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A MOST PUZZLING CASE
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Sequel To Bowen Road Murder
A verdiet of "Murder by person or persons unknown" was returned at the Coroner's enquiry at Central Magistracy yeater- day into the death of Mabam med Din, Indian Special Guard No. 23, aged 36, who was found shot through the head in a cul- vert alongside Bowen Road on May ..
Mr. E. W. Hamilton sat as Coroner, assisted by a jury com prised of Messrs. M. H. Large. (foreman), S.S. Sequeira and Chap Kin Kung.
Dr. D. Pringle, medical off- cer in charge of Victoria Mortuary said that at 9.15 am. on May 23 he performed a post-mortem ex- amination on the deceased who was about 36 years of age Death ́occurred
about. cighteen to twenty-four hours previous to his examination..
The Coroner at this stage re- marked that it seemed incrediable what the bullet could be found in the culvert as the deceased was said to be shot on the road.
Deceased joined the force from India on July 22, 1930 and bis character was good. During the four years he had only once been
The cause of death was a gun-reported and that was in regard to his shaving improperly while going on duty.
shot wound on the head and laceration of the brain.
In his opinion the wound could not be self inflicted, and the minimum distance where the bullet was red would be about u foot from the back of the head.
Sergeant J. E. Scott, police armourer, testified that he ex- amined the bullet and found that it was engraved on one side with.. rifling markings. He compared the bullet with that of a 38 Smith and Wesson revolver and found that they were the same.
Dr. Pringle, on being recalled. said that the skull was an aver- age one, not unusually thick nor unusually thin.
Dragged By The Shoulder After Sergeant Alam Khan had deposed of deceased's duties on the day of the tragedy, Detective Sergeant D. Fitches, who was in charge of the Investigations. gave evidence. He aald that at about 3 p.m. on May, 22, he went to Bowen Road at a spot about half. a mile from its junction with Stubbs Road. He saw a number of soldiers and police there. There was a stone water culvert running underneath the road. He saw a trail of blood commencing about the centre of the road and carry ing on into the culvert. The blood strains were fairly fresh at the time. He looked over into the culvert and saw the feet of a bo- licenian, who he afterwards found to be deceased, protruding out of the mouth of the culvert. The body was lying on its back. The right hand was laid across
the
said that in the course of the in- In reply to the Coroner, witness quiries,
an individual who was seen in Kennedy Road on the day of the crime, was detained but was eventually released.
The Summing-Up
In his summing-up, the Coroner informed the fury that their first duty was to find the cause of death, in this connection, he said, the had been very clear on the sub- jury had no difficulty as the doctor
ject There was no doubt whatever that the deceased led from a gunshot wound. The jury would then have to consider what type of death the man had. The doc- tor had said that he thought the wound himself and on that, the man could not have inflicted the
jury could exclude the question of suicide. The verdicts remain- Ing for the jury to return were therefore murder or manslaughter. The facts were so scanty, said the Caroper, that he did not the jury would be able to find that manslaughter had taken place. It was, however, open to the jury
they thought that the man was to return a verdict of murder if
killed by some person. I how- ever, the jury considered that the man was found murdered and there was no evidence as who mur- dered him it would be their duty person or persons unknown. The to return a verdict of murder by
jury was aware that some person had been detained in police en-
think
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY,
NOISE ON THE
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LUK HOI TUNG
CASE
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Petition To Wind Up Withdrawn
SEPTEMBER 13, 1934.
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Mr. and Mrs. 8. R. Shields and their son John. left for Hong Kong"by the Cremer last Tuesday. Mr. Shields will take a short and will return to
Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton yos- "My instructions are not to pro-vacation terday.
three well-known local ceed further on this petition. The Swatow. Mrs. Shields will take up sportsmen, Messrs. G., W. Sewell, petitioner is satisfied, after
due temporary residence in Hong H C. Meeke and A L. Sullivan enquiries made in the adjourn Kong, to enable John to attend were summoned for committing a ment, that he himself Can gain school for six months, after which nuisance at 286 The Peak at 1243 no benefit from a winding-up or- the family will be going on home am, on August 31 by making order," said Mr. H. G. Sheldon yes leave. permitting & noise calculated to terday when the adjourned hear, tranquility. disturb or interfere with public ing of the application for a wind- ing up order against the Luk Hol or General of Police prosecuted tinued.
Mr. T. H. King. Deputy Inspec-Tung Company was due to be con- and Mr D. B. Evans appeared for the defendants.
