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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1936.
HUNGHOM STABBING CASE OPENS
-Elderly Barber In The Dock
RENTAL TROUBLE
ALLEGED
WRONG CLAIM ACID THROWING
CASE DISMISSED WITHOUT COSTS.
Waitress Involved
MAN BOUND OVER
and
*
A claim was heard before the Chief Justice, Sre Atholl Mar-
Charged with throwing acid at a Gregor. at the Summary Court waltress of the Ko Shing Restau- yesterday, when Yip Ah-nay, of rant, burning her clothes 13, Wellington Street, first floor, back, Lal Kal, 20, appeared before sued Yan Kan alias Yan Hin Yee. Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central the manager of the Kwangtung Court yesterday and was bound Boarding House, at 27, Connaught over in $100 and ordered to pay Road. West, Hong Kong, for $380, $15 amends to the complainant, Preliminary hearing was com- menced before Mr. Himsworth at film for past wages which was
monthly bonuses and costs. Fung Lai Ching. The acid used the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday
was a mixture of hydrochloric, supposedly due to of the trial of So Shing, 56-year- from May. 1935-36-
the plaintiff nitric and sulphuric acids. old barber, on a charge of mali-
Mr. C. Y. Kwan appeared for the defendant.
Mr. S. Ng Quinn appeared for cious wounding of four persons.
the defendant. including a girl aged three years.
Sub-Inspector M. In the witness box, Yip sald was in charge of the prosecution J. Flattery on the ground floor, of 77, Bu k?-
that he had arrived in the Colony ley Street, Hung Hom district, on
The complainant in the box said to look for a position. The defen- that she did not know the defen- July 16. The injured persons were dant gave him free meals an elderly woman, Ip Klu, her
and dant until she went to work at the son, Kwok Hung. 31. his wife. Liproached him with a proposition 24. Some time after 8 pm on lodging, and, Anally, Yan ap- Restaurant; which was on, Junc Fux. 23, and their daughter, Kwok to work there for the sum of $30 August 6, the defendant poured Chi-tong, aged 3.
a month. He plaintiff, was to be some tea on her while they were English interpreter and clerk.
together on the second floor. For $25, which was the only sum of defendant. Soon after this incl-
In April of this year, he received
this the complainant scolded the money he ever received from de- dent the complainant went into defendant followed and while she the kitchen for some water. The bent down to get the water, she felt her back being scorched. Wit ness turned around and noticed that a cup which was on the table before containing some vellowish liquid. was empty.
The defendant had told him to leave the money in his care, as he would need about $300 to secure him a position in a small shop in Samon.
Detective Inspector A.H. Elston, for the prosecution, stated that Ip Kiu and her family lived at 77 Buikeley Street, for the past six years and recently she Axed fendant. cubicles on the ground floor and rented them out. The front part of the premises rented to the de- fendant for a barbers shop at $3 per month and had four chairs were fitted there. Recently, how- ever, the authorities ordered the removal of the cubicles as there was something hygien cal'y wrong. The sub-tenants all left and Ip Kiu did not have much money and began to fall in arrears of her
rent for two months. On July 14 the landlord without warning served a destraint' warrant, and al: had to leave with the appea rance of a bailiff. The defendant was owing $19.50 rent.
WERE ABOUT TO. LEAVE
He was summarily discharged because he had performed a ser vice for anothar boarding house keeper.
Under cross-examination by Mr. Kwan. the plaintif admitted that It was imperative that he leave Rangoon, where his parents were. His father had been a friend of of twenty years. the defendant's for over a period
He repeated that the defendant definitely promised him a salary. and denied that he had misused the sum of $23 entrusted to him
by one of the guests of the board-
house.
On the morning of July 16. IP Kiu and her family had every-ing thing packed ready to leave as they had found other premises in Winslow Street.. They had their last meal at 10 a.m. At 11.45 a.. they were preparing to leave the bouse for good when the defen- dant, who was still working in ha barber's establishment, came up to
NO COSTS ALLOWED
WALE
POLICE INFORMED
▲ complaint was made to the manager of the Restaurant and to a fellow waitress. When witness found that her clothes had been reached home that night she burnt and that her back still felt sore. Plaster was applied but to then suggested reporting the mat- no avail Witness grandmother
ter to the Police,
Cross-examined, witness
sald
that she thought the motive was because she had scolded the de- tendant. He was the only person in the kitchen at the time and she stated that she saw
the the defendant replace the cup on the
The defendant. in the witness also box, deposed that he managing partner of the Kwang-table. tung Boarding House.
