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COURTS
CLAIM FOR POSSESSION COLLECTING
OF PREMISES HEARD
FOR CHARITY WITHOUT
CASE ADJOURNED TWO MONTHS PERMISSION
FOR TENANT TO FIND OTHER
ACCOMMODATION
A claim by Mr. Yeung Sin, described as the owner of seven or eight houses, for the recovery of No. 408 Portland Street, third Hoor, from Indar Starh, was adjourned for two months by the Acting Puisne Judre. Mr. Justice E. H. Williams, in the Summary Court yes. terday.
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Plaintiff claimed on the ground that he wanted the premises back for himself, and alleged that defendant had declared his willingness to quit. The latter pleaded that he had stated he would quit if he could find other accommodation, which he had not.
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"Mr. Edwards imposed a fine of
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1938.
Get rid of Disfiguring
$20 on each of three persons at Blemishes
the Central Court yesterday when they appeared on a charge of un- lawfully organising or taking part in the collection of money at Bonham Strand East, for charit- able or benevolent purposes, with out the permission of the Commis- sioner of Police.
Inspector Hopkins said that he
this Easy Way
saw two lorries being driven along Nothing can be more distract-
Des Voeux Road Central," near Bonham, Strand East. decorated be with tags and banners,
In giving his decision His Lord-otherwise the writ would ship remarked that defendant premature.
The three defendants, Liu. Wai, After corroborative evidence had¶ Yuen Loke-kam and Lut Yat-shiu. might
lucky. consider himself
were taken to the police station. There were parts of his story with been given by Lai Cho, plaintiff's
"A sum of $85,000 was found in which he Court was not satisfied attorney, and Mr. W. H. Yeung, a but His Lordship was not prepared lerk in Mr. Arculli's office, deren-'the vehicles. to say that he must move at once, į dant gave evidence on his own be-" and he therefore adjourned the half. He said he was a clark in case, as he was empowered to do the Punjab Store, in Prince Ed- under the Ordinance. In the ward Road, and lived in the fat meantime defendant was to make that formed the subject matter of genuine efforts to find other ac-the claim. commodation.
Mr. A. el Arcalli, representing plaintiff, said that plaintif resided
UNABLE TO FIND ROOM
He stayed there with his wife,
amah
in Canton but came here in April son, and amah, and a Police Ser
wife, son and last as the result of the bombingsgeant, his there. He wanted the premises stayed with him. His own wife back for his own occupation and was actually in India at present Wrote to defendant asking for but was due back next month., He possession. Defendant received the had been doing his best to look letter and told plaintiff's attorney for another house and was even that he would be giving up posses-now doing so. He did not want the matter brought to court. He was sion in about a month's time.
willing to take any kind of accom He failed to do so and on Juge 27 medation, even to sharing a fat, plaintiff's attorney went to Mr.or to taking a room or cubicle, but Arculii and instructed him to give so far he had not been able to find defendant notice to quit. Notice anything.
.was duly given and received by defendant and some time about the
In cross-examination, Mr. Arculli
end of July he went to counsel's put it to defendant that he actual- office to pay arrears of rent. Hely lived in the Punjab Store and then informed counsel's clerk that not in Portland Street. This, he he was not going to give up posses claimed, was borne out by the fact sion till he could find other pre-that defendant's income could not possibly cover his expenses if he mises.
did really stay in Portland Street, as shown by himself, and also by the fact that his son was at the
PLAINTIFF AN INVALID
The application was made. Mr. Store All the time. Defendant Arculii went on, on the ground that denied this, saying that his em- plaintiff, as the owner of the pre-ployer did not allow anyone to mises, had been driven down here stay in the store cudng the night. and had no where else to go in the As for his finances he was helped Colony. He was at present staying by an uncle of His who was a In a semi-religious hostel in Fan-moneylender. ling. He was in invalid being. partly paralysed.
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COURT'S DECISION
Counsel's instructions were that Giving Judgment, His Lordship deferidant did not reside on the said he was not prepared to make prem's
ses at all having given it an immediate order for defendant up six months ago to certain to be turned out. The landlord friends of him. His Lordship was ordinarily resident in Canton would see that defendant was being and had now moved down. De- sued before the date of expiration fendant, on the other hand, was a' of the notice to quit. This was resident of Hong Kong. because he had definitely stated question, then, was who His Lord. that he was not going to quit, ship was to turn out, defendant. who was a resident here, of the landlord, who was not.
OPIUM RAID IN WANGHAI
The
His Lordship was not prepared to say that defendant should go out next week or next month and be therefore adjourned the case for two months, as he was empowered. Kwan Ho, one of the five men to do by the Prevention of Evic- who appeared before Mr. Edwards |tions Ordinance. In the mean at the Central Court yesterday. time defendant could look around on remand, charged with the for another place, and if he had possession of 475 taels of raw not found premises by October 23, oplum, was discharged. He claim- he would have to satisfy the court ed that he was visiting one of the that his efforts had been genuine. other four defendants wherr; the police raided the premises at No. 169 and 170, Gloucester Road on August 10.
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The other four defendants were Ny Yam-kam, Chan Ah-yau, Chui Wing-chi and Cheung Cheong-
bun.
Mr. H. L. Kwah appeared for the first three defendants, Mr. D. L. Strellett for the fourth, while the fifth was represented by Mr. D. McCallum.
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Chul Wing-chi pleaded guilty to the charge and admitted the ownership of the drug.
LOCAL HEALTH
REPORT
One case of cholera in two days, the lowest figure reported since the start of the cholera outbreak, is shown in the re- turns for the 48 hours ended midnight Sunday.
The daily average has hitherto been four or five cases, and the total so far reported this, year is
All the other three defendants 377 cases, pleaded not guilty.
Other diseases notined, during Mr. Edwards reserved his de- the period.
were six cases of cision till today remarking that dysentery, three cases of enteric the evidence needed careful con- fever and two cases of diphtheria. sideration.
ANOTHER CASE
Li, Mo: Lo Chal, Wu Chung and Tang On were charged before Mr. Butters at the Central. Court yes- terday with the possession of raw Toplum.
TSINPU TRAFFIC- DISORGANISED,
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Japan's boast that regular traffic Mr. 5. Ng-Quinn pleaded guilty on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway on behalf of Arst defendant and would be inaugurated after the not guilty for the second and third feccupation of Hauchow notwith- defendants.
standing, the south-bound Tsinpu.
as far First defendant was found with trains still only go
a message frum 422 taels,, Wu Tang 215 and Tang Tsinan, states
Tientsin On 144 taels.
Sentence of one year's hard This is due to the constant labour with the alternative of a destruction of sections of the rail- tine of $5,000 was imposed on the way south of Tsinan by Chinese Arst defendant, $4,000, in default, guerillas, the report adds." Occa-" 10 months on the second and alonally, a train may have gone $2,000, in default, four months on beyond Tsinan but the service was the third defendant.
regular.
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