CONCERN FOR CHILDREN
Convicted Man's Appeal To Puisne Judge
"The thought of losing my wife and children after až 'these\ years of married lie and all the expenses and trouble which I have gone through, with ruin facing me in the face prompted me: to do the act,” so said Wong Hop a 33 year old grass cutter when charged before Mr. Justice Lindsell at the Criminal Sex- sions yesterday with (a) wounding with intent and (b) malie- iously wounding his wife Nr Sheung. 26.
Mr. W. J. Lockhart Smith, assistant, Crown Solicitor, SD- peared for the Crown, and the following comprised the jury: Messr. A. V. Kinchen. (foreman), R. Nazarin, Thẩm Kha-hans. P. D. Xavier, Wat Passin, Ip Hang-fong and Loung Tsal.
RXOSS
The trouble it was alleged by the prosecuting counsel' through poverty in the family. The accused had been without employment and the complainant had to work to supplement the family's coffer: The money so derived proved insufficient and the accused then suggested that one of the two children should be sold. Upon the wife refuzing to such a proposal the accused, it was alleged attacked the wife with meat chopper and inflict-
ed many wounds.
The accused's story was a com- pletë denial of the abcve facts but retaliated by saying that the wife was on the point of leaving him with the children another man,
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tions with 30 Luk he took her back with the hope that she would reform. The thought of their 10 years married life and their two children made him forgive her the first time. He had no inten- tion of hitting her. "It all came i a sudden "rage when she want- ed to leave' him.
WOMAN TO BLAME
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1935
THE NEW AIR MARSHAL
Sir Cyril Newall
"(Special Air Mall Service)
London, July 2 Among the half-yearly, promo- tions in the Royal Air Force announced by the Air Ministry at the week-end are the following. with effect from July 1:-
General Duties
Branch.--Atr Vice-Marshal to be Air Marshal-- Cyril Louis Norton Newall, KCB
Air Commodore to be Air Vice- Cave- Marshal-Henry Meyrick
| Browne-Cave, D.S.O.
Group Captains to be Air Com- modores-John Charles. Quinnell, D.F.C... Andre Adolphe Walser. M.C.; Lionel Douglas Dalzell M'Kean, John Stanley Travers
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Bradley. William Sholto Douglas. M.C..
A. PIONEER PILOT
ANTI-PIRACY SQUADS
How The Searches Are Made
The exact procedure adopted by the Water Police in sending anti-piracy search squads to board all out-going vessels from Hong Kong, was given by Sub-Inspector LE. Whant at the Kowwon' Magistracy yesterday afternoon, when Captain W. B. Patey of the Douglas Steamship Company vessel "Halching" was charged before Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones with the following offence,. name- ly, "being the master of a ship required to be searched under the Suppression of Piracy regulation did commence z voyage'at' a time not previously, notified to, and not approved by the Hon. I. G, P., 455 pm on July 24
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Sergeant Davitt had charge of the case for the prosecution. while Mr. O. E. C. Martiny appeared for the defence. Mr. C. L. Farmer, Secretary of the Douglas S.S, Company, was also present In Court.
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Stating that the anti-piracy | search squads were under his con- trol, Sub-Inspector Whant införm- ed the Court that a squad composed" of thirty Chinese constables, two sergeants, four female searchers, and two European, ser-
Air Vice-Marshal "Newall, who received a Knighthood in the lance Jubilee Honours List, was appoint- ed to the Air Council in January as an additional member.
So Luk coolte employed by the P.W.D. stated that his wages is He has a distinguished, service $14.40 per month. In May be re-record, and is one of four officers commended the complainant to on the active list of the RAF
who took their pilots certificat as long ago as 1911. After serving in the Army he joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1914, commanding a brigade' in the war. Ke awarded the Albert Medal for conspicuous gallantry in 1916, and was three times' mentioned in despatches.
work at 183 Reclamation Street on the request of the accused. Subsequently at that address be had co-habitation with her: It Was to go "to
the woman hersel who prompted him to the dead. He was unaware MEDICAL EVIDENCE
whether accused had knowledge of this or not, That the complainant had
Lordship: If you commit ad- many as 20 wounds on her handsultery with a married woman you and head when admitted to bes-do not care whether the woman s pital, but which were not of a husband know or not?-It was serious nature, was the medical the woman herself who asked me evidence" given by Dr. G. V. A.
do such a thing; I did not ask Grimth.