Around the Courts
BANISHEEN
WOODEN TRESSLES
So Kam, and Leung Yau, pleaded Chu Kal. 46, unemployed, and
Kowloon Magistracy yesterday to gulity before Mr. Macfadyen at the | Li Ping. $2, coolls, were sentenced charges of returning from banish-weeks, respectively by Mr. Mac- to one month's hard labour and six
.
ment. 80 Kam was sentenced to fadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy twelve months hard labour. Insp. wooden tressles, ten months and Leung Yau to yesterday for the theft of four
R. Shannon -prosecuted.
three wooden boards, a wooden` chair, and two wooden counters, from 179, Temple CRUELTY ALLEGED
Street, ground floor, while Ko Lin,
i
Cruelty to 21 chickens by placing 49, coolte, received one month's im- prisonment for stealing a wooden" them in, a basket without matting board from the same address. Det.- thus causing all their feet to bleed. Sergt. J. Hunter of the Yaumati resulted in a house boy, Tse Kan. C.ID.. appeared for the prosecu at the Kowloon Magistracy yester 19, being fined $8 by Mr. Macfadyention. The total value of the pro- day. Sergt. H. Green prosecuted.
DISORDERLY MANNER
perty was $21. · The premises were empty but were formerly occupied by a general dealer. The tenants had gone away as far as the police
Wong Yuk, 60, widow, who be❘ knew, haved in a noisy and disorderly manner in the charge room at
CONFISCATION ORDER Yaumati Police Station, was bound over by Mr. Macfadyen at the Kow-i An application for the confisca- Joon Magistracy yesterday, Sergt. į ten or 235 pounds of rice and 300 RF. White had charge of pounds of salt, which were lying the case.
Defendant stated that on board the sa Hat Yang at the she had $1.61 in her possession, Douglas Wharf, unmanifested and
in the world, and she was fined $1 which was all the money she had unclaimed, was made by Sergeant J. E. Hayward, before Mr. 9. F. Balfour at the Central Court yesterday. The application was granted.
on Tuesday. Insp. Shannon stated they were getting an awful lot of these cases. Women were noisy in
the charge room and caused crowds to gather outside the station. His Worship remarked that the defen- dant had also created a nuisance at the Magistracy.
23
ILLICIT TOBACCO
Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios
appeared before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy yester- charged with possession of 12 lbs. day in defence of Ave
men
of dutiable tobacco at the Yaumati
Railway Station. Revenue Officer Brown, prosecuted. Mr. D'Almada Remedios intimated to the Bench that he had not received · instruc-
were ac-
ions, and therefore applied for a remand.
The accused cordingly remanded formally for a -week, bail being allowed in a total sum of $100. The value of the con-
Hang Ho, the master of the The Chief Justice said that as Restaurant then testified to hav-traband is stated to be $16.80. The
Ip Klu and told her son, Kwere plaintiff was suing the defendanting received the report from the as the sole proprietor, he, the de- complainant. Witness also stated
Hung. to take down the lamp
shade which he had borrowed
from them. Kwok could
10%
reach the shade as it was too high
so he stood on a chair and as he
the
fendant would have to produce partnership book Thirty minutes was given for this.
Upon the defendant's return, he
that defendant had access to the aeld, with which he was supposed to clean the second floor.
Inspector Flattery stated that
accused were; Hung Ham, 35, fruit
FALSE PRETENCES
A sentence of one month's hard labour was imposed on Wong 80, 25, when he appeared before Mr. 8. F. Balfour at the Central Court yesterday charged with`obtaining: goods by false pretences.
Detective Sergeant C. Byron stated that the defendant had beeh formerly employed by the Tai Kwong, Dally Fress He had been dismissed about a week ago and in leaving took with him one of the rales books. With this book defendant went to a certain shop
received ground nut oll and or five different occasions, the atrength of that book.