Mrs. M. H. Varn and daughters Jean- and Betty, also left on Tuesday for Hong Kong from where Jean will leave for Shang- hai to rejoin her school. Mrs. where she will join her daughter. Sadkowsky left for Shanghái of Vera, who left a couple of weeks
Ago,
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Mr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by Mr. G. 9. Hugh-Jones, Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist, ap- peared for petitioner who was opposed by the Company. by the save the Luk Hoi Tung from 1-omcers and for other business. Man Chuen Co., Ltd. (formed to club was held last week to elect A General Meeting of the Kialat
quidation last year) and by 32 Five debentures were drawn for unsecured creditors.
redemption the holders being, Mr McLorn, Captain Hope, Standard O Co., and Mr. R. Ramsey, who
have Was lucky enough to name drawn twice.
Mr. Evans pleaded not gullty" on behalf of the defendants and asked for an adjournment. there were a number of complain
Mr. Hamilton said he presumed ants and Mr. King replied that he
and continued until 1.15. a.m. at that the noise began at 9.15 p.m. was one of them. He also said
Big Concern varying intervals. The case would
Mr. F. C. Jenkn, R.C.. Instruct- never have been brought if theed by Mr. D. B. Evans, of Messrs. defendants had paid regard to two Johnson, Stokes, Master! repre- police warnings, one on the nightsented the opponents. in question and one on a pre- vious occasion,
Mr. Evans asked that the names of the complainants be made known in Court, but Mr. King said he was not prepared to indicate
them.
The Luk Ho Tung was stated to be a three million dollar con- cem holding enormous leasehold property in the Colony and em- bodying the life savings of thou sands of overseas Chinese.
Its collapse, as Mr. Jenkin point The hearing was adjourned antiled out, would have brought ruin 2.30 p.m. on September 21.
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The cross-examination of Chan Chik-ting at an earlier sitting was featured by such reluctance in answering questions that the Local Radio fans are having Court Interpreter. Mr. Ng Chat- much trouble in good reception wing, protested to his Lordship due to Interference from local that he could not bear the strain sending stations whose signals of repeated interrogation when appear all over the dial on both London, Sept. 11.
the witness was obviously pretend- long and short wave, the total ordinary revenue for the
Exchequer returns show that ng that he could not understand.
Stations being received with After Mr. Sheldon's announce- satisfaction, except for the above financial gear,
to ment, Mr. F. C. Jenkin asked for interruption, include Hong Kong, September 8, and excluding self- the petition, to be dismissed with Shanghal, London, Parts Berlin, balancing Items, amounts to costs, which the Chier Justice Bandoeng, Findover. Bydney and £246,358,069. At September 9 last agreed to.
Moscow. year the revenue collected amounted to £250,428,045.
current
Both in regard to inland revenue and customs and excise, receipts for the current year exceed the figures of he corresponding date of 1833.
week was £9,352,791 and expend- "Ordinary revenue collected jast
ture Incusred was £10.520,833.
Total ordinary expenditure to
CINEMA BUSINESS IN BRITAIN
A
Remarkable Expenditure For Admission.
The foreign community was greatly upset last Saturday morn- ing to hear of the accidental death of Mr. 6. L. Saharian, who re- presented Mallouk Bros. (of New York) in Swatow,
Mr. Sabakian had been ti the habit of spending the nights at Masu, along with several intimate friends, and went down as usual on Friday evening. After dinner he had gone up to the top of the at the British Association meeting semaphore
London, Sept. 11. Figures relating to the cinema-
left hand was bent at the elbow quiries which, however, resulted in i date is £297,745 041. Last year atograph business in Britain, given hill, and in walking around the
the fingers resting on the should- er. He formed the opinion that the body had been, dragged by the shoulder from the middle of the road and then dumped into the culvert,
Decease was dead and
the body was quite warm. It was at once noticed that deceased's revolver was missing from the "hoister as well as his ammunition. An extensive search was made but these could not be found.
Continuing, Sergeant Fitches said that from the amount of blood it was obvious that the de- ceased had been shot on the road itself. The buckle of the belt was unfastened and the turban was unfolded and cast on the ground near the body. Deceased's clothing was not disarranged at all ex- cept the shirt which was partly pulled up. This might have been caused by the dragging of the body. His lanyard was in post- tion on the right shoulder but it
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had been severed by some sharp instrument Deceased had. metal wrist watch on his left hand, and it was still going when he examined the body. After the body had been removed he made a further search of the spot and found a pencil and a bullet which had been expanded.
his release. This however, sald the Coroner had nothing to do
with their duties as they were here to consider only the evidence put before them. There were not concerned with theories
"Not. Secreted"
"I think you will agree with me" concluded the Coroner, "that the case was a most puzzling one. but seems almost certain that the man was shot by someone he knew or by someone he had no reason to be afraid of. I would remind you that the watch was going at the time of his death. But tha again was in the realm of theories. The fact that you find a verdict of murder by person or persons unknown, will not mean, as some people seemed to think, that the case will be secreted away. These things are always kept in the minds of the Police, and you have heard the evidence of the re- volver. It is possible that at any time the revolver may turn up and the case may come up again." The jury then retired to consi- der their and after ten minutes they returned a verdict of Mur- der by person or persons un- known" and added that the cause of death was a gunshot wound. ́ ́
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the corresponding date it was £293,244,790. British Wireless.
