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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1936.
RANDALL IS FOUND "GUILTY"
Prison Term Imposed
FIVE OTHERS ARE
SET FREE -
Albert Randall, 27, and seven other Chinese who were tried at the Criminal Sessions en charges in connection with bribery gave evidence yesterday, in the course of which Randall stated that his sole object in the matter was to gain as much inform- ation is he could about heroin and oplam in Hong Kong and to pass this information to the "Treasury Department of the United States."
After a lengthy summing up by His Lordship and addresses by the defence and prosecution, the jury retired for some time and returned verdicts of "guilts" on both charges against Ran- on each dall who was sentenced to two years hard labour charge, the sentences to be concurrent, while verdicts of "guil- ty" were also returned against the second, defendant, Li Yick and Leung Yau, who were sentenced to 18 months years' hard labour respectively.
and two
After the Crown had presonted its case, His Lordship dis: charged the fourth, Afth, sixth, and seventh defendants on the charge of conspiracy to offer a bribe to Revenue Officers.
seven
Tsang duced to Tam Wel and
He said that before Cheung. March 20, he had never seen these
en before.
the other Randall and accused, Li Yick, 32. shopkeeper; Leung Yau, 42, unemployed; Ho Lot, 27, salesman; Ho Shum, 29, 40.
- He explained his mistake by say- unemployed; Li kwai-yick,
ing that at the time he was ar unemployed: Kwan Sing, 36, un- employed; and Ngan Cheong, 29, rested, he was asked to make a
He charged with statement,
telephoned his unemployed. were conspiring together to bribe Re-solicitor and was advised not to Before his venue Officer Mo Kang and other make any statement. Revenue Officers with intent to solicitor got to the station, he had influence them to refrain from agreed to make a statement. At was "pretty prosecuting and giving information the time his mind
to the blank," and the Statement which might lead them arrest of certain" offenders against made in a hurry. the Opium Ordinance.
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Randall was further charged with giving a bribe of $500 to Re- venue Officer Mo Kang at the.. To Yuen Restaurant on March 31
last.
The case was heard before the Mac- Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Gregor.
OWN WISH
Regarding the meeting at the China Emporium, Mr. Williams asked what the object of the meet- ing was. Witness replied that 'the meeting was arranged by Mo Kang who had asked them to arrange for fixed sums to be paid to the Revenue Ocers at the end of each month:
Mr. Williams: What was sum arranged ?---$500.
KAIPING COAL
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Who suggested it?-Mo Kang. Witness also stated that Li Yick asked him to lend him $500 and one of the reasons why he went to Macao was to borrow the money.
Questioned regarding the note- books with the addresses, witness said they contained Information which was of interest to the Unit- ed States Treasury.
NUMBER OF DIVANS
Mr. William: Do you mean to
POWER HOUSE,
TUGS &
LOCOS.
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION
DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents, Bong Kong.
say that an oplum divar in Third MANSLAUGHTER
Street or Swatow Lane would be of interest to the Treasury Depart 'ment of the United States?-Not the name or address, perhaps, but the number of divans in Hongkong would be.
Were you out to make money?—1 was in the conspiracy; not to make money but to get all the informa- tion I could get from the Revenue Officers and from the second and third defendants.
Regarding the word "Bob," wit- ness said it was never mentioned as a pass word for any divan in Hongkong.
CHARGE
SEQUEL TO A SQUABBLE
man-
Appearing on remand before Mr. J. H B. Lee at the Central Court yesterday charged with slaughter, Pow Wah, 24, a book- keeper of Prince's Building was, again remanded until July 6. The provisional date for the hearing of the case was Axed for July 8.
Pow. Wah became mixed-up-in a quarrel with Wong Lau, an unli-
newspaper bawker
censed
on
A CHINESE SAMSON
CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT
A man who was drunk and required five policemen to take -him to the Police Station, ap- peared before Mr. Q A. A. Mac- fadyen at the Kowloon Magis- ' tracy yesterday charged with "behaving in a riotous and dis- orderly manner" in Laichikok Road. It was explained that
* large" crowd gathered outside a shop, assumed such proportion that the traffic had to travel on the other side of the road,
Mr. A. J. Campbell, officer of the United States Treasury Depart- ment, said that part of his duties in Hongkong was to inquire into
which was and prevent, as far as possible, the board the M. V. Lee Hong on Sunday. Defendant is alleged to Importation of dangerous drugs
have struck the hawker on the into the United States.
Witness said he knew Randall as chest and so knocked him over-
board, where ha was drowned. the latter had occasionally visited his office for the purpose of receiv day and was conveyed to
The body was recovered yester
Mr. Williams: Did the inspector say to you that you were not under a state- any obligation to make ment? Yes, but I wished to make a statement.
Yet you made that statement, and now you say that part of it untrue? It is true that I never Mr. B. H. Williams, Assistant At-
knew Tam Wet before March 20. torney-General, instructed by Mr.
In answer to another question, Crown M. J. Abbott, Assistant
witness sald the rest of his state- Solicitor, appeared for the prosement was correct. cution, and Randall was defended by Mr. H G. Sheldon, K.C.. in- structed by Mr. W. A Mackinlay.
ing rewards.
Mr. Sheldon: An informer, in fact?--Yes.
Shown a pile of reports, witness was asked whether these were the reports made to him by Randall, but he said he could not be sure without referring to his records. Witness agreed that certain infor- mation received from Randall had been passed on to the Hong Kong, Government.
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the
third de-
Both the second and fendants also went into the bux and stated that they knew noth- ing of the matter.
