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EARLY MORNING
INCIDENT IN
JAFFE ROAD
Hawker Charged With Larceny From Person
Able Stumañ J. J. O'Sullivan, of. H.M.S. Falmouth, was the complainant before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Court yesterday when Ng Chol, 27. unlicenced hawker, charged with larceny from the person.
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O'Sullivan told the Court that when he was walking along the sea front at Wanchai early yester- day morning, defendant approach. ed him and took him to No. 77. Jaffe Road. От the first floor landing of the stairway. Ng asked him for 20 rents, cumshaw, which he gave to him. When defendant was leaving. witness sald he felt u touch and found that he had lost $3 from his coat pocket. He im- mediately gave chase and arrested defendant with the help of a con- stable.
Denying the charge, defendant said that he was looking at a few Europeans chasing a crowd in the "street. Complainant ran after him and accused him of having stolen the money.
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Ng wished to call witnesses to support his denial and the case was remanded for 48 hours.
THEFT OF BANK NOTE AT HOTEL
WEDDING AT THE REGISTRY"
Mr. and Mrs Lemuel Chin- chnen Jen photographed after their wedding at the Registry, Supreme Court. on Friday al ternoon The bride was formerly Miss Lucy Lai-ying Chow. (Photo, A. A. Kahn).
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ADOPTED AS BABY BY PROFESSOR
Court Told Of Man's Varied Life
A man who was stated to have been abandoned as a baby and afterwards adopted by a university professor, pleaded guilty at Bucks Quarter Sessions recently to two charges of housebreaking.
Basil Howe, 27, a traveller, of Lewisham, S.E, who was accused of breaking into houses at Taplow, Bucks, and Hatch End, Middlesex, asked for housebreaking offences at Finchley and Putney to be taken into consideration.
· Mr. O'Malley. prosecuting, sald that another man, William Shearn, 27, a traveller, had been accused with Howe but had failed to sur render to his bail.
It was alleged that a cabman saw the two men and two women drive up to an unoccupied house,
REVIEW OF THE WEEK and the two men enter. The cab-
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This latter is fairly We take this opportunity to by Refige. wish you all the best that this new and has not been widely per- festive season has to offer...cheer, formed. gaiety, contentment and peace.
The Christmas morning service We could not, help catching the relayed from the Roman Catholic excitement which permeated the Cathedral, where the choir of the air. Everybody was talking Christ- Aberdeen Regional Seminary sang mas and looking it. The past the Mass, was one of the best re week was full with Yuletide activi-lays, technically speaking. that we
The Pantomime at the Y.M.C.A. was excellent We hardly felt the
Soldier Given Benefit hours slip by and were thoroughly
Of Doubt
Pte. Alfred Allen, of the Mid- dlesex Regiment, appeared be- fore Mr, T. J. Houston at the Central Court yesterday on a charge of theft of a five-dollar note from the Hotel Cecil on Sunday evening.
pleased. Or the big cast. every single member took his or her part seriously,, with a result that the show was a distinct suc- cess from
con- the point of creteness. The only weakness that existed lay in the singing. Of the principals, we think that laurels should go to Helen Lockhart, who very ably played the part Lf Mother Dottancarry, and sang her songs with rare taste..
have heard.
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driver took the number of the car and informed the police, Jewellery and other articles valued at £500 were stolen from two other houses Insp. Rawlings said that Howe was abandoned as a baby at Vic- toria Station and taken to
he หวง infirmary. Afterwards adopted by a professor of Glasgow University.
STUDIED FOR THE STAGE
He attended a secondary school
until he was 17, and was then sent to the Royal Academy of Art. In 1931 he was sent to prison for six months for theft and since then he had bad several other convictions. After his first sentence, Howe's foster parents allowed him to study for the stage and he had been employed for a time as a film extra. He had twice joined the Army, bu absented himself and was dischar- ged.
At the beginning of this year he was canvassing for a typewriting emplayers
The British Fund for Reller of company. when his
learned shat he had written an Distress in China, Hongkong Branch, has received the following article entitled "My Escapades in further donations:-
Mayfair." They discharged him, fearing the article might have an Previously acknowledged. $362.- adverse effect on the firm's 542.51.
business Howe was given a good, Tai Koon Restaurant Co., Ltd.. character." $408.60, Fuklen Chamber of Com- Howe declared that he was now merce Provincial Relief Fund Ad-in work. He added;
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Chan Tai Yuen, cashier of the hotel, cald that he was sitting at the counter when a boy approach-
The introduction of the SODE ed him with a five-dollar bank The Admiral's Broom. in Scene note on a tray. Defendant. who was just one jarring note. We
J'ad was nearby, took the money
not say that Proclamator walked away.
