HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
TERRITORIES' ROBBERY SEQUEL AT SESSIONS
Chief Justice Orders "Cat"
For One Accused
MAN YING AND CHEUNG KUEN, CHARGED BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE. SIR ATHOLL MACGREGOR, AT THE CRI- MINAL SESSIONS YESTERDAY with committing, with others not in custody, a robbery, in Sheung Shud Wel Village, New Territories, In the early hours of January 29, were found guilty and sentenced to four years' hard kibour each.
First accused was further sentenced to four strokes "of the "cat," Elis Lordship emphasizing that it was his intention to in- flict corporal punishment, whenever the health of a prisoner per- mitted it, in order to stamp out the campaign of robberies with violence that existed in the Colony.
Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assistant Crown jaccused's house was searched, and the a razor was found there which was Solicitor. prosecuted, and. following jury heard the case:later identified by the old woman Messrs. F. G. Mowfung (foreman), as her property, and also by the Ng Chun-wah, J. A. Pereira, O. el children Areuil, L. Gadd, Fung Tsun and First accused was picked out at by Chau parades identification Chan Wei-yeuk,
TRIBUTE TO BRITISH NAVY IN CANTON
CANTON, Mar. 20 (Reuter)
As an expression of their gratitude for the strenuouIS and successful efforts of the British Navy to save Shamcen from being reduced to thes during the fire during the cri- tical days of last October, silver plaque has been present- ed to the Commander of the West River Flotilla by the members of the British Asso clation in Canton.
for
GENERAL
EUROPEAN
SUMMONED
AT CENTRAL
Sequel To Motor Collision
·DRINK ALLEGED Three persons were injured and sent to the Queen Mary Hospital when a car and a motor cycle collided at Bonham Road February 22.
on
There was a sequel to the ac- The presentation took place oncident before Mr. E Edwarda the Tarantula on the eve of that at the Central Court yesterday, gunboat's departure for Hongkong when A. G. Hargreave, of the recommissioning and was Imperial Chemical Industries made by Mr. A. E. Smith, the local (China) Ltd., driver of the motor Manager of Jardine Matheson car, was summoned for driving and Co., and President" of the while under the influence of drink to such an extent as to be incap- Association.
able of having proper control of the vehicle, and falling to drive with due care and caution, having regard to all circumstances of the case.
It will be recalled that at the end of October, when Canton City resembled one vast raging inferno, British blue-jackets and Shameen residents kept watch day and night in order to prevent the buildings on the 1st and from catching fire.
RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS A Japanese spokesman to-day the reconstruction
tion.
The two men were accused of Pul-ying and the children. robbing a 48-year-old married The $100 note was identified
He was represented by Mr. F. G .woman. Ylu Yuk-sing, of $105 with little hesitation, as the one
Nigel who pleaded not guilty. Hongkong currency, $300.40. Chi- she had lost by the old woman,
Traffic-Inspector &. C. Saunders nese currency, two razors, some when handed a bunch of eight
told the Court that shortly after pieces of jewellery, six dried ducks, similar notes at the police station. Two dried fish and
pin on the day in question, a bottle of
Second accused was picked out
defendant was driving a private car brandy, and of robbing the woman's by Chau Put-ying at an identifica-referred to
along Bonham Road in a westerly daughter, Chau Plu-ying, of $160 ton parade, and also, at a subse-efforts, being made in Canton."
He declared that a regular com direction, while. Mr. Woo Kam-tai Hongkong currency, $2,002 Chinesequent parade, by the 13-year-old
mercial al line between Canton driver of the motor cycle, with a currency, a suitcase, a wrist watch | girl.
and Formosa would be inaugurat-passenger on the pillion seat, was and other articles.
ed shortly, that the Chinese-owned coming from the opposite direc- Tungkwan
Sugar Factory. the largest of its kind in South China. When nearing King's College, would resume operations under Mr. Woo alleged that the defen- the the auspices of the Japan Sugar dant drove obliquely across Association and that
Toad
road. and though both parties struction in the suburbs of the swerved in an attempt to avoid an city was being pushed forward accident, they collided with each with great vigour.
other.
