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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1936.
SMUGGLER'S REPERCUSSION
Officer Assaulted
Charged oefore Mr. Q. A. A. Mac- fadyen, at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with trepassing on the rails at the Kowloon-Canton Rall- way at Tsimshatsul on Tuesday, and with assaulting Kou Loe Ming, a Chinese Maritime Customs om- cer, LI Lum (36), a street coolie was convicted on both charges and was fined $15, or, in default, three weeks' hard labour on the first and sentenced to three weeks' hard la bour on the second, consecutivly.
According to the prosecution's story when was related by Detce- tive Sergt. Riddel complainant was on duty at Nos. 5 and 6 platforms at the Kowloon-Canton Railway Station at about 8.10 a.m., to see that no goods were put on the rain without duty being paid. He
MORE ARGUMENTS HEARD
Statement Admissable Or Not
The
FOUR MONTHS
FOR TEN CENTS Around the Courts
Larcency Charge
BANISHEES
Mr. Balfour at the ventral Police A 58-year-old widow, Wong Sul- Court yesterday to the theft of chi, was sentenced to six months' two motor jacks from car 1804, the Four months' imprisonment was hard labour by Mr. Macfadyen at property of Mr. N. S. Ellis, of the imposed by Mr. W. Schoteld at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday | A.P.C. The car was parked in Ro- the Central Magistracy yesterday for breach of a Deportation Order binson Rod and the jacks were on Yuen Wan, a 27 year-old coolie, dated March 13, 1934. by which, recovered from stall 52. In O'Brien ten Road, Detective Sergeant T wherein Tsang Kan of Reclamation Street, Mongkok, she had been banished for COSU
Cashman prosecuted. who was charged before him, with years. Defendant who was arrest allas Tsang Ting is charged with
the larceny of a 10 cent plece ed on Tuesday, pleaded that she armed robbery
continued
doctor named had no food and returned to Hong
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE of No. 38 Cen- Kong, so that her daughter could
The embezzlement of $1,210.68 yesterday at the Criminal Sessions
look after her. Chan Wo, 32, un- before Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden.
was alleged against Hong Yau-hi, 'Sergeant H. J. Baldwin stated employed, was also sentenced to
allas Hong Wu-hon, 39, salesman that the theft took place on Mon- six months' hard labour for a
of the On Lok Yuen Company, day near a cigarette stall in Cen- similar offence. He admitted hav-when he appeared before Mr. S. F tre Street. The accused was seen ing been banished for ten years
Was
Assistant Mr. E. H Williams, Attorney General, Instructed by i Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assistant Crown while Mr. Solicitor prosecuted. George She, instructed by Mr.
Peter H. Sin, appeared on behalf of the defendant.
The jury comprised of Messrs. . Graye (foreman), E. M. Ozorio. Edgar de Chang Szm-cliong.
G. A Cahffoy, Chen Kin-chor, Smith and Yu Foot-chin was not in court as the proceeding yester day consisted of legal arguments the prisoner's whether
as to
cheons.
the
saw defendant on the lines under one of the coaches trying to get two parcels, so he went across to
ake the things from the defen-statement was admissible or not.
It will be recalled that dant, who started to strike hun.
preliminary prisoner at the" Defendant picked up a stone and
the Police pummelled the Customs officer, examination held by and shortly after Mr. Gibbons had made a statement which later at the Kowloon. Court was denied. came up and defendant was ar- rested. The defendant had a plai- by him stating that he had been forced into this admission through form ticket but he was not entitled Logo on the permanent way. The having been struck with trun- defendant admitted to the police that the parcels had been put i the coach by him the previous day at Hunghom for a friend to take te Canton without duty being paid, Corroborative evidence was given by complainant and Mr. J. H. Gibbons, Chinese Marttine Cus- the toms Preventive Officer at Kowloon-Canton Railway Station,
Defendant stated that he was a travelling trader from Canton. He admitted that he went on to the lines to get two parcels from un- derneath a coach. He alleged that
when he was taken to the Station
of PEPS Master's Office at the railway Handyon he was assaulted by Mr.
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Gibbons, but, when questionéd, ad- mitted that he did not make a re- port of the incident at the police station because he had not been asked.
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OPIUM CASE
from Chinese Chan Shu On (15) tre Street.
come behind the latter and placed
friend of the complainant's, toon March 15 last year, his hand in a pocket of compjain- ant's jacket.
An alarm was immediately rais- Ed. and the defendant dropped a ten cent plece on the ground. "A the district watchman came on scene and arrested the accused.
