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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1899.
DEATHS. On the 17th October; at Erith House, Erith, PHILIP BURNARD CHENERY AVRES, C.M.G., late Colonial Surgeon and Inspector of Hot- pitals, Hongkong, aged 59, eldest son of the late Philip Burnard Ayres, M.D., Lond., Chief Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, Mauritius.
On the 11th October, at London, CHARLES ANDREW BLACK; of the Hongkong and Shang- hai Bank, younger son of George Black, Banker,
Inverness.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1899.
TELEGRAMS. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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THE WAR.
LONDON, November 19th. General Hildyard, who is now command. ing at Estcourt, reports that the enemy's patrols arc advancing throughout the country Captain Phillips, will be despatched as above from Gourton Road to Ulundi and various bodies from goo to yoo strong are advancing on Estcourt.
"NINGPO,"
on FRIDAY, the 24th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
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Hongkong, 21st November, 1899.
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[14473 Hongkong, 21st November, 1899. FOR NEW YORK, VIA SUEZ GANAL.
THE Steamship
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For Freight, apply to
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Agents.
Hongkang, 21st November, 1899.
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General Clery is now commanding South of Ladysmith.
The Boers have destroyed the great Tugela bridge.
General Methuen with a brigade of Guards is advancing from the Orange river to the relief of Kimberley immediately.
General Joubert, who has been indisposed, is now better. This apparently disposes of the report of his death.
A runner from Ladysmith states that it was all well with General White on the 17th. The Boers, whose shells were ineffectual, endeavoured to make the investment closer, but General White then surtied and drove the Boers from their advanced positions with heavy loss.
charge, and the hearing was adjourned to a day acquaint their officers of the fact. The funeral to be fixed hereafter, de
was therefore carried out and the man buried. On the way back from the cemetery the officer: The Plague in Kobe.
heard the men whispering and muttering amongst themselves and so asked them the TOKYO, November 14th.“
reason. As soon as it was discovered that Marquis Saigo, the Home Ministers Mr there was a doubt of the man's identity, it Romatsubaru, Vice-Minister; Dr. Hasegawa, was reported to the police and application the Director of the Sanitary Bureau Dr. made to have the body exhumed and re- Yamane, Chief of the police doctors. Dr.
identified. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Gompertz Kitasato, Mr. Ando, a health official, and Mr. went down to the cemetery with cight soldiers, Kubota, a Councillor in the Home Department, four of whom were well acquainted with Jones are holding a conference at the official resi- | and four who knew Jordan; the body was ex- dence of the Home Minister, and are consider humed and as a mistake had been made it was ing a proposal to burn down the houses at the transferred to the Roman Catholic cemetery, place where the plague broke out at Fuklai to which persuasion Jordon belonged. A coroner's inquest will be held next Friday at 2.15 pm, when the whole facts bearing on the deaths of the two men will be fully investigated.
mum.
Crown Prince to Leave Maiko. TARUMI, November 14th.
of. Shipping and Stipendiary Magistrate; che produced the Register shewing that the #Alte Cloud was a British ship built in 1875.. A bill of sale; in favour of Samuel Robinson of Hongkong was registered in September this year, dated 31st of August
Mr. Francis objected to the question ns to whether the White Cloud had a passenger certificate and Mr. Pollock waived the question, Mr. Pollock-Was 7 survey made of the White Cloud in September 1893.-
stanchion received such an impetus that one piece, no, largøy, than a man's thumb, killed one man, severely wounded another and then tore up the wooden decking until its progress was stopped by the armoured deck. The great fault, however, with aluminium is its propensis ty to corrode, whichematerially shortens its life of attity. The reason for this great defect is that aluminium can not be used without an alloy, and as it is, itself, a very high electro- positive the alley issure to set up galvanic action between the two metals when immersed in Mr. Francis objected to that question as it salt water. This the lecturer proved by three was irrelevant. The survey being made for experiments which had been carried out in the purpose of attaining a passenger" carli« England, France and America. He said, ficate, however, that if nickel was used as the alloy His Lordship upheld the objection but permitt- this corrosion would be greatly ameliomted ed. Mr. Ramsay to give evidence of the pospes- and it was a question of time and study of the sion of a report of such survey in his possession. subject as to when this "galloping corrosion," Mr. Rumsey then gave evidence as to the as it had justly been termed, would be overcome. possession of such survey report. And that, on In conclusion, he said, the uses to which this metal cntry was in the Register to the effect that a could be put were many and important. For passenger certificate was issued to her in 1894 river and take steamers, where the water and air as a river steamer and that was the last were free from salt, the corrosive effect were | senger certificate issued, to the White Cloud,
Bir. A. Güttener was called and gavo formal nut so prenounced, and so no doubt it could be economically utilized. Again, for parts of evidence of the number of crew and officers This match, played on the Football Ground, sea-going ships which were not exposed to salt who signed articles before the voyage. David Happy Valley, yesterday afternoon, proved a water and sea-air it was useful and, on account Adamson gave evidence as to his engagement thoroughly well-contested event throughout of its great lightness, would bear an important as Chief Engineer to take the boat across to and at its close was universally acknowledge part in the shipping of the future.
