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HARBOURING CASE: Interesting DEFENCE EVIDENCE Legal Point
Raised At
ALLEGED ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY Police Court GIRL WAS TO BE "KEPT WOMAN”.
SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1941.
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An interesting legal point was beyond has raised before Mr. H. G. Sheldon at
FOR FIFTY DOLLARS PER MONTH the Central Magistracy yesterday despatch by Air via Rangoon must be superscribed by
in a case in which a 17-year-old "C.N.A.C.".
That not only the complainant but her parents were also con- senting parties to an alleged arrangement whereby the girl was to be his "kept wonian" for $50 per month, was the defence put for- ward by CHENG CHUNG-PONG at the rosumed hearing, before Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., yesterday, of the case in which he was charged with harbouring a 17-year-old unmarried girl, Law Tsol-chu, with- out the consent of her father, Law Lai-chuen, on divers dates be- tween Marcb 2 and May 16.
Mr. Mackinlay: I am not aware of it. I have not seen it.
youth, Chan Yin, was charged with attempted larceny from a
pocket of a jacket belonging to The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal one The Chi, 22, actor of the Tal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communications intend
Ping Theatre, at the Chung Sing
Benevolent Society Bathing Pavied for persons other than the addressee.
lion, West Point, on July 24.
The point was whether a man could be charged with attempted larceny of nothing, as was in the present case, the pocket being empty and nothing stolen from it.
Defendant,
Mr. M. A. da Silva prosecuted, Mr. Silva: Such consent was ob assisted by Inspector G. W. More-tained and has been filed with the. tun of the B.C.A., while Mr. W. A. Court. Mackinlay was for the defence.
Recalled, on the application of
SEEN BY WATCHMAN Mr. Mackinlay, complainant agreed His Worship: It is on the flies, that the letter produced in Court Mr. Mackinlay. It was produced
According to Sgt. F. Roberts, was written by her and that the at the first hearing.
about 7:45 pm, on July 24, defen- watchman Continuing, Mr. Mackinlay said dant was seen by a telephone number, 21516, given in the letter was that of the Sheng that the second point was whether putting his hand into a pocket of Shi Escort Bureau.
the evidence adduced by the pro- complainant's jacket which was Replying to Mr. Silva, witness secution constituted an offence in hanging from a shelf. The watch- sald that she went to live in the law. The evidence showed that man approached him, as he knew escort burean after she had left the giri went with the man will- that the jacket was not the lat- her friend's house in Connaught ingly and that at no time waster's property, and arrested him. Road, and that the reason for her she unable to leave him if sheThere was nothing in the pocket. going there was because she knew had so desired.
who pleaded not She only
his-guilty, stated that he was trying someone In the bureau. stayed there for a few nights.
sub-to put his basket on top of the evi-shelf hear complainant's evat. As TALKED MATTER OVER
the he fell short of reach he tiptoed Law La-chuen stated, in evi-
and hung on to the garment for dence, that towards the end of the
His Worship pointed out that balance thereby accidentally put- first moon this year his wife re-evidence having been given that ting his hand into the pocket. He ceived certain information regard
added that he did not do it de- ing his daughter (the complainant)
liberately with intentions to steal and Cheng. He talked the matter
anything from it. over with the girl and, at her suggestion. he went with his wife, complainant and an elder daugh- ter to the Ming Yuen Cafe where they Saw defendant at another table. None of them spoke to de- fendant. The girl was then just over 17 years of age.
Mr. Mackinlay traced the tory of the Ordinance and mitted that there must be dence of abduction before charge could stand.
the girl was drugged with drinks before she was raped should be evidence of abduction.
the
WHY NO REPORT Mr. Mackinlay then submitted that the reason why no report was made to the Police when whereabouts of the girl frat be came known to the parents was because they did not want the
CONVICTION REGISTERED Convicted of the charge, defen- dant was remanded until today in 'police custody,
On the night of Feb. 19, went on Police to know that the girl hadjt voluntarily as he complained to witness, complainant did not re-been found.
turn to the house to sleep so he asked his wife and another daugh- ter to report the matter to No. 2 Station the next day.
