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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1936.
COERCION BY POLICE IS
ALLEGED
Four Men Stand Trial
For Murder
"FORCED TO CONFESS"
Allegations that they had been assaulted at the Shumhulpo Police Station by Crown Sergeant Goodwin and a Chinese ser- reant, and forced to sign confessions, wers made by Wong Wing, Chan Ho, Choi Ming and Ho Chuen at the "Criminal Sessions yesterday. The four are charged with the murder of Ng Wan- siu at Kowloon on January 31,
Pleading not guilty, the accused were represented by Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro, junior, who argued that the confessions In the statements were inadmissable.
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A denial of the allegations was given by Sergeant Goodwin · and the statements were declared admissable by the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice, Lindsell,
POLICE DENY CHARGES +
The jury empanelled for the; hearing comprised Messrs. F. A. HUL (foreman), J. Huber, K. Knudsen, E. L. Fox, H. Z, Kai, Lui Yee-chu and A. C. Diercks
The murdered woman, said Mr. E. H. Williams (Crown Prosecutor) in his opening remarks, was a widow who, since her husband's death in 1935, Mad carried on his puffed rice and firewood business at Chung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon.
She apparently had a consider: able sum of money for evidence showed that she was given $170 at least a few days before her death. The fact that she kept her money either on her person or in a wooden box in the shop was possibly known to others outside her employees.
On January 31, said Mr... Wil- lams, while the shop was closed for business during the Chinese New Year holidays, the widow and one of her fokies, a boy of 14. were in the shop about 8 p.m. when two men entered and inquired about the Durchase of rice. While the business Was being transacted three other men entered the shop and said "Where are you from?"
One of the first men to appear
plied "From the Yat Ting Ho.",
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"GAVE SIGNAL”
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Lo money-changer of. Con- naught Road and a relative of the dead woman; said she had given him $180 for investment during anuary. On January 28 he re- turned $170 to her.
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Around the Courts
DIOSCOSEA
Suen chan, 28, and So Sam. 37 both street coolles were bound over in a bond of $50 by Mr. S. F. Hal- four at the Central Coun yester- day for the possession of a bag of Dio-casea Roots,
To Mr. Williams Sergeant Good- win said he was definitely certain that no threats or violence were
"PIN PAK" TREES made by him or in his presence,
Charged with stealing a quantity of "Pin Pak" thee branches from Sergeant Kwong Shui-hong, re- No.19 Stafford Road, Kowloon called, also denied the allegations.
Tong the residence of Mr. G. A. Mr. d'Almada then called the White, an unemployed Chinese, 40 four accused separately. They al-years of age hamed LJ Wing was leged they had been assaulted by fined $1 or three weeks' imprison Sub-Inspector Mist said that the Kwong and Goodwin, forced to ment, by Mr. E Himsworth, the defendants were arrested in May sign statements and told that Kowloon Magistrate yesterday. Road coming down from the hill- they did not repeat the statements Divisional Inspector W. R. Chester-side. They had no permission to. when charged that they would be Woods who prosecuted stated that collect these roots and were tres- beaten again. The first accused although the value of the stolen passing on Goverment property. declared he had been slapped on branches was only 53, he could not. The value was placed at $2.00. the face by Goodwin until his give an estimate of the damage Mr. Carr of the Botanical De- gums bled. They also denied that, done to the tree.
partment was the complainant. they had been cautioned befate being charged.
At the conclusion of the evidence Mr. d'Almada submitted that the statements were clearly inadmis- sable as there was a doubt as to whether they had been obtained voluntarily. Mr. Justice Lidsell ruled that the statements were ad- missable and adjourned the hear- Ing until to-day.
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TRADE MARK CASE
COSTS AND FINE ORDERED
ATTACK IN SHOP
Evidence of the attack in the
A summons for the infringement shop, was given" by Ng Wan-fuk, a
öt a Trade Mark was woman, and Mak Chik-hong, foki.
concluded yesterday at the Central Mag-s- Crown Sergeant Frederick Nolan | tracy before "Mr. W. Schofield.
