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JUROR MISSES BUS
Explanation Accepted By Chief Justice
TWELVE MONTHS IN THE NEW
STANLEY GAOL
Sequel To Kowloon Robbery
On arraignment before the Chier Justice, Bir Atholl MacGregor, at
HEROIN PILL OFFENCE
Criminal Sessions
Cases
SHARP SENTENCES
Mr. Samuel Dunn who was ab- sent when the names were called for the jury to hear the first case at the Criminal Sessions yester- day morning, explined to the the Criminal Sessions yesterday | 42, Chan Hang, 96 and his wife, "Chief Justice, Bir Atholl Mac-morning on charges of assault with Gregor, that he lived rather far intent to rob and common assault, from town and had missed his Wong Chau, pleaded not guilty to ferry and bus.
the first count and admitted the second
His Lordship: By your delay you missed a chance of sitting on the shortest case at the Sessions.
it.
Mr. Dunn: I very much regret
His Lordship: I think it will be sumcient punishment for Jou when I hasure you that you will have to 'await your turn.
MAN AND WIFE
FINED
Obstructing Police Officer
Chau Yau, 54, unemployed, and Lo Ho, 51, married woman, of No. 83, Tong Mei Street, were brought before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday on a charge of obstructing a police constable in the execution of his duty.
Outlining the facts of the case, Inspector Roger, who presecuted, told the Court that on January 18, about 7 pm. a Chinese constable detained a young girl, who was carrying two bottles of wine in the pockets of her scarf, in Tong Mel Street. When she walked near ner house, she gave an alarm to her father who came and requested the .constable to release his daughter, Upon his refusal he struggled with the constable, and broke one
of the bottles. Second defendant then heard the commotion, rushed
The following Jury was "em panelled to hear the issue- Messrs. G. Anderson (foreman), W 8. Hüler. A. L. S. Read, D. Mac- Kenzle, Wong Yat-ping. W. Ford and Wong Ol-kut
For the Crown, Mr. E. H Wil- liams, Assistant Attorney General, stated that the complainant, Ngan Kwai-hing, 24, was a student from Canton and his father owned a certain vegetable laag in Water- loo Road. Three weeks before the incident. Ngan Kwal-hing came to Hong Kong to aasist his father in collecting accounts and working at the stall. On December 18. about 4 p... Ngan set out to col- lect various sums of money from stall holders in the Shamshuipo He had and Mongkok districts. collected altogether 519 28 which he kept in a white canvas bag tied round his wrist and at the same time in the grasp of his left band.
THE ASSAULT On coming to the corner of Arran Street, about 5.30 pm, he was suddenly caught from behind by a man who put his arms round him while another man, the ac-
cused, tugged at the bag with all his might at the same time punch- Ing Ngan in the upper part of his left arm.
Ngan shouted "snatching" and managed to fall to the ground. The complainant continued to struggle and seeing that they could not release the bag from his grasp, the two men took to their heels. Ngan gave chase after the accused who was caught by a
Yu Yeung Fu, 29, Kwan Yuen,
Wong Wan, 33, were arraigned be- fore the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Ses" slons yesterday afternoon, charged with the possession of 160 ounces of heroin and 64.670 heroin pills at. 184, Des Voeux Road Central, top floor, on December 18,
Yu Yeung Fu and Kwan Yuen pleaded guilty while Chan Hang and his wife denied the charge.
In the course of evidence taken subsequently, his Lordship directed the fury to return a formal verdict of not guilty against Wong Wan as there was insufficient evidence against her to go to the jury.
The following jury was ет- panelled - Messrs, T.C. Monaghan (Foreman), Chia Peng Hong, A.C. Rosario, G.U. da Roza, H.D. Rumjahn, CA. da Roza and 3.C. GHD.
Mr. Abbott, for the Crown, des- cribed the raid made by Senior R.O. Grimmitt, Mr. Taylor and party, and said that the rear cubicle was used as a heroin fac- tory.
