for the Municipality, said he fright. of the presence of an unseen host.
& screen play Even Charlie Chap- would furnish evidence of such
After the robbers had left with lin's latest picture The Circus" authority at the next hearing. Mr. Black was shot when at-
DAWHON, failed badly when it came to a re- Officer, said the chimney emitted to the Police, who after examining Deputy Health their plunder she reported the affair hearsal between clowns.
black smoke in such quantities as the cottage, telephoned details to Perhaps the circus itself is out to constitute a nuisance and to be
tempting to save a brother officer from the pirates and Mr. Conway was killed while gallantly defend- ing his ship.
water.
age and devotion to duty of Robert Black and Harry Conway
Dr.
of date-it surely must be in the injurious to health. He consider- Hong Kong.
Detectives and police were detail-
FRAUD ON CANTON COMPANY ALLEGED.
WRONGFUL SALE OF AN ARMED LAUNCH.
Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at
"Let us thank God for the cour.country which, is wrapt in admira-ed that the existence of that
tion of the saxophone and black chimney, without an apparatus toed to investigate the matter. bottom, and the attempt to repro- cleanse the smoke before it was duce it there has led to a point of discharged, constituted a nuisance. view in the representation which The injury to bealth consisted in was a prayer that founda deep la quite foreign to the true spirit the inhalation of unconsumed car- echo in the hearts of these men of the circus. The circus as you boa particles. Evidence was then called and His who daily face the same peril by see it in real life is an unsophis Answering Mr. P. II. Battiahill, Lordship directed the jury on the
ticated entertainment. facts, pointing out that it was for After the service & party pro are not particularly good, but you witness said that the mill was The jokes who appeared for, the mill-owner, them to decide if the second accus ceeded to the. Protestaat Cemetery do not mind. You go to a circus about 600 yards from the Geylang ed was the person who opened the at Happy Valley and laid wreaths to enjoy once more the facile laugh-junction. There were other mills "door, or whether her statement that upon the tombstone erected by theter of childhood, and when the in the neighbourhood, and, to wit- she did not do so and was as much Hong Kong Government to the clowns appear to find amusement neas's knowledge, this one had been the Central Magistracy resterday a victim of the robbery was to be memory of Mr. Conway.
without any adult sense of shame, in existence at least nine years. believed.
Among the floral tributes to the in the humiliating misfortunes of It was not a residential area in morning, charges of forging a mort After a few minutes the jury re-memory of Mr. Black were wreaths your fellow men. The make up of the accepted meaning of the term, of an armed launch owned by the. gage deed and anlawfully disposing turned an unanimous verdict of from Mrs. Black, China Coast the clown is only tolerable if you but there were dwelling houses in Po On Company, Canton, were pre- guilty against both prisoners. His Officers' Guild, Marine Engineers have the carnival spirit, and colour, the vicinity. Lordship, addressing the first ac- Guild of China, Capt. F. Smith, noise and the smell of the sawdust The breathing of combustible ferred against an employee of the eused, said that he agreed with the ss. Wing Lee, Mr. J. McNaught, ring, are a large part of the show. verdict and that he had taken part Mr. W. J. Stokes, Capt, Laurenson
matter in the atmosphere had al company named Mak Chen Loong. The sentimental attitude of Sir ways been considered a danger; it The three charges were: and Masters, Officers, and Mates of James Barrie is perhaps largely would be injurious to the lungs. 8.8. Taishan, Langaban, Kinahan, responsible for films like the one Witness had seen several smoke intent to defraud, he forged the (a) That on February 9, with Tung On, Sui Or, Wing On, and under review, which seek to transfer fogs hanging over the Grove Road name of Ng Shing and the name of Kwongtung.
your interest from the somersaults area. These had been produced by the Po On Company, of No. 17, Yat Tributes to the memory of Mr of the clown to the breaking heart smoke from saw-mill chimneys. Tak Road, Canton, to a deed which Conway included wreaths from the which beats beneath his garish rai- Mr. Battishill: Smoke foga in purported to be a mortgage of the China Coast Officers' Guild, Mas ment It can be done on paper Singapore ! What was the area of steam launch San Ohru On. ters, Officers, and Engineers of s.. but not, I believe, on the screen your smoke fog Taishan, Langshan. Kinshen. Tung unless the story is kept right out Witness said it was about a February 22 last, in Hong Kong (b) That on January 28 and On, Bai On, Wing On, and Kwong. of the circus tent. Lon Chaney is quarter of a mile long
Harbour, being a servant of the Witness added that he bad seen Company he did steal an arms tung Capt. F. Smith, ... Wing never for one moment funny as a Lee, Mr. J. Forsyth Mr. W. J. clown; he is often tragic but not one about 280 yards broad, and had licence, a launch licence, a Chinese Stokes, and Capt. T. L Lanrensen. because he has a painted face and seen them frequently over that assignment and also Chinese Mari- It was regretted that Mr. W. 3. raff. Film directors have yet to locality. Witness agreed that there time Customs permits, relating to Stokes was unable to be present learn, apparently, that if they stage was always a wind blowing in that the armed launch belonging to bis owing to illness.
an entertainment of any sort, clown area, and that the smoke fogs did ing, dancing, or acting it must be not "hang about" as they did in employers, and
in the robbery with another. man.
The sentence would be five years' hard labour and twelve strokes of the birch. As regards the second accused, His Lordship said that the jury were satisfied that she opened the door to admit the robbers. The sentenca in her case would be three years' hard labour.
PURCHASE OF-CHILDREN,
PROHIBITIVE MEASURE - PROPOSED IN KWANGIUNG.
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as good as the captions tell us it the manufacturing towns at Home. (c) That on February 9, he did is if it is to play any real part in. After the evidence of a health unlawfully obtain the sum of $3,000 the story, I the hero must be a inspector had been heard, the fur-by falsely pretending, with intent clown, then let him be one in ther hearing was adjourned to to defraud, that he was owner of actual fact, not an ordinary actor March 18.
the steam launch
dressed in a clown's clothes, and
let us see him at his drinsing antics, not behind the scenes tearing his
The Kwangtung Provincial Gov ernment, according to the Canton Gazette, is being urged to make the sale of either male or female children a serious offence. The selling of girls na slaves is prohibit ed by law but the purchase of boys for the purpose of adoption is still permitted.
This steps being Organising Committee beg to ac there.
The Joint Hon. Treasurers of the urged on account of the growing knowledge with thanks the follow- menace from kidnappers, who are
ness in this part of China. Those erging this reform point out that it will still be possible to adopt a son from within one's clan which is far preferable to buying an out- sider, who may be reclaimed by an infuriated parent."
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Mr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by Messrs. Russ & Co., appeared for hair and beating his breast. There pretty girl the acts well, but much the complainante, and Mr. Lea is no need for the pairited face better with Nils Asther, who plays d'Almada e Castro for the defen
the wealthy young man whom she dant. Loretta Young, who is a newloves, than with Lon Chaney. Mr. Mr. Sheldon said that sincs a comer to the of Simonetto, the orphan child torisation in excellent charac summons had been issued against
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defendant for larceny and unlaw who is adopted by the two clowRK," "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" has some fully obtaining money there was and for love of whom Tino (Chaney), very good photographic effects, and evidence that he had been guilty has his. ** fatal accident” in the there are several scenes of unusual of forges. Coupsol asked that a finish. She promises to have a very beauty. The movement in rather warrant for the accused's arrest plensing stage presence and is slow, but it is a picture which ad should now be granted, w (Continued at foot of next column) mirers of Ion Chaney will enjoy
The case was adjourned.