1941-04-29

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CRIMINAL SESSIONS:

Indian Watchman Not Guilty

GENERAL

TUESDAY, APRIL 29,5

ITALIAN PRIEST | NATIONAL Spare Parts For American

FINED $50

Of Murder Of Woman: Gaps Found In Protected In Case Presented By Crown

· After a retirement of 15 minutes the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty against Bawa Singh, 65-year-old watchman, who was ar- raigned before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Cri- minal Sessions yesterday on a charge of the murder of a woman, El Fong, st Hunghom on March 3

was instructed Accused was defended by Mr. Percy Chen, who by Mr. W. M. Brown, while Mr. J. P. Murphy, Assistant Crown Soll- A. E. eltor, was for the prosecution, assisted by Chief Det-Insp Carey

The following jury was

"em direct evidence against accused Searle and the only direct evidence as panelled: Messrs E V. (Foreman). A.A. Barros, Taui Wai-sociating prisoner was that of sun, Pei Min-shun, Leung. Pui- accused in admitting that he was hung, B Jernakoff and Kwok found looking after deceased after she was wounded and in going to Che-choy..

report to the police.

Area In N.T.

MILITARY COUNCIL

Submarines Available At

Singapore Naval Base

BATAVIA, April 12-The must outstanding impression I ga- thered from a recent trip to Singapore was the constant arrivals and departures of luxury Hners converted into transports, writes 4 correspondent, in the Manila Bulletin. It was obvious that the south Pacific and the Indian ocean were still controlled by the British and Australian navico.

The resignation of Ho Hao-ju, Chlef of the Third Departinent of- the Political Board of the National A "nominal fine" of $50 or one Military Council has been accept- month's imprisonment was.

ed. posed by Mr. G. T. Lowry at the

The National Military Council Central Magistracy yesterday on Francis Ricciardi, · an

Italian has appointed Huang Shao-ku,

The go of numerous British obvious to the casual visitor in Catholic priest, having no address Chairman of the Planning Com- in the Colony, for a breach of the mission of the Ministry of War, army transports also indicated that Singapore. British pilots called the

to head the third Department the British Defence Regulations.

engrmously Buffaloes "the best yet" They concurrently.

strengthening the Singapore gar- added that "we want all that we rison

can get of them."

British plots said the Buffaloes thair favourite fighting

Was

NOT BRITISH

The charge against defendant

It is learned that Ho EaD-10 enemy that he, being an allen, was found in Lau Fau Shan, will hand over his duties to his

It was noteworthy that the were in Ping Shan, northern district successor on May 1. and will as of New Territories, a protected sume the post of deputy secretary-naval base at Singapore was well-planes even compared with British area, on Apr. 21 without permis- general of the Economic Confer-stocked sion of the Chief Security Officer. ence under the Executive Yuan.

The case. for the prosecution, which was conducted by Chief Detective-Inspector A. H. "Elston. of the Special Branch, was that

It will be recalled that accused was arrested following inquiries

CROWN'S ALLEGATION

on the afternoon in question de- made by the Police after he had) reported to the Hunghom Police! Accused had denied that he had fendant was seen by a Police in station that he had found a wo- any association with the deceased a tea house in Lau Fau Shan. As man wounded and lying at To- whatsoever but the Crown alleged he was not in clerical garb the em-Police asked him who he was. To kwawan Road. At about 10.30 p.m. that the woman had been on the day in question Sze, Po. ployed and had been living in pri- this defendant replied that he was considerable a Spanish subject and gave his a witness for the Crown, saw an soner's hut

name as Lopes, Indian holding a Chinese female; time and left in Jan. last. by her wriste at Tokwawan Road! While other witnesses for the pro- that they secution had testified

woman running up the stairs of No. 21 Tokwawan Road with her face covered with, blood.

saw a

1.'

for

Continuing, his Lordship said

NO IDENTIFICATION that there was the evidence of

Falling to produce any identi: two persons, L Muk, deceased's brother, and the woman, Chunication card or papers when he was asked to, defendant was told Shuk-hing.

that he would be taken to the Ping Shan Police Station. On the

The woman had testified that

she knew deceased who had been EMPLOYED BY ACCUSED

employed by accused and had The Crown's case was that the lived in his hut while Li Muk had Indian seen by these witnesses was identified that clothes found in the accused and alleged that the accused's hut as belonging to his deceased ·woman WBS formerly sister. There was a total employed by the accused as an tance of L Muk by the defence amah and had lived in his hut. who had not contradicted his

The defence was that accused statement. saw three Chinese males running away, apparently after attacking

the woman, and that accused

went to the help of the deceased.

