!
ORTUGUESE FOUND
GUILTY.
HARGE OF ROBBERY AT
KOWLOON FLAT.
APANESE WOMAN VICTIM,
it left behind in the i tistim wie a link, in caint Anastacie dos Re- Marques, a Portugues!!,
PIRACY TRIAL.
ALL TWELVE ACCUSED
· FOUND "GUILTY.".
SENTENCE POSTPONED,
The trial of twelve Chinese in connection with the Pedro Blanco affair concluded at the Criminal Sessions yesterday before the acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Wood) and a jury. All the' accused 'were found to be guilty of the charge and ath Criminal Sos. day before the acting sentence was postponed pending 34 (Mr. Justice Lindargument in the Full Court of a and lead to three yearsal point raised by Mr. Hin Shing
und guilty on a cho
Lo, for the defence.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1931.
FAREWELL DINNER. CORRESPONDENCE.
POLICE CLUB'S DEBT TO
'MR. 'W. KENT. D
1.G.P. PRAISES "A PUBLIC. SERVANT."
MOTOR-CAR MANIAC.
(All letters intemied for puõli. | EUROPEAN YOUTH ORDERED cation must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not for publication, unless so desired. but as evidence of good faith.-ED.]
PROFITEERS.
DAILY PRESO."]
HONG KONG
THE CANE.
DRIVING OTHER PEOPLE'S CARS.
Eric Fleming, aged 36 years, A pleasant funotion, at which [TO THE EDITOR or Tus
figured as defendant at the Kow- Mr. W. Kent, A.P.C., was the guest of hour, was held in the Police
loon Magistracy yesterday when ioureation Club, ön Saturday even- Sin, I shall be grateful if you he was charged with having on. ing, presided over by the Hon, Mr. will allow me a little space in your February 16, driven privato car. . D. 9. Wolfe, C.M.G., Inspector columns to bring to the notice of No. 769 without na appropriate General of Police and President of the authorities the flagrant pro-driver's licence and without the the Club About fifty mas down to fiteering on the part of Chinose permission of the owner, Dr. J.
C. D. compradores since the introduction MrElney. dinner, including Mr.
Mr. Melbourne,
II. Borgeract of the new liquor and tobacco; Eleming was also charged with Accused, who were the crews of Fitzroy, Mr. T. H. King, D.LG.P., | duties.
having ridden motor cyelo 1048 she against the accused two junka, were charged with as-Superintendent, D. Burlingham,
Febru The ordinary house-holder has along Laichikok Rond on thus the night of January saulting the muster and mariners. G. Perdu, L. H. V. Booth, W. been badly enough hit by the fallary 12 without the permission of
seher person, he robbed
Ganother junk, with forcé audie Bast Sparrow, Mr. A. J. C.in exchange, of which Chinese xe- the owner and without the neecs- named Seiji arms, in n effort to take the Taytor, Chief Inspector. P. Grant, tailers have taken full advantage, sary driver's license. manicurist, living vessel, täckle and cargo from their Chief Detective Inspectr Murphy, and if the man who likes bria quiet Haiphong Road, Kaw-owners.
embers of the Police Forge and peg ani smoke must be ficualised en in money, a silver
friends.
to make up the budget deficit, it and other articles. The
is "up to the powers that be to see that the new duties are applied Der gedon, stated to be a Japan
in an equitable manner.
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Wom
Case for the Orown."
tho
Og defendant pleading guilty to both chargos, Sub-Inspector Ma. son, who prosecuted, asked that, a serions view be taken of the case."
Nicol of. Sub-Inspector Traffic department, Kowloon, said This has certainly not been done that in 1927 three cars were taken up to now, as I have learned to Chinese compradores (in Kowloon driving the first two and was ar my cost, for, almost to a man, they the defendant. He had admitted. at least) in reased their prices therested when driving the third, The very day that the new duties came
Mr. Hin Shing Lo addressed the jury at length on behalf of the The Hop. Mr. Wolfe proposed the prisoners and submitted that the toast of the guest of the evening, U first of all expressed on behalf Crown had failed to hal, set leven apprehended.
