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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1931.
"NO SHADOW OF HONG KONG FOLICE
TRUTH
CHARGES AGAINST POLICE DISMISSED.
ECHO OF RAID ON WEST
POINT CLUB,
RESERVE.
WOLFS, OMEJITGAN.}|
INQUEST ON LADY TORRINGTON.
VERDICT OF SUICIDE RETURNED
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Uhiness Company.
London, Dec. 13-A, verdict of Strength Constable Ria Leung suicide, whilst of an unsound mind Fat, R32 Young Po Kan and Ras was returned at the inquest held Lai Yau have been taken on the
at Westwinstor to-day The case in which Detective Ser strength of the Chinos Company Eleanor Lady Torrington, who geant Fitches and Ave Chinese as from November 10 and 13, and was found dead in a gas filled room detectives were summoned by December 7, 1931, respectively. in her fat near Victoris Station on several members of the Sik Yus Training Course-Part 1-The Tuesday Inst, Club on charges arising out of following members have been passed Her brother, giving evidence, said alleged larrony and assmult, entout ne efficient in Part I. of Train-the dercased had been in financial ing Course.--Constable R81 Chek abruptly at Central Magistracy yon terday afternoon, when the com- plainants failed to make an appear- Several afternoons had been set neide by the Court for the hearing of the case. It was stated by. Mr. G. K Hall Brutton. in the early tages of the proceedings, that Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K.C., had been, re tained for the prosecution
Yesterday, Mr. E. Davidaan (för N.C.On Class-There will be no the defence) together with Mr.N.C.O class on Friday. Eldar Potter. K.C., appeared in Court, and when the case was call- ed none of the complainants an swered to their names.
ance,
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Qomplainants Fail to" Appear.
* Addressing Mr. Schofield, Mr. Potter mid-May it please your Worship, wo have received a letter from Messrs. G. E. Hall Brutton which explains probably the present posit on. I don't know whether your Worship has actually seen it or whether you would like me to read it in Court.
His Worship: Yes, I received conv this morning.
Mr. Potter: The letter is address ed. to Messrs. Hastings, Dennys and Bowley and is headed. Rex, by Mak Fan and others against D Fitches and others, and says
Ho K, 136 Hp Tu Nam, R41 Yung difficulties and the club she had pro- Siu Chung and R3 Young Po Kan, meted was not going. well as ca-
Training Course-Part II-A posted.. rearuite will attend at the Chinese Company's Headquarters, to-day at a Glaisty girl, divorced her husband Lady Torrington, who was oner 8.30 pm. for instruction.
in 1981 Following the divorce sho Training Course Part L-All re-engaged in racing and in number cruits of the Chinese company willot other vantures and beenme bank- attend Central Police Station for rupt in 1920. Squad Drill on Thursday, at 5.30
.p.m;
Indian Company..
Strength. Constables R270 Abdul Majid and R271 M. Ferod have been taken on the strength of the Indian Company us from December 18, 1931.
Leave. Constable R239 K. · B... Sheikh has returned" from lonve.
Constable 1254 Shah Mohamed has been granted 10 months' leave of absence from the Colony...
are
Inspection Parade.-All members- reminded of the inspection. parade to be held at Central Police Station tomorrow, at 3.30
p.m
Training, Cour-Part II-AD members who have not passed Part II. of Training Course should at tend at the Chinese Company's Headquarters, 17, Queen's Road Central on Thursday, at 8.30 p.m.
Dear Sir,-Although they de- sire, be do so, there does not appear
Sharpshooters Company. to be any provisión in the Magis trates' Ordinance whereby the com- Bickerstuff has been taken on the Strength-Constable R442 J. D. plainanta can withdraw these sumatrength of the Sharpshooters Cüm- monses. By that Ordinance the pany as from December 17 procedure seems to be for the com- plainants not to appear and this is the course they propose to adopt. We accordingly beg to inform you that the complainnats do not pro- pose to appear to day, the st instance, at 2.30 p.m. the time fixed for the heuring."
Police Attitudo.
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and Squad leaders will be held at Notice. A meeting of N.CLOK. the office of the D.ife. Co to-day, at 5.15 pm
The only thing for me to say is to ask your Worship to dismiss the summonses, I should like to ad- dress your Worship however, want to make it absolutely clear. beyond all possible doubt, that the defendants in this case are not parties to the present position.my They have not, by word or by act, induced or attempted to induce
these complainants from going on with their prosecution, and, your Worship, that is true of every
officer of the Fores from the In- spector General down. On the con- trary they have desired that these charges should be investigated in As full a manner as possible. They had hoped to have had an opporin- nity of testing the case for the pro- Bedution by cross-examination and they would themselves have equally submitted to cross-examination be going into the witness-box on their own behalf.
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Charges Without Foundation. "I desire to say on their behalf the only thing I now can say and (Continued on nest Column.)
(Sgd.) D. L. KING, D.B.P. (R.).
DEATH OF SHANGHAI MERCHANT,
MR. HUGO REISS,"
Mr. Hugo Reias, one of the load- business men of Shanghai, pass- ed away at the Country Hospital; Shanghai on Sunday.
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The late Mr. Reiss was 50 years of age and was managing director of Hugo Reise & Co., Inc., engi neers and importers He fermerly Vice-President and Assisl ant General Manager of Messrs. Anderson, Meyer & Co., Ltd... and also a director of H. S. Honigsberg & Co., Inc.
that is there is absolutely no shadow of truth or foundation in any of these charges and I think under the peculiar circumstances of this case it is highly desirable that the posi tion of the police should be made. quite plane."
His Worship: All summonses are dismissed.
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