Criminal records disclosed the fact that defendant had a prev- ious conviction for a similar of fence.
British Interest In Far East
JAPANESE ATTITUDE TO RUSSIA AND CHINA
London, Feb. 13,
·
ONUS ON CROWN Mr. Williams held that the onus rested on the Crown to show
Mr. E. M. Gull, who has recently re. whether the statement was yolun-
turned from a nine months' tour of try and that no threats. what-
China and Japan, yesterday explained ever had been made for the pro-
It to the Royal Central Asian Society at curation of that statement. was for the defence, he stated, to Burlington House the position in the
Far East as he sees it Crown wit- cross-examine the
He said that a few years ago it form of might have been said that with regard to Kaseis the Japan they were act- were acting on threats were made, and it was then, after the Crown witnesses had given evidence, for His Lord-
nesses to
show what
ship to rule whether the state-
ment
admissable
not. Was
or That was the usual practice and there was no reason for departing from it now.
Mr. She said that he felt that
It was impossible to adequately come to a fair and reasonable conclusion whether the statements by the accused were admissable
the defensive.
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CROWN RENT
Balfour at the Central Magis- tracy yesterday. The complainant, Cheung Kat-shing, managing di- rector, was represented by Mr." E.
while The manager of the Wing Tals. c. Brooks,
Mr. J. 'M.' Cheong Company, Ltd., of No. 375 D'Almada Remedios appeared for Lockhart Road, was summoned be- the defendant. The hearing was fore Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the fixed for March 9 at 2.30 p.m...ball Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for being allowed in $1,500. occupying Crown land at Yaumati
NON-REGISTRATION on February 22 without a permit.
Moon Tack-choy, 47, farmer, ap- Mr. G. J. Chambers, Senior Land Bailiff, P.W.D., asked his Worshippeared before Mr. Balfour, at the
to withdraw the Central for permission
Jesterday Magistracy summons as the rent of the land charged with (a) falling to regla- amounting to $1,800 had been paid. ter himself
at the Registration Office (b) allowing false informa
It was stated that Mr. C. A. Suther- ton Russ was on his way to Court.tion to be given when registering
and would represent the defendant, The summons was withdrawn.
A CLEAR RECORD Having a clear record, Lee Fook
bound on, 22, unemployed, was over when he pleaded guilty before
ROYAL NAVY
Mediterranean Defences
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(Special Service Correspondent)
"London, Feb. 15.
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It is notified in the icin Navy List for February that Rear-Admiral Ralph Leatham has succeeded Vice- Admiral H. J. S Brownrigg, C.B., D.S.O., in charge of the base defences in the Mediterra
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at the Tung Shan Hotel, and (c) failing to register himself Korean at the Tung Shan Hotel. On the application of Mr. A. R. 8. Major, A.D.C.L. (Special Branch), was remanded to March 9 on ball of $300.
AIR LINER MYSTERY
H.M.S. FURIOUS TO THE RESCUE
30 Reported Lost
ing on the offensive. He had had the opportunity of talking to two highly. placed Japanese official, one of whom had told him that it was necessary for Japan to get rid of Russian influence in Outer Mongolia and the other that the construction of new railway lines by Russia made it desirable for the Japanese to obtain strategical control China. The Russo- Japanese situation, in his opinion, was liable to lead to hostilities at any time.
With regard to the Sino-Japanese or not unt all the surrounding sitontion, they would have seen from der G. A. Garnons-Williams, D.Smorning that H.M.S. aircraft carrier
The Times that recent telegram 10 there had been indications that Japan was working for a financial separation we were the Chinese going to doi between North China and Nanking, He left China believing very strongly that the Chinese had made up their
Rear Admiral Leathamn was promo minds that at a certain point the Japaness zina inust be resisted. They ted on January 6, after comtounding bad come to the conclusion that it was the battleships, Vidiant and Ramillies. He was a member of the first term at po use attempting to arrive, at an
in 1927. agreement with Japan because the the Imperial Defence College in
wanted was
and afterwards commanded kind of agreement Japan
In 1931-
and
circumstances were in the hands of His Lordship
until His Lordship had heard the defen-
dant's version of what happened
he (Counsel) failed to see how Heroin As Substitute those surrounding circumstances
Wan Man-on, a seaman, (40), and two women appeared before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy yesterday on a charge of having in their possession 363 beroin pills at No. 3, French Street. third floor, on February 25. The frst defendant was also charged with having supplied heroin at that address between February 20 and 24.
Fi
Mr. Russ, appearing for the first defendant, said he was pleading guity as he understood the pro- secution were withdrawing the second charge against the defen- dant, and the charge against the two women.