When charged. Chan Hồng stated that he did not make the pills. He was there to wait for customers for which he was paid $15 a month.
UNANIMOUS VERDICT Wong Wan stated that she was on the premises to help her hus- band. She did not make pills.
After evidence was given, Chan Hang made a statement from the dock to the effect that he had been unemployed for several months and was willing to accept any job.
Without retiring the jury return- ed a verdict of guilty against Chan Hang who was sentenced to three
out and snatched the remaining Chinese constable' on duty in the years' hard labour.
bottle of wine from her daughter, and handed it to another person. “ Inspector Rogers said that the evidence of the possession of wine was destroyed by the two defend- ants.
First defendant was fined $10 or three weeks' imprisonment, while the second was ordered to pay 55 ór two weeks,
TAILOR TURNS PICKPOCKET
!
And Is Given Six Weeks!
Yung Yim-sum, 37-year-old
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vicinity.
ed
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When charged the accused re- plied that he assaulted the complainant because he want- to earn $3. He assaulted him on behalf of another man. At the Magistracy trial, the ac- cused denied assaulting the com- plainant with intent to rob but claimed that he merely assaulted him. He stated that a man, Lam Chi, had given him $4 and had asked him with the other man to go out and beat the complainant. Ngan's father's stalls consisted of two parties, hakkas and puntis, and apparently there had been a dispute. Lani Chl belonged to one of the parties.
PREVIOUS CONVICTION Neither complainant до his father knew Lam Chi and they had never seen the accused before. Evidence was then called after which the jury, without retiring, returned a verdict of guilty.
shopkeeper, of 63, Connaught Road, West, Ground floor, was walking along Des Voeux Road, West on
The accused admitted two pre- Monday, when he felt a slight tug
vious convictions for stealing. In his breast pocket. As he was
"You will spend the next twelve carrying $100 in dotes he, imme-
months 伍 the new prison at diately felt for the money but
Stanley with hard labour," re- found that the sum had disap-marked his Lordship in passing peared.
He saw Lam Chf, 33, a tailor of No. 7, Cedar Street, ahead of him and gave chase, catchizig. Làm after a short ruf.-
Lam then dropped the money on the ground and in the act of stopping to pick it up. Yung re- leased the man. Another chase was started and 'when Lam was apprehended again he was handed over to Chinese constable C515. who brought him to the police station where Lam admitted the robbery, but added that he was assaulted by ten men Enquiries Instituted by the authorities proved
that this was false,
Appearing before Mr. J. A. Fra- sex at the Central Magistracy yes- terday he was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment.
CRUELTY TO A PIG
Coolie Ordered To
Pay Fine
Pleading guilty to the charge of cruelty to a pig. Wong Kuen, 48, coolle, was fined $6 when he ap- peared at the Kowloon Police Court yesterday.
sentence.
CIGARETTE THIEF CAUGHT
Little Girl Victimised
Yu Yeung Fu and Kwan Yuen received three and a half years' hard labour each while Wong Wan was discharged.
HEROIN PILL
FACTORY ·
Working In Full Blast
а
Wong Ngau, aged 62, described by the Crown prosecutor 25 diverting personality, stood in the dock at the Criminal Sessions yes- terday before the Chief Justice, Bir Atholl MacGregor, on a charge of the unlawful possession of 270 ounces of pink paste containing heroin and 8,614 heroin pills at 34, Upper Lascar Row.
M2 M.J. Abbott prosecuted for the Crown and the following jury was empanelled Messrs, LA. Dopson (foreman), Cheng Sau Trang, Chau Hau Leung, Chen Kin Cho, Tu Hung Wal, Ho Iu Nam and 1. G. de Lima.
