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COUNTERFEIT MONEY
MORE FOUND
Two Chinese were on Saturday charged before Mr. Q.A.A. Macfad- yen at the Kowloon Magistracy on several counts in relation to pos- session and uttering of forged ten cent pieces and were remanded on the application of the prosecution till Wednesday. Ball in the sum of $350 each was allowed,
Around the Courts
VAGBANT
Abdul Niamat, 17 was commit- ted to the House of Detention when he appeared before Mr. 6. F. Bal four at the Central Court charged with vagrancy. Det-Sergt. Rus- sell prosecuted.
. F. Balfour at the Central Court on Saturday and was sentenced to une month hard labour.
ONE MONTH TOO EARLY Returning to the Colony one month before the expiration of his The accused were: Lee Wal term of banishment, Mo KL, 35, Kwan (23) described as a brush-unemployed was charged before Mr. maker or No. 268 Reclamation Street. Yaumati, and Lee Che (54) a tobacco seller of the same ad- dress. Both were, charged with the unlawful possession of 18 ten cent counterfeit pleces "with intent to utter." While Lee Wal Kwan WAS additionally charged with uttering six counterfeit ten cent pieces,
Lee Che was also further charg ed with possession of a forged Hong Kong Government și note.
Both defendants entered pleas of "not guilty."
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Inspector A.. H. Elston said that a man was sent to a shop in Re- clamation Street, by the second accused to buy a packet of ciga- rettes He tendered a $1 note, and was given 90 cents change. Six of these coins proved to be counter- feit. A search warrant was ob- tained and the police raided the premises, when ten further coun... terfelt ten cent coins. were un- earthed. A forged $1 note of the also HK Government issue was found.
In making an application for a forma remand. Inspector Elston said that he would require time to consider whether the case was 10 be taken summarily or for.com- mitfal.
STOLE FROM PEAK
Man Caught
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EMBEZZLER GAOLED Appearing on remand before Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Court on Saturday charged with the embezzlement of $400.91. Chẳn Wing-tong alias Chan Wing-to was sentenced to six months' impri- sonment. Det.-Sergt. C. Byren said that the case had been re- | manded in order to allow the de- fendant to make amends to the complainant. Defendant had not been able to raise any money.
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MATRIMONIAL AFFAIRS Wang Pang-shing appeared on Defendant said that he returned thinking that his term of banish-remand before Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Court on Saturday meny was up.
summoned by his wife. Chu Mee- yau for desertion, persistent cruel- ty and neglect to provide a rea- sonable maintenance.
Sub-Inspector Mist prosecuted.
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HE LIKES HONG KONG Wa Lai, 30, unemployed was sentenced to one year's imprison- ment by Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Court on Saturday when he appeared charged with retum- ing from banishment. He was sentenced to 10 years' banishment un March 18, this year.
BANISHEES
Tong Kan 'Chuen, 31 years of age was charged before Mr. E Himsworth at the Kowloon Magis-
Wong Way and Wong Mok-sing: parents of the husband, were also charged with assault,
Mr. E. S. C. Brooks appeared for the complainant and said that the matter was being dealt with by the S.C.A. and he therefore asked for a further.remand.
The case was remanded for one week.
OPIUM POSSESSION
tracy on Saturday with returning The possession of 150 taels of to the Colony berarenthe expiration prepared opium and 338 taels of or a banishment order dated Sept-raw opium on board" his sampan ember 29, 1933 for ten years, Sen- tence of six months' imprisonment No. 4357W at Lyeemun Pass on May 9, resulted in the appearance of was imposed. Accused was des-Lo Chol in the Central Court on crited as a quarter master on board | Saturday before Mr. S. F. Balfour.
the ss. Hermod.
Chung San, 31, coolie, was chart ged at the Central Court before Mr. W. Schefield on Saturday with returning from banishment. He
was arrested in Lockhart Road. Defendant admitted three previous convictions, and to Mis term af banishment to which he was sent for 10 years on October 9. last Sentence, of one year was
year. passed.