Revenue Officer Grimmitt said that he had insufficient evidence against the first defendant on the Srst charge and would therefore withdraw
it together with that against the two women. The pills, he stated, were actually found in the flist defendant's wife's hand-
could in any way, be said to be in the hands of His Lordship.
The defence, he agreed, could have the opportunity of cross- examining the Crown witnesses, but what was crucial and relevant was that the defendant had no
been examined by the defence or cross-examined by the That issue was of particular im-
Crown.
portance to the present case view of the fact that the defen- dant, by the very nature of the case, was unable to produce wit resses other than those of the the Crown.
the His Lordship ruled that usuci procedure must be adhered
to and that the accused could
not be called.
CASES CITED
London, Feb. 14. The Admiralty stated early this R. O. Fitzitoy has succeeled Comman
Farious (2,420 pins) was steaming at on his staff, and Lieutenant Comman full spend from the Canary islands to der V. N. Surtees is performing the rescue an air liner which had crushed duties of staff officer (operations) into the Atlantic. Rear-Admiral Leatham's
secretary is
Thirty passengers were in the 'plane, Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander N. it was reported, when it dived into Y. Clay, who has succeeded Paymaster the son off Punta del Gada, near commander R. H. G. Franklin.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments wore made by the Admiralty yesterday :-- Lts.-G. T. Cooper, to Excellent (Feb. 17); and B. C. Durant, to Shore ham (undated).
Lt. (F)-O. W. Fay, to Actuates (undated).
Teneriffe.
Considerable mystery' surrounded the identity of the air liner. It was at first stated to be German, but the German authorities denied that they
SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS Wireless telephone messages re- ceived by "The Daily Telegraph" early this morning stated that craft of all descriptions are searching the sea for survivors.
A
gmphic description of this night drama of the sea was given to "The Daily
Telegraph from a liner hurrying to the scene in response to 803
Tessage
an
The Furioux is just ahead of us," officer stated. Our searchlight showa the columns of smoke from her funnels. as she races to the scene.
Cd. Gunners (7).-G. H. Disbery, to
Her searchlights are sweeping the Winchester, and T. Allen, to Vernon (Feb, 24); W. G. Swoith, to Norfolkens and we can distinguish several (Feb. 28); and H. Dean, to London other vessels both large and small-
making for the area in which the air. (March 9).
is said to have sunk. liner Gunner.-W. Barrett, to Hood (Feb.
"As I speak I can see the activity of lifeboats are being manned to set off to any wreckage that may be seen."
The Furious, under the command of [ an overriding agreement that China (sers Yarmouth and Durd the crnia operated any service over that part.
in the Canary Islands, when it picked would sign on the
College at Greenwich, Since
the
up SOS messages from the doomed requested to do te dotted line when as he was on the staff of the War Capt. A N. Dowding, was at Tenerifle.
What light did the situation in question of possible air attack raust Japan throw un Japanese policy in entet largely into the duties of his templane just before it crashed. China 1 Japan was a poor and densely post, it is interesting to recall that he populated country. It was necessary served in the Naval Air Division at for her to find additional employment the Admiralty in 1925-26. for something like 200,000 people by That could only be done annually finding industrial employment for. them, and that in its turn depended ou whether she could find markets for her manufactures. Her pressure upon Chinu therefore was being directed towards establishing such conditions us would assure ber of a very much larger share of the Chinese market than she bad bad in the past, and ensure that their Mr. Willams then quoted cases the Chinese should throw to show the ruling whether Judges energics into the production of the raw materials, notably cotton, required should or should not admit such
The situation in the Far East con- statements, after which he stated for Japanese industry.
closely. that the cerned this country very that on those grounds statement by the prisoner was indeed. Some of them might have voluntary and that no promises or read his letter in The Times of Tues-We. Engr.-T. B. Garnett, to Van- deck in the Furious. Pinnaces and threats were made by any in day quoting an extract from his diary of a conversation he had with a authority. No inducements were Foreign Office official in Tokyo, in necessary to make that confession which three phases of Japan's attitude
Mr. She contended that the towards Britain were
suspicion statement made by
the accused present phase being one of the to mank of Lt. (E) (seny, Feb. 18).
