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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, APRIL 20,
COURT NEWS
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IN BRIEF
Before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday Chan Ching, aged 21. unemployed, appeared on a charge of theft of a brass cooking pot which was at No. 82. stolen from a store Kwailin street on Sunday. Chan was fined $5 or one week's Impri-
sonment.
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Chip Dor, aged 50, who was charged with stealing a quantity of scrap iron from the Fuk Hing Chung marine store, was ordered to pay.a fine of $5 with an alterna tive of three weeks in gaol, while Tang Wul. a 28-year-old unem-
ployed was fined $5 or two weeks
imprisonment for the theft of a piece of iron from the Kwong Tick. iron yard. Inspector Shannon pro- | secuted. The case was heard at the Kowloon Magistracy.
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Two men. Yau Loi and Chan Shing, were sentenced to three years and two year's hard labour, respectively, by Mr. Justice Lad- sell at the Criminal Sessions yes terday for breaches of the Depor-... tation Ordinance. Mr. Abbott,
Crown Solleitor, Assistant secuted:
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Charges of the unlawful posses- sion of an iron stanchion and an Instrument ft for an unlawful purpose were preferred against Tam Lin-wun, aged 29, when he appeared before Mr. E Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy yester day.
Detective Sub-Inspector R. Cun-
ningham said that defendant was arrested by a Chinese detective and was unable to give a satisfactory explanation regarding the stan- chion. The unlawful instrument (a screw driver) was found on him at the station.
A fine of $10 or four' weeks' im- prisonment was imposed.
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Lie Sloe Djfe, a Dutch subject, appeared before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy yseterday for entering the Colony without a valid passport. Detective Ser- geart F. E Russell, prosecuting. sald that the defendent arrived in the Colony, on Saturday by the President Jefferson. He had boarded the ship just before it sailed from Shanghai and then bought his ticket on board. The Company was willing to take the defendant back to Shanghal at their own expense on the Pre- sident Coolidge. An expulsion' order was made against the de- fendant.
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Chin aged 30, vegetable hawker, appeared before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magis- tracy yesterday on a charge of committing a nuisance in public. Inspector Hourihan said the de- fendant was gambling near com- plainant's store and did not want
to
TRAGIC CASE
Father Accused Of Killing Child
A father who was accused of un- lawfully killing his daughter, aged 15 years, was freed yesterday when he was found not guilty at the Criminal Sessions before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, on a charge of manslaughter.
1937.
CRIMINAL
SESSIONS
Dangerous Drug Traffic
BODY FOUND ON HILLSIDE
Coroner's Inquiry Opened
A charge of the possession of Ah inquiry into the death of Ng heroin pills at No. 52. Ma, aged 40, whose mutilated body 29,330 Queen's Road Central, first foor, was found on the hillside above was admitted by Ho Man, 28, and the Aberdeen Reservoir on Janu- denied by Chan Kam, 32 years, ary 17, continued at the Central when they appeared before Mr. Magistracy yesterday. Mr. W. Justice Lindsellat the Criminal | Schofield sat as Coroner and was Sessions yesterday.
assisted by the following Jury: Messrs. C. L. Pinna (foreman), Au Wing and Fung Yu-kel.
The jury empanelled comprised: -Messrs. W.-R. Wong (foreman). Tang Pao Chun, W. H. Bourne, L. F. Xavier, H. A. Alves, Tse Kong Mr. M. J. Abbott. Assistant Yin and Tsang Kam Chuẹn.
∙Crown Solicitor. conducted the The case for the Crown, as pre-prosecution and the following jury sented by the Assistant Attorney was empanelled:+Mesara, H. Pad- General. Mr. E.-H. Williams, was dock (Foreman), Chan Wing Fab, that on the evening of March 1, E. Mostert. J. S. Glendinning a woman. Li Yee, living on the Funý. But, Cheung, Tang Yal Tung same premises as the accused at and Chuny Ke Kong. No. 56. Electric Road, heard quarelling between the accused and his wife and the deceased took her mother's part. The ac- cised was seen to strike the girl twice with his hand, once on the right temple apd once on 'the back of the neck. The girl later went to bed as usual.