GERMAN DEBTS TO
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Instalment Payment Proposal
London, Sept 11.
The Federation of Master Cotton Spinners Association in Manches- Ler to-day received the report of Bir George Holden and other members of the delegation which has just returned from Berlin. where discussions took place re- garding the settlement of out- standing
debts. amounting to £267 000, owed to Lancashire firms by German importers.
Thursday to try and elucidate any The meeting adjourned until points which came under discus- sion.
The Press were Informed that the Germans offered liquidation of overdue accounts in sterling by interest on the overdue. twelve monthly instalments and
It was further stated that the delegation had no doubt that these
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If all the tickets are sold the first prize will be $42,000.
The Plenie Bay Stakes is the seventh race on the programme for September 22.
an aeroplane chassis combining sidis and wheels, invented by a plot Schwartz. An airplane equip- ped with this chassis will be able to take off from a snowfield using its sklis and land on wheels after wards or vice versa vice versa
signal, missed his at Aberdeen to-day, 'revealed that footing and fell on the inside of the public paid £40,200,000 for the old Fort where the signal is admission to British cinemas 1st located, death resulting from a year the entertainment tax re- fractured skull, Burial took place venue amounting to £6,700,000. in the Kakchich Foreign Cemetery of 476 Imported films registered on Saturday and the large gather- for distribution in Britain during ing of Foreign and Chinese re the year, remittances to the United sidents testlied to the esteem in States in respect of 330 of them, which he was held. representing 90 to 95 per cent, of the value of the total imports, amounted to £5,300,000- British Wirdess.
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The Community take this op- portunity of expressing their sym- pathy to his relatives at home to whom such tragic news of one so far away from them, will be a terrible shock...
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
The 88 Somail (P. and 0. Line), left Shanghai for this Port on the 11th instant at 4 pm, and is due here on the 14th bastant at about 6 am.
Capetown--Passage Hong Kong. Pacific Steamships,
The Empress of Asia (Canadian Limited), arrives 22/0.
left Vancouver for Hong Kong, vis Japan ports and Shang- Bridgewater-Shanghai salls for day) am. Due at Hong Kong on Weihaiwei 26/9.
the 28th September (Wednesday): Folkestone-Passage Hankow ar-Due to leave for Mantis on the rives 13/9 sails 10/10 for Hong 27th September: (Thursday) p.m. Kong.
Falmouth-Weihaiwel, Grimsby--Passage Singapore ar
roade from current and future ex- port business and the German re-rives 23/10. presentatives declared it was 'ab- solutely essential that, immediate- ly after the signing of the agree ment, delivery of yarn to Germany should be recommenced. British Wireless,
WELSH COAL STRIKE TO BE AVERTED
It is now generally believed that
London, Sept. 11.
the threatened strike in the South Wales. coalfields will be averted. the owners having expressed will- ingness to refer matters in sprite
The new chassis was tested unto an arbitration board of three. der various conditions of ground in or more entirely independent per- the airport (snow covered ground, sons to be selected by ten omcials sift snow. melting snow dry, and named or by any organised pro- muddy ground, etc.) and the result Tessional organisation such as the in each case proved satisfactory. Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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Rainbow Welhalwel sailed 11/9 for Hong Kong.
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Orpheus-Welhalwet zalled 11/9
Phoenix Weihaiwel Otus Weihaiwel.. Olympus--Welhaiwel, Odin.--Welhafwer. Perseus-Welhalwel..
Pandora Wethalwel. Proteus Welhalwel, Parthian-Welhaiwet. Oswald-Hong Kong. Osiris-Hong Kong. Bruce-Wetbalwel
The Empress of Japan (Cana dian Pacific. Steamships. Limited). arrived at Shanghai отп the same day at 10.00 pm due at Hong Kong on the 14th Septem ber. (Friday) at 5.00 pm and leaves Hong Kong for Manila on the 15th September (Saturday) at 4.00 am.
The mv. Silverteak from New York sailed from Los Angeles 20th August and is expected here on or about 17th September.
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