·COURT MARTIAL.
Private Of The King's
Charged
A BRAVE MAN,
Tackles a Robber.
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A paint-scraping contractor, of A district court-martial was held at Murray Barracks thir 16 Wuhu Street, displayed con. morning upon Pte. E. Reynolds, siderable courage when he was No. 3,758,935, 2nd Bath. King's held up by robbers on his way Rogh, who was charged with home from Yaumati at 3.50 this
morning. striking his superior, and with a breach of regulations in failing to answer the defaulters call. The court was composed of Major W. C. Downing. R. G. A (presideni), Capt. W. G. Bristow R. G. A. and Lt. R. H. Jones, D. 3. 0. M. C. The accused pleaded "Not guilty.”
WHY RONALD TRUE WAS REPRIEVED.
Home Secretary's Answer to
his Critica
[Ronald True.formerly engaged in the Customs service at Shang hai, was sentenced to death for the murder of Gertrude Yaton, The man
was proceeding to but was reprieved. The Home Hugghom in a rickabs when four Sacratary last month made the men suddenly emerged from the following reply to an allegation dark and started to assault the that he had been influenced from risksha coolis. The latter dropped outside, it having been stated the shafts and tled. The that True was the son of a themselves as woman of title.) en described policeman and said they wanted
contractor,
In his reply to the question Lt. H. A. Redding. M. C. pro-to search the contractor for con- asked by Mr. Stanley Holmes.. sacuted, while LL
traband, dragging him out of the Mr. Shorts (the Home Secretary) ricksba when he said he would Erst referred to the controversy Humphier, M. C., defended.
Lance Cpl. Balmforth deposed not be subjected to a search un-aroused by his action in dis- that on the 8th inst. he was Per Station. After a rough handling duty."
less it was made, at a Police charging a painful and difficult The course he had taken forming the duties ef provost corporal at Wellington Barracks, the contractor was robbed of was in avery essential that which On two occasions the accused $1.70 and gold watch. The would have been taken, by any failed to answer the defaulters highway men then decamped, but home Secretary, and was in call Subsequently he mat the one of them was seized by the entire sccordance with practice who held - his and with other cases in the accused at the bottom of a flight of stairs and marched him to the arms behind his back. The other guard-room, where he asked the three turned back to rescue their
Dealing with the criticism that one of them accused why he had failed to an accomplice and
contractor on the be need not have instituted any swer thecall. The accused replied stabbed the
ha had been down to back, left arm and shoulder with inquiry, he remarked that it way tea and had not heard the bugle. dagger. Despite his wounds, said that he was in some degree Witness then ordered the accused he bang on to the robber and reopening an issue which he to bring some water from the finally managed to arrest him, should have regarded as being cookhouse. The accuses turned with the assistance of wateb.closed by the finding of the jury round and said, "Who the man of the Kowloon-Canton Rail-before-whom the case was tried. are you shoving?" and struck way, who was attracted to theIt was said, he understood, that witness. Witness then had the spot by the sound of police be had flouted the verdict of the accused pusin the detention-room.
that
Questioned by LL. Humphrey, witness stated that he gave the ordar to bring "the water im- mediately after marching accused to the guard-room. He denied having first confined the accused
whistle.
CRIMINAL'SESSIONS.
Mr.
PLOS
jory and the decisions of the High Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal.
"I bave really done nothing of the kind, asserted the Home Secretary, amid cheers.
LORD CHIEF'S REMINDER. in the detention-room. Farther The Landale Street Robbery. He quoted the words of the
section of the Criminal Lunatics" questioned as to the time between marching the accused to the
One of the five man alleged to Act under which he acted, and guard-room and giving the order bave taken part in an med pointed out that if the Home to bring the water, witness stated robbery at No. 3. Landale Street Secretary bad reason to believe that it was abonat seven minutes. on June 5th appeared before the that a prisoner was insane he
Private Wright, of the R.M.P. Chief Justice (Sie Wm. Rees-must order an inquiry. deposed that he was on palice Davies) at the Criminal Sessions In Instituting a medical in duly when the accused was to-day.
H. E. Holmes quiry, be was in no way ruaning brought to the guard-room under appeared for the Crown and counter to the views of the judges. escort. When given the order to prisoner conducted
On the contrary, Mr. Justice bring the water, accused hesitated defence.
that about McCardie, the learned judge who and obsequently struck L-Op1. Balmforth.
eight o'clock in the morning, tried the case in the first instance, when there were only two women and who reported to him that he
house, Ave
had passed sentence of death, in visited the premises. Entrance draw his special attention to the was obtained by one man putting medical evidence as affording The bis arm through a little trap door matter for bis further considera
The facts
the
Bra
his Own
men
Questioned by Lt. Humphrey, witness stated that some three minutes elapsed between the sc cused being marched in and being given the order. lance corporal took the sccused and withdrawing the bolts. Three tion(cheers) and at the coa-
to the sergeant-major's and after he had brought the accused back to the guard-room gave him a push-a deliberate push.
Drummer Craig, the buzler on duty, who was sitting on his bed when the accused was brought in to the guard-room, deposed that he heard the order given. He did no: see the accused strike the corporal.
