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LATER CASE
The later case Chang Hang-kiu
from Canton on Friday, 3rd March, Piggott, in re Lal Bing Firm
1939.
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«(1909) Appeal Cases p. 312 turns on the interpretation to be placed on the very section of the Supreme Court Ordinance 1873 with which we are concerned in the present proceedings.
The headnote in reads:--
that case
The appellants, having been
the new Labour Minister
in England.
summarily committed to prison by Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, the Chief Justice under Hongkong Supreme Court Ordinance 3 of 1873 section 31 for wilful and cor` rupt perjury before the Bank-
& LINCOLSHIRE CALL-OVERS
ruptcy Court, move unsuccessfully GRAND NATIONAL for "a discharge of the order on the grounds that they had not been informed by the Chief Jas- tice what statements made by
LONDON, Feb. 27 (Reuter)-The them constituted the perjury and
the Grand that they had had no opportunity latest call-over for of showing cause before sentence: National is as follows:-
15/2 Klistar (t. and o.) Held (1) that the Ordinance did not contemplate the accusation 100/9 Royal Danieli (0) being formulated in a series of 15/2 Rockquilla (0): specific allegations of perjury and 100/6 Workman (0) that its gist had been made sum-100/6 Temewillow (0) clently clear: (2) that as the Or- dinance did not dispense with giving the appellanta"an oppor- tunity before sentence of explain. ing or correcting disapprehensions of their statements, it was essen- tial that it should be accorded to them.
LORD COLLINS' JUDGMENT From
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Kilstar's reduced price is due to the judgment delivered by Lord. Collins I quote as fol- its smashing win in the Grand lows
National Trial Chase Handicap over After the "verdiet was given, it a three and a quarter miles course appears from the shorthand note at Catwick on Saturday, in which that the Chief Justice desired the race it beat rivals Brendan's Cot eight witnesses who
had given tage, Rockquilla, Perfect Fart, St. evidence in support of the affima- George, La Touche, Symnethus. tion, Le, the appellants and one 'Red Freeman and Mestierist. other, who had left the Court, to!"
LINCOLINSHIRE » be called forward. He then ad- LONDON, Feb. 27 (Reuter)The dressed them, as follows, the in-call-over for the Lincolnshire is as terpreter explaining what he said: follows:- "The eight witnesses have to my 1009 Domaha to), 100/8 (t) mind been guilty of the most 15/1 Aldine (0), 100/6 (t) flagrant conspiracy to defraud the 100/6 Dark Tolly (0) alleged partner, Wong Ka-chuen. 100/8 Davy Dolittle (o) They have each one been guilty of the most corrupt perjury, and in virtue of the provisions of the law which empoweri me to deal at once with auch cases I commit each of them to prison for three months without hard labour,”
With regard to the first ground of objection taken by the appel- lants, namely, that they were not informed by the Chief Justice what statements made by them
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K.C.C.
DEFEAT VOLUNTEERS
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GIVING FALSE INFORMATION
Two Convictions. In Kowloon Court
Li Lau, 30, a machine minder, of the Kai Bản Knitting Factory. at No. 79. Fumk Wuh Street, was sentenced to one month with hard labour and fined $75, in default, another six weeks' imprisonment. when he was convicted by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen as the. Kowloon Court yesterday on charges of lar- ceny of $340, and of giving false information to the police when at 11 p.m. on Sunday night he re- ported a robbery, i which he claimed he had been wounded and the $340 taken.
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Li had stated that at 10.50 p.m. Balgon that same night, two men had en- Haiphong. Pakhol and Fort Bayard KiangaU.......... tered the premises of the knitting Straits
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The police suspected a false re- | Shanghai. - port, and a search of the defen- Balgon. dant's person resulted in the find-traita ing of the $340 on him.
ANOTHER CONVICTION Another conviction on a charge of giving false information to the police was registered against Chian Sul-bo, 37. described as a rent- collector. The defendant had made a statement to the police to the effect that on Sunday evening he was robbed of $59 by four Chi- nese in Tai Nam Street. His story was that his hands were tied be- hind his back with wire, and, that he had been gagged. He had made his way home, where he was ungagged by his wife, and on, the following day he made a report at the police station
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The M.C.C. batted two short. perjury, their Lordships are of Cox's Road yesterday. the Kow- opinion that it is not established loon Cricket Club were victorious Paynter strained a leg muscle and in point of fact. The statement over a Hongkong Volunteer De- has gone to Durban for special massage treatment, while Wilken made by the Chief Justice was to fence Corps team by 58 runs.
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they had said material to that total of 75, Dr. L. T. Ride scoring UNITED SERVICES issue was a tissue of deliberate 21 runs, and R. H. Griffiths 25. falsehoods. Their Lordships think B. D. Lay was responsible in the! that, having regard to the nature main for the collapse of the side, of the charge he was making taking 7 wickets for 50 runs. against the appellants, it did not admit of being formulated in a series of specific allegations of perjury, and that the gist of the accusation he was making pught to have been suficiently clear to them from the language which he employed to express it."
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1st XI at Home v. I. R. C.-H. Rev. Chapman, P. O. New, P. O. Paxton.. F/Sgt. Scragg, L/Sgt. Owen Hughes (capt.). TA, Pearce Lond. Pte. Hatfield, Mne. Moores, Saigon. JL, C. Pearce, JR. Isley, U. Dr. Logan Umpire: Captain J. ALTERNATIVE COURSE Ride. L D. Kilbee, C. D. N. Walker, They agree with the Chief Jus M. F. L. Haymes, E. A. Bompas, tice that the alternative course left D. S. Blake, A. K. Mackenzie.
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Service due Sydney, 11th, Mar. The final results were as follows: Swatow Mrs. Robbins (BA) beat Miss Scott (Britain) 2/6, 6/1, 6/1.
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GAMING HOUSE
by the Chief Justice was quite ance "as for a contempt of Court." sufficiently specific to make the But the reason, given in the Privy appellants aware of the pitch of Council for the rule is that can
$ criminal the charge against them they tempt of Court is
Chief think that the
Justice offence. A fortior, therefore, it tain) 2/6, 6/1, 6/3, should, before sentencing them, would be essential before a sum- have given them an opportunity mary conviction for perjury un- of giving reasons against summary less the statute dispensed with it, measures being taken.
which cannot be alleged in this This need not have involved, az case, k
· NO OPPORTUNITY suggested in argument, the case being thereupon retried and wit- In the present case it is clear nesses called, which would have from the notes of the learned trial deprived the alternative course of judge that no opportunity was the summary character which it afforded to the appellants to show is reasonable to suppose) Was case why they should not be deemed important by the framers summarily punished and that
A charge of keeping a common. of the Ordinance who enacted it omission alone laurient to as an alternative to formal pro- vitiate the convictions. It is gaming house and with playing a ceedings for perjury; but it would therefore unnecessary for us to game called "Chitam" was pre- have given an opportunity to ex- consider whether the perjury as ferred against four Chinese. Chan planation and possible the correo-signed to the appellants sumcient-Cheong, 48, Tuen Cheong, 32, Chan tion of misapprehension as to ly appeared from the words which Kom, 40, and Chan Po Cheong, at what had beer in fact aid or the learned trial judge addressed the Central Court before Mr. W RAD. Forrest yesterday, "The meant.
to the appellantad Chiez Justice treated Pol- These poeals must be allowed first, become and are defendante Tard's case as a binding authority, the convictions are set aside and were sent and their ball weng The fourth defendant but as not applying to a case of the fines paid must be repaid to estreated. committal for perjury, notwith the appellants. There will be no who had a previous conviction, was
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