Manila, and to the fact that after the ship had to be the "match of the season," resulting as Mr. Gillies, after speaking a few words in left Hongkong she began to leak, and finally riser on the China coast, fallen in the Philip.it did in a draw-neither side managing to corroboration of the statements made by the had to be abandoned.
score. Mr. Slade officiated as Referee and by gallant officer, proposed a most hearty vote of A. McCulloch, the second engineer, gavo pines and Japan. The bigh pressure area still his decisions gave general satisfaction. There thanks to be accorded him for the most ins corroborative evidence. covers China, and pressure seems to be low in
were a considerable number of spectators pre-tructive lecture he had given. The motion being the Pacific, probably to the S.E. of the Loosent, the military element of which evinced the carried, the proceedings terminated. choos. Gradients moderate to rather steep, keenest interest in the proceedings throughout. with very strong monsoon in the N. part of the Appended are the teams :- China Sea., FORECAST:-Fresh N. winds fair.
It is stated that owing to the outbreak of pingue at Kohe, the Crown Prince will embark "on the cruiser Asomato-morrow at Akashi, and
proceed to Numazu.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory report says:- On the 21st at 11.55 am. the barometer has
́LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE Janet Waldorf Company have left Manila for Singapore. They intend to make Calcutta for Christmas week.
THE Association Football Match between Com- panies B. and G., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was postponed yesterday and will be played on Fri- day next.
FOOTBALL.
HONGKONG FOOTBALL CLUB verstes
ROYAL ARTILLERY,
บ
ROYAL ARTILLERY. Goal.
Hogben (25 S.), Dacks.
Ritchie (35 E.). McMurmy (25 S.). Half Barks. Hutchinson (25 S.). Stewart (25 S.). French (25 E). Forwards.
fones (25 S.). Robinson (25 E.). Robinson (25 S.) Cooper (25 E.). Periga) (25 S.).
Ferwards.
THE return of cases of communicable diseases. reported in the Colony for the week ended 18th J. 12, Danby, II. C. R. Hancock. J. F. Noble.
H. E. Green.. E. J. Libeaud. November shows one case of bubonic plague and three of enteric fever, two cases being from
H.I.L.M.S. Carlo Alberto,
Re-inforcements amounting to 27,000 have THE body of a dead Chinaman was picked up now reached the Cape.
A Boer attempt to rush Estcourt was re- pulsed.
The Boers have occupied Barkly-West, Douglas, Burghersdorp and Colesburg, un- opposed.
The most rigid press censorship continues,
THE U. 8. STATE ELECTIONS,
Special to Manila Times,
LONDON, November 9th. The State elections, which are now in full swing, show, up to the present, no alteration in the relative strength of political parties.
The balance in favour of the Mckinley Administration has not been affected one way or the other.
The following States have gone Republican: Massachusetts, lows, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio and South Dakota.
The following States have gone Democrat: Missouri, Virginia and Maryland.
Maryland is the only State to show an important change.
These are all the returns sent in up to date. [Mr. J. C. Burrows in n lengthy and thoughtful article in the October Forum states:-"Elections are to be held in the month of November in eleven States, as follow: Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi,
Nebras ka, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
* and Virginia. +
The fact, therefore, that this fall's election in several States will be influenced more or less by considerations entirely independent of all National issues robs the result of that prophetic significance which it might otherwise inipart."
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From Japanese Pupers. Korean Affairs.
SEOUL, November 11th.
