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Two outstanding functions took place over the wook-ond at the Peninsula Hotel, a Special Dinner Danes in the Rose Room on Satur day night and à Military Band Con-t cert in the Lounge on Sunday even- ing, both being most successful,
How the eagerness of a Chiness timber merent to get a pretty -concubine, and her supposed for-
ta fod to his undoing, whs re Featuring at the former were lated before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the popular ball-room entertainers the Central Magistracy yesterday, Hugo and Josephine in a farewell when Man Fu and a Chiness performance. For the past six weruna; Lo Luk Kwu, appeared on weeks they have delighted large a'charge of wmnspiring, together audiences during the nightly dinner with other persona, to
dances and at special parties in the Leung Shui Chuen of 8500.
Rose Room at which they have Mr. Peter Sin appeared for the figured in, interesting and artistic first defendant and. Mr. Hin Shing dancing, and last Saturday their display, as on previous occasions, was enthusiastically received by
a for the second defendant.
dofraud
Sergeant Fitches, in opening the case for the police, mid that the complainant was the master of a Timber yard in Nathan Road, Mongkok. The first defondant was unemployed, and the woman, to Luk Kwu, was n' jewellery broker. 1 On September 23 Leung Shui Chuen m Ile Inh, who introduced him to a man named Ho Nam in a tea
house in Shanghai Street.
Complainant Meets Girl. Hi Nam stated that he had a friend who had a wealthy lives, a widow. She had been left a lot, of money by her husband and want ed to remaITY. It was then ar ranged that the complainant should see the girl.
The Girl's Aunt." The following day, Man Fu
the large number of diners and dancers present.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1932.
SUB-INSPECTOR WALLER ON TRIAL
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL OUTLINES CASE FOR THE CROWN ›
ALLEGED İNCIDENT IN TAIPO MEDICINE SHOP
Acting Sub-Inspector Herbert Waller appeared before the Chief Justice, Sir Joseph Kemp, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday, on a charge of obtaining a bribe of $50 while a public servant from one Ho Hong Bang, alias Ke Kiu, at Talpo Market, with a view to cmitting a prosecution for an offence under the Oplum Ordin-
anco.
A QUESTION OF SMUGGLED OPIUM
Mr. J.A. Fraser, assistant Attor ney General, prosecuted and Mr. Duncan McNeill, instructed by Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton. appeared for accused who pleaded not guilty.
The jury consisted of Messrs. Á, H. Carroll (foreman), Wong Katt Chiu, Shamy Au Ping, Thomas B. Wilson, P.S.R. Carnac, W.S.V. Curtis and F.F. Wutt.rich.
THE CASE AGAINST ACCUSED,
Mr. Fraser said: Defendant in this case is an noting-Sub-In-
A this function, also, were intro- duced two Australian artistes, the Aistera Miesos Layne and Maric Mayne, who have recently scored a access with Shanghai's public at the Canidrome. Their opening perspector of the Police Force of Hong formance of a now repetoire of song Kong and the charge against him and dance and amusing patter who one of obtaining a bribe of 850 from hearty applause. These performers, a man named Ho Hong Sang, with a view to omitting a prosecution. who have boon engaged for a season by the Peninsula Hotel, will The reason for this was that the appear nightly in the Rose Room nan was in possession of a errtain during the dinner dance in their amount of opium. latest songs and dances, and other amusing features,
The Military Band Concert on Sunday ovening was provided by
On
"The facts briefly are these. October 2, at about mid-day, ac- cused, together with another police officer, a Chinese detective, was en-
time and he will say he saw the accused receive the bribe. At the time he did not know there was opium in the packet. He saw the accused come in, tane the packet and say “This is opium. The next important witness is an old man who is unable to attend this morn ing on account of illness and his evidence will be given from the depositions. He will corroborate the previous wituens.
no more of the six taels of raw opia which he was caught with. Ho said that the opium, which ho was hokling when accused entered the shop, wah the property of a friend and had been loft in his (witness's) custody overnight.
Cross Examination. '. Commencing his cross-examina- tion of the witness Ho Kiu, Mr. MoNeill pointed out a discrepancy between the witness's ovidence in the Police Court and his evidence this morning, regarding the length of time he had lived in the Colony. In the Magistrate's Court the witness said he lived here for sev eral years while this morning he said that he had only been in the Colony since last year.
Witness said
Counsel also discovered a disore. nancy in the witness's evidence re- garding the opium. this morning, in reply to Counsel, that he was entrusted with the opium for one night and denied he had said he had been entrusted to keep the drug for several nights during his examination Polics Court trial.
Further discrepancies were dis- covered in the evidence of the wit- ners, Ho Kiu at a later stage of the cross-examination.
at the
The Detective's Story. "The next witness which the pro-
Mr. McNeill. "You said in the socution. calla is the Chinese detec- tive who was with accused at the time. He was asked about the Magistrate's Court that defendant offence some time afterwards and camo into the cubicle and took away denied all knowledge of the affair, the opium, and that you did not
Be it again." He himself was a party in taking' this money. This is a rather seri- ous offence for a man of the rank of detective. He was asked some time later and again denied know- lodge.
"At a still later date, he ad-
Witness.. "No, I have not seen it since."
"Did you see what the defendant did with the opium?"
"He took it from mo and put it on the table" I do not know what happened to it after that.",
Witness admitted that he was in,
brught along the second defendant the Band of The 1st Battalion, The gaged in street cleansing in Taino mitted the offence. He would say the room all the time, but did not]
who waid she was the girl's aunt, and introduced the complainant to the girl.
Leang Shui Chuen de vided he would marry the girl and Torfhwith gave her $150 with which to buy a wedding prisent. Some fine later complainant gave tho girl, through the medium of the aunt, an additional $00.
Deceased Husband's Boul.