WORKER'S LAPSE
Charged with the larceny * an electric switch from the premises of Branksome Towers May Road, Yip Yul alias Lee Man, alias Lai Lum appeared before Mr. S. F Balfour at the Central Court on Saturday and pleading guilty was sentenced to three months' hard labour.
gistracy on Saturday for the theft Det -Sergt. Cashman stated that of brass from the docks. Accused
on the 7th Wan Wing, the care- taker, saw the defendant in the act of removing one of the swit- ches. Wher he was questioned the defendant made an attempt to escape. The casetaker called; another foki and between them they were told by their master to take defendant to the Station. He Was searched and another switch
on him. He was found admitted stealing it from Brank- The switch Was some Towers. valued at 84.50.
SHELLS AND ITS DANGER
Unemployed Charged
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Ip Man. 28, unemployed was charged before Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Court on Saturday, with (a) damage to the property of a public mooring or anchorage at the Yaumati Ferry Wharf and (b) trespassing.
Sub-Inspector Mist for the pro- secution. Bald that the case was taken out as result of a complaint. made by the P.W.D. Defendant was occupied in digging out some kind of shell fish from the supports of the wharf and in doing so damaged the supports,
Mr. Cheeseman of the P.WD. said that, if the defendant was allowed to take the shells he would damage the concrete and even tually expose the reinforcement and corrosion would result
Defendant was fined $10 or 14 days on the first charge and bound over on the second.
*STOLE FROM UNEMPLOYED
A fine of $25. or in default, one' month's imprisonment was im- posed on Yan Kwan, a fitter of the Cosmopolitan Dock, by Mr. E
Ma- Himsworth at the Kowloon
who pleaded guilty, was arrested by an Indian Sergeant. The value of the stolen goods, was stated to
R. O. Grimmitt prosecuted. The defendant was fined $2,000 or nine months in default. Application for the confiscation of the sampan was granted.
DUTIABLE LIQUOR Wong Sl, 52, appeared before Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Court on Saturday charged with (a) The possession of dutiable quor, (b) the possession of distill ing apparatus at No. 5, 1 On Lane and c) the possession of fermen- ting materials,
R. O. Grimmitt prosecuted and sald that the defendant when ar- rested in the house was lying on his bed with hardly any clothes on, thus indicating the presence of
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INQUEST OPENED RIOT AT KIOUSIN
ON MR. T. NORMAN
Nothing Revealed
To Account For
His Death.
WIDOW GIVES EVIDENCE
BEFORE CORONER
Shanghai, May 6. Mrs. Dorothy Agoos Norman, widow of the late Mr. Thomas Norman, whose body was found floating in the Whangpoo last Friday after he had been missing for a week, could throw no light on her husband's death when questioned by the Coroner, Mr. C. H. Haines, in B. M. Police Court yester day afternoon. She said that she had no reason to believe that her husband should take his own life. He was not worried and had no enemies. He was abstamiss.
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DOCK
Old And New Workers In Serious Clash
ONE MAN IS REPORTED TO BE MISSING
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Shanghai, May 6. A pitched battle waged early yer terday morning between former em- ployees of the Kiousin Dock and the present Chinn staff resulted in four of the latter being taken to the Hospital St. Marie, suffering from very serious injuries to the head and body. An- other workman was missing up to late hour last night, and it is feared that, during wn into the river and the clash, he ofther fell drowned.
or was
Some time ago, the Kiousin Ship- building & Engineering Works, Ltd.. dismissed a number of ita native staff, who had gone on strike, and
engaged The last time she saw him alive was over a hundred workmen in their at about 8 am. on Friday, April 24, at pin
gathered the boarding house in which they place. The dismissed nea
on the Pootung property, of the dock were staying, 427 Yu Yuen Road. He company at 6.30 m yesterday, and, was going to catch an 8.30 am. tender leaving
from the Bund for the Kiang with knives, sticks, and other weapons, commenced to assault the new work nan Dooks. He told her to expect men. Several were wounded on both him back in the evening but as it was sides, and some sixty arrests were busy day for him he made by the Bureau of Public Safety, going to be a might not get off duty. In that case which sent a special body of men to. heat. His bed was over some fer-
he would telephone her at 8 p.m. and the scene to break up the
fight. menting mash.
say he could not come. If he did not The arrested men were all lodged in Defendant was fined a total of telephone she was to expect him by gaol over night, pending their appear.
p.m.
