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STABBING INCIDENT IN GOLD WRISTLET WATCH IS BUSY KOWLOON STREET
Girl Cause Of Trouble
Chinese Found Guilty Of Malicious Wounding
* YOU HAD NO BUSINESS TO CARRY such a dangerous instrument," remarked the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessionis yesterday to Chan Ming, who w "found guilty of maliciously wounding Leung Yim with a knife. in Keelung Street, Kowloon, on October 23 last and sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. Accused was found not guilty on the first charge of wounding with intent.
Colony.
SUBJECT OF CHARGE
Several Stories Alleged Told By Unemployed
CHAN MAN, 44, UNEMPLOYED, APPEARED before Mr. E Himsworth at the. Kowloon Court yesterday charged, with the theft of a gold wristlet watch on January 22, the property of Cheung Wal-ming, married, wommu.
Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for the prosecution and the defence was conducted by Mr. F. H. Loseby who pleaded not guilty.
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Mr. Sliva said that on the after-Chin was taken to the Mongkak noon of the day in question, de- Police Station where he dented fendant paid a visit to the com- having stolen the watch. plainant's house and was invited
NOT PAWNED
to the sitting room. Complainant was busy and left Chan alone in
A Chinese detective was sent to the room. Half an hour later com- pawnshop to lavestigate but re- plainant went to adjust her watch turned to say that the watch had which was left in the sitting room. never been pawned there. Chan She found the defendant had gone than admitted selling it and was.
detained. return to the and her watch was missing.
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Mr. JB Prentis, Assistant Deated his demand and, not get- Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, and ting satisfaction, drew a knife and the following jury was empaneil- stabbed Leung. Leung was taken <ed:---Messrs: RF Sutherland to hospital and Chan Ming fed to (foreman), A. Demee, H. Luer, J. Macao, and WES arrested on J. Alvares, M. M. Infanassief. A. V. January 10 on his Remedios and Lee Yuen-pow.
Outlining the case for the Crown Mr. Prentis said the story began with a girl named Wong Bau-ying, aged 18, who lived with her adopted mother in Hollywood Road up to the beginning of October last.
. Suspicion fell on the defendant. Chan's wife went to the station "Evidence of Leung Yim's
ad-and later she paid a visit to his with the complainant and offered mission to hospital was kiven by house. Chan denied
any know-her $40 as compensation for the Dr. H. T. Bee,
of the Kowloon ledge regarding the loss of the watch. Complainant agreed to the Hospital. Leung Yim, Chan Sat, watch, but later admitted the theft offer. the girt Wong Bau-ying and others when he was threatened with hay- Later in the day two men, one also gave evidence, after which ing the theft reported to the police. of whom claimed to be Chan's accused told his own story in the Chan admitted that he had pawn-brother, came to see the com~ ed the watch and lost the pawn plainant. They also claimed that ticket. The complainant told him they were police officers and de- to report the loss of the ticket to manded" from, the complainant the police, which he did after some evidence of her accusation of Chan
witness box.
About October, 10, a lodger on the same floot, named Ho Wan disappeared and the girl followed
HAMMER BLOW him to set up house in Kwellin
He said that when Leung ant Street. Ho Wah, who was unem himself went out from the opium ployed, found a job for the girl divan on the evening in question, in an oplum divan in Keelung the former drew an iren bar and Street, where she met Leung. Tim. struck him in the chest. He then who frequently took her out. On felt a blow in the back from an October 18, the girl went to live iron hammer. He was attacked on with Leung despite the remon all aides. strances of Ho Wah.
Ten days later. Ho Wah and
Leung Yim met and they decided
to let the girt choose her partner. Leung and the giri parted from H apparently on good terms.
un-
pressure.
for theft of the watch, and asked what reason she had for having Chan detained for a night. They also asked for the return of $40.
GAVE WATCH TO WAITRESS After having made the report through Chan's wife, complainant Complainant invited the two to stay in her house for the night and during thea station, Chan retracted from his story and
refused and
the
parties again went to the police
:
MONEY RETEANED A small man who was among said that he had given the watch his attackers, said accused,
to Ho Chun, a waitress, from whom
The two men spoke to the ser- buttoned his jacket and it looked he had been obtaining money from geant
on duty, 'and 'the com- to him that the man was trying time to time to the extent of $40. plainant was ordered to return $40- to produce a weapon, whereupon
Later Chan said he had pawned which she complied with. In re- the watch. witness kicked him, until he fell his statement, that he had sold the production of the three confessions Chan again altered tam complainant asked for the re- "TOOK SWEETHEART AWAY" The man ran away and witness
by the defendant. The The next evening, a friend or saw a knife on the ground, which stated that he had pledged the sergeant sent for the detective
time-plece. After some time Chinwritten Leung Yim, named Chan Bal, was the man had dropped. He picked watch during gambling on board a who was in charge, of the in the diran oplum when he over- up the knife and used it' in self-ferry. His last statement was that case and it was learned that the heard accused say: "Leung Yim defence.
he had sold it to a negra working confessions had already been re- took, my disciple's sweetheart Accused said he was himseli
on board an American liner.
turned to the defendant. The In- away." Chan spoke to accused. stabbed in the palm. After h During the night, Chan had cident was then "reported to the who expressed a wish to see Leung had run away, he did not returwritten three confessions on separ-
Divisional Inspector. Yim to discus the matter with to his shop to stay that nighate sheets of paper. Next day
him,
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When they met on October 28 Chan Ming accused Leung of offending Ho Wah and demandes a sum of $10. Leung said he had no money and went out into the street followed by accused who re-
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want to be
because he did not questioned by his master, bu Next day, when he read in a news stayed the night In Wanchai
paper account of the ight tha three men had been stabbed, bi became frightened and decided to go to Macao. •
Leung Kwan, an umbrella re pairer, testified that he saw ac cused being attacked on evening.
