FORGED NOTE HAUL.
Eight Japanese Charged To-day,
At the Police Court this aftor- noon, before Mr. 0. D.. Mel-
CHEUNG. CHAU PIRACY,
More Revelations at To-day's Hearing.
The man and two women who bourne, eight Japanese wore stand charged with armed rob- charged 18 follows For
that they on the 21st Dec. bery and receiving, in connection
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1912.
LOCAL SPORE.
RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S GRICKET.
Hongkong "A" team v. Staff and Departments. Hongkong "A" team defeated Staff and Departments by 87 runs
1912 at Victoria in this Colony with the piratical attack on on Saturday. J.B. Lloyd and G. feloniously, knowingly, and with Choung Chau on August 10th
de Houghton batted finely for the
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out or oxrtise, wore again brought before af. o foam and Major Bowen for EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES.
had in their possession papers, Fazeland, at the Police Court, upon each of which said papers part of an order for payment of this afternoon. Mr. P. M. Hodgson, money was made, to wit, the the Assistant Crown Solicitor, sum of five dollars; each of the prosecuted, said papers purporting to be part of an order of Chan Kwing
The male dalendant, who has Ming, the said Chan Kwing Ming boen ill with beri-beri, had to be
then being a person resident in a country not in His Majesty's
assisted into Court.
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White was in fine form with the the Staff and Departmente. Lt. ball. Scores:-
"
Hongkong "A" Team.
T. E. Pearce 5 Davis"
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J. S. Lloyd a and b Kirby 66 A. O. Elborough c Lambkin
b Davin
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A.E. Austin, A. N. Josa- land, and Lt. A. G. White did not bat
5
R..A. Anderson b Rev Foster
Pogg The chief Chinese detective. de Houghton b do Dominions, to wit in China. See at Macao said he was in the D. E. Donnelly not out 21-3-Ord. 4 of 1865."
employ of the Portuguese Mr. Bowley, of Messrs. Dennys Government. Ho received iA. H. Crewe, O. 0. Olarke, and Dowley, appeared to prose formation, regarding the Cheung cute and Mr. Reader Harris, of Chau piracy on August 201k, Mosers. Wilkinson and Crist, despatohad on the 19th, the date defended the first three and the of the attack. In consequence of eighth, while Mr. J. H. Gardiner that information he boarded a defonded prisoners 4, 5, 6 and 7. junk at Macao, on August 26th.
His Worship asked if all the
with İlo
a party of cases could be taken together.
police. This was at 6-15 a.m. Mr. Dowley remarked that the lo saw on the junk, first six wore before. his Worshiptho three defendants, an old
wont
Extra
28. 07
.11
5
Total for 5 wickets
.... 188 Bowling Analysis.
0. M. R. W. 56 2
Q.M: S. Davia 13 Rev Foster Pegg 10
on Monday last and pleaded; and woman, child and another Sgt. Worswick 2 subsequently number 7 and 8-ap-woman who had leprosy. Neither S. Sgt. Kirby 2 peared on Friday and pleaded to himself nor the party of police two charges of forgery. No
were
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2
20
16
2
63
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Staff and Departments, in uniform. When he Capt Lambkina Lloyd b White evidence was taken either way. boarded the junk the male de Major Bowen e Clarko b Whito
Mr. Harris-May I ask who fondant and the first female S. Davis b White...
Q: Mr. Bowley appears for in tlio,
8. Sgt. Kirby o Do Houghton defendant jumped overboard.
b White case? I would like it quite clear they were taken out of the water, who he is appearing for.
which was not very deep, and Sgt. Worawick b Anderson ... Rev. Foster Fogg, a Anderson
b. Donnelly
Mr. Melbourne:The police arrested. are prosecuting.
tion?
At this junctaro Mr. Hodgson Mr. Harris: The police take
said he wanted to ask the witness all responsibility for the prosecu-questions regarding certain ex Mr. Melbourne:Tho polico ibits, but they were in the charge of Inspector Watt who are prosecuting.
could not be found.
Mr. Harris-Mr. Bowley is not the Crown Solicitor.. Does Mr Bowley appear for the polico? The Crown Solicitor dues in the ordinary case. I want to bind some one down for the prosecution.
Mr. Melbourne--I was told that the charge was drawn up by the Crown Solicitor and Mr Bow ley is appearing for him,
Mr Bowley: am appearing on behalf of the complainant
on the rooord,
/
Mr. Bowley intimated that he wished to add a second charge against the seventh and eighth defendants, that they did cons pira und agree between the daton of August 26 and December 24,} to defraud the military govern- ment of Kwangtung of the sum of $1,000,000 by manufacturing and issuing forged notes to that value.