CONSISTENT STORY

accep-

His Lordship pointed out that there was no identification of the

At the continued hearing yes- Indian seen by various witnesses terday his Lordship said, in sum-unti accused walked

way there, he admitted that he

was an Italiari,

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with spare submarine fighters." parts which were not British, and Singapore's airport, which was therefore believed to be for Ameri-reclaimed from the bay, was busy all day long. with Blenheims, The most famous British regi- trainers and Buffaloes taking of

and landing continuously, ❘ments now on duty in Singapore

include the Scots, Indiana

The British marvelled at Aussies, and the streets and hotels speed of the short-winged squat People in Hochwan, 40 miles there were constantly a changing Buffaloes darting across the sky- northwest of Chungking on the riot of colour. The favourite topic and upper reaches of the Chialing in the officers' messes was the re-fighters.

BRITISH ACE River, have contributed more than nunciation by the white rajah of $400,000 for the purchase of three Sarawak of the hereditary rights planes to be presented to the Na in favour of his brother Bertram. Many of the plots statiched in 1 Bag Seeds

Singapore were transferred to the 3 Iron Canisters tional Government.

UEFENCE GUNN

Far East for a rest from European Military officers mentioned the

7 Motor Car Hub Caps. battles. One of them, a British fact that six and eight-inch

ace named Becket, was killed un- Mr. Yuan Hsueh-yen, magistrate coastal defence guns were. Deing

most der

unfortunate circum- of Hochwan, has brought the fund sent to Sarawak, in northwestern stances. He had 15 German planes

Borneo. 1t was also reported that to his credit during air to Chungking.(Central News).

battles a large garrison may soon be sent over England and was

sent to to Borneo as a result of the action Singapore for an

easier tour of the rajah of Sarawak, Sir

duty in Heu of a vacation Becket Charles Vyber Brooke, which was

was a passenger in a Blenheim and the

was being shown a bird's-eye view British government to protect his.

of Singapore when the plane regency.

The planes will be christened "Hochwan."

In passing sentence, Mr. Lowry Lanchow-Chungking interpreted as an appeal to

sald:

"As I have received no further information other than what I have heard, I will have to You accept your story as true. came over for food and supplies and for no other purpose. There-

Traffic

It could not be said that British Indian troops in Singapore were

crashed.

To facilitate through highway

A "mooring vessel" steaming to- trafic between Lanchow and Chungking the Northwest Highway "dissatisfied." However, informed ward the wrecked plane in an at- fore I am imposing m you are will inaugurate on May 1 quarters. hinted that the Indians tempt to salvage it hit. E

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LONDON, April 28 (Reuter) mine New Zealand has 11,000 men in apparently adrift, the RAF. with the promise of a bus service between Lanchow were resenting the lack of credit which was

sinking the vessel and killing or a steady foy of 4,000 airmen and Kwangyuan on the north given to Tridians fighting in

Indian injuring a large number of officers year to Britain and 3,000 men in Szechwan border which will link African war thereafter.

the Royal Navy, as well as with the Chungking-Kwangyuan sappers said they thought this at- and ratings.

The tragedy occurred 200 yards large army in the Middle East.

try of Communications.

engineer units are playing a large ed out that the fact the mine was minion with a population of lees part in the operations in Africa."

so near the beach indicated that than 2,000,000, stated the High "THE BEST YET"

the Singapore harbour and naval Commissioner for New Zealand, speech The predominance of the Ameri- base was "extremely heavily honey- Mr. W. J. Jordan, in a

yesterday. can. Brewster Buffalo fighters was combed with mine fields."

ming up, that the Crown's case police station and reported the said, was not frequently the bus service operated by the Minis. titude was "most unfair as native offshore. Reliable quarters point- All this has been done by the Do-

into

the

was not a very strong one being matter. His Lordship concluded based on circumstantial evidence by saying that there was and there were in the Crown's case, thing strongly in favour

The jury was exempted from by his as presented, gaps. His Lordship prisoner and that he had consis-jury duty for one year pointed out that there Was no tently told the same story which, Lordship.

case of an accused person in this

court.

one the

A bus will leave Lanchow and another Kwangyuan simultaneous- ly on the "ist, 11th and 21st of sach month. (Central News).

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