DR. VALENTINE TESTIFIES Dr... D. J. Valentine, Deputy' Director of Medical Service. stationed at Queen Mary Hospital, said that he saw the defendant being supported by a European into the casualty room and before the medical officer on duty arrived he
fendant's condition. He found 3 made an examination of the de-
small" punctured wound
This left wrist and the
The case against first accused, Outlining the case, Mr. Prentis continued Mr. Puentis, rested on said the house which was robbed his identification on the road to consisted of the ground floor, with Un Long by Yin Yuk-sing and at a teng and a cubicle, and a cock-parades held later by the police and loit. The place was occupied on also on identification of the razor the night in question by the woman and the bank riote. Regarding the Yiu Yuk-sing, her daughters, Chau second accused, said Mr. Prentis, Fui-ying. 21, and Chau Mul- the case rested solely on his iden- lan 13. two 14-year-old boys tancation by Chau Pui-ying and and two small children. Yu Yuk- the young giri, sing, Chau Muf-lan and one of the doys slept on the ground floor, and the others slept in the cockloft.
GUILT DENIED
con-
ARMS CASES AT SESSIONS
Without retiring, a jury con- sisting of Messrs. W. C. Kailey (foreman). C. E. Rodrigues, Yau Hing-wat, E. D. Le Bruce, C. E Barros. A. L. G. Eastman and C. A. dos Remedios, returned unanimous
Both accused, stated Mr. Prentis,
COVERED WITH QUILT
denied their guilt and both had made statements in which they About 3 am. there was a noise had sought to establish ́alibis. of the house being broken into,
First accused, giving evidence, and then five men entered. Two men went up to the old woman denied any connection with the and covered her with a quilt, while robbery, stating that the money he went to the cockloft had was the balance of his wages The house were ransacked and the whist employed in the naval sup articles stated were stolen, Among uly ship. War Bharata. He said be the stolen articles were a $100 note was sleeping at his own house in of the Hongkong and Shanghai San Tin village on the night in question, and that the razor was Bank and two open-type razors,
already in the house When he tlon. - moved in December.
"three men
On February 1 the old woman went with a detective to Un Long and on the road saw a man whom
she identified as first accused, who was searched and was found to be In possession of over $300, First
Giving evidence, second accused cented the charge. He stated that on January 23, a friend asked him at Heung Sal to come to British territory to bring some wax from Muk Wu to Chinese territory's
After His Lordship had. stammed
а
са defendant's
The
breath smelt of alcohol, alcohol was sufficient to influencs
his.driving.
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verdict of gulity against Cheng Choi, charged at the Criminal Sessions yesterday before the Chief Justice, Sir A holl MacGregor. with unlawful
Dr. Valentine further said that possession of arms and ammunt.It was not a bad state of intoxica- tion. He would term it a mild Defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assistant case of intoxication, but the drink Cross-examined by Mr. Nigel, Dr. Crown Solicitor, who prosecuted, was sufficient to affect judgment. said that accused was arrested as
Valentine agreed that symptoms the result of a raid carried out by police on February 2 at No. 23 of shock were similar to that of Stone Nullah Lane.
drunkenness. Most of the symp- the former toms were consistent with shock.
Mr Prentis stated that accused His Lordship passed sentence of 18 months. hard labour.
SALE OF CROWN, up, the jury retired for a few min-had one previous conviction.
LAND
Four Kowloon Lots Purchased
Four lots of Crown land, situat-
ed in Kowloon, were pat up for auction at the Crown Land Sale
yesterday.
New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2659, at Fux Wing Street, Cheung Sha Wan, containing an area of about 7,000 square feet, was sold, to Mr. Lee Chee-on, on behalf of Miss L Ham, residing at No. 30,
ates and returned 11 verdict of iguity in respect of both accused,
Mr. Frentis stated that first LOITERING ON ROOF accused had three previous con-
Found guilty of unlawful posses- victions, one for larceny, one for sion of a revolver and five rounds assault, and another for a breach son of a revolves a later or or the Arms and Ammunition Or- durance.