Prisonera ploaded not guilty, the plea of guilty lodged at the last hearing by No. 5, being
withdrawa.
His Worship stopped the case for a search to be made for the inspector but, after a delay of fifteen minutes, Mr. Hodgson said. the inspector could not be found and asked if he could go op with another witness.
His Worship:-Oh no, I can't do that. Why is he not here?
Mr: Hodgson-I don't know. the ought to have been horo; he knows the case is coming on.
His Worship said he did not wish to stop this witness..
Pte. Shipton b'White.... Com. Tucker b White ... Lee Cpl. Saunders Les Cpl. Watts not out Lee Cpl. Johnston e Joseland
b Whito...
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The mystery attaching to the o disappearance of Mrs. Nowill 1 from the Atlantic Hotel, Newquay, was cleared up on December 2 Her dead body was washed up
ovidence that the woman mot her death by drowning, Everything was clear up to that point; but how the poor women got into the water was still-and he was afraid must always remain a mystery. There was absolutely nothing in the evidence Icad them to believe that a' struggle took place between the woman and the
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on the rocks within a few hand-man Delay. Frobably the only red yards of the hotel, find it was verdiot they could satisfactorily taken to the mortuary to await come to was that the woman was O the inquest.
found drowned in the sea. Though it was a very unsatisfactory verdict, he was afraid it was the HOUSEHOLD. only one. There was not a sha- dow of a doubt that Delay had behaved in the most heartless and cruel way to this poor woman, and he did not think they had a doubt he was sure he had not
coast
3 Two Newquay fishermen, named Harris and Hicks, were 7 walking along the cliff when 2 they noticed an object floating 4 is the water beneath them.
the run out. They informed
1 guardsmen, whe brought a rope ladder from the rocket station, and let it down the cliff, which at 4 this point is about 120ft. in height. Coastguardsman Noad was sent down the rope ladder with a life line, and he secured O. M. R. W. the body in Lydden Cove, which .14-
37 6lies between the Dane and Lyd- R. A. Anderson... Q 1 25 1den rack at the entrance to the D, E. Donnelly 3 212 barbour. The body was raised to J. S. Lloyd. 1 14 2 the top of the cliffs, removed to the Hongkong "B" Defeat Kowloon mortuary, and identified as that
of Mrs. Nowill.
L. White
Total 101
Dodwell and Hastings proved altogether too good for Kowloon on Saturday, when in a league
The Body Found. Noad and his fellow coast match these two howlers on the guardsmen had been searching Mr. Hodgson agreed and said he side of Hongkong. B. took 9 daily among these very rocks, was anxious not to stop the wit-wicket for 56 runs, the whole and a party went down on the ness, who was an important.one.
that Delay caused her to leave the hotel on that night. But beyond that he was afraid they' could not go.
The jury, after a short delibera- tion in private, returned a verdict' of "Found drowned.".
It may be recalled that Mrs Nowill, the wife of a Sheffold merchant, went to Newquay, ac-" companied by her mother, and was about to return home when she disappeared.
In the same hotel at Newquay there was staying u Mr. Delay, a retired solicitor, with whom both Mr. and Mrs. Nowill were on terme site being out for 58. Eng Lt morning of the 2nd. These men of friendship. When Mrs. No- Eventually the official was Smith for Kowloon scored 25 and had all along thought that if Mrs. | will was missed on November 23, was the only bat fo reach double Nowill was drowned her body Mr. Delay joined in the search "Continuing, witness said the figures for the home team. For would be washed up on the ninth and was much distrossed. defendants who jumped over the visitors S. Dodwell 64 and board vere brought back on to. Maas 29, did well both being tho junk. The photograph (pro- not out. duced) was one of the junk, taken
found.
The scores were as follow-
Kowloon.
the police basin when she was rather water-logged. He found Eng. Lt. E. Smith & Thurs-
on the second dofondant, in her
J.
Mr. Gardiner told his Worship pocket, gold car-pick and a. that there was a certain Japanese hair ornament. In the storn of W. paper issued in the colony which the juuk, in a handkerchief, he and inserted various articles ro- found numerous other articles of
jewellery... ferring to the case, most damaging to his clients. He would like to draw his Worship's attention to them.
Mr. Melbourne-Have you
The caso had not concluded when we went to press.
clients been in any way prejudic TAXATION OF.
ed?
Mr. Gardiner Cortainly; very
SECURITIES.
Mr. Gardiner remarked that
It seems that Mr. Carnegie,
much prejudiced; they will bo.
field b Hastings...
day. It was low tido when the body was seen, and the heavy seas of the preceding days had died down. Mr. Nowill was on the beach at the time, and Mr. [Nor- man Foster, Mrs. Nowill's bro- ther, was walking on the far side
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Sutton o and Dodwell b
0
of the town. Both hurried to the
cliffa and were present when the
2 body was brought up. Mrs.