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on the foreshore at Kennedy Town, Yesterday Morning. It was, very much decomposed but appeared to be that of a man of about 33 years of age. The body has not been identified. We learn that there is, so far, no foundation for the report which is being circulated anent the capture of Aguinaldo. It should be bome in mind that he has been reported as killed on previous occasions. Such an important capture would not long remain a secret,
MR. WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL, who is reported by Reuter to have fallen into the hands of the Boers after a remarkable display of bravery, is one of the London Aforming Pos's special correspondents. He is the eldest son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill. The Post is also represented by Mr. E. F. Knight (he well-known war correspondent and author, whose Times letters from Cuba during the Spanish-American war attracted so much atten- tion) and Mr. John Stuart, Editor of the Johan nesburg Afining Journal. Mr. Stuart is with General White's force in Ladysmith.
A CORRESPONDENT of The Record at Mahanay City, of a statistical turn of mind, says that he has kept a daily account of the reported number of Filipinos killed and wounded since the firing of the first shot at the waterworks, near Manila. His footings, up to August 12, are
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Number of killed 63,984 Number of wounded............ 430,720
This makes an appalling total of damage to
life and limb done by our soldiers. If there be added the usual deaths from disease and hardship Aguinaklo can have but few Tagals left. But we sus the killed and wounded have been many times exaggerated in the count and in the dispatches.. No doubt, 100, there are duplications growing out of succes-
The Russian Chargé d'Affairs paid a visit to the Korean Minister for Foreign Affairs the day before yesterday, and requested that no title deed should be granted to any foreignersive descriptions of the same scrimmages.-P. for the ground at Musanpho. now under nego- tiation. There is, however, a prospect indicat.
Record.
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SEOUL, November 11th.
Mr. Sands, the Secretary in the U.S. Lega tion, having been appointed Adviser to the Crown Prince, has been released from the Secretaryship in the Legation..
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SHIONOSEKI, November rath. The N.Y.K. steamer Satsuma mare, which was reported to have proceeded on her voyage to Fusan from Izugahara, Tsushima, where she got aground, has had to put back to Naga suki, to repair damage. The Sendai-maru has been dispatched in her place. Visit from a Member of Parliament.
ANCE OF A SOLDIER.
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In our report of the curious case of mistaken identity of a soldier, we stated that the second missing man had been found drowned. This in- formation, on further enquiry, has proved to have been received from an unreliable source. The body of Private Jones has not yet been re- covered, and there is still a doubt as to whether he is dead or was picked up after he fell from the sampan, while attempting to board the feance. All that is known for a certainty being that his cap and stick were found on the Meance's gangway, that a cry from, a falling man was heard by those on board and that boats were immediately sent to look forthe iniss ing inan, but were unsuccessful. It must not, however, be inferred from this that Jones was drowned, as he was an expert swimmer having swum three quarters of a mile while in Malta, so there is a possibility that he was saved undį from some unknown reason, has not yet reported himself.
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C. T. Kew.
Haly Backs.
H. W. Looker. Backs.
B. C. M. Johnston. C. H. P. Hay. Goal.
F. H. Kew.
HONGKONG FOOTBALL CLUB.
The Royal Artillery kicked off and for some time pressed on the Club territory pretty heavily. F. H. Kew effected a couple of capital saves, however, and shortly afterwards Libeaud and Green carried the ball well up. The Artillery goal keeper was fully up to his work, however, and nothing resulted. Next came à consider- able amount of head work, both sides evincing excellent lies at this which mostly took place in the Artillery territory. From this Bitchie and Robinson (25-E) by dint of a clever run got matters equalized and the Club goal ap peared in peril, from which it was only saved by Kew's good work between the posts. At this stage of the game the forwards were one and all doing excellent work whilst the Club team were passing well and displaying consigler- ably more speed thantheir antagonists, who were a far weightier team. At the call of half-time neither had scored, ant the Artillery had if any. thing slightly the best of matters. Aller the kick off the ball was speedily carried around the soldier's goal, however, and several "saves" must be accredited to Hogben. From this on an up and down sort of game ensued, the Club wings, Looker and C. Kew doing yeoman's service. Time and again it looked as though they would score, but light was failing and the Artillery rear-guards well up to their work and nothing resulted. Just before time was called a good carry down resulted in a near shave for a goal to the credit of the Artillery, but the ball struck one of the posts. From this awards ritory but nothing was scored up fill time was play was mostly confined to the gunner's ter-
called when it was getting too dark to play any longer.
the Hongkong Football Club (A) will play the To-morrow afternoon on the Happy Valley, Victoria Recreation Club, Kick-off at half-past four sharp. The Club team will be T. 3. Wild, gozi; C. H. P. Hay and H. Pinckney, backs; T. W. Hornby, S. L. Jenkins and Á. Beattie, halves; J. E. Lee, W. M. Humphreys, P. A. Cux, E. J. Libeaud and E, E. Deacon, forwards.