BODY FOUND
Mr. Abbott described the rald conducted by S.R.O. Grimmitt and a party of revenue officers on March 22 and stated that Chan Kam's fingers and palms of his hands were stained pink,
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After hearing further evidence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against Chan Kam who was sentenced to three years' hard labour.
Ho Man was sentenced to three years' hard labour.
ANOTHER CASE.
The next morning the accused asked Li Yee for the loan of money as he wished to hire a rickshaw to take the little girl to hospital.
A jury comprising Messrs. W. The accused left the house carry- ing the child and returned an hour C. G. Glimore (Foreman), H. A. later. The Crown case was that Castro, Nagy E. A.-von Kotza, E. the giri was dead at that time. A dos Remedios Alves, Ng Hin Kwan. Andrew. Cheung and Wong The body was found in a scaveng- ing lane by a Chinese constable Long Chi, returned a verdict of and at the Bay View Police Sta- guilty against Kong Yuk. 55, tion, Sub-Insp. Hallam noticed widow, charged with the posses sion of 27,000 heroin plis at No. blood running from the nose.
173, Thomson Read, Wanchai, and she was sentenced to three years' Mr. Abbott pro- hard labour. secuted.
The body was removed to the martuary where Dr. R. S. Begbie conducted a post mortem examina- tion and found that death was caused by fracture of the skull and haemorrhage.
Det-Inspector Rozeskwy was in charge of the case for the Police.
Wong Kwok-kal, schoolmaster of the Wang Ning School at 21 Waterloo Road, said that the de- ceased had lived with him at his school, and paid him $12 for board and lodging. The deceased ap- peared to be very well off but did not show anyone how much money he really had.
Witness continued:-"He did not converse with the much as be He could only speak Mandarin stayed with me for three months. I'last saw him on the moming of January 8. I had never seen him in the company of any lady friends. In fact he had' asked me
to
un- to introduce him married lady whom I thought would make a sultable wife for him. A girl by the name of Miss Chiu did come to the school to teach him. English"
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TEACHER'S EVIDENCE Miss Chul Kim-pong, of 478 Na- than Road, said: "I met the de- ceased for the first time in Nov. 1936, through Cheong Chi-wan, an English teacher in the Wang Ning School I later taught him English for a month. I did not know whether deceased knew any WIDOW GAOLED
other women excepting myself. I Before the Chief Justice; Sir In the doctor's opinion the blow Atholl MacGregor, Leang Mul, 22, have been out with the deceased. went to Un Long, and the "seconti would have been of moderate vio widow, pleaded guilty to the Dos. Several times. The first time we lence with a fist or the fracture session of 88,39 heroin pills and
time he gave a dinner party at might even have been caused by half an ounce of erode heroin, at
the Nga Lung restaurant in Kow- a fall.
No. 12, Morrison Hill Road, and Dr. Begbie, in evidence, said a
was sentenced to three years' hard loon. I last saw him on January 7 near the King's Park Reservoir box on the ears was as common as labour. Wong Shing. 23, unem-
when he spoke to me saying that the charge and other forms or correction and was ployed, denied not criminal. The cracks on the evidence was heard by the follow he would be coming to my house at 10 a.m., for his English lessons, deceased's skull had been there for ing Jury-Messrs. L A. Tobias at least a month previous.
(Foreman), Fung Thu Po, David but he did not turn In his summing up, his Lordship Lee, H. Reason, Leung
Yau specified time."
Wong Sin, coolie at the Aberdeen described the
tragic Cheong, Leung Fat Tin and Har- Reservoir, gave evidence as to the trial as a little case, and reminded the jury ris Kin Long. Wang, Shing was
discovery of the body, following that the law was that a father found guilty and sentence of two which he made a report to the though he was allowed to chastise and a half years hard labour was
police. and correct his children he was imposed. Mr. Williams, Assistant only allowed to use moderate and "Attorney General, appeared for reasonable force in so doing..
the Crown.