Lincolnshire Regiment, under the conductorship of Mr. C. 8. Trowt A good attendance of listeners were present and were accorded a most interesting programmė,
witness liked to put up one or two hundred dollars he could marry this heiress."! Witness then told of the succeeding meetings at which he handed over various sums of money to the girl's aunt.
The girl then told the complain ant of a dream she had had about her former husband,, and requested
A Wonderful Bargain. complainant to loan her a thousand
Cross-examining the witness, Mr. dollars to engage the services of monka to pray for her husband's Sin said: By spending a small Houl. He eventually handed over sum of money you hoped to get a sums of money amounting to 820,big return?-Yea
Witness admitted that the girl
and the girl was then supposed to have gone away and arranged for was fairly good looking," the comfort of the deceased man's soul.
Sergeant Fitchus then told tho Court how the complainant, when be realised he had been swindled, collected three other men who agreed to assist him to get his money back
Man Fu (the defendant) even tually paid over $120 to complain ant, but under threat of violence, when he was waylaid by his newly found"friends" who demanded half his money. He paid over 880, The Heiress,
J
Leung Shui Chuen in giving evidence corroborated the story zelated by Sergeant Fitches, and said that IL Nam told him if he (Continned on next column.)
Mr. Sin: he wouldn't disgrace you as your concubine-I don't
know.
In getting a handsome girl and several thousand dollars didn't it cur to you, as a business man that you were getting a wonderful bargain? I don't know.
The
see who removed it from the table.! stated that it was gone when Lo
the
the
went out to get the money.
Mr. McNeill. Then this state-
he went into the cubicle with ac- Market, a small village a short way used. Accused called him to from Taipo Police Station. houses in this village. are mainly door and said: "I arrested shops and you enn ge through one opium. The fine will be 8200. You meat you gave in the Magistrate's Money Court is quite untrue. You said shop into another. The officer walk-talk to him $100. If no
$50." The man's master will also "After the detective had covered it ed through bne shop, called Po Wah Tong, and came face to face give evidence of, obtaining the with his hand he put it into his and in that cubicle he saw a man with the rear of a small cubicle money, and handing it over. handling a packet of opium. He entered the cubicle followed by the detective.
"He Took the Opium." "There ho took the opium and handed it to the detective. He con- versed with the detective and as a rosult of that conversation, the de- tective later obtained 650 from the man and took the man to the ac cused, who was in another shop, and the money was there handed
over.
"Accused went into hospital after the events alleged to have on October 17 he was arrested and taken place and when he came out. charged' in the usual way and his statement was simply I deny the charge,'"
THE EVIDENCE, Mr. Fraser then proceeded to call evidence.
pocket."
Witness: No. Just as I was leaving the room to try to borrow the money, the detective took the opium sad put it in his pocket."
"Do you remember the defendant coming back to the cubicle after he left the shop after the seizure of the opium."
Yes, he came back once." "You did not say that in the Magistrate's Court."
"I was not asked.""
His Lordship "Not Impressed.” In the afternoon Mr. McNeill Ho Kiu, the foki of the Po Wa closely cross-examined witness on Tong shop, from whom the bribe the question of times. The witness over to the accused at about I pin..: was demanded, said that after the is alleged to have paid the money conversation about the notey he bat in answer to a series of ques "The evidence which will be pro- went out to try to borrow. He was tions by Mr. McNeill witness agreed that the money was not given to duced will be that of the man who unable to raise the money and re-him by the master of the shop until offered the bribe and from whom turned with the detective to the Po 1.30 p.m.
His Lordship observed that the it was obtained. He would any he Wa Tong shop. There witness ask- was handling the opium when ac-ed his master to assist him in raia minate difference in the matter of
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On October 1 you went to the cused came in and took the opium ing the money. Tho master wait time did not impress him very handed to him, and that both the
Nathan Hotel for the purpose of making peeife arrangements about meeting the girl →Yes.
Mr. McNeill in the course of fur was no mention of the Po Wah Tong ther questions suggested that there shop in the very first statement made to the Police.
The statement referred to Was
Septuagenarian Called.
ed and that about an hour later the
Chan Pak, 78 years of age, wan sergeant returned and the 850 wAS Borgeant and the detective, then next called. He said he was at the left, passing out of the shop into Po Wah Tong shop on October S, and was resting in the room when Witness replied that he did not a European Sergeant and a detec- Foothing Street say that and that that was a mis tive entered. Witness could not re- representation of his statement. cognise either of the men. At that Mr. Fraser explained that the time Ho Kiu was holding a bag, statement referred to was not an which was alleged to contain oplam, "opium." Witness said the sor official statement at all and need The Sergeant on entering said
His Lordship agreed that the geant left soon afterwards.. not have been produced at all. statement had not been proved at The case was adjourned until this
¡morning.
from him, laid it on the table and out and secured the money from left the cubicle. After a conversa- two friends, 350 from one shop and A gold chain as a present was tion with the detective, ha obtained 320 from Wong Fat.
The money was handed to the 850 from his mastor, and the de- mentioned ?-Yen.
Was the first defendant there 1-tective took him to the other shop detective, wrapped in a paper par
where he handed the money over. cel, but he refused to take it. He, prodused in Court by the Crown, That was the evidence of the man took witness to the Cheung Chan and Mr. MeNeill then asked wit who was liable to be accused of a shop, where they called to accased less, if he did not say that the from the foot of the stairs. Aceus. 850 was first offered to the detective serious crime.
"The next witness will be the ed came down and took the parcel who refused to accept it, saying he man who was in the cubicle at the containing the money. Witness saw must wait till the sergeant return- all.
Yes.
Most of the time he was lying on an opium divan 1-Yes,
Witness admitted that he had promised to find some more money.
The hearing was adjourned.
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