Ow
NO CLAIMANT FOR AMMUNITION Application for the confiscation.
shop manager, Kuen Tong, 30, Tani Ming, 25. 1o Cheung, 30, and Yeung of 199 rounds of ammunition. Ping. 20. all shop assistants.
which was found by a, Chinese constable in stabbe Road near Wanchat Gap on August 6, was made before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Court yesterday.
was unscrewing the shade the de- produced the partnership book he went with the accused to the ¦ »]
fendant came up and stabbed him with a single scissor blade. The other part of the scissor was later found also the bolt which joined the pieces together.
Kwok warded off the blow with bis left hand and jumps to the Boor. He was again stabbed in the right arm and chased into the street where he was stabbed in the back.
Ip Ku, who was carrying the baby in her arms, ran out to stop the squabble and the defendant attacked her,
Kwok's wife then ran out of the shop to render assistance. Defen- dant stabbed her in the breast. and she ran along for about two or three shop lengths and cal- lapsed. She lay unconscious on the pavement.
Defendant returned to Kwok who was standing behind his mo- ther who was still holding the child. Defendant made a lunge at the woman. and stabbed the baby in the back.
A European, Mr. H. "K. Long came on the scene and prevented further stabbing.
and the company chop. The part Restaurant and there the de-
nership was formed in 1928 of fendant pointed out the acid. The GIRLS AND TWO
which he was the General Mana-bottle and the clothes were given r and Treasurer. He said that to the Government Analyst, and he did not keep coples of the let-the acids were found to be the tera he had written to the part- ners telling them of the repeated losses of the firm.
His Lordship said that since he was sued as the sole proprietor. he had to dismiss the action with out, coats, as the defendant had given most unsatisfaétury evidence. in the past half hour. taking that length of time to answer three simple questions.
STOLE FROM FRIEND
THEN GAMBLED.
IT AWAY
12me.
Defendant denied throwing the been someone else. acid, saying that it must have
ordered to pay $15 amends.
He was bound over in $100 and
OFFENDER LET OFF LIGHTLY
UNLICENSED RADIO
MEN
Yeung Buk. Yin, D52, stated that he found the ammunition and handed it to Sergeant Hill.
Sergeant Hill stated that he counted the ammunition and
Unwelcome Attention found that there were 119 rounds
Causes Fight
POLICEMAN INVOLVED
A complaint by two girls of the unwelcome attentions of two men, one of whom was stated to be the houseboy of Dr. Griffiths of the Kowloon Hospital, that later in- vo.ved a Chinese constable in struggle, was related as the Kow- In mitigation, Miss Esther Eng. loon Magistracy yesterday when of No, 753. Nathan Road, third Chan Yau, 23, house coolle. ap Abor summoned for having no charged with common assault on peared before Mr. E. Himsworth licence for a wireless
Chan Lau, spinster in Argyle Himsworth imposed a street, and with assaulting P.C. nominal fine at the Kowloon Magis C132 Chu Buk Man in the execu- trady yesterday. His Worship, re-
tion of his duty. marked that it was apparent Miss.
Derective Inspector R Fits
1
Mr.
Having stolen the sum of 3108.50 from Bek Fac, and having gambled
set
...
All the injured people together it all away in Canton and Macau," Eng did not intentionally attempt stated that the two men followed with the defendant were taken to Tsang Sum, 26, unemployed ap the Kowloon. Hospital,
peared before Mr. S. F. Balfour
When charged the defendant made a statement to the effect that he objected to the removal of the lamp shade and alleged that Kwok Hung and his family at tacked him with clogs and fire- wood and he retaliated with scis-
at the Central Court and was sen- tenced to six weeks.
Sergeant Sullivan stated that the defendant and comp.ainant lived together on the same floor. On the night on August 5, about 8 pm, the complainant discarded his belt and purse containing the money, and took a bath. When he returned from his abolutions he discovered that his purse had been taken away, "
MEDICAL EVIDENCE. Dr. R. 8. Begble, Assistant Gov- crament, Bacteriologist, gave evi- dence that he examined a pals at Acting on information, the com- short pants and found human plainant went to Macau and there blood stains present. He also saw the defendant, who admitted examined a scissor blade. Blood stealing the money and gambling was present but witnes was unable it away at Canton and Macau. to state whether it was: human blood or not,
the
of .3855 ride rounds and 89. rounda of 22 ammuntion.