Her husband normally ance before the Chinese courta, while made
across the river and taken to Mr Norman said she was quite sure where their condition was pronounced that the body recovered by the River very serious. It is understood that Police was her husband's. She did not two of the former employees also know how much money her husband were badly injured, but were taken. had with him on the last day she care of by their fellow workmen. saw him but three days before he later in the day, similar trouble had 820. He wore a gold_signet- broke
old out amongst ring and had a gold watch. Imp. J. werkers of a Chinese mill in Footung Kirichok told the Coroner that $8 and A number of men received wounds of two twenty cent pieces were found in a superficial nature, and a dozen were deceased's pockets when taken arrested by the Bursan of Public from
the river.
Safety and detained. --(N.C.D.N.).
be $10.00. Inspector Ellis said that $150 or one month plus ar addi- such arrangements with her she the four injured mer were brought
Yan had been employed in the docks for the past ten years, and received 31.30 a day.
FORGED $50 NOTE
An unemployed teacher, 25 years of age appeared before Mr. QAA Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magis- tracy on Saturday charged with uttering a forged $50 note of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank at Shanghai Street, on May 8, "with intent to defraud."
The accused, Chung Wai Leung |pleaded not guilty.”
An additional charge of posses- sion of a forged $50 note was also levied against the accused..
Detective Sergeant J. Hunter who appeared for the prosecution ap- plied for 48 hours remand which was granted.
LACK OF EVIDENCE
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ALLEGED THIEF DISCHARGED
tional two weeks.
OBSTRUCTION
Yan Shi, 29, unëmposed charg- ed with street obstruction while selling tickets of the Kau U Forg Theatre outside the same theatre appeared before Mr. 8. F. Balfour at the Central Court on Saturday and was ined 35 or one week in default.
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COUNTERFEIT COINS
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14 Yung alias Fong Kuen, 30 widow, was sentenced to four months hard labour at the Central
Court on Saturday by Mr. S. F. Balfour when she pleaded guilty to
the charge of possession of Zi coun- terfeit ten-cent pieces. Det-Bergt.
Guild prosecuted.
NO PASSPORT
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A RUSSIAN CONVICTED
Jack Werneroff alias A. J. Lewin, alias M. Wasaberg, alias P. B. Bon-
Theft of articles of clothing cour, 24, born in Kiev, Russia, was from the Officers Mess, 8th Pun-charged before Mr. S. F. Balfour jab Regiment, in Cameron Road, at the Central Court on Saturday followed by an assault on a private with (a) a breach of the passport ordinance, (b) a breach of the re- of the same regiment, was men
dstration tioned before Mr. E. Himsworth
of Person Ordinance, (c) giving false information by signing his name as A J. Lewin,
said.
the
Det. Serg. S Nancarrow, who attended the inquest, said he had nothing further to report when asked by the Coroner. The inquest will be re-opened by the Coroner in H. N. Police Court at 10 o'clock on Friday.
The late Mr. Thomas Norman was
chief officer of the China Navigation Company's Wantung. His body
was found half a mile down river from the Customs Jetty. He was 32 years of age.-(N.CDN.)
ENGINEER ACCUSED
OF FORGERY
PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER AS WITNESS
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RICKSHAW IN BLAZE ON ROAD
Morphine And Heroin Found By Constables
Shanghai, May 6.
A fire in a rickshaw has resulted in the discovery of morphine, heroin, and a quantity of materials used for the manufacture of narcotice.