Cd. Engr.-C.J. H. Willcocks, placed opposed to the was inadmissable on three grounds, that Great Britain was o
be said, was a very unsatisfactory and namely, (1) because it was obtain spread of Japanese civilization. That on the Rotd. List (Feb. 3). ed by the pressure of authority dangerous feeling for Japan to enter (2) it was an answer by a man tain. This country had big interests in custody to a series of questions put to him by a person or persons in authority, and (3) because that Els information was that the statement was part of a larger, opium which could be bought statement and the larger state- legally was of such an awful ment was taken into His Lord- quality that people were obliged to ship's consideration, as it would find a better substitute and cop-in any case, under that statement siderable sympathy could be felt it was wholly, inadmissable, for these people who could not get a good quality of opium to smoke.
Mr. Schofield imposed a fine of $300, in default, three months hard labour, on the male defendant,
bag and this was in a drawer.
The defendant was a pill smoker and had been previously employed, as a saloon-boy un the Empress of Canada, and previous to which he had been on the Pacific Mall boats, the American Mall boats and the
Shinyo Maru.
Mr. Russ for the defence stated that there was no doubt that the pills were for the defendant's own
Else.
and discharged the two women
He further contended that If His Lordship was satisfied that there was reason to believe the truth of any one of those three contentions It would. Justify His Lordship in excluding that state- iment.
Mr. She then quoted cases in support of these contentions after which the hearing was adjourned unt 9.48 am to-day.
quisher (Feb. 20)....).
Promotion
Sab-Lt. (E).-E. J. Lo 9. Metcalfe,
Retirement
in the Far East. He would direct ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT their attention to the last paragraph of a letter from Lord Lothian, also in The Times of Tuesday. That gave the situation, in brief, in the Far hast as he saw it at present.
SUBMARINE EXPLOITS
Partner Charged.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Squadron Leader Hardman
(Special Service Correspondent) London, Feb. 15.) Squadron Leader J. D: I. Hardman, D.F.C., promoted in the February dist graduated at the Staff College last. An adjournment of one week year, and has been appointed for- duties with No. 23 Group. was granted by Mr. Q. A. A. Mac armament fadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy service began in 1816, at the yesterday in the case in which of 17, with the Artists Rifles and after London, Feb. 17.
Tsang Foo of No. 450 Portland training at Denham and Oord he. Submarine, exploits during the war street, ground floor is summoned wes graded flying officer, R.F.C., in are recalled by the promption of Bear Admiml C. F. Talbot, D.B.O., to the in respect of an alleged embezzle-July. In the following February he rank of Vice-Admiral on the retirement of $407.78 from Teang Foo joined No. 19 Squadron in France, and ment of Vice Admiral F.G. G. Chilton contractor's shop in which he was was decorated for his gallantry in his credit, Vice-Admiral Talbot, who was de a co-partner, between January 30, tying operations, in which he had,
soven hostile aircraft to He was demobilized in 1910, but re- corated for his services when in com 1935 and October 17, 1935.~|| mand of submarines in the North Sea Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for turned to duty with a short service. during the war, had the distinction of being the youngest flag officer in the complainant, Chan Kin-chun, commission in 1981 and was granted a the Service
of No. 25 Maple Street, second permanent commission in 1925 while, Ho WON promotion to the rank of door, and preferred an additional serving as Adjutant of, No. 3)
Squadron in India. Commander at the age of thirty for charge of embezzling $291.85
FOREIGN ATTACHMENT gallantry in the Heligoland Bight in against the defendant.
the Siamese 1914. He was in command of Sub-
Captain Defendant, pleaded that the first Sgt. T. G., MacKay who pro- marine E6, which, with E 8, was the Keen at the Kowloon Magistracy secuted, said, that he had traced first bont to penetrate into the Bight. Item was used for the firm, and the Military Air, Service will conclude tor was awarded the D.8.0. for second Item was drawn by him as day a fortnight's attachment to No. 1 yesterday charged with having re-a record of ave previous convice whila un patrol, the German salary and for travelling expenses School of Technical Training Haltem. Captain Natakse had previously been turned to the Colony after being tions and defendant was banian destroyer U. 196 in July, 1915,
Attached to No. 36 (Army Coopération) banished for 10 years.
from the Colony on September 11,
Squadron at Old Sarum, and to other Accused was arrested on Febru-1934. ary 23, while he was in Canton The case was remanded for fur
units at Hendon, Biggin Hill, and
Road Kowloon.
Tangmere.
BANISHEE CASE REMANDED
Chan Yau, (37), a returned banishee appeared before Mr. K.
P
ther evidence.
for the firm.
Vice Admiral Talbot was a member The case was adjourned for one of the courts-martin? which heard the charges arising out of the collision of week, and it was stated that a date the battle cruisers Hood and Renown. for hearing would then be fixed.
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