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ALBERT
For
DAINTY
DISHES
THE HONGKONG TELI
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1925
WINE WEIGHING.
RN SITUATION.
MERCHANTS" ALLEGED ERRONEOUS. DECLARATIONS
H.M.S
CORD IN CHEFOO.
American Destroyers Leave Manila
For Shanghai, '..
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First Charges Dismissed, Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday after-arrived this morning and the U.S. noon, five wine merelnints appeared destroyer MacGleish is expected on remand on charges of making this eventaz.. false declarations to the Revenue
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consignment of wine mported into tre Colony. A Cainese Revenue Officer was also chaired with aid- ing and aleting the five men to Caftand the Goverment, while the six defendants were further charged, with Conspiracy,
Mr. J. D. Lloyd appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. represented the Revenue ofices Tite others were defended by Mr.
A. E. Hall.
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altuation depends entirely in the maliitude of the midlers who co-
tinue arriving by motor.
At Tsinging the marines have complete command of the city, hav- ne disa med the local soldiers and police.
Admiral B Sha-ching arrived
M. W. Lotto-di-Keater,
R. O. Powell was called and he statel tat the Officer's duties con- sisted of weighing jars of wine and calling out the figures, which were taken down by another Revenue? ollieer. The system employed by
Manila, Dec. 2-Three Ameri- can destroyera hege left for Shang- hai owing restenine domali-
ions in Chiva - Reuter
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VALEDICTORY.
AUSTRALIA.
The departure of Mr. James Kerr, the retiring Assistant Super- Intendent of Police, for Australia' yesterday by ss. Tanda, was mark- ed by unusal scenes at Blake Pier, where Mr. and Mrs. Key: cnbarked by the Hongkong Hotel launch for passage to the steamer.
.
the Department in weighing a con- MR. KERR'S DEPARTURE FOR, sigement of wine was to take one jar from every 25. After weighing the contents, duty was fixed on the the consignment. 'according to weight of the sample jar. On Nov. 2. Mr. Fraser attended the weigh ing of the jars and during his pre- sence the weights increased by three pounds, but after his do parture the weight of the jars as
Prior to the departure of the registered by the defendant was launch, Mr. and Mrs. Kere word from one to one and a half pounds ideen farewell by Hon. Mr. lighter. This was then reported|
A. G. M. Fletcher, Acting Colonial to Mr. Lloyd. The scales were in Secretary, Mr. Justice J. R. Wood," such a position that the defendant Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, Acting always stood between witness and Captain Superintendent of Police,. the instruments. Witness later Mr. T., H. King, Director of took another sample from the con-Criminal Intelligence and Mr. J. signment, which he weighed, ob- Burlingham, Assistant Superin- taining different figures from those tendent of Police. declared by the first defendant.
A Natural Waste.
Mrs. Kerr, accompanied by, a number of lady friends, was ob
the
the
to her.
Headed by Chief Inspector W. Kent and Inspector Grant, a large number of
In reply to the Magistrate, wit-viously greatly moved by ness said that it was impossible to shower of good wishes and weigh the sume sample as the many bougnets which were handef defendunt had weighed, as it was poured into another jar after being| weighed to allow the original jar to be weighed. The spirit was then returned to its original container and in this process a certain amount of the contents was wasted. A small sample was also taken for the par poses of analysis.
intimate friends mastered at the Pier shortly before 4 p.m., many of the-e boarding the tender and saying their farewells on board the Tanda which sailed at 5 p.m. escorted down harbour by Police launches firing their farewell bursts of crackers,
On two subsequent occasions, witness said, in answer to a ques- tion asked by Mr. Lloyd, the first defendant had weighed jars of wine and the genres registered aiding and abetting against tin enrresponded approximately with Revenue officer. those registered during the period at the
Mr. Frazer was present weighing shred, on Nov. 2
R. O. Powell, answering Mr. Hall, said that every jar did not alway contain the same amount of wine, but the difference was very slight This having concluded the, evi- dence of the prosecution, Mr.. Lo submitted that there was no case
There
to answer.
Was Bo
Mr. Hall argued that his clients, who had no opportunity of weigh- ing the wine, before the Revenue' officers had ascertained the amount of duty payable on any consign- ment, could only give the weights as stated on the invoices received from the consignor. He did not wish to critise the Revenue De- partment but he would say that evi- they should ask for the invoices dence to show there had been any relating to the consignment. Blank the first de-forms had been previously rejected agreement between fendant and the others to defraud by the Department, and when they according to the the Government, and the evidence were filled in produced only amounted to, negli invoices the merchants were sum- gence on the part of the first de- toned. If in future they continued fendant. There was no evidence to fill in the forms from the in- showing that the netual weight of voices they would be again pro- the sample was different from the secuted.
on the weight which defendant called oat to the other Revenue ofeer. ir method of weighing the wine, after had been admitted that the weight which is Worship dismissed the of the samples varied. Although charge of making false declara- the ions and said that the fatal point the prosecution could take average weight of the jars for the to the prosecution's case was the purpose of imposing duty, he was inability to prove that the figures the defendants were afraid they could not adopt the given by
wrong. same method to bring in a charge against the defendants.
Mr. Hall commented
Mr. Hall then submitted that as there was no case. of making false Revenue. Officer Acquitted. declarations there could be no case His Worship, after hearing Mr. of conspiracy,, but his Worship re- Lloyd, dismissed the charge of served decision or those charges.
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