"Do you or do you not believe that it was unreasonable or that
Chinese' 1 was improper for a father having twice been cursed to slap his offending daughter twice on the side of the head," asked bis Lordship.
The Jury, without retiring, re- turned a unanimous verdiet of not guilty.
His Lordship (to accused): You are discharged and you may go. 1 hope you will remember next time go" any further. The com-
not, to lose your temper with your plainant protested and the defen-
children until you are near enough dant abused her, and turned around and exposed himself. She to punish them in the way that did not think he had any evil nature intended them to receive- intention towards her. His Wor- ship imposed a fine of $10 or 14 days' hard labour.
COOK BOY
TROUBLE
IN
Theft From Blue Funnel Liner
A cook boy employed on the steam launch, Ares, named Lam Kap, aged 24, was charged "before Mr. K. M. A Barrett at the Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday with the Jarceny of 383 pounds of brass and iron from the 8.3. Talthyblus.
Chan, Wing, unlicenced marine hawker, was charged with receiv-
·Ing
punishment.
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INSPECTOR'S DISCOVERIES, Sub-Inspector Dredge, officer-in- charge of the Aberdeen Police OVER 30,300 PILLS
Station, in his evidence said that Justice Appearing before Mr.
on January 17 at 2.30 p.m., he was Lindsell yesterday afternoon, Sit called from his quarters to the Chl, aged 33. pleaded not guilty charge-room where he was inform- when charged with the possessioned by Sin that he had found a dead of 30,300 heroin pills at 5, Pak Tal body on the hillside at the Aberg Reservoir. He then went Terrace, third floor. The follow-deen ng fury was empanelled:-Messrs. with last witness to the spot where EL R. Leitao (Foreman). J. M. the body was, and there he found Nolasco da Silva, F. F. Hennigsen, one" bottle half full of Hennessy L. R. Cramer, A. Black, J. Wong and J: A. B. da Silva. The accus- ed was found guilty after evidence was heard and was sentenced to three years' hard labour.
POSSESSION OF
ARMS
Accused Pleads He Was "Framed"
Tang On, allas Tang Sul-00, allas Tang Sang, pleaded not guilty before the Chief Justice, Bir Atholl
The following have arrived at the MacGregor, at the Criminal Ses- alons yesterday to a charge nf alleged
revolver possession of a and three rounds of ammunition at Taipo on March 30,
Mr. N. Ford (Blam).
Mrs. and Miss Meyers (Canton). Mr. and Mrs. Speelman (Canton). Mrs. A. C. Bennett and daughters (Canton).
The jury empanelled to hear the case was as follows:-Messra, K. W Mr. and Mrs. A. §, Chase (Can- Pedersen (Foreman), 1. Agaturo, Wong Man Keung. L. C. Liedbe, Luf ton).
Wing Sing. Fung Shan"Pok and Leung Hew Fung.
brandy, one bottle of Chinese wine which was empty, and two small bottles which emelt of having con- tained ether. A few yards away from the body be found, a waist- coat which had blood stains on it. He also found a piece of cotton wool which was covered with blood. On the northeast side of a rock near the body he found exhibit one, which was a penknife, stained with blood. Near the body he found three bus tickets.
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FORGED NOTES
Woman Sentenced At
Sessions
Sentence of six months', hard labour, to date from "the first day of the March Sessions, was passed yesterday by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor on a woman, Ho Fun, who pleaded guilty to three charges of attempting to utter forged Hong Kong Government dollar notes on January 23 last.
Accused, whose trial was to have taken place last month, was re- On the following morning he was presented by the Hon. Mr. Leo present when Dr. Begble perform-D'Almada, jar. Instructed by Mr.