Police
Shortly after the report had been made, the girl returned and, when taxed by him, stated that she had been playing mah-jongg with Cheng up to a late hour on the previous night.
On Mar. 1, continued witness, complainant again falled to re- turn home. After waiting two or
her that while he had been giving her money her mother had said
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On being over-ruled by his Worship. Mr. Mackinlay called the that nothing had been received air Mall by Air to Bangoon to connser with the Rog
She left him sometime in May defendant to give evidence.
Cheng Chung-pong stated that after taking some
a
from money note behind. He
he first met the girl at No. 28, Per-him, leaving cival Street, first floor, at the end only saw her once again after of the last Chinese year, after that when, after he had scolded which he was visited by com her for her behaviour, she sald, plainant fairly frequently. Her
"Be more careful. I am going to parents knew about their associa-
summon you." tion but did not raise any objec- tions.
In reply to Mr. Silva, defendant said that he did not quite remem- At a meeting in the Ming Yuen ber the incident at the Mee Chow Cafe it was agreed between the Hotel on the early morning of girl, her parents and himself that Mar. 2. He denied that the res-
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ing. after a few days' search, to And her a report of her being missing was again made to No. 2 Police Station.
ALREADY LEFT
As the result of information re- ceived he went with his wife on April 12 to Room No. 12 in the Hung On boarding house where they were told that the girl had already left, His wife went to the boarding house again the nest night.
tress for $50,.......
date was because it was on that He denied giving complainant day the girl was drunk. wine to drink at the Ying Wah
He agreed with Mr. Silva that af Cafe on Mar. 1.. They stayed to-accusation was made by him. be- gether at the Nanking Hotel and fore the Lady Assistant to the at various boarding houses be-s.C.A., that the parents had agreed tween March, 3 and May 10. ·
to his "keeping the girl för $50 Continuing, witness said that he per month. met the girl's father on April 4 at the Chui Kong Club, and the mother at the Hung On boarding house on April 8 and at the Nan king Hotel on April 18.
Questioned on this point, wit- ness said that there was actually an agreement arrived at between the parents and himself and that it was understood that the $50 was to be paid to the parents through the girl. 2
Further hearing. was adjourned
WROTE VOLUNTARILY He did not see his daughter
Referring to the receipt alleged again until May 24 when she re-to have been written out by the turned home-and told him- every giri,- witness said that she wrote to Aug. 6, at 2.30 pm.. thing that had happened to her.
Neither his wife nor himself
ever agreed to give the girl to de-
fendant for $50 per month as his 30
"kept woman," nor did he "agree to let his daughter out of his "cus- tody, said witriass.
Cross-examined, witness stated that the reason why he waited about ten days before reporting to the Police the second time his
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HISTORIC SPOT IN SHANTUNG
USED AS GUERILLA BASE
Liang Shan Po in west Shantung where. Sung Kiang, the Chinese "Robin Hood" of the Sung Dynasty and hig blood brothers had their
Ord. 7.00 PM
Chungking To Pick 1050 Judicial Officials
Over 1,000 law students and
hideout" is now used as a base by graduates from related schools Chinese guerillas, according to a will have opportunities to obtain
CHILDREN STOLEN Chungking report published in the government assignments as Judi-
YAUMATI DISTRICT SINCE JANUARY
cial officials throughout China in {TSUN WAN MAN PO.
the forthcoming Civil Bervice Ex- The adventures of Bung Kiang aminations for Judicial Officials to and his followers have been im- be held on Aug. 16 and 22, it 18 mortalised by Bee Nei-en of the officially announced.
Yuan Dynasty in his novel "Shuf Offices have been opened at Hu (Water Margin), which has many different provincial centres been translated into English by to receive registration which will Pearl Buck with a new title All close on Aug. 6. From among the
registrants, 500 Judicial officials It is said that a Chinese guerilla and 550 court clerks, prison
Men Are Brothers."
