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JURY HEARS SAD STORY STAMPS WORTH Universities Carry On In AT CRIMINAL SESSIONS
Onon
$500 STOLEN
STUDENT FINED
Death Sentence Passed On Leung Wal-j, 13, student. was
Survivor Of Suicide Pact
charged before Mr. K. M. A Barnett, at the Kowloon Court yesterday. with larceny of $500, worth of stamps.
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Mr. Oscar F. Ribeiro, owner of
ACCUSED ALLEGES HIS WIFE SAID the stamps said that defendant
“IT IS BETTER TO DIE"
A heart-rending story of desperation caused by poverty and in- ability to find work, engendering in his wife the desire to die, was fold by Cheung Ah-lung, alias Lam Tuen-shu, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday before he was found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of Li Ying-mul, his wife.
The jury added a strong recommendation for mercy, which was endorsed by His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor.
The case for the Crown alleged that Cheung and his wife had had an agreement. to commit suicide, that is, a "suicide pact," and that accused threw or pushed her overboard from a ferry in the har- bour before jumping over himself. This Cheung denied, though he testified that after seeing his wife leap into the water he himself did not wish to live and he jumped in after her.
The following jury heard the
Li Chul and Chan Cheung, sea-
and a youth came to his house and bought some stamps but they took away with them a book contain- ing about 4,000 to 5,000 stamps, valued at $500.
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That Yanching University and Fu Jen University, the only two institutions of higher learning to continue operating in North China following the Lakuochiao incident, have carried on satisfactorily dur ing the past academic year was revealed by Dr. John Leighton Stuart, President of Yenching (Peiping), in an interview upon his ar- rival in Hong Kong yesterday on the ss. Poladam,
Dr. Stuart is here to attend the will remain opened as long as this be maintained, he meeting of the China Foundation, freedom can The defendant returned another which is being held this we said.-- day and was arrested.
The American educator pointed STUDENTS' ATTITUDE
Asked about the attitude of the out, that Yenching has had no
from the Pelping students and faculty members re- interference local authorities in the institution's garding national affairs, Dr. Stuart internal activities or academic declared that they were all follow- work and no proposals for changes ing closely with greatest interest in the university have been made the development in other parts of
He emphased that the univer-China"
Mr. Ribeiro said part of the stamps were recovered, in the de- fendant's house. but be denied knowledge of any further stamps. Defendant was fined 100, and was remanded for 24 hours to find a surety for a bond.
case:-Messrs. R. F. Clark (fore men on the Man: Wal and Man ILL-TREATMENT
man), La Ping-cheng, I. W. Lang. Ching Hi-kwong, No Chi-chung. A
H. Delcourt and A. Pollock.
Mr. E. H. Williams, Assistant At- torney-Gerteral, prosecuted, while
Cht. respectively, corroborated the evidence of this search.
ACCUSED'S STATEMENT
Ip Hoi-chung. interpreter. at- to the CID., read the
OF CHILD
Woman Fined In Kowloon
Lo Muk-tal, 30, married woman,
sity authorities will continue to He revealed that although the carry on a policy of absolute vernacular newspapers published academic freedom and expressed in the north do not give the tras the opinion that if a university picture of events in the south, the ceased to have academic freedom students and faculty members are it ceases to be a university. He able to obtain objective informa- dis- added that he would prefer to close on through foreign" presi the university rather than lose its patches which are subscribed to by academic freedom. The institution the university.
STUDENT STOLE present
BICYCLE
Father Guarantees Good Behaviour
The university in carrying on ts programme, Dr. Stuart went on to say, bore two things in mind: to guarantee the personal safety of the students who are attending the university, and to guarantee that the patriotic loyalty of the students would not be engrossed upon.
PETPING GUERILLAS
The Catholle University. better
A messenger of the Great Nor- Mr. H. W. Fraser. Inspector of thern Telegraph Company ap-known as Tu Jen, is working closely Mui-tsal, prosecuted.
peared as complainant yester-
Mr. Hin-Shing Lo, Instructed by tached Mr. F. E. Nash, was for the defence.statement made by accused when Outlining the case, Mr. Williams charged. In this he said that on i when
ar.çes- said that about 10.30 p.m.
very young his March 12, while the ferry Man Totors had betrothed Lal Ying-mul was off the Yaumatt weakwater, as his wife. When he was 18 his of No. 2 Temple Street, appeared for the third time before · Mr. Q. on its way from Mongkok to Hong parents died and he had no one A A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Kong, a woman third-class pas-upon whom to rely in the house, Magistracy yesterday charged with senger, named Chan. So, heard a He and his wife left their, village
Il-treating and neglecting a nine- female voice calling out "save life." for Hong Kong on March 1, get year-old child, Lo Mu
On arrival stern ting here on March 12. On looking towards the
registered at the Chung
·with Yarching B are other through an iron grill, she saw. at they a distance of about nine feet away Kwok Boarding House after, which
Dr. E. Gosano. of the Kowloon
day before Mr. R. Edwards at missionary middle schools in the from her, a man heave a woman they went for a walk to seek work.
same area. Yenching has an en- overboard. She immediately raised Being strangers here, they knew Hospital, said that the child was the Central Magistracy, when the alarm and then saw the man nobody and could find nothing. under-nourished and did not ap- young student, Wong Kau, was collment of 800 students and Fu
charged with the theft of a bicycle. Jen 500. himself jump into the sea, The They were very disappointed and pear to be looked after at all.