ALUMINIUM AND ITS USES IN
YACHT CONSTRUCTION,
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
SUPREME COURT.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
Before the Hon. W. M. Goodman (Acting Chief Justice.)
November 21st
WHITE CLOUD" CASE. Arthur Myrvin Raymond was arrigned this morning on a charge of taking the S.S. White Cloud to sea in an unseaworthy condition.
Mr, H. E. Pollock (Acting Attorney Geneml) prosecuted Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., defended.
The following jury were impanelled Charles Adolphe Henn, Westerburger, Walter King, James Henry Oxberry, Wilhelm Orto, Christian Spalekhaver, Alexander Walker, Joseph Hariy Underwood, Gustav Christoph Engel.
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Ramsay, Marine Surveyor, gave evidence to the effect that he had made an overhaul of the machinery of the White Cloud and did not consider her seaworthy. He had not ex- amined the hull." The White Cloud, had sponsons which projected over the ship's sides, and which in a heavy sea would render the ship unsafe, as the sea would force up the spansons and strain the sides of the vessel Some of the boiler plates were thin and he should have had the boiler out of her altogether. He could not form any idea as to what it might have cost to effect any repairs which would have, had the effect of inak- ing the ship seaworthy. It might be $10,000 or it might be $15,000 and both might be equally wrong. He did not think the fact of baving the sponsons on the ship would neces- sarily render that ship unseaworthy. Li Po's depositions before Mir. Gompertz were handed in, he having left the Colony."
Mr. Jones, Chief Boarding Officer, gave evid- - ence of the former positions held by Captain Raymond, -1
Governiment
Dixon,
Robert Camegie Marine Surveyor, had known the White Cloud The defendant pleaded not guilty.
since 1891 when he surveyed the White Cloud : Mr. Francis on behalf of the defendant appli- la company with his chief. She was a wooden ed for permission for the latter to occupy a boat with paddle wheels' and in 1893 he sur- chair at the solicitors table, which His Lord-veyed her with a view to her being granted ship after consideration and precedents being passenger certificate as a passenger riyer quoted by Mr. Francis permitted, remarking steamer. however that such a course was a little irregular but under the circumstances the application would be granted
evidence in this case would show that the Mr. Pollock addressing the jury said: The steamship White Cloud was a wooden ship sheathed with copper and built over twenty years ago, and was of the ordinary class of fiver steamers and she had been used ex- clusively for river traffic, on the run between Macho and Hongkong and back again and for the last six years had been employed solely on that run which he understood was a more shel- tered run than the trip between Hongkong and Manila. Mr. Dickson would be called to prove that she was surveyed for a passengers certi- ficate back in September 1893 and that she was not a proper vessel to take to sea, and besides Mr. Dickson, Captain Rumsey, who was. an experienced man, would be called to prove that the White Cloud was a river steamer and“ not a boat which ought to be taken to Manila at all events not in the month of September,
It would be shewn that the White Cloud was sold to the present owner, Mr. Robinson, who had been out of the Colony for some time back: and that she was carrying no passengers but had on board a crew consisting of the Captain. Chief officer, two European engineers and a number of Chinese stokers. Mr. Adamson, the Chief Engineer, would give evidence that shortly after the White Cloud's leaving Hongkong she began to leak. It would appear that she got into a rather choppy aen outside and her seams began to open out, and the Chief Engineer then requested the Chief Officer to put the ship's head to wind in order to facilitate pumping, which was done. The bilge injection was put time, however, only a few hours afterwards, on to work and that kept the water down for a about six o'clock in the morning, a plank was started and the water ran right across from port to starboard. The defendant then said the ship must be abandoned which was done about 7.39. It will be shewn therefore that the ship after being only eight hours at sea was leaking, and 12 hours after leaving harbour had to be abandoned. Therefore, the gentlemen of the jury would be satisfied by the evidence of the Chief and Second Engineer that the White Cloud was taken from this port in an unse worthy condition. Captain Raymond would be able to go into the box and give evidence in his own behalf.
Mr. Francis-Perhaps my learned friend will tell the jury the limited nature of the evidence he is permitted torgive,
Mr. Pollock once more attempted to put in the declaration of Mr. Dixon, made on the survey. "Mr. Francis again objected as it was irrelevant
objection. to the case and His Lordship uphold the
The witness then stated, the White Cloud passed as a river steamer.
