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THE PAMIAT LENINA.
REASONS FOR THE SEIZURE.
Nanking, March 17. Router has received from an au- thoritative Chinese source a writ. ten statement of the Chinese case
SERBIAN CHARGED.
ALLEGED THEFT OF $30.
TREVOR'S CASE.
LIGHTER SENTENCE IMPOSED.
Trevor was defended by Mr. C. A. S. Russ, while Detective In- spector Murphy prosecuted. 8, Trevor was sentenced to one
It will be recalled that on March
At the outset of the caso Mr.
On the eve of leaving the Colony Ilaving successfully applied for. with the remainder of the troupe, a re-hearing of his case, Ernost George Petroff, a Serbian, who Trevor appeared before Major C, arrived in Hongkong together with Willson yesterday on two charges of for the seizure of the steamer a number of other actors, was lurcony and a furthor charge of. Pamat Lenina. The decision to charged before Mr. W. Schofield possessing an automatic pistol search the ship at Nanking was at the Kowloon Magistracy yester- without a permit. made on reliable information that day afternoon with larceny of $80 she was unlawfully engaged. It from the accountant of a shop in states that the search "more than Canton Road by means of a triek, Justilled suspicions," for buried and with offering a bribe of $7.50 deep under approximately 160 tons to a Chinese dotective. of coal in the hold was a tremen: Mr. Lio d'Almada appeared for month's hard labour on each of the
two charges-of-larceny and fined- dous quantity of anti-foreign pro- the defendant.
$50 or a further month for posses- paganda literature in the Chinese, Opening the case for the prosesion of a pistol without a permit. Russian and English, languages, cution, Sub-Inspector Fallon sald In "Diplomatic bags" in the the defendant went to the Hon custody of the Diplomatic Shing Lung rice flour shop at couriers" (who were travolling No.1074, Canton Road, at 180 p.nɩ not under diplomatic passports as
on the 11th inst. He informed the they should have been had they accountant that he wanted to pur been diplomatic couriers, but un-chase two sacks of rice flour. der ordinary passports) were do-The accountant told the defendant cumenta "containing schemes for the flour was $3.70 per sack, a.m. action in the Yangtze valley and On the price being agreed upon,
in and around Shanghai, which, if the defendant tendered carried out, would endanger other bank note in payment. Nino $10 than Chinese interests."
notes were returned to the defon- dant, who before he had received Eleven Compradores.
the balance of his change, re- After remarking that the Chin-quested that he be given ese military authorities refrained $60 bill. from saying more about these docu- ments for fear of precipitating an international crisis, the statement goes on to say that in addition to the regular crew there were eleven Chinese compradores and over thirty wharf. coolies' who claimed to be deckhands for loading and unloading cargoes.
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Russ stated that on the evidence which his Worship heard at the previous hearing, there was not the least doubt that his Worship was bound to convict. He wanted to make that point perfectly clear, and all he was asking for was that his Worship, after hearing Trevor's story, would reconsider "the sen
a $100 [tence,
The accountant replied that he had no notes of that denomination, at which Petroff rofused to make his purchase. He handed back the small notes to the accountant and received in return his $100. The defendant then left the shop, going away on a bicycle.
Mr. Russ went on to say that Trevor had no criminal intention of stealing and as a matter of fact was not aware that he was commit- ating a theft in law.
In the witness box Trevor stated that he was a salesman. He had absolutely no idea or intention to steal. He took the articles from Haynes' room a security for money due to him by Haynes... money which he had earned. Ho had got nearly all the advertise- menta for the Ladies, Journal and Thirty Short.
was only paid $3 for his trouble.
It points out that in river trans-
Re-counting the notes, the ac- He had asked Haynes time and portation in China there is no countant discovered that $30 had again for the money duo 'bim, but need for such hands, all cargo been taken from the wad. A without success, and eventually he. being handled by wharf coolies, search of the district failed to decided to take some of Haynes and no ship carries more than one reveal any signs of the defendant, stuff to ensure payment.
As regards the articles belonging compradore. It declares that but sometime afterwards Patroff Gao. Washington Apr. 20th-Org. Apr. 27 unless these 'compradores, and was seen' walking near the Pa to Madame Gauchier, Trevor stat Apr. 30 Chrg Slumptn Maycoolies were there for the hand- Hing Theatro in Nathan Rooded that he thought the room Gauchier lived Apr. 30 Chrg Shapin Mayling of a special kind of cargo With the assistance of a Chinese where Madame May 11 C'brg S'haptn May 17 their presence on the ship was a detective, he was taken into cuspairs of men's socks, a few ties and belonged to Haynes. He saw a few May 18 P'mih C'big May 27
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The party proceeded to the Police Station and on their way the defendant gave the complain ant $80. On nearing the station, Potrof extracted a small roll of notes, which he offered the detec tive.
