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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1925,
STRIKE SETTLEMENT,
TRADE FEDERATION AND STRIKE UNION.
No Negotiations Yet,
"The story of how Your Chinese Attempts of the Federation of robbers successfully raided a pawn Trade Guilds of different distrlets broker's shop in Hunghon and got here to initiate negotiations for away with nearly 35,000 worth of humicable settlement of the strike jewellery, was told at the Criminal and boycott have not met with any officers of Sessions yesterday, when thres success, although the
Federation have been of having taken part in the coup. strenuously at work for the past
They were Yam Leung-cho, Lok two weeks. Pun and Man Tin. The goods, stolen from the shop on July 30 included 240 rings, 148 ear-rings 199 bangles, six pendants, three gold coins, five pieces of jade and seven watches.
men appeared to answer a charge | the..."
Crown Salicitor,
LARCENY OF COAL
INTERESTING CASE AT
KOWLOON.
Solicitor's Objċetions; That the complainants desired the defendants to be severely dealt with, was the reason given by Mr. T. G. Bennett, at the Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday, for the ease against, five members of the crews of the steam launches Poseidon and Tal Yuk Fong, to be committed for trial at the Criminal Sessions. The case con cerned three men from the Blue At a meeting held at the Ching
Funnel launch,. Poseidon, who Yuan Trade Guild Office on Sun conversion of five tons of coal were charged with fraudulent day it was decided that since no which was entrusted to-thelc.care. reply had been received from the with the alternative charge of Strike Union in Canton In reply to larceny of the said coal. The their proposal, the representatives other two men, from Messrs. A. S from the Federation could not visit Watson's launch, Tai Yuk Fong, Canton on the 20th as previously were charged with receiving the suggested. Recently a communica-coal knowing the same to have tion from the Canton Strike Union been stolen or unlawfully obtains to the Trade Federation appeared in ed. the Canton vernacular papers in which the Strike Union welcomed the idea. This letter, however, was not received by the office of the Federation. It appeared that the strike leaders in Canton attempted to misrepresent the purpose of the Trade Federation, to bring about an In reply to his Worship, (Mr. amicable settlement. They put it E. W. Hamilton), Mr. T. G."Ben" that the merchants, here are re-nett, said that he wished the case penting in not having sided with to be committed. It was a case the strikers. The following notice where at long last there was issued by the Strike Union appears evidence of the coal having been in the vernacular papers in Canton: stolen and converted to the use of "The reason the Hongkong Mer-the employees of the Ocean Steam- chan's representatives are allowed ship Company. The complainants to come up to take up negotiation desired that the men be made an with the Strike Union, is no more example of. Under the Ordinance, Latur the police arrested. the than to find out whether the Hong-the penalty for one charge. was three men in the dock in a house at kong merchants are, awakened to ten years and the other was six Shumshuipo. They also found their past faults and are honest in years, but his Worship sitting as large quantity of the stolen goods their proposal to co-operate with Magistrate had only power to im- and two pistols. The fourth man the labour class once more." Ac-pose a sentence of six months. had not been found. A watch pro-cording to the duced was handed to the police by a woman who said the third pri- soner gave it to her.
The assistant Mr. L Whyte-Smith, conducted, the case for the Crown. He said on the evening of July 30, at about 5.20 p.m. four Chinese males entered the shop in question in Hunghom and stated that they were detectives and wanted to make enquiries as to what was in the shop. The first prisoner asked to be shown the account book and the accountant produced it. Prisoner, thereupon foroduced a pistol and pointed it at the man. The second prisoner dit likewise and all the occupants of the shop were pat into a small room and gagged and bound. The rob bars got the key of the safe and straightway began to ransack it, taking away the goods mentioned in the charge, the total value of the things stolen being estimated at $4,000.
Willing to Die.
When charged the first prisoner said "The pistol does not belong to me." He was not charged with possession, added the Crown solici- tor. The second said. I did not
go to commit the robbery," while
same papers, the Strike Union have taken up the matter with the Political Connell of the Nationalist Government and obtained,permission to allow re presentatives of the Hongkong Trade. Federation to go up..