Shumshulpo säid that he
The summons was that on March thought the girdle had been tica
12 the Yat Lee Arm of No. 127, round the woman's throat with the Jervois Street, had for sale soap. intention of strangling her.
which bore the trade mark re- sembling that used by Monroe and Co. of No. 359, Lichikok Road, which was calculated to deceive.
After the evidence of Sergeant Kwong Shiu-hong and Crown Ser- geant C. H. Goodwin, Mr. d'Almada
sale
he would deter his cross- examination until a later stage.
from an
Evidence of having received a message
informer, Но Hing, was given by Constable Chan Shu. He saw Ho on February 18. he said, and on February 22, in company with other police, arrest- ed Ho and the four accused.
NO JURY
The Jury was dismissed for the proceedings in the afternoon when evidence regarding the statements was given...
Inspector Elston'said that origin- preally a charge had been laid against
"I submit," declared Mr. Wil- Hams, that
廷 this was
arranged signal, for immediately the informer Ho Hing.
of
the boy was seized by the throat, According to. A.S.P. Wilson pushed into a cubicle, and threa- | Kowloon, when the accused were tened with death if he made. a charged at Shumshulpo police sta-i ndise."
Lion they made no complaint of The house was ransacked, con- having been assaulted. He said he nued Mr. Williams, and the wood-heard them ask in Cantonese if er box which usually contained the they had any complaints. They ap- money, forced open, While the peared to be making voluntary Ove men were searching the shop, a woman entered and she too was
Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios appeared for Lam Choy, the managing partner of Monroe and Co.. while Mr C, E. R. Sanderson appeared for the defendant firm.
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KOWLOON'S SLY BROTHELS
A MAN IN WOMAN'S CLOTHING "For keeping 3 sly brothel at No.
Lal Sun, 24. unemployed was 102 Nam Chung Street, Yah On charged at the Central Court yes- (62) unemployed was fined $50 with
terday before Mr. S.. F. Balfour with the alternative of a month in fail
the larceny of clothing.7 three at the Kowloon Magistracy yester-jackets and two pairs of trousers. day. Ho Tung (24) unemployed, the property of Li Muk-maui, 31 who also appeared before Mr. Q. living at No. 81, Hollywood Road... A. A. Macfadyen was fined $75 or
second floor one month for a similar offence at No. 110 Woosung Street, first floor.
Sub-Inspector Kirby 'stated that the defendant was seen by * constable. at 2.10 am." wearing the clothes which were obviously woman's clothing. He was ar- rested and at the Station admitted
same. Defendant sentenced to, one month's hard la- bour.
ASSAULT CASE REMANDED
Stating that one of the com- plainants was still in hospital Ins-stealing pector Portallion made an appli- cation at the Kowloon Magistracy, Second Court yesterday for a fur- ther week's remand. In a case in which Chung Yuen. Kari, alias Chung Kwing Shung (23) unem- ployed was charged with assault and causing bodily harm on Leung Chiu (35) unemployed and Pun So (20) unemployed. The assault la alleged to
have taken place on April 13, at Canton Road near Aron Street.
The
WILS Application granted.
À FINE PREDICAMENT While at the station making a report regarding a loss he had sus
to his tained, a man returned house, and found that a quantity of clothing including a blanket had been stolen in his absence.
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Chung Yau, 56, coolle was sen. tenced to two months' hard labour by Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Court yesterday for the larceny of some door shutters. Det.-Sergt." Pilkington was for the prosecution. the complainant being Chul Wah, 25, shop fok! at No. 31. Graham Road, ground floor. The defen- dant was seen walking along with the doors and the complainant re- cognised them as his own. '
STOLE CLOTH Tang Lai, 32, anemployed charged with the larceny of a roll of cloth from a shop at No. 259, This predicament was related to Queen's Road Central, was sen- Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the tenced to one month's hard labour It will be recalled that the
Kowloon Magistracy yesterday by by Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Cen- brand was that of a soap manu-
Sub.- factured by Monroe and Co., bear secuted
Inspector Shannon when he pro- tral Magistracy yesterday.
