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TAIKOKTSUI MURDER.
PAINTER SENTENCED TO
DEATH.
Curious Identification Story,
on trial for the murder of A ORG
SATURDAY,
GOVERNOR'S VETO IN JAMAICA.
A CONTROVERSY SETTLED.
Kingston. October 20-Mr. A.
NOVEMBER 21, 1925.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.
WELCOME TO THE REV. MURRAY WALTON,
DON'T BE DOWNHEARTED.
WAS
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A very cordat welcome S. Jelf Colonial Secretary, who is | extended to the Rev. W. II. Mur- administering the Government un-cup Walton: by the parishoners The Chinese painter Cheung Htil the arrival of the new Governor of St. Andrew's Church, in the of Jamaica, Sir Reginald Stubbs, Hall last night, when a reception named Ah We at Taikoktsui on opened the Autumn session of the was held, taking the fort of an
evening social. There was September 20 was yesterday found Legislature to-day. guilty and sentenced to death.hearty welcome to aim and ex-present and
The elected members extended a large number of the congregation a fost enjoyable Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan The case was taken before the pressed the hope that nudes the vocal programme Wad Kone new Administration the Colony through. Songs were rendered K.C., and counsel were Sir H. E.would make the progress they all Pollock, K., for the Crown and desired. Mr. Jelf in the course of by members of the Church and Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy for the his reply, said the feeling in the at the conclusion of the social, prisoner.
island was that the elected mem- the Rev. Murray Walton himself bers were there to oppose the gave reeltations. Government. That was a wrong ideal. Their real functions were
Prisoner in the Box.
Mr. Fitzroy called the prisoner who told the story of losing the scraper and seeing the "blind man" about it. The "blind man"
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to celp to govern the country. the evening and the Rev. G. R. (Cheers.) He intended to regard Lindsay, vicar, welcomed on be- them as colleagues in the House half of these present, the Rev. The Legislative Council has Mr. Walton from Tokye. Before been informed that Mr. Amery concluding the vieur said that agrees to the retention of the their visitor would give a recita- words "paramount importance" in tion and then say a few words.
In expressing his appreciation the new Constitution,but desire t
said he, had given it to Ah Wo. The following day he and Man Po finished work near the market, which was cload by the hut near the temple. He wanted to leave
to be understood that if the Coun-of the reception given him, the his paint pots in the hot but the cil intended the debate on the sub- Rev. Mr. Walton said that after man there refused permission.ject last April as a rejection of listening to the many "profes- Later he asked the man what his his view as to the effect of the sionals sing and give recitations namic was and he replied "Ab incorporation of thoan words in Wo." Thereupon he asked about the Constitution, he must record felt bashful and wanted the scraper and, after saying his dissent and make it perfectly away. With such a friendly "What semper?" Ah Wo said, "A clear that the Governor must be gathering however there was no |scraper? It is in my place." entitled to use, and be supported necessity for bashfulness but he | Prisoner asked for it back.
in using, his overriding power tal vorld, contrary to the surgostion
b.
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On September 20 he saw Ah Wouphoid an essential principle, asforthe vicar, give his speech first again and was told if he went to mutter, how trivial the case main the hope that by the time he had concluded, his recitation would Jah Wola that evening he could
The retention in or deletion from he forgolten. in, Tokyo he had have it He asked alan Po to go the new Constitution of the words never met such a large gatheriu, with him to Ah Wo's and he said "paramount importance in rela-f
of torekeners 38 were there The would. They met Ah Wo intion to the matters in which the
a street at Taikoktsui and he said Governor was entitled to use rent, and that reminded him there was no seraper. Prisoner veto has been in controversy be the humourous anecdote of the asked why he had been told to tween the legislative Council and two Trish men, the two Scotchnien
the Colonial Office for come if there was no scraper and
many and the two Englishmen, whi
The Irish months. The view of the Colonial visited Japan.
that
the reten- had died of religious discussion,! it for two centa. They then
the words was un-the Scotchmen formed a 34. An- quarrelled. There were three or
necessary, the authority of the drew's Society for the development four people present and Man PeGovernor to override the decision of resources, while the Englishmen walked off in the direction of
of the elected members of the Lawere yet to be introduced. He Mongkok.
gislature only when "it is necês- did not know under which cata- vary in the interest of public order.gory those present came, as the
had already
AhWo replied that he had sold
Frightened and Ran..