At about 1 pm. last Friday, public rickshaw No 6845, hired to take a quantity of articles from 400 Con- naught Road to
to a Seymour Road house, suddenly broke into fames be- fore reaching its destination. Two pedestrians came to the rickshaw puller's assistance, but, in fighting the fire, thep sustained burns and bad to be taken to hospital.
Two Chinese const
Road Station appearables of Gordon and helped to extinguish the dams. When they looked for the owner of the articles, who accompanied the rickshaw from Shanghai, May 6. 400 Connaught Road, however, it was Mr. C. Harpur, Commissioner of found that the man had disappeared. Pablic Works, was one of the witnesses The rickshaw was taken to a police the Kowloon Magistracy on
in the First Special District Court station where it was found that the Saturday when two cooltes were
yesterday at the trial of Chow Ching articles carried by the vehicle consist- wei, civil
of
forging ed of morphine, engineer, accused
bottles of heroin, charged on remand in connection a Latvian subject, at the Palace Mr. Harpur's signature on three lette
alcohol and ammonia, Beaks, etc. Hotely (d) algning his name at the with intent to defraud Mr.
For three days, nobody appeared to of
real estate claim the property so, yesterday, Yue-cheo Kowloon Hotel as: M4, Wassberg, a
Ianager
Mr.
these articles were brought to the Polish subject and (d) signing his company in the Settlement. name at the St. Francis Hotel an Harpur's testimony, briefly was, to the First Special District Court, to which effect that these signatures were the police made an application for Defendant admitted all charges. former employce of the P.W.D. The be confiscated and efforts be made to forged and that the accused was a disposal. The Judge ordered them to Boncour, a French subject, Det-Sergt. Russell for the pro- Judge announced he will give his locate their owner. (N.C.D.N.) secution stated that defendant decision next arrived in Hong Kong from Can-
with the crime.
The first accased. Wong Nam (27) was charged with the actual theft from the verandah of the Lip Sang (35) of No. 117. Des Omcers' Mess, while Yeung Cheong Voeux Road, West third floor, was (50) was charged in conjunction charged before Mr. E. Hunsworth with Wong of having assaulted at the Kowloon Magistracy on Pte. Gevan (35) private Baturday with theft, of several Punjab Regiment on May 7, pieces of clothing from an unem. Chi Wo Etreet, near Mau Lam ployed man, named Tsang Ta, of Street:
of the
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The accuse Tuesday.
the
TWELVE YEARS FOR... RED PILL SMOKING
made bis first ap ton with a passport which required pearance before the court last week a British visa. Had he applied for when a writ of detention was issued the vixar it would have been re-gainst him on application of the police. Sufficient evidence having No. 89 Ta Ku. Iang Street, ground The accused were discharged
fused as he was fined and expelled been found during the period noor. The theft was alleged to because of the lack of evidence.
police preferred: Ok When the case was first brought for a similar offence in 1935. He detention,
of forgery charge nave taken place on, April 27, and
against the accused
* Shanghai, May 8 included the following articles up the men were charged before had registered with the Police in
accused had sent letters to the sonment was passed by the First une, black, European, jacket, a grey Mr. QAA, Macfadyen. They, on-1934: as Jack Werneron, a Russian Fosterday. It was alleged that the A sentence of twelve years' impri manager of the real estate company, Special District Court yesterday upon European style jacket, four waist tered pleas of "not guilty" The subject cozia eight white, cotton shirts case was transferred to the second Defendant was sentenced to a bearing Mr. Harpur's signature, and Bau-Van-tahung, a hawker, charged, and a brown overcoat. On the Court on Saturday because Mr. One of $30 or three weeks on the saying that the Council was consider with conducting red pill smoking in application, of, the prosecution, the Macfadyen was occupied with a first charge, and to $10 of ten days in the purchase, of certan lands House No. 215 Canton Road, 1295 chi was without sentenced in connection with the same? disclosed that „case, was, remanded till this morn-committal case involving three on each of the other three. The owned by the company. It was later month. Two others have already been
foundation (N.CDN)
cams-(M.C.D.N). 'charged with robbery at Lalchikok,seritences to run consecutively,
ing.
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