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MR. JENKIN'S ADDRESS.
Yosterday afternoon, the Wing On ons was continued at the Criminal Sossions, whon Mr. F. Jenkin closed his address for the prosecution.jav
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Evidence of the Bank Project.
THE MOROCCAN WAR.
FRENCH AND SPANISH PROGRESS.
Rabat, May 10. On Saturday evening French and Spanish troops made au effective junction on the plopen of Jebel-Tunel
The French control everywhere the valley of Kert, the pacific occupation of which was refused by the Riffs at the conference at Udida; while the Spanish· pro.... gress continues favourably.
Mr. Jenkin went on to deal with the suggestion made by the defenss that the assistant cashier, discover- ing he had paid out the money. wrongly, changed the label on the next book which was presented for payment of the sum. Where would the jury find evidence of any op portunity for this man to secure tho' time to change the lable now.
Why, continued Mr. Jenkin, if The French have advanced an upon the book. Where would he there were so many people inter-average of twelve kilometers, got the label. They were not kopt eated in this bank was it that they Aviators bombarded Targuist, in stock. There was only one answer to that, the suggestion that had to bring in the man. Chan where the Riffs fled in a panic... the Wing On company had that Sam at all. He suggested that Havas. book overnight. He would ask the the statement by Chan Sam was jury to reject that for the reason the true reason, neither Lam nor that when the people who could Fok wanted to be associated with have given evidence on that were the matter. They didn't even in the witness box counsel for want to figure in it by appearing the defence failed to put the at a solicitor's officerefore when Au went away they had question to them,
this man handy.
Destruction of Books.
A comment had been made about the destruction of deposit books Threo witnesses had been called'
Referring to Lam's defence counsel commented on the great
Au had not produced a single ploce of documentary evidence of his bank other than a receipt from the Wing On and it had been book. Was it not remarkable that with so many people interested in olucidated that there was ሲ TO- organisation of of the bank in June this bank that not one witness 1923. Part and parcel of that rohad been called who could say he organisation was that an entirely assisted Au in getting the bank new type of deposit bock was in into operation. troduced. Of the first type, some thing like 10,000 were ordered and over 9,000 delivered. Of that num- confusion in the evidence for the ber over 6,000 had never been used.defence as to who was employed' Why then should not the Wing On by him in the printing business. have decided to destroy these books One witness produced a book which had not been used and were and stated that he wrote all of it,. not likely to be used.
while two succeeding witnesses told the court something entirely different. "He drew attention to figures in certain books. If the evidence that there were only two employees at the shop was true then the provision allowances in the books worked out at $10 a head whereas for another perlod it worked out at only $5. The prosecution, had sought to show that there were four employees at the material time.
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Dealing with another part of the easy for the defonce counsel said Ad's case could have been stated in ten minutes. It was mainly that he was connected with bakuty for nine years and ho decided to start banking on his own. He decided that $100,000 was necessary and went to Canton to raise part of the money. He there collected 60-1,000, with tho assistance of Fak. He came back to Hongkong but could not get premises. He put what was collected in the Wing In conclusion, counsel spoke of On Runk and when in August the various counts in the charge having got the premises he went against the prisoners. The first to get the money but could not. was conspiracy. If the jury found Counsel went on to comment on a certain number of facts eata- the fact that defendant had not blished, which pointed to one geen At to put forward this object they could infer that they defence in the Police Court. He were done in pirsuance of arran
cases con- ought to have been ready to put gement. In most that case in detail at any time spiracy was a matter of inference. during the two years before his He asked them to find that these. arrest because that was his es
three men had raised and planted the civil action which ha
this money with the Wing On în order to withdraw it twice, |'started..
Lam in Canton..
Au had said he collected $51,000
Making Labels in Canton. The second and third counts had reference to tho book
In Canton in three days. He "Emma." If the jury believed must have been singularly lucky that the label was taken off Nina" because in Hongkong he had fall-
ed to collect a single cent. An with the privity of Au and if they believed that Lam had meetings and Fok "rested" in Canton for with the others in connexion with 14 days after collecting this this action, and if they believed moncy. Was it a coincidence, that hum knew that the money commented counsel, that while had already been withdrawn it they were there that Lam was also would be clear that Lam was in there buying printing type for party with Au in the uttering of the first time in his life. Lam the book in May' whereby they got had said he knew neither of them. money wrongly from the Wing On
Continuing counsel commented then they would bring in a verdiet on the fact that Au had done very of guilty. If they believed that little towards getting this bank Lam way making labels in Canton started after returning with the then they could have no doubt money from Canton. Instead of that it was for the purpose of aid- attending to the necessaries of ing and assisting Au în securing starting a bank he was lending the wrongful presentation of the what money he had got in loans, deposit book,. buying his wife clothes and giving some more to a mythical cousin coming from Singapore. At this liis summing up would be lengthy time the bank was supposed to be and that he would read over cou- siderable quantities of the evi- opening shortly, in fact going to dence.
His Lordship intimated that
bloom into a business within a week. of two. If that were truc On the conclusion of Mr. Jen- the actions of Au were those of kin's speech the cage was ad- a lunatic,"
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