Office tion of
Was
Ah Wo struck him (prisoner) fath or other first essen-introductions
tial of good government, including ade. but he did not strike back. All
The Island's responsibility as 21 the people present ran away. He saw other men attack Ah Wo and ran away. He went to Tsim Sha Tsui and went over to Causeway Bay and to a house at East Point, He denied that he made a state- ment to a man there saying he had stabbed an old man.. He never struck Ah Wo.
Cross-examined he said he did nd see a knife and did not have one himself. When pressed about the stabbing scene he said four men came out of the latrine and altacked Ah. Wo. He was stabbed
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ple was involved, the practical) issue was of relatively minor im- portines. The Legislature, how-l form Mr. Amery that it adhered ever, degided in April last to in-
firmly to its resolve that the phrase paramount importance" should be retained in the fullest sense in the Constitution.
regardi. He reminded the jury that in conviel prisoner they must bo vertain beyond all reasonably doubt that he was the man who actually struck the blow and that
BLUEBEARD'S DEFENCE.
French Say He Was Maligned.
Bine Beard, the arch-villain of mediaeval history, whose chief pleasure was alleged to have been torturing and murdering his and a scholar and an innocent sweethearts, was a gentleman
Speech For Defence." Mr. Fitzroy, addressing the jury for prisoner, said the first thing always looked for in a case of murder was molive, Motive he meant to to him grievous victim of circumstances, played an immense art.
The Lodil barm. He asked, on the
ly improbable that he did.
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and historians is preparing too ap- peal in the Paris court of cessa- in against his conviction and execution on the gallows at Nantes in 1440. It is said that evidence has come to light that the "confession' wrung from him by torture was made only to escape the agony of the rack..
jury had evidence before them the face of the evidence, i A commitive composed of illus- and all the trouble seemed to have that they should consides it high-trious French scientists, lawyers' urisen over a scraper. It was dieult to see how anybody condi go to the extent of rauder for the sake of something worth practicar ly nothing. The prisoner himsel; had told the court that dereased admitted having the scraper and that he sold it for two cents. Could they imagine anybody going out to commit deliberate murder for that?
Guilty and a Rider. Sir Homy Pollock briefly summed up the case for the Crown and Sir Henry Gollan summed up. The jury retired and were absent for nearly three quarters of an hour. They returned a unanimous verdict of guilty.
They added a rider to the effect Instead of boing an arch-mur- that the evidence of Man Do was derer of women, his prosent-day He submitted that it must have very unsatisfactory and consider defendants would have the world been done for other reasons aled that it would have been an believe that Blue Beard-Gilles togelner, "He asked them to place advantage if the Police had got a de Laval, Baron de Rotz, was his very little reliance on the evidence statement from the deceased: it real namo-was 11 brilliant of Man Po and he asked them to might have been the means of student of theology and science, say that at that time of night is cheeking conflicting stories,
who was unfortunate enough to was impossible for him to see Is Lordship then passed son-have two girls to whom he was what he said he saw happeningtence. Prisoner showed no sign ongaged, die by accident. between the prisoner and Ah Wo. of emotion and walked quietly There was only the evidence of from the dock.
Reports of a secret" chamber where he subjected women to Man Po saying that prisoner bad i The jury called to try the case various unspeakable torments was as follows, Messrs. 3. L.
were pure gossip, according to Parren, J. B. Gutierrez, H. Hynd-ovidence which has just been un- man. G. F. Haslam, F. Gibson, J. earthod at his ancient chateau in Hooper, Ng Yug-hing.
Machecoul, Brittany.
a knife and no evilence to show where it came from, other than that of Man Po, whose evidence he asked them to completely dis.
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