The situation in Pelping is vnt. launch was stopped and accused his wife lamented bitterly and Wong Kwai-kum and Pun Shut- the property of the Company, on
wardly calm. Dr. Stuart said. Re- was rescued by a seaman, Chan said it would be better to die. chan, married women, who brought April 22.
Detective Sergt. Dowman told ports have reached the city of con. Lo. Accused was in a weakence Being young and robust, he did the child to the police, then gave condition at the time but revived not want to beg for alms and his evidence of the continued beating the Court that complainant parked stant ruerilis activities in Hopel his machine outside the Bank of Province, and in some cases these after artificial respiration had been wife agreed that with his youth of the child. applied.
people would jest at him.
The two women were commended Chima to deliver a telegram, and fighters baye approached quite
as he was just entering the build-near the city(Central News). The woman was not recovered.
They then went across the har-by the Magistrate, who fined de- although the search was continued
bour. On account of the ferry fendant $50 or two months harding defendant came up and rode
the bicycle away. He gave chase bu for 15 minutes not only by the
being full of passengers, they did labour,
failed to catch defendant. other Man To but also by two launches, the Man Wai and the Man Chi
On arriving in Hong Kong, ad- cused was taken to hospital and two days later he was charged with murder. In answer to the charge
not want to commit suicide then as they were afraid it would be Inconvenient. After reaching the
other side they returned by the of the stern she called out An same ferry...
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Lung. Ah Long. I don't want my
A little distance out, Li Ying-life. Then she jumped into the he made a long statement, in the mul äsked him to go to the stern and water. I realised then that she to commit suicide. course of which he said the woman jump into the harbour together. Intended
ACCUSED'S EVIDENCE
in question was his wife. He fur-He felt as if his heart had been Having seen her jump overboard arrows LI thought it was no use for me to ther stated that they arrived in pierced by 10,000 Hong Kong on the day of the in-Ying-mui then jumped into the live and I jumped overboard my-
self too." cident, and after having booked a harbour and he went after her.
Mr. Williams cross examined on com at a boarding house, they
the differences between accused went out to look for work. Though very poor, they were unwilling to This concluded the case for the statement and his evidence. beg. Having failed to find em- Crown and accused went into the
In his address, to the Jury Mr. ployment. his wife, anggested it witness-box. There he said: "My would be better that they were, wife came into my family at the Williams that there was no reason dead, Accordingly, they boarded a age of two, when I was aged eight. to doubt that the statement had liberately Be submitted that the terry for Mongkok, but as there This was arranged by my parents,been made intelligently and de- evidence accused now gave was were too many persons on board and is the custom of the Hakkas. they did not carry out the act. On I sold sweetmeats in the country.
an afterthought. the return voyage, however, his for a living. wife jumped overboard and he fol- Ipwed:
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י,
"BETTER TO DIE"
Mr. Lo submitted there was no evidence of a suicide pact.
THE SUMMING-UP
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ANOTHER MACHINE TAKEN Another messenger. Yarn Cheuk.
lam, who saw the bicycle being ridden by a man without uniform, suspected the theft and pursued defendant who abandoned, the cycle and ran A police constable:
FRAUD CASE EVIDENCE
Bank Tellers Testify
Further evidence was heard a
woman
the chase and arrested defendant. the Central Magistracy yesterday who was in the vicinity joined in
As the result of inquiries made before Mr. R Edwards in the case It was disclosed that defendant in which two men and a had also stolen another bicycle were charged in connection with belonging to the P. W. D. on April fraud on March 28. 11. The latter machine was die- The Overseas Chinese Banking
Corporation were the complainants posed of in Bhumchun.
Defendant's father agreed to sign and Mr. G. S. Hugh Jones appear-
Acting Det.-Inspector Whant a bond of $50 for his son's gooded on their behalf, assisted by behaviour for one year.