The following letters are lying Boomer, as played by Jack Hurst ministration $500.00, A. K. Dimond "I can only put forward in ex-in the Poste Restante;- Assistant Manager William Chiu was weak because the part suited told the Court that he was infurm-him to the ground, but the song $150.00. The Staff of Messrs. Lee have had no assistance since IA Armstrong. Army & Navy Bulb Woo tenuation for my offences that I Anchor Flashlight Co., Deaconess ed of the incident and went to see did not fit in with the continuity Tung Wo $72.70, Messrs. Kwong went to prison, and it is difficult & Co. Mr. Beberia (The Marhum the defendant in an attempt to It rather broke up the sequence set the note back, but his request and gave an Impression of some. / Ngal $58.84. K. M. Andrews $99.00. for a man with a criminal record Trading Co.), Mr. T. T. Chang (c/o
One-Fortieth $3.00, Mrs. Peters Br. to get work." $10.00, Ah Chuen $1.00, Fuichew
w'as retused. He then followed de- thing forced.
$150.00, Messrs. Lee Tung
tendant nut into the street and The entire production lacked Overseas Chinese Relief Commit. blew the police whistle. Two con- | nothing in colour or life and the tee. Kuala Lumpur $5.000.00. The stables took the defendant into ensemble singing helped to bolster Wing On Co., Ltd. $500.00, The Sin- custody. Witness added that ge- the singing of the principals. The cere Co., Ltd. $500.00. The Sun Co., fendant was, to a certain extent. iden of the Hammond organ was $300.00, The China Emporium Ltd. under the influence of drink.
excellent, and Nura Kanis held an❘ $200.00, Messrs. Sui Hing Co. $50.00, absolute keystone position 35 10-Messrs. Lee Hing Co! $20.00, Messrs. companiste. The transformation Sun Leong $15.00. Messrs. Wing Kut ptt. Alle Cenled the charge scenes were simply marvellous Cheong $10.00. Messrs. Kung saying that he left a pair of foot-They equalled anything we have Cheong 310,00, Messrs. Ying Loong ball boots in the hotel and whenever seen on local stages.
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be returned to ask for them he was
accused of stealing the money.
$10.00, Messrs. Kung Seung $10.00, Messrs. Sun On Wing $10.00. Messrs. Kwong Lee $1000, Messrs. Wah Lok $10.00, Mesars Bing Fat
ALLOWED TO APPEAL
Men Fined For Perjury
WILS
An application 'for leave to appeal "against being fined for perjury
allowed by Mr. Justice E. H. Williams in the Summary Court on Saturday to Lau Wong and Chia Ting- chan, for whom Mr. H. Somer- set Fitzroy. Instructed by Mr. C. A. S. Russ, appeared.
Bann's Studio), Ching Nam Hong. Chứng Nga: Shipbuilding Co, Con- naught Motor Car Co.. Antonio Cruz (M. Da Cruz Basto & Co... Dah Lch Transportation, Duff & Co., Eastern United Assurance Corp., Far Eastern Insurance Co.. General Construction Co., Miss Kenneth Constance Green, Mrs. Gross, Dr. Han Shing Wan (c/o Wm Yinson Lee), Hongkong Racketshop, USA. International Chemical, Japan-China Spinning & Weaving Co.. Kong Hwa Kong Sie. Concern Lutheran Book, Ma- Mr. Houston remarked that
Jestic Factory, a. Manzoni, Mr, and there, was discrepancy in the evi- Beginning last Sunday. the $10.00. Messrs. Kul Cheung $10,00,
Mrs. H. L. Mather, Mow Tai Hong. dence Rivisi by thic prosecu-Yuletide season was marked by Messta. Him Kut Cheung $10.00,
N.R.C. Elec. Mig. Works. G. N. tlon and defendant should be musical manifestations fitting to Messrs. Lai Chee $2.00. Messrs. Po
Orme, K. S. Patel, Mr. B.. Park, given the benefit of the doubt, the times. The Union Church, Cheung $2.00, Messrs. Wah Cheong
Sang Wo Tal, Tal Shun Co., Tak Defendant wáis accordingly dis- Kennedy Road. held a sacred re- Sing $2.00, Messrs Wong Shum
Sleng Hong. Tanpon Storage Bat- charged.
