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Heard By Jury
CUSTOMS PASS ROBBERY:
MEN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS
Chau Wah, 45, earth coolle, who pleaded guilty to robbing” Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Peacock at Customs Pass, Kowloon, last September, was sentenced to seven years with hard labour by the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl MacGregor. at the Criminal Sessions yesterday.
Mr. EH. Willams, Assistant not wish to say anything at pre- Attorney General, informed his sent, but will speak later.in Lordship that defendant gave no.j.Court." assistance in recovering the stolen articles, and that none of the pro- perty had been recovered.
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The girl's mother, Tam Shuen- ma, gave evidence, after which the girl herself stated that she had been detained against her will by defendant.
The Chief Justice remarked that It was an extremely bad case in which the wanton use of fre
Chinese detective, Sergt. Wong works might have proved fatal if
Cheuk, and Sub-Inspector R. Cun- Mr. Peacock had not had a metalningham gave corroborative evi- cigarette case in his pocket at the Lime.
ANOTHER ROBBERY
of
For robbing two women money and jewellery at 51, Tung Chot Street on December 18, three men. - Cheung Sin, 34, Hof Sau- ping, 43, and Chan Ming, 23, were also arraigned before the Chief Justice yesterday.
Mr. Willams said that Chan Ming had had a previous convic- tion. Half of the property. had been recovered through the in- formation given, by Cheung 8in.
Cheung Sin and Hul Sau-plne both received prison sentences of 18 months with hard labour. and Chan Ming was sentenced to two years with hard labour.
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
ALLEGED
Leung Ring 38. was charged with having carnal, knowledge of agiri under 13, and: also for har- bouring the girl.
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The following jury was panelled: Messrs. W. 8. Drake. (foreman), Ngok Chow Horne. Wong Long-chi, Chan Tsun-ting Fong Kan-chew: Chan Kwai-ping and E. E Osmund.
Mr. Williams, prosecuting said that the two charges against the accused were that he had carnal knowledge of a girl of 12 years of age on November 14, 1936, and for unlawfully harbouring the same gir from November 14 to 22.
The girl lived with her mother. She was born in Hong Kong, and although no oficial record was kept of her birth, it could be. proved by relatives.
On the evening of November 13, her mother gave her five cents with which to buy some red cloth. She did not return and enquiries were made,
A few days later the mother made a report to the police.
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Mr. Willams went on to say that it would be proved that the girl met a man that evening and they had talked for a few minutes after which she was invited to his premises. She was persuaded to remain overnight and the next day the man took her to another place in Kowloom.
It was at this latter place that che met the defendant who had a cubicle there,
GIRL THREATENED
The gin said that she was torced to remain there and she Whe threatened on penalty of death not to go out.
She remained there from November 14 to 22, and on the evening of November 14 she was awakened in bed by someone in- terfering with her clothing. The
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cubicle embled her to recognize
the defendant.
On November 22 the first man she had met took her to another bouse where she again met the de- fendant. She remained at the premises till November 28.
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dence that they had raided 174. Woosung Road, Ground floor, and of the statement thất defendant gave at the Kowloon police station.
Lat and Leung Ng, also re- siding at the same premises as the defendant, testified that the girl could have left whenever she wished
Defendant stated that the girl consented to live with him, and
reiterated that she was at liberty to come and go as she pleased,
COWARDLY
OFFENCE AT
SHATIN
Man Beaten: Then. Robbed
SESSIONS SEQUEL
In the Second Court of the Criminal Sessions yesterday, Mr. Justice Hayden passed sentence of two years' hard labour on Cheung Tin Loi who pleaded guilty to a charge that on November 8, last, together with three others not in custody at U Kwai Sha Village, Shatin, they robbed Wan Mao of $177.
Mr. J. P. Murphy, (Assistant Crown Solicitor): There is no re- cord against this man. I "under- stand the police do not regard this B3 a very serious cas except that It took place in an outlying village and they took advantage of that fact The accused and the others who were with him informed the
people that they were policemen. The accused admitted assaulting the complainant who was in hos- pital for ten days recovering from the assault.
His Lordship raised the question of inflicting corporal punishment.
Mr. M. 3. Abbott, acting Crown Solicitor, said that since he had been in Hong Kong, his Lordship had awarded corporal punishment in a case of wounding with intent.
His Lordship. It has not been the practise to award corporal punishment; formerly it was.
Mr . Abbott: That is so, my Lord. His Lordship then sentenced de-
Addressing the fendant to 18 months imprison-Lordship, in passing sentence, said prisoner, His ment with hard labour for having that he should have awarded a carnal knowledge of the girl, and dismissed the charge
much heavier sentence than two of har
years had it not been for the fact that it was his first offence and the police did not regard the case as serious,
bouring.
MONEY DEMANDED WITH MENACES ·
Heavy Fine Imposed
On Two Men
Appearing on remand before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Police Court Yesterday, Yu Cheung-hong, 44, and Chong, Fat- hun 26, both unemployed,
were found guilty of the charge of dé- manding money with menaces from Sha Kwok-pal, dentist, on January 14. His Worship sald that in view of the fact that both defendants bad a' clear they would be given the option of a fine.
record,
A fine of $300 with the alterna- tive of three months' hard labour was imposed on each, defendant.
DANCE-HALL HOSTESS
ASSAULTED
For maliciously wounding Miss Ada Chan, a dance-hall hastess of the Majestic Cabaret of 32 Hill- wood Road, ground floor, the Misses Alice, Helena and Alberta
"Notwithstanding," added his Lordship "you are guilty of a very cowardly offence for apparently the four of you went into the com- plainant's house and beat him up and took part in the robbery."",
BANISHERS SENTENCED
In the same Court, Mr. Justice Hayden sentenced three returned banishers. Chan Phi Châu Bing and Wan Kam Chuen to two years" hard labour each for a breach of the Deportation Ordinance, Chan- sing had 15 previous convictiona Wan Kam Chuen had ten. Data
His Lordship commented that is Chan Sing had made a statement to the effect that he was born in Kowloon he directed that the police make enquiries into the matter..
Lạ Fun 29, unemployed of au fixed abode was brought before Mr. J. A. Fraser at the Central Magis- tracy yesterday morning for re- turning from banishment.
It was stated that the defendant was arrested once before on 2 similar charge.
Sentence of a year's hard labour was imposed.
REMAND GRANTED
For attempting to break in at Pedruco. also from the same câ- 222, Queen's Road. Ip Yan, 31, un- bare were brought before Mr. Kemployed, was brought before Mr. at the Central Magistracy Kenneth Keen at the Central Ma- yesterday morning.
gistracy yesterday morning.
Keen
Mr. M. A. da Silva was present for. the complainant while Mr. B. D. Evane appeared for the defen- dants.
day, January 22, at 2.30 p.m.
The case, was remanded till FM-
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The Coronation Supplement
We have received a copy of the 1937-issue of Whitaker's. Almanack,
that very useful annual publication without which no reference is com- plete,
This year's Whitaker's, known as the Coronation Edition, includes à supplement concerning the ab- dication of King Edward VIII and the Accession of King George VI,
ed 174, Woosung Street, ground this being available through all floor,' on November 28, on informa-book-sellers free of charge for in- tlon and there found the girl and sertion in copies.
the defendant. She claimed that
she lived, there. Both were taken in custody.
Dr. Y. K Ng, of the Kowloon Hospital, examined her and found that she was diseased, as was the defendant.
When defendant was charged at the police station he said. I do
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