J. M. D'Almada Remedios. ed the post mortem on the body.
Mr. D'Almada sald his client At this stage the hearing was
Canton and had ob- adjourned till Wednesday April 28 came from
tained the notes from a money- at 2.30 p.m.
changer there. She had no idea that they were forgeries until she went to a cigarette stall on the day of her arrest.
ARMED ROBBERS SENTENCED
Mr. E. H. Williams, Assistant At- torney-General, said that uttering
· Li Blu, 59, Pang, Bang, 33, and LE❘ forged Government Treasury notes. Yan Ting, allas Li Po On, 23, was a serious offence. pleaded guilty before the Chier His Lordship: Are they more Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at sacred in the eyes of the law? the Criminal Sessions yesterday to (Laughter).
a charge of robbery at No. 4 Kwan Yick Street, West Point, on Febru For the Crown, Mr. E H. WI-
ary 7, when they relieved Ng Mau. Mr. J. C. L Wong, of the Blue and when questioned defendant lams, Assistant Attorney General. Yee of $891.09, of which only $50 Funnel Shipping Department, ap- Informed him that they were given said that the argused was arrested
was recovered by the police. Ben- peared as complainant. He stated to him by an engineer on board a on the main road near Talpotence of three years hard labour that it was the usual practice for Blue Funnel liner which had sail- Market on Information. The re-
was passed on each defendant Mr. the launch to go to Blue Funnel ed that day. He was asked to volver was found wrapped in Williams, Assistant Attorney Ge- Jiners to collect scraps of metal dispose of them. Defendant ad- handkerchief next to his girdle nerdi, prosecuted. and bring them to the Wharf mitted that he was a cook on board and the ammunition was found in where they are stored and later the Ares and the coxswain had his pocket in a cigarette packet. disposed of. On this occasion the Instructed him to sell the articles There was another man. Yau Fat. Ares was ordered to "go to the
Defendant stated that he had who wAS walking a few yards C. Goodwin also gave evlience. Talthybius to transfer a quantity no knowledge that the metal was ahead of the accused, and he was of scrap Iron and brass. He was stolen property. He was asked to also arrested. Yau Fat, in fact, Informed on April 18, a day later sell them by the coxswain whose was the man who gave information that the entire crew of the Are order, he said, had to be obeyed. to the police and he denied that bad disappeared.
His Worship remarked that there he (Tau Fat) gave the revolver to Later in the same day he saw de-
was insufficient evidence to con- the accused to carry, as accused tendant in the custody of the po-vict second defendant Chan Wing had alleged in his statement when lice on board the launch, accused
on the charge of receiving. Regard-charged, of having atolen the metal
COXSWAIN'S ORDERS
PREVIOUS CONVICTION The jury, without retiring, re- turned a verdict of guilty.
Mr. Williams produced a previous conviction against the accused in 1833 when he was sentenced by Mr. Justice Lindsell to three years hard labour for robbery by two or
SEWING MACHINES
STOLEN
Two unemployed men, Keung Kin, aged 34, and Chan Pul, 24, were charged before Mr. Hims- worth at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with the larceny of a sewing machine from No. 3, Port- land Street, and burglary, alleged to have been committed on Febru ary 17, when they stole two sew- ing machines from No. 424, Shang- hal Street.
Detective Bergt. J." Readridge said that defendants were arrested in possession of a machine, and when questioned they admitted the theft or two other machines, The aik Tardship passed sentence of total value of the three machines twelve months hard labour on the was about $250. present count and ordered the con- The defendants were each sen
the arma “and am- | tenced to four months' hard tas scation
bour.
Ing Lam, he said that the charge Bergt J. E. Scott, Police Armour-more. or larceny: should be dismissed as er, testified that the weapon was The Chinese detective who made there was no proof to indicates 38 short ave-chamber revolver the arrest gave evidence and stated that he had stolen the articles. but did not show signs of recent that about 4 pm, on April 15 he He was bound over on a charge firing. A Chinese detective, Acting Sub-Insp. 7. Orem and Det-Borgt, saw defendant carrying the fron of receiving.
munition;