doney found in
frst accused's
an unlawful purpose on the roof
FOUR JAPANESE
IN NANTAO" SOLDIERS KILLED
An explosion which occurred on Public Recreation Ground in Ta Chi Road, Nantao, Dr. P. R. T. Naidu, officer in on Mar, 14 killed four Japanese wounded several charge of the casualty room, said soldiers and that when he examined the de- others, according to people com- fendant on admission he found ing from Nantas quoted by the his eyes were red and had some Chinese evening papers in Shang- tear drops. The cheeks were nush-hal:
It was said that a small com- ing and pulses were rapid. De- fendant's breath smelt of alcohol pany of Japanese soldiers
Witness further stated that hestationed at the scene of explo-
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of
Mr. Prentis said that he would of No. 292 Hennessy Road, on carried out a test on the defension. At about 9 am on Mar, 14. make formal application for the February 2. Wong Ah-mo, 32, and dant who failed completely. De-ten Japanese soldiers were having Wong Slu-mo, 24, unemployed sea-fendant was asked to walk by morning exercises on the ground ward of some indemnity to men, were each yesterday sen himself in a straight line, but tell when they saw a grenade. Some Yak-sing for her loss out of the tenced by Mr. Justice R. B. Lind, and had to be supported when he of them rushed up to examine it
After cross-examination, possession, and His Lordship ac-sell at the Criminal Sessions to had walked only two steps. cordingly remanded prisomer in three years' hard labour.
Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant hearing was adjourned til Thurs- police custody until this morning. --
Crown Solleitor, prosecuted, and day afternoon. the Jury comprised Messrs. A. C. Jeitress (foreman), Poon Kwong-
Bonham Strand East, second floor. DISCREPANCIES
for $5.300.
EVIDENCE
IN ho, Wong Man-kit, J. E Newlin,
A. J. Brown, Fan Chi-kuen and
J. de Castro Basto. ·
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The Amoy Canning Corporation. Ltd.. Ngau Tau Kok, purchased Remarking that there were dis New Kowloon Lot No. 2660, situat crepancies in the evidence of the ed in Ngau Shi-wan, for $12,080 various witnesses for the prosecu- The lot contains an area of about |tion, Mr. T. J. Houston, at the Cen- 30,400 square feet. The upset tral Court yesterday, discharged
Monday afternoon was the final price was $6,080.
Noor Dad, Indian constable, and Mr. Yau Kwam-fe, of the Talan unemployed, Sit Him.
performance of the two plays "Alice Hang Rubber Factory, No. 1, Yen Noor Dad was accused of attempt-in Wonderland", and "The Three Chau Street, was the purchaser of ing to obtain a bribe of 10 cents Bisters," produced by the pupils of New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2881, from a hawker, Tso Tak, mis-the French Convent at Causeway for $20,000, The lot contains an conduct as a police officer, and as-Bay...
The attendance has been very Thursday: France, Hanoi, Hong- area of 20,000 square feet and is saulting Tsol Tak at Wing Lok
kong. situated at Tonkin Street. There Street on February 11. 8it Him pleasing since the opening last
Service-1 pm. were no bidders.
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EASTBOUND been made public, the committee situated at the Junction of Chat- offence of illegal exactions. ham Road and Klang Hai Street, Div-Insp. W. Mair was present in is quite satisfied with the financial Friday: U.S.A., Manila, Hongkong.
Boeing Clipper-noon. containing an area of about 1,255 Court while Det.-Insp. J. O'Dono-results. The funds from the three
WESTBOUND square feet, was sold to Mr. Cheng van conducted the prosecution. Mir performances will be turned over to Kwat-chung, of No., 493, Chatham M. A. da Bitra appeared for the the Catholic Truth Society of Hong Saturday: Manila, San Francisco.
Boeing Clipper-8.30 am. kong. Road, for $1,555.
defence of the first defendant.
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It is believed that the missile had been put there by guerilisa.
UNLICENCED DRIVER“ BEFORE COURT
As a result of a traffe accident which occurred at King's Road on Saturday when a lorry was over- turned, Ng Lay-man, 23, a garage foki, was charged before Mr. R Edwards at the Central Court yesterday with driving without icence. He appeared on a bail of $50 and was fined $20.
Inspector Russell, who prose- cuted, told the Court that follow- ing the report of the accident, a traffic...officer was sent to the scene and defendant failed to produce his licence on request. The licenced driver who was be sides defendant, would be suin- moned in connection with the mishap.
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