OFFICERS CONGRATULATED Mr. Sheldon addressing the jury) in a few words said that as Randall had pleaded guilty to the second
Five policemen were required before the defendant could be re- moved. Defendant. Mak Chung Shing. 37, residing at No. 35 Lal- chikok Road, was bound over in $50 for six months.
not to gain money but to obtain information.
The other accused were not legally house, Randall said they were Campbell said "the addresses on the charge he did not wish to speak! he would be singularly lacking in
represented, all of them pleading not guilty...
was em The following jury panelled: Messrs. J. Watson (fore- man), G. Brown Fok Kee-wal. O. Hallburn, E. M. Alarakia. J. W Lawson and J. L Bonnar.
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Describing the visit pald to him at his by two Revenue Ocers accompanied by a man named LJ time Chim. He was alck at the and was in bed. Li Chim asked the two Revenue Officers to sit down and he introduced them to witness. Witness remembered that one of them was Tam Wel, who told him to ring up Mo Kang at the Revenue Department as soon recovered from his as he had illness.
Mr. Williams; That is very im- portant, but you have not mention- ed it in your statement.I might have forgotten.
At a previous hearing Randall, on the advice of Counsel, changed one of his plea of not guilty to guilty on the second charge.
FOR INFORMATION ONLY Randall giving evidence stated that the reason why he took part
Witness said he wanted to know in the matter was because be
what Mo Kang wanted him for wanted to gain as much informa- tion as he could about heroin and and was told by Tam Wei that Ma opium in Hongkong. This inform-ang had something of great im- ation he was to pass to the Trea-portance to talk over with him, sury Department of the States. That was his sole' object. Mr. Sheldon: Have you in fact, in the past, given various informa- tion to officers of the United States Treasury Department con- cerning morphine, heroin oplüm in Macao?
Randall: I have given then re- ports.
United
and
"The next day he told Leung Yau, who had gone up to see him, that Mo Kang wanted to see the two of them. Leung Yau asked. "I won- der what it is all about.' Randall told him he didn't know and add- ed: "You had better And out."
A few days after witness had re- covered from his filness, Leung Yau told him to go to the Gun Kel Yuen Restaurant to see Mo King. Witness also identified reports Ho understood that it was Mo which were produced by the de- Kang who made the appointment fence as some of those which he to go to the Sun Kel Yuen Restau- had made to the U. 6. Treasuryrant. Department. He also stated that he passed certain information, to the Hongkong Government on oplum and felt drugs.
Mr. Williams: Did you say you had appointed people to collect money from divans?--I didn't say I had appointed people, to collect
been collected.
No mention was made of money falready collected.
Was there any mention of money to be collected?-Tea.
Who mentioned it?—Tam Wel or I don't
Mo
Mr. Sheldon: And did you in-money nor did I say money had tend from beginning to the end to make a cent for yourself out of oplum in the Colony?-Not for a moment did I have that in mind. Continuing his evidence, Randall said he was interviewed by the two Revenue officers, Tam Wel and Tsang Cheung on March 20 at his house. A man named Id Chim went up together with the Revenue officers. Witness knew this man as one who dealt in opium on a fairly big scale in Hongkong asked them whether they wished to
Kang mentioned it.
remember who
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THE DIVISION OF MONEY
In the course of conversation,
witness said, Tam Wet or Mo Kang
In reply to Mr. Williams, Mr.
notebooks produced in Court were any further.
At the conclusion of His Lord- of no use to the U.S. Treasury De-i partment. He sald some of the re-ship's summing up, the jury retired ports made by Randall were torn for a very short space of time and up and thrown away, some given returned an unanimous verdict of to the Hongkong Government and guilty against all defendants. others transmitted to the United States.
collect money from divans. "We Mr. Sheldon; Now the two om.
said that it was possible that we cers says they don't know 14 Chim could do so if the Revenue Depart- bi·
didn't and that be
accompany ment gave their co-operation," ha| them to your house-That is up-added.. true.
Did you telephone Mo Kang?-
No.
Not on March 20 or any other time? No.
Cross-examined by Mr. Williams
Mr. Williams: Which one of, you said that?-That was in the course of conversation. Anyone of us might have said it.
Was there no mention of a divi- ston of the money into three parts? regarding the statement which hef-There was only general conferza- made on being charged, Randall tion at the Sun Kel Yuen Restan- rant. Nothing definite was --DIO- asked to be allowed to make “an alteration regarding being intró posed.
His Lordship in passing sentence said that it was fortunately seldom that even in a criminal Court like Kong Kong's that such a diabolic crime had been brought to Ught. His Lordship continued to say that
his duty f he did not pass a sentence to it the crime. The inevitable consequence of the first part of the conspiracy would be that the Colony would be flooded with soul destroying drugs.
Admiration and congratulations were then expressed by His Lord- ship, not only to Mo Kang and Tam Wai, but to all the revenue They bad officers in the cases. done a real service to the Colony..
Randall was then sentenced to two years' hard labour on each. charge, the sentences to run con-- currently.
Before His Lordship passed sen tence, Mr. Sheldon said that deal Evidence was also given by Tung ing with the opening for the Sze, an amah, and He Wan, house- Crown's case, Counsel submitted boy, both employed by the Rand- that Randall was right when he all family. that the man Li Chim said that the reason for his obtain-
the two accompanied
"Revenueing information was for the benefit officers to the house on March 20. of the United States Treasury. Miss Rita Randall, sister of the where he hoped to get a job. This accused, testified that she once evidence had been (rroborated by
Li Yick was sentenced to eigh- answered a telephone call and was L Yick and Leung Yau.. It had
named Li Chim also possibly been corroborated by teen months, and Leung Yau was told that a man
Mr. Campbell. The real object was sentenced to two years also. wanted to see her brother.
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