Mr. Abbott related that an De- cember 19 at 8.30 am. Benior Re- venue Omcer Grimmitt, accom- panied by Mr. H.A. Taylor, Govern ment Monopoly Analyst, and a raiding party went to the premises Tang Kwai, 43, unemployed, of In question and after some minutes no axed abode, was charged before obtained entrance. The floor con- Mr. 3. A. Fraser at the Centralsisted of a cubicle and a bed space Magistracy yesterday with the lar-in the passage way which led to ceny of five packages of cigarettes the kitchen. The only persons on the floor were the defendant, an
valued at 23, cents.
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It was stated that Wong Lau, a | elderly woman, Lo Ng, who had al- 29-year-old married woman, with a ready pleaded guilty to the indict shop at No. 23, Lockhart Road. ment, and another woman with ground floor, left her young daugh whom they were not concerned 'in ter Ah Yin, aged ave, to attend tu
any way.. the cigarette stall for minutes at 8 am. on January 18.
Buddenly, there was a frightened yell of "Stealing!" and when abe ran out to see what had happened she saw Tang running away, She ran after him, and Chan Shing, a passer-by, apprehended the thief,
His Worship Imposed a sentence of three weeks' hard labour.
DOG OWNER FINED For allowing his brown Chow dog in Somerset Raad without hav- ing a muzzle or lead on January 2 C. L. Shant of 18, Kent Road, Kow- loon Tong, was summoned at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, and was fined a sum of $16.
Inspector Rogers said that `de- fendant was seen by a constable on January 18, at the Yaumati Railway Station, carrying a pig in through the holes of the crate, and a rattan crate, without matting. as a result the pig's legs were The legs of the animal projected bruised.
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OFFICE BOY ATTACKED
Abduction Charge Attempted Robbery
LA Yam-chuen, unemployed school teacher appeared on remand before Mr. J. A. Fraser at the Cen- tral Magistracy yesterday to face the charge of abducting a girl under 21 years of age.
Fan Hin, an office boy in the employ of Messrs. David Sassoon and Company, made a report to the Police yesterday to the effect that while he was walking down the lane to the east of Exchange At the last hearing it was alleged Building about 2.30 pm @ that he had invited the girl, Tang, Chinese came up from behind and Lal-chun, 18, of Canton, to come attacked him. to the Colony to assist him in tea- ching as he was about, to re-open
"IN FULL BLAST"" The bed space, said Mr. Abbott, was betrig used as a heroin factory in full blast. Inside the cupboard | a school here. were dive trays of hot pills while an earthenware jür was found to con- tain lumps of pink paste. The de- fendant's hands were Uterally coat ed with pink paste.
When charged, the accused, re- plied that the woman, Lo Ng intro- duced him to work there and he did not know, that was a danger ous drug.
“YES, I AM LYING"
Upon her arrival here she learn- ed that this was not the case, but she admitted living with him from January 8 to 14, when she informed her parents of her whereabouts,"
Defendant was arrested, but he told his Worship yesterday that the girl had voluntarily, lived with him f for that period of time.
Fan Hin, who was carrying in his pocket the sum of $1,190, belonging to the firm, was thrown to the ground but, after a struggle with his assailant managed to get free. The latter then attempted to escape but was arrested after a shoot chase.
CASE REMANDED
A sentence of six months' impri- sonment was imposed on defendan
At the Police Court the accused ant... gave evidence when he stated that. he was only visiting a friend and word he spoke in his evidence," seeing that the pink masses were added Mr. Abbott. sa interesting he picked them up. for inspection and that was how his hands were stained
Accused's final reply when cross- examined was "Yes, I am lying" "And that probably is the first true
The Crown then called evidence, after which the accused was found guilty.
Wong Ngau and Lo Ng were sentenced to three and a half years' hard labour each.
For robbing Yu Ping-kong, an unemployed Chinese, Lan Choi 3, and three others not in-custody, were charged at the Central Magis tracy before Mr. J. A. Fraser. Sgt. Parkin asked for a week's formal remand which was granted..
The sum of money stolen was #36.50 and the robbery took place on January 16.