rove the
of the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, frondigas not legally repre-charge against them. In answer to Colonial Secretary, regret for be- led and nleaded not gailty to
4 question by his Lordship, Mr. Loing unable to be present, and also maid flat he was not submitting that was glad to see an old esteemed the Hon. Mr. C. Mel. Messer, but some of the Reensed may be found friend of the Police presût in tho person of Mr. Melbourne, who of them should be acquitted.
ander a bushel, shone very brightly: European wine-merchant who In his summing up to the jury, when subscription lists were cir followed the same example.
culated on behalf of Police objects,' I have it on the best of authority his Lordship said that when a signature always being append that the Chinese compradore shops piracy occurred on the high scas, ed. The speaker also congratulatin most cases tako in large and as in this case, it was competented those responsible on the happy regular stocks of liquor from the idea of entertaining Mr. Kent in wholesale houses with the result for the Court of any nation to try the pace which had been his hour, the recused, and the present, irinland who he Ind helped during all fallowed that practice. It was the years of his connection with the first time that a case of this kind had been brought before a Britisk
20th the Crown case, Mr. guilty, and he was asking that bough consistently hiding his light into force! In one case, I know of first car was a two-seater Oldsmo.
Smith said that at pm, on the day in the complainant
WAR
in the muse, when she heard
Brad the dam. After a little
stepened the door and
hed outside, She had seen twee previously, once when he elled and asked her if any were living there, and
Police.
History of Club,
that there is absolutely no reason why these acts of gross profiteering. should be allowed to continue.
I remember that during and after the War the Home Government made certain regulations against ocal authorities should take in- badly hit Hong Kong wage-earner. inediate steps to protect the already
bile; and the second a five-senter. On December 8 last year, he took another car, but the DWTT did not wish to prosecute.
Mr. Butters :-Defendant seems to be a car maniac.
Sub-Inspector Nicol:-It looks like it. Defendant was whipped by his father on one occasion for having stolona. Studebaker car.
when he had asked if the Cairt, 'bernuse in all the ruses onies would mean giving the history profileera and I consider that the M.
I pe voie him with board and
bus vetsimu she old him that : become inside but he hway in, being followed Japanese, who bad also len house previously. They ed her by the throat and Ande her money. They also to fores a potato into her , so much so that one of hair wa. Joosened, and it after-
tur ut of her mouth.
ki she had been so roughly el, the woman told the meni she kept the money. They ặt, and while they were help- Chemselves to the other aili- rationed in the indictment, oman took refuge under the
til they had gone.
éport "was Bde at the Water- Station where the woman A showing signs of having Mraggis Her hair was'dis- Ed and she was bleeding
a the mouth. She also pro
ths lensen tooth...
the law books which had been quoted, the pirary had been accom- panied by robbery, but in this case it has been admitted that they stole nothing.
To entmerate Mr. Kent's activi the Police Recreation Chib. Before 1904, the Club as now know was not in existence, but in that year Mr. Hallifax was able to au cuire the ground at Happy Valley and a tent was erected and the Points for the Jury.
Club formed, to be replaced in 1005 by a matshed. This was destroyed his Lordship asked the jury to con met the same fate in 1906, In After dealing with the evidence,hy a typhoon and the new one creet. sider the following questions, in 1017 the old matshed, having "been arriving at their verdict:
romvated from time to time, was (1) Were any of the accused | @ractically, useless, and Dr. Kent voluntarily engaged in a dad a few others suggested to the colou enterprise on the neoverument that they might be able casion in question 1
to the something, and in 1920 the present Club House was erected. Dring all these years every phase of the Club's life and activities could be punctuated with the man of Mr. Kent; he having acted in every capacity-on the Conumittee, Club nember, and Chairman.
(2) If so, which, were they 7 (3) Were any of the sensed
carrying firearms ? (4) Was a shot fired by any of the
accused?
(5) If any shot was fired, was it possible for a bullet to have struck the master or crew of junk 2007. 1
(0) Did those of the accused who may have been found to have been engaged in a ramon Enterprise contime in, the enterprise after a shot was fired?
|
An Excellent Example. ·
With regard to the wisdom of the Government's policy in increasing the liquor and tobacco dutice by auch an extent, I doubt very much if the new imposts will bring in the revenue expected. The buying power of the ordinary salaried worker must have a breaking point ́and that, I think, in the majority of cases, has been reached. The Government has probably killed the goose that laid the golden eggs.