By His Lordship She would not have been passed as a sea going boat, Hy. Mr. PollockSho, was
seaworthy in 1893
She had sponsons which would measure about nine feet at the widest part overhanging the ship's side. He thought the boat might have been stiffened by planking diagonally. from the edge of the sponsons to the ships sides, or by angle bars, but he would not have passed the ship in any case.
Mr. Francis. He was not a shipbuilder or a ship's carpenter, it was not his profession."
* He wasnot a professional shipbuilder, neither did.he build ships as an amateur. He had inspected the White Cloud twice, but not since 1893. He was there to examine the ship to pass ber as being fit to carry passengers on. the river, and for that purpose only,
and for that purpose he passed her.
Mr. Francia appealed to his Lordship for some further guidance at to whether he could put Captain Raymond in the box and examine him as to his knowledge of the condition of the vessel before she left Hongkong, bút His Lordship's ruling indicated that he could only be examined as to his reasons for taking the vessel, being unseaworthy, to sea in that con- dition. Mr. Francis then submitted that " there was absoluteley no case to go" to- the jury. The prosecution had not submitted: had the least knowledge that the ship was in one tittle of evidence to shew that the defendant
any way unseaworthy.
There were two classes of knowledge which came into the consideration of the Jury, one is the case where a person comes into the posses- sion of propery knowing it to be stolen, and some substantial evidence has to be given which has some personal application to the defendant from which the jury may infer that he had a knowledge that the goods pro- bably had been stolen. In all these cases of receiving stolen property the ordinary class of evidence is that the defendant was in possession of other stoler property and, at the same time, that he had been previously charged with the possession of stolen goods, or some facts must have been disclosed to the jury proving the state of the accused with reference to the property having been stolen, but he submitted to his Lordship that no evidence had been given as to the connection of the defendant with the vessel, that he had ever had any previous knowledge of her, or seen her before he went on board at Wanchai, or that anything had been brought to his knowledge that there would be any risk in taking her to sea His --- | learned friend-in-hia; opening épeech only said that the jury might draw certain inferences from the more fact that he was & master-marine-but he would submit that there was no authority for such, a proposition as that there must be some Affirmative evidence given to satisfy the Jury that he had some knowledge that he had experience in other vessels of the same class and character and as to the probability that experience would have led him to suppose that he was endangering the
this vessel lives of these on board f
Me Pollock then read portion of the net, creating the misdemeanour which laid it down that a man would be guilty of the offence of which Captain Raymond is charged "unless, he proves that the going to sea was under the circumstances reasonable and just fiable, and for that purpose be any give evidence in the same manner as any other .witness."
Last night at the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong, Lieut. R. P. Hobson, Naval Constructor, U.S.N., gave a most instructive and interesting lecture on aluminium, which had been advertised as bearing on" yacht construction but which the lecturer treated in the larger bearing as applied to mercantile and naval construction. There were present about 120 persons, including many of the leading consulting, and marine engineers who are deeply interested in this most imporant subject. Mr. D. Gillies, the President of the Institute, occupied the chair and introduced Lieut. Hobson.
The paper dealt very exhaustively with the different propertica possessed by aluminiums as compared with steel and, as it was originally written two years ago, the figures had in many instances to be slightly correo ed but usually the corrections were in favour of aluminium. The lecturer showed the many advantages and disadvantages possessed by this metal by some elaborate calculations, which were rather bard to follow by persons sitting at the back of We have also been enabled to gather the the room and so had a difficulty in seeing the following facts, which show how the mistake black-board which had been specially provided,
All the evidence that had been submitted to in identification was made in the first place, but, as the conclusions were well supported by and how the body was buried without the external authority, and were clearly enunciated,
the court had been confined to the state of the mistake being remedied. Private Jordon was the lecture could be intelligently followed by
vessel herself and nothing had been submitted any knowledge also employed on the Afrance, but was last all.
to show that the defendant had any of her statens t aoen drinking at one of the saloons in Of the advantages claimed for aluminiem, the West End of the city. He was absent from lightness in proportion to its textile strength,
Another class of case belonged to the question of knowledge in criminal assaults and another his duties in the morning and was reported 10 was the greatest. Its elastic strength, and,
His Lordship thought there were cases in in the case of bigamy. In one case it had been the military authoritles. There was nothing at owing to its lightness, thicker plates could be
which the clause would permit a man to give proved that a person met a girl at the street that time, to show that it was not a simple used so that ship's plates composed of this "absent and so the military authorities did metal were stiffer, were also shown evidence. If a man, were cast on a deser deder, took her way to a distant zown
island and that staying there would mean seduced her not report the case to the police, as it is not great advantages. The disadvantages, how.
and “lefty her there, but thought usul to report an absentee until 48 hours have ever, are numerous and for many purposes death, he would have a perfectly, Justifiable: found the tool ber back to where he had
subjected to
it might be inferred that he ought to know temperatures reason for pught give evidence in his own be and did know that she was not a girl from Assault Cage. The police therefore did not know anything slightly over that of the atmosphere it loses vessel and might give evidence in his own be streets and that he was taking her from
half to that effect.