cital when Handl's "Messiah" was $2.00, Messrs. Sham Cheong $2.00, given with Eva Turner, Helen Messrs. Kam Sing, Co. $2.00. Lee Lau, it will be recalled, was detery Co., A. F. Tompson, Tung Tal Engineering Co., Wan Bing Chung, Lockhart, Gaston d'Aquino and Yin $3.00, Messrs. Cheung Sing fendant in an action brought by Wang Chieh Cheng, Wang Tal Co., Dr. L. T. Ride as soloists and Prue | $3,00. Messrs. Sui Heung Yuen the Yee Cheung Lung Sang Kee Miss Warsaw (H. Low Sister Hotel), Lewis and Ettore Pellegatti sup- $5.00. Mesars. Tal Fat Co $5.00. firm, salt, merchants, claiming for plying the instrumental section. SENTENCED
Messrs. Wing Fat $5.00. Messrs. the return of $500, money lent, At Wop Hop, Mr. James Yan.
REGISTERED ARTICLES At the Hop Yat Church, there Yee Hing Hong $5.00, Messrs. Sarig the end of the case, he and Chiu. Sentences totalling five weeks' was a Christmas choral concert Loong Co. $5.00, Messra, Lee Yuen who was called on his behalf, were hard labour, without the option of last Wednesday. at which Mary Co. $5.00, Messrs. Lee Wah Co. $5.00, fined $75 and $50 respectively by a fine, were unposed by Mr. R. A. Ho. soprano. Wu Pak Chau, tener. Messrs. Yuen Kut $5.00, Messrs. Sun his Lordship for perjury.
Mr. Fitzroy said the application D. Forrest at the Central Court Ho An Tung. violinist, and Lee Sing $5.00, Messrs. Tung Sang 55.00, yesterday on Lau Shing, 32, an odd Muk Loong, flautist, performed. Messrs. Yan Cheong Sing $5.00.) was brought under Section 34, sub-
REMANDED Messrs. Chan Yin $5.00. Messrs. section 2, of the Supreme Court On Christmas Eve, Masses were Wah Cheung Loong $5.00, Shun On (Bummary Jurisdiction) Ordinance
Appearing before Mr. T. J. Hous- celebrated
all the Catholic
$5.00, Messrs. Yuen Wing $5.00, of 1873, which laid down that leave ton at the Central Court yesterday churches. At St. Teresa, Kowloon Messrs. Man Seung
Co. $5.00, to appeal be granted should either on a charge of robbery with Tong. the Choir
performed Messrs. Sul Hing Loong.$5.00, S. M. party be dissatisfied with the de-violence Wong Sang, 26, unem- The defendant was engaged as an odd job coolie by the Wing Yuen eros's "Missa Benedicamus Do- Ma $50.00, Mr. Mrs. C. R. Wilson cision.
ployed, was remanded for three mino. The rendition was a little $30.00, The Kowloon Union Church His Lordship granted the ap- days on the application of Detec- Godown, No. 182, Connaught Road
singers did Women's Gulid $50.00, After work a few days ago, marred because the
Another plication, remarking that although tlce-Inspector Hopkins, who was in he remained behind at the godown not follow the conductor and the Sympathiser $100.00, The Tsung he was not satisfied that the ac- charge of the case.
The defendant is alleged to have and stole the money mentioned in contralto section was somewhat Tsin Industrial & Commercial Astion could be brought under the
盘 Misses Section mentioned, nevertheless he nataned the first charge. When he was
$1,000.00. the arrested, a safe, which was kept At St. Joseph's, the Choir per-Royal" Hants, England $50.00 and was not prepared to shut out woman, Yuen O. rvan at Queen's Inside the godown, was found to formed ង combination of two Mrs. A. H. Hodges $15.00 Total everything without allowing argu- | Gardens
ments to be heard: have been ripped open on one side, masses one, by. Perost and another $372,077.55.
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jub coolie, when he was found guilty of the charges of theft of a pen knife and $3.38 in money and attempted larceny..
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