two men, charged with Inspector Johnson for the prosecu- ing the name of "Policeman larceny of a cotton quilt, a blanket. tion said that the defendant Brand", which mark had Deen
and four pieces of clothing, and snatched the cloth from the shop duy registered. Sales in January four pleces of blanket respectively and then ran away, but he was had been found to be low and upon making inquiries the Yat unemployed, who was remanded plainant was Kwong On, master of The accuseds were L1 Ming (27) caught and arrested. The com- Lee firm were found to be selling tor 24 hours on the application of the shop. a so30 bear.ng the same name.
the police, and Ho Ng, 33 years of Yesterday Det.-Sergt. Guld gave age, unemployed who was sen- evidence of having gonell to the tenced to six weeks with hard la- Yat Lee shop and seizing the al bour. leged infringements.
said
NO PROOF
SCRAP IRON THEFT Cheung Sung Shun, 52, unem~ Mr. Sandemon for the defence ployed was charged before Mr. W.
that it was true tast his
Schofield at the Central Magistracy. clent did have a quantity of soap yesterday with the larceny of 45 bearing the brand made by Ray-
pounds of scrap iron piping. Det. mond and Co. There was no evidence to show that this mark the complainant being Mr. Thom- Sergt. Dall was for the prosecution, had been falsely applied. The son of the Tytam Reservoir. The called, said that after the men had Monroe and Co., in December, but
mark bad been registered by defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a fine of $25 or one month in default.
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pushed into the cubicle with the
boy.
When the couple in the cubicle thought that the intruders had gone they went into the back yard of the shop and found the body of the woman with a girdle tied tightly round her neck.
Crown Sergeant Goodwin, re-
been charged, statements were ta- ken from them in view of pending banishment proceeds. In these
statements the accused gave their antecedents and then went on to make
confessions. He did not
know if there were any interviews Police efforts to trace the men between the accused and Chinese falled until February 18, said Mr. police officers before they made the Williams, when a Chinese detec-statements, but he doubted it as no tive received a message from an informer. As a result, three ac- cused, were arrested on February 22 in a Canton Road oplum divan and the fourth apprehended in a Nathan Road boarding house,
A line-up was arranged at Yau- mail Police Station hut the boy and the woman falled to identify the attackers. Later the men were charged and made statements.
L “ACCUSED ABSAULTED"
At this stage Mr. d'Almada ob- Jected to discussion of the contents of the statements in the presence of the jury. These men were as- saulted before the statements were made," he said. "I shall argue later on their admissability,"
Mr. Williams: If the statements are rejected the Crown case, will end, for the ohly evidence against the accused is in the statements.
Mr. Justice Lindsell upheld the objection,
Mr,
William concluded
his
one could see the accused without his permission,
NO COMPLAINTS
Mr. d'Aimada: Have you ever had cause to lavestigate complaints of assault against police officers? Yes.
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Have you ever found them pro-
ven?—No.
It may be that they are true but difficult to prove?--Possibly.
The first accused alleges that on two occasions before be made the statement he was assaulted at Shamshuipo police station?--I know nothing about it. He made no complaint to me.
He also alleges that he was made to sign a statement? The only one he signed was the one I took
from blm.
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The second accused makes a dir- ect charge against you that you were present when he was assault ed. I deny that,
address to the jury by stating that Mr. d'Almada continued that the
before that day anyone could have Policeman on it, this being so, how made soap and put a figure of a
Was it known whether the mark had been applied falsely or not, there
was no evidence to show that.
Mr. "Remedios interposed and said that the complainant was not concerned with the false app- cation but on the sale or a false 'mark
CANVAS THEFT
Sentence of six weeks was passed on Cheung Hop, 29, unemployed, by Mr. B. F. Balfour at the Central Court yesterday for the larceny of 17 pleces of canvas from No. 118. Connaught Road Central. Sub- Inspector Mist was for the pro- Secution, the complainant was Au Kyck-pul, master of the said shop. At about 3.50. on Sunday' morning the defendant, was seen carrying the bundle of canvas. He stopped by a police officer and ad- mitted to taking it from No, 118, Connaught Road, which is a canvas bed shop. The value of the canvas was put at $13.