NAGOYA, November 11th.
Mr. E. F. G. Hatch, M.P. for the Gorton division of Lancashire, England, arrived here from Tokyo yesterday, and delivered a speech last night before the members of the Economi- cal Society. He left this morning for Kyoto.
Fatal Fire at Yokohama.
TOKYO, November 12th. Fire broke out yesterdy morning in a house at No. 149, Yamashita-cho, in the former Set- tlement, Yokohama, on premises belonging to a Chiosman Twenty-two houses were destroyed all. In a drinking house next door to the house in which the fire originated, an American named William Cop (aged 35), who was sleep ing heavily at the time, was burnt to death. The "Tamba-maru
-TRIAL OF MR KENT,
YOKOHAMA, November 14th, The trial of Mr. H. R. Keni, 3rd officer of the Tamba-mars, on a charge of assaulting the quartermaster of that vessel, began to-day. Mr Akiyama appeared as Counsel for the defend- ant, and Mr. Hampden, British Vice-Consul, The accused was examined at length, and repeated the story already published.
Mr. Hill, the and officer, was called and cor roborated the accused."
attended to watch the case.
The Court consented to call the quarter master, who is being tried on the counter
expired, when he is declared to be a deserter. vital. When
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He did not, think that that limited the evidence which the defendant could give in any way. He could go into the witness box, and. prove that he took precautions and made en- quiries to ascertain that it would be a perfectly safe and reasonable thing for him to take the ship to sea, and it would be for him to say whether he took precautions, and made en quiries to find out whether it were a safe and reasonable thing to take the ship to sea in her condition, and it would be for the gen tlemen of the jury to view that evidence in the
At light of common sense.
Mr. Francis would ask His Lordship to con- sider the pomt he had raised, as it seemed to him that for Captain Raymond to go into the witness box and prove the state of his own mind was rather stretching the provisions of the clause.
Mr. Pollock-took a wider view of the ques tion.
about Jordan, but ks the natural explanation of many of its resisting properties. It is capable Jones' disappearance was that he was drowned, of withstanding dynamic shocks when not his case was immediately reported to the police greater than its capability of elastic strain, but
Mr. Francis-respectfully asked his Lord authorities and a lookout for the body was when this strain is surpassed, it has not clong- instituted. The police were put in possession ation, so the shock is received locally and. the ship for a ruling in this matter as it was a of a dead body of a soldier, presumably Jones, metal fractures. Steel, on the other hand, question of very great importance to him if he a sergeant of the R.W.F. was sent for to identity receiving the shock, the whole length of the could put the defendant in the witness box ar the body, which was in a very advanced state piece would stretch, probably would bend, but whether he could not. of decomposition and, as the two men were would not-fracture-Another-very-great-fault His Lordshipshall follow the exact word neatly y of the same height and build, the sergeant with aluminium is that it splinters terribly,ing of the act it does not say a witness shall be had no hesitation in saying it was
'a competent one except to prove that going to Jones.
which debars its use for naval construc Before a soldier is laid in his last resting place, tion. The lecturer gavo a personal ex-sea in an unseaworthy sinto was under the his comrades are allowed to view the body, and perience on this property. At the attack on
circumstances. justifiable. DE SO when doing 10 some recognised that a mistakePorto Rico en aluminium-stanchion was hit Captain-Rumsay, duly sworn stated he was had been made but were so foolish as mos, to by shell and brokony, and the pieces of the the Harbour Master of the Colony Registrar
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custody of her father, in the absence of any "direct evidence of knowledge the prisoner was: held entitled to be acquitted.The Burden of proof of knowledge is on the prosecution and not on the defence to prove absence of know ledge of
Mr. Francis here quoted several casciin, support at bis contentiona
((Case proceeding.
VERDICT
The case was submitted to the jury who, after Fralizenient foved the defendant, not