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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1938.
BRITISH SEAMAN FACES CHARGE OF MURDER ABOARD DORSETSHIRE
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Described by his Commander as a man with an extremely high schudard of Intelligence, well educated and good mannered, and in fact a man better than the average naval rating. Edwin More- land Dwyer, a 19-year-old able seaman, serving on board HMS. Dorsetshire, appeared on remand at the Central Court yesterday, charged with the murder of Leading Seaman Robert Dickinson.
The alleged murder occurred while the Dorsetshire was Journeying off Cairns on her return voyage to Hong Kong after a visit to Sydney,
The case was heard before Mr. Butters,
dr. J., Whyatt, Crown Counsel, was in charge of the prosecution and the defence was in the hands of Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones. Mr. E. Davidson held a watching brief on behalf of the Admiralty. Commodore E. B. C. Dicken and Commander B. G. Oswin. Deputy Judge Advocate, were also present in Court.
Mr. Whyatt said that it was a remarkable crime, “remarkable for the boldness in which it was perpetrated." The case was based upon circumstantial evidence but the incriminating evidence against accused was such that it was the submission of the Crown that it was, Dwyer who planned and com. mitted this crime.
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Mr. Whyatt went on to say this also to P. O. Smyth, who was re-] It was established that the shot the Dorsetshire was recommission- turning to the bridge.
had been fired from the booms, ed at Devonport for the China Shortly after that Dickinson lay and that the murderer, in his Station in August last. Amongst down on a settee near a hawser-haste. had left an overcoat be- the 700 odd officers and men was reel and went to sleep. Accused | hind. The overcoat was later seen deceased, Dickinson, who was then left the locker und went to by the Master-at-Arms. A scarf described as an industrious and the door, looked found and Saw and two buttons were found in the hard working man.
Dickinson asleep. The magazine pocket. About 4 p.m. Dwyer came When the cruiser arrived in Hong which Dwyer had been reading was in the recreation room with an Kong about, the middle of October, ¦ "Photocrime.” -
overcoat in the pocket of which Dwyer, who was formerly serving Ten minutes later a shot was a blue scarf and some buttons were In H.M.S., Wescolt, was drafted to heard and it was thought that the found, y the Dorsetshire, and it happened dynamo had exploded «The explo- that he was placed in the same sion was heard on the bridge. division and same part of the watch as Dickinson, from whom he was 'to take orders.
DICKINSON FOUND
When the Dorsetshire arrived in Hong Kong Dwyer was" taken
to the Central Police Station where White. the bosun's male. was he was charged.
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sent to investigate and found Commander W. G. Gammons- At the beginning., the relations Dickinson bleeding profusely from Williains, the first witness, stated between the deceased and Dwyer the head. The incident was then that Dwyer's intelligence was ex- were described as very friendly reported to the Officer of the remely high. He described Dwyer and there was nothing to, suggest Watch. Dwyer was later seen as being definitely better than the there was -feeling between the leaning over the rail.
average naval rating. "I thought two. Dwyer. It would appear, had White described accused as hav-he had received a pubile school ambitions to rise to ward-rooming a peculiar glare which was education," added witness. rank and the prospect of his be sufficient for him to report to the Several witnesses were called by coming so was considered as high- Petty Officer on watch that he had the prosecution. Among them was ly favourable by his commanding seen Dwyer.
EJ. Humphreys, who'related the officer.
When P, O. Ames was asked to indident which occurred about UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT
locate Dwyer for investigation, he February 14 when he saw Dickin- noticed Dwyer Was The Dorsetshire sailed for
wearing an son trying to interfere with Dwyer. Oilskin and carrying an overcont. E. J. Fisher, another witness, Sydney, via Singapore, and arrival at Sydney the ship was Dwyer later took of the ofiskin testified that Dickinson was detailed to remain until March 2 and rid it, together with the over-very cool fellow and a good sports- It was whilst the ship was there coat, on the table in the Recreation inan." that an unfortuite fictient oe- Space.
Able Seaman J. A, Wood; whe Dwyer, ba the curred which
Commander's had been instructing Dwyer in rifle the prosecution alleged was the indirect cause of room, said he saw a Chinese, going shooting at the time, said that the death of Dickinson. Following to the starboard latrine. The crew Dwyer was only classified as a "C"
of 40 Chinese were mustered for class shot. the incident, Dickinson and Dwyer Identification and Dwyer picked out ship's rifle team had been invited to were not on friendly terms,
Ah Poy, the Captain's cook, who shoots.. He said it was possible for Describing the unfortunate in-denied the allegation. Dwyer was a person who was shooting to ob- cident. Mr. Whyatt said that it then told that he would be placed tain more ammunition than re- happened one night, about Februin a cabin for his own safety. quired.
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RIFLE MISSING
During the cruise the
After further corroborative evi-
Investigation revealed that adence was given the hearing was main deck. In the middle of the rife was missing from the rack, adjourned to this morning
night, Humphreys, was awakened by something and, as he sat up on the table, he saw Dickinson sitting an a bench opposite the table upon which Dwyer was sleeping It ap- peared that Dickinson was inter- fering with Accused. Humphreys shouted and Dickinson ran away.¦ Dwyer was apparently asleep and woke up on hearing the shout.