Pressed further witness ad- | mitted that the accused had no kricwledge of the affair.
Describing the wounds the doc- tor said that they were from one to two inches in length, some of which had extended to the bone. Those wounds might have been inflicted with a meat chopper.
Cross examined by, the counsel witness said that he did not think the wounds were caused by great force. The complainant was at no time in danger of losing her
life.
COMPLAINANT'S STORY Chiring evidence the complain- ant stated that she was asked to co-habit with one Sc Luk and upon refusing to do so ber hus band suggested that they should sell one of their children,
On the morning of assault, that Is-May 29, the accused asked her "to go and borrow money but up: on being told that she did no know of anybody who would lend her money he lost his temper and attacked her..
her
Summing up His Lordship said that there were tween the two counts on which the
differences be
case of wilful intent the essence prisoner stood arraigned. In the of the offence, is a wicked, dell- berate intention to cause grievous bodily harm, but hand it might be said that though the other
there was no intent, the man was held responsible for the chopper attack..
On
FIT OF ANGER
was no
It had been shown that there
premeditation blow struck was in a fit of anger. and the
his Lordship then reviewed the evidence. As regards the accused' Luk. If the jury belleved him then story which was corroborated by So they should return a "not guilty" verdict on the major charge and to find him guilty on the second her
charge, only.
These were two stories told and
Accused cross-examining elicited the fact that she had, co- habited with So Luk but only on the accused's request as she was previously assaulted by him when she refused. She, however, .ad- mitted taking the children away with her.
UNWRITTEN LAW The accued had appealed to the unwritten law but such. a thing does not exist in Hong Kong. The accused's reliance on the unwr!!- ten law is no defence and the Evidence was, then given by attacks though sudden
were not District Watchman 103, Detective premediated. Sergt. Franklin and Foo Yuk The complainant had about 30 Ching, Sergt. Interpreter at the wounds on her and the doctor's Yaumati Police Station after evidence showed that they were which the accused elected to make not deliberate wounds. This evid- his statement from the witnessence was somewhat in the accus- box.
ed's favour and therefore he could THREATENED TO LEAVE only be held guilty of the lesser Wong Hop, the accused describ-charge and not the major. ed himself as a grass cutter, Giy- After a brief retirement the ing his version of the incident jury returned a "verdict of gulity" the accused said that on the on the second charge and the ac- morning of May 29 his wife got up cused was sentenced to sbxx earlier than usual and woke the months' hard labour. children up. She asked them to The accused enquired of the dress and she wanted to leave the Court what was to become of his house with the children. He children. He said that his wife pleaded with her but to no avall. was not fit to take cafe of thein "According to her actions and and his Lordship assured the ac- movements she did not recognise cuised that the matter would be me as her husband, so in the heat referred to the 8.0.A.
of the moment I attacked her with the chopper not caring then
to treat her as my wife."
STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES
Was
gents.
All shipping companies are. by law, compelled to state the time! and place of sailing. On receipt of such notice, a squad boards the ship one and a half to two hours before the time of sailing. if possible.
CHANGE OF TIME After receipt of the original notification, another communica- tion, in writing or verbally, would be accepted provided it were given' within a reasonable time. If the search squad was already on the harbour or on its way to a ship. it would be recalled by messages Vice- from the 'Water Police Station..
After the war he became Chief Stef Officer for the South- Eastern Area and Deputy Director of Personnel at the Air Ministry.
He was promoted Air Marshal in January, 1930.