Butters: The defondant
ust understand that it is not fair to the owners of the ears if he goes, and drives them without get- ting their permission, and it is also not fair on his parents. Twelve, strokes on the first count and cautioned on the second.
STANDARD OIL CO. CHANGES.
In my own case, and I know of many others, I shall have to, eschew the drink that cheers and the weed that soothes. And to think that MR. P. W. PARKER TO BE A Governments servants
but words fail me:-Yours, etc.,
STUCKEE. Hong Kong, February 23, 1931.
LONDON ON THE LONG WAVE.
The speaker went in to say that Mr. Kent had given an “Excellent example he had shone in sport and [TO THE EDITOR OF THE also as a Public Servant. Joining the Faree as a constable in 1899, he -andris n De Assistant Superin-
(7) Was such common enterprise | rendent, to which rank he was a
an intended robbery,
His Lordship, further directed that any accused persons indicated Passport Left Behind.
in answer to question 2 should be convicted if the answer to the other the police visited the pre- questions was in the affirmative. If they found the potato mid the answer to any of these ques passport. This tions was in the negative, all the But Mr. Whyte Smith aid, accused persons should be equit- Ab in the arrest of the no- -{ ́ted.
verused "a
Comm. the next day when The jury retired for fifteen
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pointed in 1929. He had als served as a Stores Officer and in inia cauoity he had acted us a model for any A.S.P.'s who did not exactly shine when it came stores and accounts. plensed to congratulate Mr. Kent on the rstowal of the King's Police Medal. To Mr. Kent they owed a debt of deep gratitdue. He had set an example that the younger men might well follow-ken and active
Ful Publie Servant. Starting at the bottom of the ladder he had risen to the top, being, ono of three who started as Constables and itined to the rank of Superin tndent-fr. Kerr, now in Mel- bourne, Australia, and Mr. Ger- rard, whose loss they still mourned. To Mr. and Mrs Kent, on behalf of the Club, he wished long life and happiness in retirement.
men to enter 28. Haiphongminutes and brought an unanimousin sport, as well as a keen and use the place where the Japanese verdict of guilty against all the ne- aplice lived,
Whyte Smith continued that okey was found on the accus- Important Legal Folat.
Mat a max l that his accom-
His Lordship postponed sentence Shad taken the whole amount Twilled cast of the Colony. He pending the argument of a legal per me that when a man con- point which had been reserved in ated robbery, he would have the early part of the trial, the point d the idea of caving the being whether in accused person but he would require his may be convicted of piracy in cir It was probable that cumstancea where no robbery has the robbery the document på out of accused's pocket, was not unlikely that he 5turn to look for it. genes in support of the Crown as given by the woman, who that when she declined to
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Mr. Hin Shing Lo commented that the point was of much import. ance and he was not sure at the mom-at whether he himself would argue it at the Full Court. His Lordship eoncurred with this view.
The accused were committed to prison pending the 'decision of the Full Court which may either confirm the conviction or set it aside."
Drunkenness, No Excuse,
DAILY PRESS."]
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Sun-Perhaps the folloing will interent some local listeners-in who are not able usually to sit up into the small hours of the morning to get programmes from the short- wave station at Chelmsford.
On Sunday morning stat about five o'clock the London Re- gional Station (356 metres) was taned in on a simple, locally-made set (Iket, and 2 L.F.) belonging to Mr. H. P. Leavor, of the Penk. For two hours or so, fair volume un the loudspeaker was obtained, the quality of reception being ex- cellent in the entire absence of atmospherics. A concert Wns heard, followed by the Regional News, and subsequestly & program- me of Dance Music from the May- fair Hotel Reception faded con- siderably about a quarter past seven o'clock, but was held until nearly eight, when morse interfer ence occurred.
Such reception may be unusual, After the toast, musical honours
but there are possibly set-owners were awarded, with lusty cheere for
th. these being led by the Hm.in the Colony who are keen enough en getting London to try to pull r. E. D. C. Wolfe.
it in on the long wave when the short-wave station is not. available and when there is no work to go to after breakfast."
A presentation was then made on nehalf of the Police Recreation Club of two attache' cases and ani engraved blackwood tray for MTB Kent.
4.
Ambition Realised,
DIRECTOR.
LEFT HONG KONG YESTERDAY.