After having learned from Hum- phreys of the incident, Dwyer ask- ed him to go to the boys' locker flat. Dwyer went first followed by Humphreys.
Dickinson arrived in the flat and said I got you this time." He then ordered Humphreys out of the flat and he himself remained be- hind with Dwyer.
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Exhaustive and detailed cross-examination of one of the plain- tiffs, whose story was characterised as "an entire fabrication" by Mr. O. E. C. Marton, of Deacons, solicitor for the defence, featured the opening before Mr. Justice E. H. Williams, Acting Puisne Judge, of the case in which “the to Foo Kee, and Iu Foo and Iu Kam Tin, part- ners therein” were sued for $507 by Lam Hing and So Lo Chai, being balance of money due and payable by defendants to plaintiffs in re-. spect of charter money due on the hiring of the steam launch "Tung Yick."
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In the course of his cross-stood that the claims were all be. jexamination, which lasted the best ing resisted on the same grounds, Mr. Whyatt said that what part of the morning and the whole that they were all fakes, that in; happened in the Bat between lof the afternoon, Mr. Marton put fact the only person responsible Dickinson and Dwyer was not it to So Lai Chai that the money was Iu Kam Tin. known, but it was sufficient to say claimed for was in fact a gambling that on finding Dwyer in such a debt and that
The defence would go on to say, compromising position. Dickinson this money tht they had taken out Mr.. Russ continued, that in fact Sole Importer for H. K. & China:
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tits for Iu Foo Kee, that Iu Kam 36 French Bank Eldg. Tel. 31838, Tin, the sen, had gambling debts with plaintiffs and was induced by some degree of threat or force to sign a document purporting to show that work had been done by plaintiffs firm.
could jeopardise his prospects by the action. This witress denied. practically no work of any des- using such information. Shortly In the course of the hearing it cription had been done by plain- after the locker fat incident was revealed that there were other Humphreys went sick and it was similar claims pending against the said that Dickinson had been defendants, including one in or apreading rumours that Humphreys ginal jurisdiction of over $3,000.
Opening the case for the plain got a disease from Dwyer.
Almost immediately after this lifts, Mr. C. A. Butherton Russ said
DYNAMITE ON Dwyer asked Humphreys to go to this was one of a series of casca,
TRADING JUNK his locker where he said "I got one other of which was next before In the course of the evidence of two or three rounds of ammunition His Lordship, and there was an So Lo Chai, testimony by Mr. A. Chan Shuf-lee, Junk owner, was here. I will put a finish to it all" other. which because of its size had Macidindoe, of Taikoo Dockyard, fined $25 or, in default, one From that time onward it was been brought under original jur was interpolated. Mr. Mackindoe month's hard labour by Mr. Mac- clear that this feud between prf-sdiction, in all of which different was called to say that between redyen at the Kowloon Court yes- soner and deceased grew in inten-Plaintiff's claimed against the de- September 1937 and January 1938 terday on the charge of illegally. sity, and Dwyer was heard to re-fendants in this case. He under-the Iu Foo Kee firm had been en- having on board bi trading junk mark on one occasion. "Dickinson
13 sticks of dynamite, 8 detonators
treats me like a dog. I will get
and a quantity of fuse.
him one day." Dwyer was also heard to say, "I will shoot him from the 'booms' (a deck which corres- ponds to the boat deck of a mer- chantman) some night during the
watch."
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the
Taged by Taikoo in connection with the mlvage of the Van Heutsz and that Mau Lee and occasional work, There were 25 persons. on the
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junk, including women and chil Three Kowloon dog-owners' were Towards the end of his cross-dren, it was revealed, and the pre- tined by Mr. Macfadyen at the examination of 80. Mr. Marton sence of the dynamite on-board
said: "I put it to you that Tu constituted a serious menace. Kowloon Court yesterday.
Dr. R.AC. Basto, of No. 123 Kam Tin spent a great deal of Defendant pleaded that Argyle Street, was fined $10 for time on your launch gambling with dynamite was for the purpose of having allowed his Alsation dog you and others?
defence, against a possible attack On May 2, Dwyer was on the out on Peace Avenue on May 18 Witness: No, that is not so, from pirates. same watch with Dickinson, and without leash or muzzle.
Mr. Marton: Ang in point of had been detalled for special duty Mr. Peter Sin of No. 17 Kent fact he owes you a lot of money? from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. About 12.45 Road., and Mr. A. Urquhart; of No. Witness: No. I never gambled a.m. accused was seen to enter the 2 Dorset Crescent, were fined $5 with him, elle ne pe
And it is because of this money and sio respectively on similar At 1.05 a.m. a messenger, A.B. offences. Mr. Urquhart's dog. which he owes you that you have Murphy, came for an oilskin and which had been inoculated, bit 2 brought this action in an en- stopped to speak to Dickinson and Httle girl.
deavour to recover it? No," It" la "inorning.
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not a gambling debt. It is a debt. in the ordinary course of business.
Some people gamble as a buss- news?--I don't gamble at all.
The case was adjourned till this,