If the squad on boarding a ves- NEW AIR VICE-MARSHAL sel were informed verbally. by a Air Commodore H. M. Cave- responsible officer that the ship Browne-Cave was in command of could not possibly sail in the the Far East flight of four flying stated time, this squad would be boats which left England in Octo- faken away to search another vês- ber, 1927, for Singapore and after-sel and would return later to carry Hong Kong and back, a distance wards few round Australia to out it's duties.
of over 27,000 miles. He was the 1931 became, Director of Technical fret Commanding Officer, and in
Development at the Air Ministry.
Group Captain M'Kean was 3 prisoner in Germany from 1915 to March, 1918, but managed to return home in time for the forma-teken. tion of the R.A.F
If however there were other ships Group Captain Walser was to be searched immediately, and
Captain Quinnell has specialised squad would be placed on board Squadron commander of the Royal the delay in sailing was only a Flying Corps in the war. Group short while, a constable
of the
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in navigation, and was in com- mand of the School of Naval Co- operation at Lee-on-Solent from 1931-1934.
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HONG KONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION
.. At
the special request of the Council of the above' Association. the Hong Kong Broadcasting Com- mittee have kindly consented, it the programme and time allows,
to re-broadcast a short extract of the shooting of the final stage of HM the King's Prize at Bisley, to-
morrow (Saturday)
As the shooting starts at 3 pm.
between 11 pm, and midnight in (B.S.T.) the relay should be heard,
Hong Kong.
FALL FROM TREE
A Chinese lad 14 years of age, Government Civil Hospital in an was removed yesterday to the
unconscious condition, as a result of a fall from a tree.
If the captain of the ship where the search had been completed, in- the search party, that his vessel formed the sergent in charge of
would säll some fifteen minutes later than the stated time, and providing there were no other boats to be searched, no action would be
at the gangway.
"Haiching" was composed of flour The cargo being loaded on the
and iron rods."
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"CAPTAIN'S EVIDENCE
that all efforts were made to ex- Captain Patey in evidence said
pedite the loading of cargo. "One could not say with certainty how long it would take to load. I can- not say how quickly these coolies work. It depends on how they feel".
Under theircumstances, witness said that it was quite impossible to say with any certainty, whatso- ever, how long it would take to load a ship.
DISCHARGED WITH CAUTION
Mr. A. Petrie, Chlef Officer of the "Hatching" quite candidly said that he saw no reason at the time for telling the Police earlier that the ship would not be able to sail on time.
Stating that this reply rather shocked him the Magistrate re- marked that he thought it was the source of all the trouble.”
Mr. Martin, defending counsel techanical offence. He explained rose stated that they admitted a
however that the last witness had only been with the Company for one month and therefore may not quainted with the regulations in have known. or been well as question.
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After some deliberation, the Ma gistrate discharged Captain Patey. with a' caution.
AN APOLOGY
And One Thousand Rupees
Matara Ceylon).
THREE VESSELS SEARCHED Continuing, Sub-Inspector Whant said that in the event of three ships salling in close proximity of each other, the squad would search the ship with the least passengers first, and a man would be posted A settlement has been arrived on board, and the squad would at in the case in which Dr.:0. E. then split up into two sections to A. 8. B. Panlickpulle, LRCP. and search the remaining vessels.
3. (Edin.), LFP. and "S8 (Glas),' On the day in which the offence House Surgeon of the Civil Hog- occured, the, earch squad boarded pital, Matara, sued Mr. G. A. the s.s. "Sing Klang" which sal-Jayawardene, Registrar of Lands, ed at 2 p.m. the as "Paul Dou- Matara, for damages in Rs. 20,- merge" which salled at 3.15 pm. 600 for falsely and maliciously and three other vessels were all making statements to several searched after the ss. "Haichina" people including Mr. 8. H. Wars: salled, at seven, eight and nine the then A.G.A., Matara. o'clock respectively.
Before closing his evidence, wit- ness said that when a ship delavs for any length of time, the Master of the vessel in question is served with instructions of the regulations relating to the offence, for which a signed receipt from the Master is obtained.
