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CYCLIST'S DEATH RECALLED Lorry Driver To Stand Trial
A charge of manslaughter or an alternative charge of dangerous driving was preferied against Av Chor.
yesterday orry driver when he appeared before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magis- tracy.
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Mr. E. H. Williams was for the prosecution while the prisoner was undefended.
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'NO DOGS LICENCES Mr. H. Goldenberg of No. 19 Charged with fighting in Jubliee Humphries Building was fined $10 Street two fish stall tekis, Chol on summons for not having - Tak-him, 25, and Wong Hul-king, when they cences for two dogs, when he ap 26, were bound over peared before Mr. Q. A. A. Mac-appeared before Mr. Balfour at the fadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy Central Magistracy yesterday. Sub- yesterday. The defendant inform Inspector Mist sald first accused he had went up to second defendant on ed the Magistrate that since obtained the mecessary - Wednesday and asked for the re- turn of $2 which he alleged he had centes
given second accused to take to The his mother in the country. mother had written and sald she had not received any remittance. Second defendant alleged that first defendant asked him to
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AVOIDING PAYMENT
For avoiding payment of care on a motor bus, an unemployed man, Lo Kit (29) was fined $10 or, in
At a previous hearing the pro- secuting officer charged the accu- sed in being negligent in his driv-default, 14 days' imprisonment at Ing. in that when he was about to the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. overtake the tram in Electric Sergeant Ellis said that the ac- cused boarded the bus near the Street on March 13 he did not ex-
Nathan erose enough caution by not look- Alhambra. Theatre
there Road, and nodded his head when ing ahead to see whether
for his asked by the conductor was any trame coming. The de-
fare. He intimated that he bad ceased was riding a bicycle on the
ticket, but right alde of the road and when forgotten his season he the deceased) observed the on- when taken to the office, of the motor-bus company, it was found coming, lorry he waved his hand.
that he did not possess one. EVIDENCE CORROBORATED Corroboration or the Crown's opening statement was forthcom- ng at yesterday's proceedings when Li Wun, motormar. of Tram No, 73, which was stationary at the time of the accident. about 9:40 alm. on March 13, at the tram stop to the west of Fuk Yuen Street. stated that he first noticed the de- ceased riding on a bicycle about three feet from the side of the wali and was on the correct side of the road with his hands on the handle The cyclist was approaching him and was about 30 yards" in front when the lorry passed the tram on the right side and struck
The the cyclist.
deceased Was thrown from his machine and was front of the dragged along in lorry.
bar.
Evidence was also given by the deceased's wife, Man Mul, who was called to the Station and informed of the affair, while Chan Ying She, 'nterpreter at the Bay View Police Station stated that when the at- cused was charged he said "I have nothing to say."
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Chau Hing-kce, aged 28, a men- dicant, was sent to gaol for ten: days when he admitted begging in" Des Voeux Road Central near Pot tinger Street on Wednesday, be- fore Mr. Balfour at the Central The theft of three articles of Police Court yesterday. Defendant jewellery and $20 in cash, formed was alleged to have laid himself down outside the Asia Company, the basis of a charge against an 18- and to have made himself a gen-year-old youth, named Mok Wing eral nuisance. He had also pre-Kee, unemployed who appeared
the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at
Detective Sergeant Forrest pro- secuted and said that the theft occurred on April 5
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION Tsang Fong (25) unemployed was fined $50 or. in default one tended that he could not walk. A month's imprisonment at the Kow-widow, Tai San, aged 67, charged loon Magistracy yesterday for unwith begging at Upper Glenealy. lawful possession of a brown lea- was cautioned. ther hand bag. Inspector Chester- Woods said that the accused was arrested in Tam Kung Road near Tsing Lung Street.
Accused at the station said that he had obtained the bag from the taaster of a drainage contractor's shoy, but this statement proved to be untrue. Accused later said that in June last year, a friend and he hud snatched the bag from a Chinese woman in Waterloo Road. 8 Railway Bridge. His Hear No. friend gave him 20 cents and the hand bag as his share of the pro- ceeds.
The hand bag is at present ly- ing in the Kowloon City Police Station awaiting a claimant,
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ILLEGAL DISTILLERY Charged in connection with the Traffic Sergeant Clarke gave evrunning of a distillery at No. 253 dence regarding the state of the Kee Laing Street, four Chinese, one lorry and the exam nation
of whom was a woman made re~ marks. The made of the skid
manded appearances before Mr. brakes, he said, were very goud and the lorry, which was a Ford. was lcensed to go at 15 m.p.h. On the roadway were two parallel skid
six inches
marks about 34 feet long. He tasted the brakes and at 30 m.p.h. the car pulled up at 40 feet and when driving at 27 m.p.i. It pulled up in about 35 Leer.
Acting Sub Inspector Madgwick stated that when.the accused re- ported the matter at the Police Station he saw the deceased and had him removed to the hospital...
DEFENDANT'S VERSION
A. A. Macfadyen at the Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday. The accused were: Cheung Luk, (69) widow, Tsang Tat Tung (26) un- employed, Lee Chik Ting (19) tall- or, and Miu Kat (23) unemployed. Faur charges were laid against all the accused which included run- ning a distillery without a licence, possession of fermenting material, and possession of dutiable spirits.
