THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18,
SHROFF IMPRISONED.
SUNNING PIRACY.
WEDDING.
1927.
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HOSPITAL MONEY EMBEZZLED,
STEVEDORE IDENTIFIES BOTH DEFENDANTS.
CHRISTENED AND MARRIED
AT CATHEDRAL.
Serious charges involving the The case against the two Chin- A very protty wedding was misappropriation of monies re-
cse who are charged in connexion golemnized in St. Androw's Cathe with the Sunning piracy was con- dral at Singapore, the contracting ceived on behalf of the Kowloon tinued at the Central Magistrne; parties being Miss Eena Kathleen Hospital, were preferred agad.ast yesterday, before Mr. R. E. Lind-otherey Nutt, eldest daughter of Chow Tai-hee, the shroff, before soll, Mr. T. H. King Director of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nutt, and Mr. T. W. Ainsworth at the Kow-Sub-Inspector Lane, prosecuted,
Crimfal Intelligence, assisted by Lionel Rupert Duines, of the Bri-
tish American Tobacce Company, i Batavia.- loon Magistracy yesterday after- A carpenter of the Sanning. noon, when he was arraigned on said that he was in his room when dictment of (1) larceny by the pirney started. He remained bailee of a cheque for $192.42; (2) there up to 1 o'clock the next day. fraudulently endorsing the cheque Then two pirates came and order with the name of Sister M. E.ed him to the poop deck, where he Dakin; (3), embezzlement of the was ordered to hoist No. 6 boat sum of $26.97 which was paid by a When he did so, he noticed that a patient; (4) embezzlement of man was lying in the boat. "He
The bride was attended by her $8.87 left in his custody by a could not say how the man got younger sister, Mias Marian putient of the hospital and (5), there. · Later he slid down'a rope | Rothercy Nutt. The best man waз embezzlement of the gum of to the boat. There were ten of Mr. W. E. J. Hatch, the manager $111.70
them in all, icluding the steve-of the Singapore branch of the British American Tobacco. Com- dore of the Suilding. About noon
Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith prose cuted on behalf of the Crown, while Dr. Smalley represented the Hospital.
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The ceremony was conducted by the Bishop of Singapore, the R Rev. C..J. Ferguson-Davie, assist- od by the Roy, J. V. Westlake. The service was fully choral, and was attended by a large number of re- utives and friends of the bride and, bridegroom.
on the 16th he saw H.M.S. Blue-pany. hell. On sighting the Bluebeil
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the pirates haffled him a wad of well-known in Malaya. Mr. Nutt MACHINE MADE WIRE-CUT
One. man jumped banknotes. overboard and of the remaining nine men eight went aboard the The last
man WAS
In answer to the first three charges the defendant returned bleas of not guilty but admitted having received half of the Bluebell. $8.87 mentioned in the fourth either sick or wounded as he charge. The other $4 of that sum could not walk, He had to be had been used by Mr. Au, who achailed up by a rope. tually received the money from the patient, a Shantung constable. The defendant pleaded guilty to the last count.
No Allegation," Mr. Whyte Smith said that he was willing to accent the defen- dant's plea of embezzlement of half the sum mentioned in the fourth charge, but he wanted to point out that although he accepted that tatement the Crown mundo no al legations against Mr. Au. The 38.87 was
sum of money which a Shantung constable who was a Tatient in the hospital had handert over for safe custody as was the usual custom. He actually gave the money to Mr. Au, the clerk, who in turn hunded the same sum to the shroff, who gave the former a receipt for the money,
On the defendunt being arrested no monies were found in the safe in his office nor had the conatuble ever had his money returned to him.
Continuing. Mr.Whyte Smith said that he did not propose to go on with the first two charges at that stage, though he would not withdraw them before the others had been dealt with.
Defendant's Duties, Referring to the duties of the shroff, Mr. Whyte Smith said that there was only another clerk be sides him. The defendant was re-
quired to collect all monies in pay ment for treatment of patient or for the purchase of medicines. In receiving any money from debtors, the defendant always issued a ro- coipt and the sums were entered on the counterfoils."
After accumulating large sums to obviate the payment of sinull ums the defendant paid all monies into the bank periodically,
The safe in which the money was kept had only two keys one if which the defendant had, while Dr. Smalley kept the other. The key to a drawer inside the safe was always in the passession of the defendant.
On January 20. at about 230 p.m., a shipping cont actor paid the sum of $26.67 to the defendant for medical treatment he had re- ceived at the hospital. The shroff should have given the man a re- ceipt, but he said that he was busy and would give the contractor the document some other day.
No receipt had ever been given in acknowledgement of this payment although the patient returned some days later only to find that the de- fendant had been arrested.
After hearing the evidence on the third and fourth charges his Worship registered a conviction on both and imposed sentence of six months' hard labour on the third, fourth and fifth counts, the pro- secution withdrawing the first two.
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The stevedore next gave evi- dence, which was very similar in nature to what the carpenter said.
He was also given some money to
hold when the pirates sighted H.M.S. Bluebell. He saw firearms thrown overboard and he identi- tied both the defendants. No. 1 defendant was one of the men in the bout, while No. 2 was the man who visited his cabin several times with one of the pirates who were convicted last month.
Mr. J. Finny, a draughtsman of Taiko testified to having made six copies of the plan of the Sunning.
8.9.
The ease was adjourned to Tuesday afternoon at 2.15 p.m.
FIRE TRAGEDY RECALLED.
UNSUCCESSFUL SUIT AGAINST INSURANCE CÓ.
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A tragie fire which qecurred in Sago Street at Singapore las! year, when five Chinese were burnt to death, was recalled in the Supreme Court there in an action before the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison.
Mah Toong Nam, the tenant of the house which was burnt, was subsequently arrested and charged with murder but discharged. Mah Toong. Nam now sued the Shang- hai Fire and Marine Insurance Company for $8.149 under a policy. taken out in 1922. The defen- dants denied liability and alleged that the plaintiff caused the damage by his own wilful act or connivance.
liability on the following grounds: |
The insurance company denied
Contrary to the provisions of the policy, the plaintiff, without giving notice to the defendants, effect- ed a further Insurance governing part of the property with the Asia insurance Company; he stored large quantities of eaffron and kayu puteh oll in his shop, which was contrary to the warranty at- tached to the. policy regarding hazardous goods: he did not maku a claim containing an account of the articles within the further time allowed by the company in the circumstances of the case, and finally, he caused the damage by his own wilful act or with his con- nivance.
Mr. Page said he would call Palice Inspector Tongue, in sup- port of the defendants' allegation that the plaintiff had either caus- ed the damage himself or conat ved at it.
the day of the fire, the plaintiff Inspector Tongue said that on made a statement to him to the effect that trade being very bad with him, he had arranged with a druggist who occupied the same
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The bride's parents are very was at one time engaged with the Straits Trading Company of which he was managing director for the latter part of his service and is now connected with Francis Peek The bride- and Co., of Batavia. groom is also very well known, being formerly stationed at the Singapore branch of his company. It is interesting to note that the bride's parents were married at the Cathedral, and In addition to this, the bride herself was chris-j! tened there.
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house to have a fire and claim insurance. He paid a man to set fire to the house, after both he and the druggist had removed their goods to a place of safety.
After hearing further evidence:) his Lordship gave judgment for the defendants with costs.
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