A lance-corporal, who was in the guard-room using the tele- phone, and two privates who were Join defaulters' work there gave evidence zenerally corroborative of that given by the provast. .corporal.
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a
clusion of the appeal the Lord Chief Justice used these words (and he hoped the House would mark the words) :-
commenta
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moor Asylum. The other was s very well-known specialist.
It was his statutory duty to set up the committee of inquiry. The committee reported to him that. Trae was- criminally insane, end certified him as such, and by the law of the land he was bound to reprieve bim. (Hear, hear.)
ARISTOCRATIC PRESSURE.
"A BOAT FOR CHILDREN IN A SEA OF MISERY."
Chinese Magistrate's Picturesque Description of room, of the intruders were armed with
Baby's Own Tablets. carried revolvere and one
Even in the beart of Chint dagger. The two women were
Baby'sOwn Tablets, the Canadian forced into the kitchen, and bound and gagged, one man being left Apart altogether from any The cruellestariticism was that children's remedy, are known and question of appeal, there are he (the Home Secretary) bad prized in many homes. Magistrate on guard over them whilst the other four ransacked the house.
cartain powers rested in the been actuated by some undue Tsso Chu Lieh, of Kwangling, Home Secretary which, in a bighly-placed aristocratic pras Shansi Province, writes concern- A number of articles of jewellery
proper case, aro alwayssure in that matter.
ing them: were taken and the robbers made
exercised.
He assured the House that he
My one-year old child become good their escape. Prisoner was arrested on July 2nd, wearing one:
Mr. Shortt asserted that if in knew nothing of who True was sick. His abdomen falt very hard of the stolen rings on his little all the circumstances, in face of or who his relations were. He and he cried day and night. I finger.
the medical reports and the bad not received a communica tried to cure him in many ways, Accused was sentenced to six judicial
be" bad tico from a soul about him except bat without success until learning years' hard labour.
neglected to put the provisions of from the learned judge. He in- of Baby's Own Tablets "I got the the statute into operation by quired at the Home Office, and right remedy. The child recover- directing a medical inquiry, be until this committee was set up ed after I had given him ten would
have been guilty of and had begun to function there Tablets. Since then I have never flagrant breach of public duty-had been no communication of failed to give him Baby's Own (cheers) and when be had been any sort or kind with the Home Tablets whenever he gets ill, and never have failed to effect a cure challenged, as he undoubtedly Office. would have been, he would have
After the committee was set quickly, Baby's Own Tablets are had no defence.
up, the solicitor, as was usual indeed good medicine Bosti
.2 presented
SOR CAS09, io such
for Children in the
of Mr. A. 3. Reid has been ap-1
for True's reprieve Misery!" Asked whether he wished to pointed second officer. Hanyang Passing to the further ground petition
For infantile indigestion, con- maka any statement, the accused
Captain G. P. McAdam, of the of criticism that having received Later Dr. Dyer saw a relative and took prisoner,
stipation, colic, diarrhoea, croup, said that on being marched to the Liangchow, bas gone master, the report that the prisoner was of the guard-room be was placed in the Keilin.
insane be was not bound to act evidence as to his antecedents colds, simple fever. teathing detention room. After a lapse of Captain J. A. McCulloch, from on such a report the Home Except for that they had had no troubles and worms Baby's Own representations of say sort or Tablets are an unequalled · re about two minutes the provost reserve, has gone master, Liang-Secretary declared:
kind.
medy. They
guaranteed corporal brought
out, chow.
Turning to the Speaker, Mr. absolutely safe and harmless even addressed graus language to Mr. C. B. L Stringer, from under a complete misspprehen- him, and pushed him. The reserve, bas gone chief officer, io. The principle that an Shortt said with earnestness for the youngest infant. Dealers corporal then told him to fetch Kingyuan.
insane man shall not go to execu-Sir, I hope the House will sell them, or post free, 50 cents some water from the cook-house,
Mr. R. E. Bissett, secondtion has been enshrined in the believe me (cheers) that I was per vial, from the Dr. Williams' and gave bim another pash, sogineer, Poyang, is on leave. law of this country for the last guided in this, and in all the Medicine Co., 96 Szechnen Road,
other murder cases, by nothing Shanghai. which nearly knocked him over
Mr. R. Bain, second engineer, 300 years." (Cheers.) bucket Accused the lost his Hanyang, bas gone Becond In all the circumstances it was but the pure merits of the case." botinden duty to set up Com- ("Hear, hear and cheers.) Mr. engineer, Poyang.
Mr. H. M. Rogers has been mittee of Inquiry. That committee Holmes's motion for leave to appointed second officer, Tackwo, consisted of two most highly move the adjournment of the Mr. F. N. Hopkins, from experienced officials, doctors who House was refused. as only 28 will be promulgated in due reserve, has gone third officer bad had long prison experience. members rose to support it. Mr. Oce of them had been for many Short then left the House, amid
Recalled, L.-Cpl. Balmforth stated it was the rule for default- ers to fall-in by the guard-room. This closed the case for the prosecution.
tamper.
bim
This terminated the proceed- jozs
The result of the court-martial
courde.
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At the Cathedral. Mr. Denman Fuller gave the *econd of his series of organ re citals in St. John's Cathedral last evening, and those present great- ly enjoyed the treat provided. It
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