On being elected a director of the Standard Oil Company of New York, Mr. P. W. Parker, of the local branch of the Company, together with Mrs. Parker, tolled from the Colony yesterday on the Freaient Grant en route to New) York whore Mr. Parker will take ap his official duties,
The whole of the staff of the local branch of the Standard Oil Company entertained Mr. Parker at a liffin last Saturday at the South China Restaurant The tiffin was presided over by Mr. H. L. Schultz, who succeeds Mr. Parker is the position of Ceneral Manager South Ching Department.
M Parker has nearly twenty years association with the South China department of the Company, having joined in June, 1812 He was made Assistant General Man- uger in Hong Kong, 1994, and, be came General Manager in 1027.
CROWN LAND SALES.
GOOD PRICES FOR KOWLOON LOTS,
The location-on-the condenser dials is almost exactly as for the reception of Bombay. Yours faith-Three: Fota of Crown-land-situát- fully
D. ́ TRAFORD. Diocesan Boys School Hong Kong Feb. 23, 1831.
In replying to the toast, Str. Kont gave a brief history of his life from the time he ran away from his wine in 1830 in his desire to he nt on, but whose parents had at on the day in question In his address to the jury His not the same desire. During his Japanese fordship said that in English law enrors in the Marines he travelled to mend at a restaurant in intoxication was no excuse for considerably, and was in Hong alaq the President for the splendid
He drank to excess and crime of this nature. If they bo Kong in 1893, and on leis return to words concerning his service.
The Hon. E. D. C. Who then remember what happened lieved the evidence of the woman, Britain was most anxious to get geolog At 8 am, on Janu- then whether intoxicated or not, back again, in spite of the bad tastedOur visitors." be found he had been aloep the accused was guilty They reputation that Hong Kong then
ment
-at-Kowloon were sold at the Crown Land Office yesterday in the presence of a large number of Prospective buyers.
Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2441, situated at Tii Nan Street was suld to Mr. Li Wan Tong of $34, Prince Edward Road, for 818,500. The upset price was $13,330. The land has an area of about 5,332 ag. 'fect and its annual restal in 808.
Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2442 Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, in replying thanked the Police Club on behalf was sold to Mr. Fung Yuk Tong. of the visitors for the opportunity of 179, Keelung Street, for $19,000, of saying good-bye and nu revoir after some spirited bidding: The to Mr. Kent, for all who had had upset price was 813,330. The land any dealings with him would reis situated at Tai Nan Street and member him, and all to hnd has an annual rental of 608.. known him, would mim him. He wished Mr. and Mrs' Kent long fe und happine M
4 Star Ferry launch, Then might, however, believe the accus-held in the eyes of the people at ched his pockets and founded's claim that all. the blame was Home. His ambition was realjacd
passport was missing, so
on the Japanese, and that he was
and he was able to come out and to the Japanese friend's drunk he did not know what settle down. He had always tried anndeavour to recover was going on and only stood by to do his best which sometimes be
As he was entering They must bike that possibility found most difficult.
To the Police Club be presented end's house he was arrested into consideration. But, as he had Constables in plain eachos. said at the start, if the jury be two caps one for lawn bowle and ing to Ms. Mr. Whyto Bevod, the woman's story of the one for golf, the conditions of which used said that he was part accused took in the affair, he left entirely to the Club Com getasun though the jury believed the mittee Oily by kenness could Where he went that night. Rocused Was urun no hayayayvand the the spread wierd almong the rymmer by Moto Ell age before it was knocked
True that he had been they must find him guilty.
the game could they smile when Jokes, Bandmaster, and Sergt. Jen- down to Mr. Chiu Siu Wan of 81, Des Voeux Road Central The house of the Japanese wo
they lost and these two Cupsins of the South Wales Borderere, fore, but he may liave gone
would sinfulate this keennces. He and later in the evening the cam-land has an area of about 11,550 at night.
thanked the Club for the gifts, and pany was entertained by Mr. Dud- sq. feet and its annual rental is (Contigned at foot of next column:) Iny Bartlett.
|8212,5 und at fout of negi column:)"
The jury, without retiring, re turned a verdict of guilty, with which finding his Lordship aid he was in agreement.
During dinner music was pro- vided by wireless, and songs were
New Kowloon Island Lot No. 1460, situated at Wong Chuk Street, attracted considerable at
Bidding started at tention. $17,325 and was eventually raised-
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