Second accused, Tsang Tat Tung was discharged.
ed.
Revenue Officer O'Neill prosecut-
Fines totally $450 or, in default, four months' imprisonment were imposed on the first and fourth
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BANISHEES
The accused then went into the Box and stated that just prior tu the accident when the deceased was three or four feet beyond the accused. rear of the tram, he (deceased) suddenly put up his right hand and swerved towards the lorry. To
A returned banishee, Chan Sing. hád also LO avold him witness
aged 66, was sentenced to twelve swerve and in doing so they collid-
months' hard labour by Mr. W. ed. That morning he stated, the Schofield at the Central Police ground was rather damp as the Court yesterday for disobeying the. weather was quite foggy. The ac- order. He was banished on Novem- eldent was due to the ignorance of ber 20 last for ten year. the cyclist to the traffic regula-Yau, aged 30, was sentenced to nine months hard labour" on a similar charge.
ilons.
Mr. Williams: Were you anxi- ous to get back as quickly as possi- 'ble?
Prisoner: No.
What speed were you doing? Fifteen or sixteen talles an hour Why were you not able to pull up, your intention. was not to rass the tram?
I was beginning to pull up when the cyclist put up his hand. Then he swerved and I swerved.
You have heard in evidence that the there were marks made by cycle for a distance of 35 feet?
The road was damp that morn- ing and that accounts for the length of the marks.
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In answer to further questions defendant stated that he was dir- ectly behind the tram and that when the cyclist came from be- bind he (defendant) swerved the right to avoid him, but he then swerved back again to the left.
not Mr. Williams: Were you prepared for the tram stopping?
Defendant: I did not know that the tram was going to stop.
I put it to you that you were going at 25 or 30 miles an hour.
No, not so fast as that I lost my head at the time of the accl- dent.
In answer to a question from His Worship, defendant said that he did not come to any conclusion when he saw the cyclist put up his hand
This concluded the case and the defendant was committed to stand his trial at the Criminat Sessions,
LARCENT
Chan
Sing Kwong, aged 31. unemploy- ed, appeared before Mr. Balfour at the Central Magistracy yesterday charged with the larceny of a $10 banknote, the property of Chan Sung, 36, mess-boy employed on board the steamer Chan Ping. Sub- Inspector L Mist prosecuted, and defendant was sentenced to three months' hard labour.
THEFT OF WATCH Charged before Mr. Baltour at the Central Magistracy yesterday, Li Leung, 27, unemployed, pleaded guilty to stealing a metal pocket watch and gold chain, the property of Lam Man-shing, of No. 13, Pot- tinger Street: Another man, Chan Cho, 38, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting Arst defendant, Sub- Inspector Mist prosecuted, and sentence of four months' hard la- bour was imposed on first delen- dant, and three months' on the second.
BAIL ESTREATED Falling to appear before Mr. Balfour at the Central Magistracy yesterday on a charge of attempt- ing to avoid payment of ferry. fate at the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Wharf, Ngal King-ping. aged 18, unemployed, had his bail of 20 estreated. Sub-Inspector L Mist appeared for the prosecution.
STORY BELIEVED Remarking that there might be some truth in the defendant's story, Mr. W. Schofield, in the Central Police Court yesterday, bound over Ling Fat, 30, earth-carrying coolie, charged with the possession of 29 sticka of dynamite, 34 detonators and four colls of fuses at Gap Road." The defendant stated that he was given the goods in lieu of wages by a contractor who could not be traced. Inspector Stewart Logan prosecuted.
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Subject to audit, the Directors of the Union Insurance Bociety of Canton, Ltd, will recommend the payment of a divided of £1-10s. od. (one pound ten shillings) per share for the year ended Decem- ber 31, 1935.
ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.
Two men and a woman appear- ed before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yes- terday charged with the theft of $55 from a building anb-contrac-
tor named Lo Cheung (26) at Ying Fong Street, and with assault on the complainant.
The accused were: Chan Kum | (25) widow, Kwok Lam (19) paint- er, and Tang Pul (32) unemploy- ed. Inspector A. H. Elston appear- ed for the prosecution.
casc. Giving the facts of the Inspector Elston said that on the
The accused came from the country and visited Tung Sau Mui a married woman of No. 237 Lai Chi Kok Road, and, was invited to stay. At 9 am-on the day in ques-night of April 7, the complainant tion the complainant had occasion to look in her cash box, and found A watch, a pair of earrings and $20 in cash missing. The defen- dant had left the premises. Police were informed of the su- pected theft, and defendant was
1 arreated later that same night.
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Sentence of six weeks' imprison- ment was imposed and $13.80 found on the accused when arrested was ordered to be returned to the com- plainant. The pair of earrings which defendant admitted he had sold for sixty cents, were also or- dered to be returned to the com- plainant without compensation.
was walking with the first accused, with whom he was not on very
The second and, friendly terms. gether with the first accused aa- third defendants came up and to- saulted the complainant
The latter was injured and later he discovered that $56 was stolen from him. The Police arrested the to the woman who took them other two accused,
The case was remanded till 2,15 p.m. on Apil! 15. Ball in the sum of 3100 was allowed for the first accused, whilst the other two de- tendants were remanded in polica custody.
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