E. Dixon & R. Hancock b
Hastings...
P. Robinson. c Claxton b
Hastings...
1. S. Rouse b Hastings
K. R. Macaskill b Dodwell
J. H. Mead stpd. Hancock b
Dodwell ...
Capt. Wood, stpd. Hancock b
Dodwell
W. L. Weaser run out
D. J. Mackowziac Thufsfield
b Dodwell
the paper was the "Ilongkong with all his anxiety to give away B. D. Evané not out..... Nippo.
ail his money balore he dies, re-
Mr. Melbourne-I will maketains the anime dislike which the
a note of it, but I can't do any rest of us feel to paying taxes,
thing. I have no power. I had
ays an American oxchange.
a case the other day and not Ownership of securities is so
having any power, I seat it on to the Registrar General and loft it with him.
largely concentrated in Now Hastings York City that the taxation of Dodwell those which could not be hid
Nowill's mother and sister had
He
was found hanging dead in his bedroom on the Monday morning.
To-day's Advertisements
7 left Newquay for their home at NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD
3 Clifton, Derbyshire, by a morning.
3 train..
0
"Verdict of "Found Drowned."
An open verdiet was returned.
at Newquay at the inquest,
The first witness was Sidney 3 Nowill, a cutlery merchant, living at Sheffield. He said that he had 5 identified the body as that of his
wife..
.1 Extras 2
Total 68
Boyling.
0. M. R. W. 16.1 11 15 4
16 3 41 5 Hongkong B.
Mr. Bowley briefly outlining produced a very large revenue. A. A. Claxton, Smith, b the case, said that in the early It is predicted that the wide
Weaser...
Weaser..."
***
Macaskill Dodwell, not out...
Hancook, E. A. Fowler,
part of the year, the military advertisement given to Mr. Car J W. Stephenson, 1.b.w. b government of Kwang Tung is-negie's strictly legal performance auad $5 notes. Each note was will result in putting all such S. S. Moore, b Macaskill signed by Chan Kwing-ming, the ancurities under the protection of M. Maas, not out Governor-General of the Kwang the State law to the grent detri-R. Hancock, e Sutton, b Tang Province and counter sign-ment of the city's reventie. ed by Li Yak Tong, the treasurer Probably such evidences of S. of the province. On Saturday ownership in property already H. December 21 the Hongkong taxed ought not to be taxed at all police, seized in the City of but so long as the people of all Victoria a box which contained states aro' determined, whenever notes of a face value of some they can, to tax property located $500,000, which were imitations in other states, the taxation of of notes issued by the military stocks and bonds will be con- whenever owned by government of Kwang Tang tinued
The box was in the possession estites, banks, insurance com- one of the defendants, and five panies or particularly lionest Macaskill more men wero apprehended. people..
Wosser...
Bowling.
The Coroner. You are abso- lutely unable to throw any light at all on the matter?
Mr. Nowill-I can throw no further light on it. Everything I said at the inquest on Mr. Dolay was true. I have nothing further
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to add. All that I can say is that Hongkong, 28th Dec., 1912. [1012
a man cannot live, with a woman
4 for 12 years without knowing her charactor. She was as straight as
8 a woman could be. I. know that, You have absolute faith in the
2
29 chastity of your wife, Mr. Nowill?
Most undoubtedly.
2
Lavina Dacke, assistant man- 64 ageress of the Atlantic Hotel, said that Mrs. Nowill camo to the hotel on November 13 withi her mother. Mr. Delay had come two or three, days before. On
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R. P. Thurafold, A. O. Lang and Rev. Hastings, did not bat.
Extras 6 November 23 Mrs. Nowill and Hoogkong, 80th Dec., 1912,
Mr Delay came in together, a Total 115 little before 5 o'clock. Mr. Deloy ordered tea to be. served. in the 0. M. R. W. lounge, Mr., Nowill's mother. 13 3 26 2 was already there. The witness 12 0 43 2 next saw Mrs. Nowill about a
NOTI 8 2 24 01quarter of an hour to half an Some of these defendants arrived And if that is the plan, proba Evana__... in the colony on the 17th by the bly the method adopted in Now Capt. Wood... 3 0 17 0 hour after she went in. She to the 8.8. Kumano Maru, bringing, he York will bring in more money C. CC v. D. 80. B, Association. office window, turned over the On Saturday a friendly match letters, and walked out of the hotel. believed, with them, the first than any other. Some corpora
The Coroner's View, consignment of the $1,000,000. tions, before issuing bonde, take, was played on the Craigengower
The Coroner said that they with which
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