The application was granted.
DAMAGING PROPERTY.
Ip Ful, 24, and L4 Chung 32, both unemployed, appeared before Mr. W. Schofeld at the Central Court yesterday charged with damaging telephone cable, the property of the P.W.D., near Boa Vista Hill, Island Road on August 11, and with the larceny of 20 feet of the catie.
Inspector O'Connor: asked for one week's remand, stating that the telephone service had been held up for some hours and that a total repair. would take about
one week.
The case was accordingly manded for one week.
INDIAN WITHOUT
PASSPORT
SMALL FINE IMPOSED
Abdul Halim, aged 26, was charged before Mr. 8. F. Balfour at the Central Court yesterday with entering the Colony without a vaid passport."
Defendat
Defendant said that he was going back to India.
to defraud the revenue.
the girls after they had emerged Detective Bergt. G. Carruthers at 11:30 p.m.. from the Portland. stated that Information was re- Theatre. Accused approached the ceived by the authorities from a complainant and put his hand on dealer that spare parte, had been the eve of her coat. When she purchased by Miss Eng on June 27.
drew her arm sharply away the The Wireless Inspector visited her aeeve was torn premises on July 20 at about 11.45 am, and found a set installed. Miss a Chinese constable who reassured The girls reported the matter to Eng frankly admitted that she did them against their fears not possess a licence, which was turned
They however obtained the next day. walking
away, and commenced
when Miss Eng in reply to the Bench, noticed that they were still being constable
stated that she returned from followed by two men. He ap America in June. The set was proached them, and one ran away nited up the following month. It The, accused, however, asked the was not necessary to obtain a constable what business he had to licence in America. Interfere and struck the policeman Det. Sergt. Carruthers stated that A struggle ensued, and constable possibly Miss. Eng was not aware B306 appeared on the scene in that a licence was necessary in the answer to police whistles,
Detective Sergeant Eussell stated Colony.MAT
that the defendant had been The Chinese constable took ac-issued with an emergency certi cased in charge and was walking to the station when the latter made a sudden and unexpected attack on the constable. He broke away, but was later arrested by another constable,
Bergeant Russell said that he Chan was fined $10 or one had been instructed to ask for a month's imprisonment for sentence as the coming of these saulting the girl, and was ordered people to Hong Kong was too to sign a bond in the sum of 120 frequent. The defendant, disem to come up for judgment in a marked from his boat bmt, he year, for assaulting the constabre should have taken the first svall- The Magistrate remarked that he able boat, which was about July took into consideration the good character given accused by Dry
Defendant was fined $5 one
His Worship: I do not regard this offence quite as seriously as the others." What I dislike in those cases is the deliberate attempt to defraud the revenue. There are mitigating circumstances in this case and there does not appear to
Dr. Y. K. Ng, medical ofeer. Kowloon Hospital, described" the Dr. Ng also examined So Shing injurias received by the complat (accused) and found a small eat nants. He stated that the woman,'
on his left hand. There were no Li Fuk. was in a very collapsed other injuries or marki. condition on admission to hospi- Kwok Hung testified that the tal. The body was very cold. She furniture in the barbers shop be- had a stab wound on the top of longed to the defendant but the the right breast. There was no electric Attings belonged to his be any such attempt. danger to life. She recovered and mother who was the principal
ogether with her daughter was tenant. He added that So Shing $10, discharged from hospital on owed over $19 and witness's mo August 8 All the wounds on the ther herself was two months in Injured persons, sald witness, arrears with rent,
A similar summons against Mr. could have been caused by a wes Further evidence was called P. B, Bmith of No. 288 Prince Ed- pon similar to the blade exhibited after which the hearing way ad- ward Road was adjourned till next in Court..
Tuesday at 11 am.
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journed to th's afternoon.
I shall impose a nominal fine of
ANOTHER CASE
cate to travel from Shanghai to Hong with no money to continue India. He had arrived in Hong he journey.
week