The case which came up for trial before Mr. C. E de Pinto, District Judge, was settled on the defendant apologising to the plaintiff in: Court and promising to pay Rs. 1,000.
Mr RL Pérelta, K.C., assisted by Mr. H. A Kottegods, and in- structed by Mr. T. F. Paulickpulle, appeared for the plaintif
TWO CHANGES
Mr. N. E Weerasooriya, assisted Sergeant G, N. Davitt then save by Mr. 8. 8. Jayawickreme, and The unfortunate boy, whose evidence, He said that on July Instructed by Mr. E. P. Wijetungs, name 18 Tai Leung. of No. 8 he was with the squad and he re-appeared for the defendant. The Belchers Street, was bird-nesting ceived a notification that the sa case was called about 11.30a.m. at the time in the vicidity of the "Halching" was lying off Yaumati and the issues were framed when Fire Brigade Station, when he Bay and would be leaving at 3 the Cours adjourned for lunch. missed his footing and fell heavily p.m. The searching squad boarded On resumption after lanch the to the ground,
this vessel at 1,40 p.m. and comparties had arrived at a settle- pleted their search at 2.55 pm. ment and a motion was Aled for
He saw the Chlef Officer who in the withdrawal or the case. formed him that the ship would sall at 4. p.m., but at 3,20 pm, the Captain boarded the ship and said that would not sax until 5 pm.
The Halching" actually salled at 4.65 pm, that day.
Paul
WOMAN'S SUICIDE
"AFTER TEN YEARS" Continuing accused said "the thought of losing my wife and children after all these years of married life and all the expenses
(Special Air Mall Service) and trouble which I have gone
London, July 2 through with rula facing me in In his preface to "Man and the A gruesome discovery was made the face prompted me to do the Machine, which is published to early yesterday, when the inmates act in a moment of rage. It is day, Mr. Priestley attacks the of No. 55 Des Voeux Road, Central most unthinkable that a woman economists and politicians He recond floor, found a woman As a result, the 3.8. who la corried to a man for over declarea that half the troubles, of named Wat Chuen, hanging from 10 years should do such a dis our time are due to the fact of these the cross plecs of a bed-stead in graceful thing. I do not know experts being years behind the in- | one of the rooms. about the custom of the foreign.ventors and engineers. ers towards their wives Chinese would do anything but that
Doumerge" was delayed ten min- utes in her salling time, but do objections were raised by the skip The Police were at once com per of this vessel. Mr. E. F.M. Durbin, however,municated with and a thorough but who puts the economist's view in investigation was carried out
this industrial symposium does not Na foul play
SQUALLY DAY
take this lying down,
The accused further said that he was ignorant of the laws here and was unaware what he did was right or wrong. He acted according to the Chinese lay hav ing ng knowledge of the English
BUDDEN, RAGE
examined accused said that when he found out her rela-
He claims that economists are not always wrong. They prophesied
(1) The dangers of our return to the Gold Standerd in 1998;
(8) The world recovery which he holds is now taking place,
NO COSTS
At the request of Mr. B. L Fereira, O., the judge read out the terms of the motion, which were as follow
The parties having arrived at a settlement, the defendant ex- presses his regret and apologises to the plaintif for any statements made by him concerning plaintiff and for the pain of mind caused to him thereby, pays a sum of suspected as The day in question was very Rs 1,000 to the plaintiff and the circumstances indicate that the squally said. witness and bead- plaintiff withdraw unfortunate woman took her own mitted that the Chief Officer had out esther belt with which she hang operations had been lifa, by means of utilising a informed him, that the loading
hereell
The, discovery was made at 12.48 He gide that mady economiste in the afternoon. Deceased predicted the depression.SON is said to have been
Biri Arnold Wilson, who writes lately by family trouble. presumably for the politicians, I is wife of Keung Chuen also able to stand up for himself. employed in an European
ing the morning and early ("after" noong han til at sys
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