SUMMING-UP..
that
COMMITTED TO
SESSIONS
Tsang on alias Wong On, Tong Ping and Ya Yam were committed to the Criminal Sessions "by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy when they appeared on
a charge of armed robbery,
The hearing was adjourned.
SEVEN CHARGES OF THEFT
Manager Gaoled For Receiving
Seven
charges of
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COURT SEQUEL TO PIRACY
The case against Ave men, Hui Kam-ho. Hui Cho, Hut Kâu, Ng Ching-fuk and Tsol Chik-shui. charged with unlawful possession of goods stolen outside the Colony, concluded before the Chief Justice,
Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the theft and Criminal Sessions yesterday. The
The robbery was committed in In his summing-up, His Lord when defendants went to an un- preferred against an unemployed. occurred in Chinese waters last the early hours of January 31. seven of illegal pawning were case was a sequel to a piracy which ship said it was significant the numbered hut on the hillside of Lam Chun, when he appeared no independent person had come Shaukiwan, above Holy Crass Path, before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at forward to offer any evidence and after removing two iron bars the Kowloon Court yesterday.
month: concerning an incident which had from the side window. robbed
Mr. John Whyatt, Crown Coun happened ΣΤΙ a busy street. Evidence had been offered in sup- of money and jewellery.
Lam was alleged to have broken sel, was for the prosecution, and Chan Lal-wan and Chan Lal-sum into several houses and stole arti- the following comprised the jury: port of one alde or the other by friends of the parties.
cles to the total value of nearly-Mesars, N. Rakusen (foreman), $250. He pleaded gulity to lar Cheung Kam-chuen, R, Abraham, ceny and
G. Chan, Kwok Ho-lan, EA was sentenced to 12)
Ribeiro and J. D'Almeida. months hard labour,
In connection with the case, Summing up, His Lordship said another man, Kwong Wah, das-the accused men's defence was
Miss Yvonne Balagtas, residing at No. 6. Lock Read, ground floor, was summoned before Mr. Q. A. A. "Macfadyen at the Kowloon Court:
yesterday for possession of a radio charges, after which the jury re-
His Lordship then explained the difference between the
two
set without a Licence on January tired for five minutes and return-
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ed a verdict of guilty on the
She pleaded guilty and told the second.
Court that she purchased the set
from Tsang Fook and Company,
who, according to Miss Balagtas,
had promised that the licence COLONY HEALTH
would be included in the price.. Apparently Tsang Fook and Com-
mit.
RETURNS
Twenty-five cases of tuberculosis
MISCONDUCT AS POLICE OFFICERS
Two constables, Au Wing and cribed as the manager of the that they were acting under the Colm Fuk, stationed at the Follce Kwong Wah Kee Knitting Factory, compulsion of pirates whc, after Training School, were
who was charged with six counts having robbed them, departed and charged before Mr. E. Himsworth at the of receiving stolen property, was left them some goods in solace for Kowloon Court
gives six months' hard labour, yesterday with
misconduct. They were found
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the loss of a cargo of rice. The
jury would have to consider whe- ther the action of the men at the
sleeping while on duty on February HOP YAT CHURCH time of the piracy could be attri 7 and February 13, respectively,
A fine of $20, or one
month'r
pany had failed to obtain the per-were reported to the Health a-imprisonment, was imposed on
thorities on Tuesday, in addition each defendant. A caution was registered.
A fine of $15 was imposed one, leven cases of measles, four Wu Shing. of No. 72, Reclamation cases of chicken-pox, three cases Street, when he pleaded guilty too, cereb.o-spinal fever and one
each of diphtheria and dysentery.
a similar suINIZDOTIS.
Kwong Chun of No. 183, Temple Street, pleaded guilty through a re- presentative to a similar summons and was fined $73.
BANISHEE
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FRAUD CHARGE FAILS
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buted to compulsion.
Without retiring, the jury found all are accused guilty. Sentence
in
REVOLVER ON A JUNK
Since the present » outbreak of of three years hard labour each hostilities
China, severa. was passed. Chinese patriotic Songs have brought their composers to na. tional "fame. The public this Colony will have the opportunity of hearing the most popular of these choral compositions which Appearing before Mr. E. Hins will be rendered by the choir of worth at the Kowloon Court yes- the Hop Tat Church, in Bonham texday charged with having in hla Road, on Wednesday, Feb, 22, and 2988ssion a revolver without a
Leung Pat-ting, 43, was dig charged by Mr. R. Edwards at the Summoned for a similar offence,
Central Court yesterday, when he Yung Shing, of the Yung Kwing Sang Kwai-hing was sentenced appeared on a charge of obtaining Electric Company, was fined $15, to six months hard labour when credit of the sum of $1,003.75 by or, in default, confiscation of the he appeared before Mr. R. Edwards fraud and conspiracy to defraud, on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8.15 pm licence, Ho You" steerman on set. Yung pleaded that the set at the Central Magistracy on a Lí Chin-wing, manager of the Lai belonged to Yung Kwai-sang, who charge of a breach of Deportation San Shirt Co., Shamehulpo.. died in October last. Since then he Order. Defendant was sentenced His worship held the opinion bad no money to renew the to a life banishment on November Reence.
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