ASSAULT ON A MUITSAI
Man Pleads. He Lost His Temper
The three defendants were. Ho Ming-sang, formerly an office boy of the Bank, charged with theft of a blank cheque: forgery of a cheque for $14,000; conspiracy to defraud; Leung Fo, charged with uttering a forged document; ob taining property on a forged docis-
Lo Chok-man, 33, master of the ment; receiving and conspiracy:
In concluding his summing-up Kwong Cheung Hing engineering and Young Bau-taun,
woman,
3p-
"On March 1, I left the country with my wife, taking with me $40. Continuing, Counsel said the baggage and some sweets. We got Jury must be stisned, before they to Hong Kong March 12 and took could return a verdict of guilty. a room at the Chung Kwok Board- that the woman had been drowned. jing House. After paying for the His Lordship said there were three shop. of No. 224 Cheimgshawan charged with receiving stolen pro- The case for the Crown was that room I had just over a left. I points the jury had to conalder; Road, appeared before Mr. Q. A. A. perty.
Leung Yue-chor, a teller of the she was, although her body was not asked for a meal and was told we firstly, whether they were satis- Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magis- Precovered, for there could not be had to wait for a while. I did filed beyond reasonable doubt that tracy yesterday charged with Bank. stated yesterday that he, any possiblity of her having been not wait as I was feeling hungry Li Ying-mui was dead; secondly, assaulting a multaal, Tan Shing received the cheque, from a person who called himself Li Fung and picked up by a motor-boat or junk and went out with my wife to buy if they were so satisfied, whether 31, 17. as there was none in the vicinity some food. I then went round she met her death at the hands Mr. H. W. Frazer, Inspector of when the cheque had come back at the time:"
trying to find some work but could of the accused. By that he did not multaat, said that the girl was in with the cash for payment Li Counsel concluded by pointing not find any. We were much dis-mean they must necessarily accept the employ of the defendant's wife. Fung did not response to the call out that the law in respect of sui- tressed by this, particularly my Chan Bo's story. It did not matter and on April, 20 was. beaten with to collect.
Another teller Tse Pui-wel. elde pact was that the one who wife.
whether he threw his wife in and a feather duster, Ehe made a re- then jumped in himself, or port to the BCA two days latter textined that about twenty minutes failed was guilty of the murder of
whether they jumped in, together:
Mr. P. M. Hodgson, who appeared after Leung Xue-chor had called the one who succeeded.
"On her suggestion we returned the essence of the Crown's case for the defendant, said that de-out L Fung's name, a person
and en- THE EVIDENCE
to the boarding house. When we was the agreement, the suicide fendant lost his temper and that proached the counter
the girl was well-treated for a quired for the money. The person Evidence was then called Changot there my wife wanted to compact.
signed for the "receipt of the So, principal Crown witness, testimit suicide, saying 'now-that wa
Lastly, they hi to consider the number of years.
Defendant was fined $10. The money as Li Fung fied to have seen accused throw a have not been able to get any
story told by the prisoner. The girl will be placed under charge of After further evidence the near- woman overboara,
work and have no more money test they had to apply here was by the 8.C.
ing was adjourned. It is better to die than to live.?? nct "Do I believe?" That was too Here accused began weeping soft-high for British justice. They y Continuing: "I did not be- did not have to believe all the lieve that, she would commit prisoner's story. If they thought suicide but I said to comfort her. It may reasonably be true, that Ngan Chai, Sister-in-law of the might be able to get some work was enough for them to free him. last witness, said that she heard tomorrow. I myself did not ex- The jury returned their verdict cries of "Save life," "Mother, Bavé press any desire to commit suicide after a retirement of 20 minutes. He." and "Pushing people over-My wife suggested we should again in passing sentence of death Els board."
go out and look for work. This Lordship said: “The jury have. The Coxswain of the launch, we did, and were again unsuccessfound you gulity of being a party Cheung Sing-hi, testined that scful. She was gral very distress-to the death of your wife. They cused was unconscious when picked and again uggested commit-have reached they decision after ed up. He first learned there was
ting suicide rat
a relatively very short time, of another person overboard after ac- She suggested that we should consideration of the evidence, cused had been rescued.
own opinion, is. Questioned by Mr. Hin-shing Lo cross the harbour. On the launch which.in my witness agreed that in a dark she wept and wanted to commit absolutely clear. To their verdict aight such as the one in question suicide by Jumping overboard. I they have added a strong recom- It was dificult to see anything in said "You must not do it: there mendation, for mercy, I am glad the stern beyond the grill from the are so many passengers on board," to say that in the circumtances of Up to that moment I had no in your case, as disclosed by the third-class sexta...
Chan Lo, seaman on the Mantention of committing suicide my-evidence, 1 and myself able to en-
self."
dorse and support that recommen To, textiled to rescuing the ac-
Cross-examined, witness said she could see what happened in the stern from where she sat. She did not hear a femal voice saying. "Ah Lung I don't want life."
cused and taking part in a search Continuing, accused sald after dation."
in which two other ferries belong-landing in Kowloon they returned
His Lordship then thanked the
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ing to his company, the Man We to the same boat. A few minutes jury for having discharged their and the Man Chi, also Joined. after the launch salled his wife onerous responsibility, and ex- There were no other craft in the got up and ran towards the stern,cused them from fury service for Beatt, leade vicinity, he said.
When she got to the extreme end one year.