Mr. T. G. Bennett prosecuted on behalf of the Ocean Steamship Company, the complainants. Mr. D. McCallum, defended the three men charged with larceny and Mr. J. M. Remedios represented the two men from the Tai Yuk Fong.
Prior to the prosecution opening their case Mr. D. McCallum ob jeeted to two charges being pre- native forms. He asked that Mr. ferred against his clients in alter-
Bennett confine: himself to one specific charge to that his clients would know what they were ac tually charged with,
alter-
His Worship: It is perfectly re- forty pairs of gold ear-rings, 35 gular to charge the men of the miscellaneous gold ornaments, two counts, one being.an diamond and pearl rings and a plati-native charge. num watch. He arrested the three-
the third said, "If ever I did such a thing I am willing to die at once."
Evidence bearing out the Crown and as they were leaving they asked for the their, couts. These ease was then called. The pre-vere fetched and as the second prietor of the shop bore out the Crown story and said he had been a pawn broker for 18 years and had been five years in the shop where the robbery occurred. He could
identified
identify jewellery and
most of the articles produced as some of those having been stolen) from his shop..
prisoner reached for his witness stopped him and searched it He-
found a gold watch in one pocket and second prisoner then disowned the jacket: It was of the same
was wearing. pattern material as the trousers he
Exchanged for Opium.
Assistants present in the shop
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Mr. Bennett said that he had
sent Mr. McCallum copies of the charges and the point had not been raised previously,
What Was the Offence? "It was not easy to know by the dants had actually committed. evidence what offence the defen-:
His Worship said that he would note Mr. McCallum's objection," but for lack of any authority on the point of." alternative charges not being permitted. he could not up-hold the point raised,
The story for the prosecution as outlined by Mr. Bennett was that whilst returning to his office on the morning of the 8th inst. Mr. Edwards of Messrs. W. S. Bailey
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A woman named Wong Hung bailes, a gold watch, two gold stated that she had been living at rings, two pieces of gold and a 48 Lüchow Street, Shum Shui Po piece of jade. Later that day there with the third prisoner. A wrist was an identification parade at watch produced was found on her]
Shum Shui Po police station and coal, being transferred from the the Poseidon to Watson's launch in various witnesses identified wrist by the police when they i
baskets. The matter was report- prisoners. visited the house on August 13.
ed to Mr. J. Fraser, of his firm It was given to her by the third
Chan Shing was then called. He who had also witnessed the ос prisoner.
statede ved at 68 Woosung street. He knew the first and for half an hour.
currence. which had been going on ceny was committed the Poseidon was bunkered and it could be A Forced Entry,
second, prisoners because, they had
A report was subsequently made proved by the company's records Inspector F. W. Shaftain stated brought to him various articles of
to Capt. C. B. Riggs, who is in of her runs between the period of that on August 13 he went with a jewellery in exchange for opium. charge of Holt's Wharf, and on her being bunkered and the time MR. MACVEAGH ACCEPTABLE. party of district watchmen to 48 A pair of gold bangles produced an inspection being made it was of the theft that she had in ber Luchow Street and got in by en-were brought to him by the second discovered that about five tons of bunkers less coal than she should
Tokyo, September 21, tering the next-floor house and prisoner who asked 6 taels of opium coal had been transferred from have had
Reuter is reliably informed that climbing over the verandah." There for them, stating that they be the Blue Funnel launch.
It was very interesting, continu-; were three men there, the pronged to his family. Ho added that boatswain, was paid $360 per ed Mr, Bennett, to know that on Mr. Maeveagh is entirely accep soners, and three women. All the when he could get a boat to Canton month to purchase coal and pay being examined the bunkers of the table as American ambassador to cubicles on that floor were searched he would redeem the jewellery with the wages of the crew of the Tal Tai Yuk Fong were full.
Japan and official notification of in his presence. He found two money..
Yuk Fong, while the Poseidon was Evidence was then called and supplied with all her require the case was adjourned till this this will be sent to Washington ments. Two days before the lar- afternoon,
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automatic pistols and 129 rounds At this stage the case was' ad- of ammunition, nine gold watches, "journed until this morning.
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