WAS
CONFISCATION ORDER An application was made before
CHOPPER ATTACK Mr. 8. F. Balfour yesterday at the Central Magistracy for the con-
Au Wing Chul, 20, a cook, ap- scation of 340 cattles" of augar, peared before Mr. B. F. Balfour at
Central unclaimed cargo, lying on board the
Court
yesterday the 6.8. Canton Maru which was charged with causing bodily harm O.S.K. to Lee Yu also a cook Defendant berthed alongside of the
was remanded for one week in gaol Wharf, Connaught Road Central.
Det.-Sergt. Pilkington L. S. A. Grainger made the applica- custody. Mr. Sanderson submitted thation which was granted.
stated that the attack was piade t would be a fault to sell the
with a chopper and that the com- mark after December, but the fact
plainant is at present in the Hospi- that this soap is usually bought
tal and would likely be there for by the case and that there was
another two months.
such a little left seemed to polit
to the fact that the soap had been
HAWKER'S LAPSE
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SLY BROTHELS Li Bze and Leung Yu-man both
Mak Yuen, 21, unlicensed hawker appeared before Mr. 8. F. Balfour at the Central Court yesterday in the shop for a long time. Be charged with the larceny of a metal Cause Monroe and Co. were the pocket watch.
Det.-Sergt. Guild first to register, it does not mean for the prosecution said that the appeared before Mr. 6. F. Balfour
yesterday at the Central defendant took the watch from the charged with the keeping of siy complainant's drawer in his pre- brothels in No. 18, 8watow Lane. mises. Defendant entered the pre-They were both fined $30 or three mises during the complainant weeks in default. absence..
that they were the first users of the mark
REGISTRATION
Mr. Remedios for the complain ant firm said that for a trade mark to be registered an interval
He was sentenced to two months' hard labour and two years' Police
of three solid months must pass supervision
BAIL ESTREATED
Court
Li Tak-wan, 28, unemployed sum-
in order to allow others, who The complainant was Li Wingmonsed before Mr. B. F. Balfour at might possibly have registered the hing, watchmaker, 68, Staunton
who had, Street, ground floor. same mark abroad or any reasons for the mark not being registered, to come forward' and raise object ons,
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LOITERER GAOLED
"Charged with loltering, Wu Bau, it 'several' men agreed to commit a second accused alleged he had been
There was no evidence, Counsel 45, unemployed appeared before robbery and attempted to over-beaten on the shoulders and knees said, to show that Raymond and Mr. W. Schofield yesterday at the come resistance by their victim, with a hammer and that he was Co. had made this brand of soap Central Court and was fined $50 and that as B "result the made to sign two statements. Ber-before December when the regis or weeks in default. victim was killed, the lew regarded geant Goodwin, replied that he tration was granted By Just the killing as murder against all knew nothing about it,
looking at the marks he contendam. on April 23, inside the back- those concerned. It made no dif- 'He also saya that you hit him on ference whether or not there was the back of the neck with your
fist.-I deny it,
any intention to murder.
THEEATS NOT USED,
He was arrested at about 3.30
the Central Court yesterday, for attempting to travel on the Yau- mati Ferry without paying his legal fare, failed to make his ap- pearance. His ball of $25 was es treated.
Inspector A. Black of the Yau- at Ferry was the complainant.
BANISHEES
Sentence of one year was passed ed, one could tell that the object yard of No. 9, Village Road. The by Mr. B. F. Balfour at the Central of the defendant firm was to pass. Constable stated that the defen-Court yesterday, on each of the them off 'as the genuine ones. dant was standing hear the back to returned banisheen.e According to Dr. G. Henry of the
His Worship round for the com- door which was open. Defendant Wong Bhi, 39, unemployed was. Kowloon mortuary, the cause of the
plainant frm and fined the de- was searched and two keys were banished for 10 years on April, 10, woman's death was strangulation.. There are similar allegations by rendant firm 100 and ordered found in his purse. On the way 1935, There was a six-inch bruise on her the other accused except that one them to pay costs of $100. The to the station the defendant threw Wong Wài, 27, unemployed was neck, consistent with a girdle hav-alleges he was hit with a trun- | foods seized to be given to the these keys away but were found banished for 10 years on October
T Ing been fled tightly round it." cheon. They are wrong.
complainant firm. -
3, 1935.
again by the constable.