Sub-Inspector Fallon added that when searched at the Station only a $100 note was found in his pos- session:
accordingly took them.
Detective Inspector Murphy: Your intention was to leave the Colony on the 27th February? Yes, that was part of my work. I intended to return.
You state that you took Mr... Haynes' property as security. Did you let Haynes know about it?- No. I saw Haynes, practically overy day, and asked for the money due to me, but did not get it. I intend-
The statement concludes saying that the fact that the so-called | diplomatic bags should contain "such plots as indicated is a mat ter which the military authorities In evidence, the accountant saided to treat the matter as a joke and are unable to understand, and that he apoke to his customer in give him the things back when I' which is now the subject of Russo- | punti, while Petroff conversed in | got the money, Chinese communications"-Reuter. the Portuguese language. The
THE SINGAPORE SHOOTING.
INQUEST ON RECENT TRAGEDY OPENS.
Singapore, March 17,
When Mr. Haynes told you that bargaining was conducted mainly he had some shirts stolen, did you by gesticulations, the defendant not say you were very sorry for him?He mentioned the mintter understanding some Cartonese,
Referring to the incidents after in the King Edward Hotel Bar and the arrest, witness auid that after I could not tell him anything there being given the $30, the defendant as the place was crowded. Inter offered him a wad of small notes, which he rejected. Petroff ther handed the money to the detective, who took the notes.
Examined by Sub-Inspector Fal-
A Foreign Language,
Addressing his Worship, Inspec- tor Murphy said: 1 am of the opinion that Trevor got off very lightly for the offence he commit- ted.
Mr. Russ: I have the great- est admiration for the Police, but this is rather an extraordinary way of going on this is going too far.
The inquest on the recent shoot-lon, the accountant said that he ings opened to-day. The Solleitor did not know if the detective General opened for the Crown. actually took the money. The hearing was adjourned until to-morrow when a European wit-
Cross-examined as regards the have never heard of Police officers ress will be heard. It will then events, which took place inside the dictating to a Magistrate before. I cannot account for the unusual be adjourned until the twenty-shop, witness said that the defen-zent of the Officer in charge of this eighth. It is expected to. last
fourteen days.
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Counsel represented the arrested men and the relatives of the de- censed, also the Chinese 'Consit
General of Singapore en Instruc- tions of the Peking Government.
It is stated that six were killed and not seven. The Salicitor General sald that the Inspector was the only European officer at the station. He would say that he was dizzy and in a fainting con- dition and unable to remember whether he gave the order to Are. The Malay sergeant would say that the Inspector gave the order.
The crowd was very threatening, When they tried to rush the station four rounds of blank ammunition were fired, then 59 rounds of live ammunition.
The jury consists of three Chin- se and two Europeans-Dir O Correspondent.
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Mr. Ruas then stated, that his
dant spoke a foreign language, vage. which, judging by the defendant's appearance, he thought was Portu- guese.
Witness caused much laughter, when on being asked by Mr. d'Almada, he said that the defon- ding sclicitor was undoubtedly an Englishman.
To be quite
Mr. d'Almada: frank you did not understand him and he did not understand you?-
Yes,
Worship, having heard defendant in the witness box, would be satis fed that whatever foolish things Trevor might have done he was sufficiently punished by having undergone part of his sentence.
Jis Worship: I expressed the opinion in the hearing the other day that the charges have been proved against the "defendant, and
see no reason to alter my view. In reply to further questions, Apparently he had a good claim on witness said that the notes when Mr. Haynes, but he should not have returned to him were placed on taken Haynes' property to protect the counter. The $10 note and himself.
His Worship, however, altered the smaller notes were never on
the previous sentence and made it any occasion put together.
The detective gave evidence of one month for each charge of lar- arrest and said that on approach- ceny to run concurrently instead of The sentence for ing the door of the Police Station, consecutively. the defendant drew from his coat possession of arms without a pro- pocket a sum of money, which her permit ($50 or one month) was held out in his clenched Ast. The allowed to stand. accused was then taken into the
station and handed over to Sub-pocket and when told that the ac- Inspector Fallon.
countant did not possess a $50. Questioned by Mr. d'Almada, note had placed the wad of notes witness said that the second sum on the counter without recollect- of money was first offered to the ing that he had put the other
notes in his pocket.
REV. DR. J. P. BRUCE'S PLAN complainant and then to witness.
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His Worship intimated that there was not Bulcient evidence on the charge of bribery and it was dismissed.
When he had discovered the three $10 notes sometime later he was on his way to the shop to re- fund the notes, thinking that a mistake had been made, when he was arrested. Mr. d'Almada sub-
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was an insufficient number of the benefit of that doubt.
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