At the conclusion of the hearing of a Kidnapping case at the daughter failed to return was that Criminal Sessions yesterday, Mr. J.P. Murphy, Assistant Crown Bell. when he reported that the girl citor, revealed that he had a list from the Yaumati Police Station was found, after her first disap-of children misstur, since the beginning of this year, which ran pearance. the interpretor at the into 30 names and all of them had been presumably stolen, Station reprimanded him for giv CHEUNG CHAU 34, married, Brat accused induced him to go force composed of about 3,000 wardens, accountants, statisticians ing them all the trouble when his daughter only. went for an all-woman, and LOYEE, 47, widow, with her and took the boy to Chinese peasants and reformed will be selected in the examine were arraigned before Mr. Justice Shamshulpo and later to Kowloon bandits occupying the 800-foot tions, representing the largest night mah-jongg game.
F. E. F. Cressall on charges of City where he lived with accused strategie hill there bas had no number of selectees ever to be ap- ...Witness denied that he had ever
fewer than 100 engagements with pointed since the introduction of been to No. 28, Percival Street or kidnapping a 12-year-old boy, in a hut
Chan Shul-pl, and with transfer Seven days later accused brought the Japanese and has auccessfully the civil service sytem.--(Central that he was there introduced to aling, the custody of the boy for a the boy to another house and repelled six so-called mopping-up News) woman called Au-yeung Bo Hing. He also emphatically denied that valuable consideration, there met a third woman. The campaigns launched by the Japan-
Mr. J. P. Murphy, Assistant boy saw accused and the woman complainant was ever employed at
Frequent surprise- raids have that address as a "tse-fa" ticket Crown Solicitor, assisted by Det putting their fingerprints on a
Sgt. R. McVey, prosecuted and the plece of red paper on which was been staged by the guerillas writer.
Replying to another question, following comprised the jury writing and which the Crown sug- against the Japanese in the vil witness said that the reason why Mesars. E, V. M. B. de Sousa (Fore gested was the document of sale lages and townships in the neigh he did not report the Policeman Tam Hung-ip. A. Pollak, and purchase. The boy also saw bourhood resulting in the seizure considerable quantitiesat. after his visit to the boarding Tong Ting-kal, Leung Fat, W. F. accused receiving-sime banknotes of
from the third woman.
enemy provisions, arms and -Am- house on April 12 was that he Arndt and Li Fook-shun,
On first accused pleading Guilty Without retiring, the Jury re-munition On one occasion they wanted to make sure that his
on killed some 300 Japanese and daughter was there before re to the charge of kidnapping, the turned unanimous verdicts
third count of taking part in a both countac
pod porting.
The Crown revealed, that Lo Yee Evidence was also given by Kotransaction for the transfer of the Wai-yin, complainant's mother, boy was withdrawn by the Crown. was convicted in May for taking and Law Chol-san, elder sister of Second accused was additionally part in the transfer of a child,
Mr. Murphy said that this kind complainant.
charged with barbouring" the boy
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ORIENCE SUBMISSION at Shek Ku Lain Village on Feb or offence was very prevalent. operation at the historic spot in
38, knowing the child to have been Bentence of six months bard May, 1938, he had only 50 followers. Wed. 80 at the close of the case for the unlawfully, taken away from the labour was based on first accus- prosecution," Mr. Mackinley sub-father, Chan Larn, hawker
ed mitted that he had no case to an...” “Mr. Murphy mild that the Crown Becond accused was sentenced swer, and went on to say that th- alleged that the transaction took to one year's hard labour, der section 18 of the Ordinance | placa Between the diver, dates of under which - defendant... Who Teb 17 and June. Bi charged, it was laid down that "No prosecution can be thathutsa without the consent of the geckot ary for Chinese hitëirs."
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