POLICE ASSAULT DENIED.
BENCH, WANTS IMPARTIAL EVIDENCE,
PROSECUTION FAILS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1928.
ALLEGED LARCENY DRAMATIC PIRACY THE SHASI BANDITS
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OF $3,000.
PROSECUTING SOLICITOR IN A QUANDARY.
DEATH OF WITNESS,
Sit Kan-kwong appeared before "Our case is that it was a very very bad case of attempted-black- Major C. Willson, at the Police mail on the part of the Chinese Court this morning, on a charge constable," anid Mr. C. A. 8. Rass of Jarceny of $3,000 belonging to when appearing before Mr. R. E.the Kam Sang Knitting Factory. Lindsell, this morning, to defend
Mr. M. K. Lo prosecuted on be- knitting factory,
STORY
WARSHIPS RESCUE
EFFORTS.
THREAT TO SHOOT CREW IF ~
ACTION TAKEN.
COOL NERVE.
NAIVE REQUEST FOR BULLION INFORMATION.
HOW TO SEND REPLY.
SHANGHAI SHARE DEAL
FORMER HONGKONG MAN GETS GUDGMENT,
"SHARP BUSINESS.”
Judginent for the plaintiff in The deplorable, conditions at Shast and vicinity at the present the sum of Tls. 1,410.75, together time cannot be more adequately em- with costs, was on Monday Inst phasised than by publication of awarded by His Honour, Judge Sir the text of a letter received by a Peter Grain, in the British Sup- remo Court at Shanghal in the representative of a well-known
action brought for the recovery of (formerly of Hongkong) from Mr. C. D. Komaroff in connexion with a transaction in rubber shares in November, 1920.
a Chinese shopkeeper, of 4, Mor. half of one of the partners of the KAITSU MARU AFEAIR. (shipping company from bandita ofthat amount by Mr. David Arakie |
rison Street, against a charge of assaulting a Chinese constable and damaging his uniform.
The case for the police was that defendant resisted in police search
Addressing his Worship, Mr.
certain respects.
Shanghal, Feb. 14.
the neighbourhood.
The bandits advised this agent to Lo sald he would like to put the Surrounded by Japanese and reply forthwith to their demands as facts of the case before the Court Chinese warships trying to pre- to how much silver it was the price in order to ask for guidance invent her escape, the Japanese tice of his company to ship in their stenmor Kaitau Maru is in the steamers from Shanghai: to Han- which was carried out in the
His Worship interposed and said hands of Chinese pirates off Hai-kow, in what ships was the alluring street, that defendant actually that he had been asked by Mr. Leochow, on the coast of North Kiang- cargo to be found, together with struck and damaged the Chinese D'Almada e Castro, who would be su, but the pirates are bargaintrir | dates of sailing and sundry Itents to constable's uniform, and that, defending, to fix à date for the for their freedom, with the lives enable them more easily to fall upon when invited to accompany, the lat-hearing.
of four Japanese sailors held enp- their coveted prey. ter to the Police Station, he re-
tive by them. fused to do so, until the arrival of a European Sergeant.
Opinion Wanted.
Mr. Lo then stated that he would
The plaintiff was represented by Mr. Tycho Wing, and the defen. dant by Mr: M. B. Brown.
Attracts Attention.
SPECIAL
CLEARANCE
OF
GENTLEMEN'S
WINTER
SUITINGS.
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carefully gone through and a
SUITINGS and OVERCOATINGS have been selected for Special Clearance before STOCK-TAKING. These have all been priced at.
The case brought to light many points concerning
Our stock has been. Failure to comply with their interesting naive request would, the bandits na-share dealing in Shanghai and
large assortment of attracted considerable attention aured the agent, result in a "specta-
la demonstration on their part in stock and share circles. It in- As for the foreign gunboats, the volved. the sale by the plaintif bundity continued, they could be of 3,000 Tanah Merah rubber used to frighten the "people," but shares to the defendant at a price could not intimidate ire," the which the defendant claimed was particular time. The shares were rit of the signatory warriors, latter presumably referring to the above the market value at that Details as to how the reply was to sold, according to the defendant's be sent, posted on a godown with statement, by mis-representation According to a Reuter, mossove
set of signals indicating the num- and fraud. He refused to take from Peking, the piracy was dis-ber of thousands of dollars in silver delivery of them on the due date covered by the steamer Heire which might be expected to arrive and the plaintiff re-sold them at Maru when on its way to Halchav into their carer grasp, were also a price less than the purchase from Shanghat and was anchored included in the letter for the agent's rate, involving the loss of the off Taingków on February 11 when edification the
amount claimed in the action.
Captain Wounded.
The pirates are reported to have like to put the prosecution's case disabled the steamer's engines, Kancked Dizzy..
before his Worship, as he wanted and have threatened to kill the Asked what he expected to find an expression of opinion from the captives if the warships open fire on them. Latest reports last on the defendant, Chinese Con- Bench as to whether the prosecnaight stated that the pirates stable No. 498, who brought the lion shoull go on. complaint, said he suspected the The Tacts of the case, as out-managed to escape ashore and took presence of arms. He was knockurd hy Mr. Lo, were to the effect our sailors with them as hostages. that the defendant and two other men originally thought of forming 4 partnership, but as the defendant was unable to pay his share, he was dropped out of the partnership and was merely employed as an accountant. A year or two ago, whilst the managing partner was out, the defendant is alleged to have taken the key of the safe, opened The Inter, and, taken away $8.000, after which he was not azca ngain, This part of the story was in pursuance of a report made by the office boy to the managing partner. A report was made to the police. "
ed dizzy, and denied that the shop. keeper ever sought to summon aid by blowing a police whistle.
Palict. Sergeant Jessop stated that, on being called, he found
ene of disorder in the defen- dant's shop where chairs were knocked about. The defendant was sitting behind a counter, and complained to witness that the constable had endeavoured to pull him into the atreet, demanding to search him, and, that when hetre sisted a row ensured. Finally, be fore accompanying witness to the Police Station, he took up a police cap left by the constable in the shup.
commented.
Witness Dies.
steamer Kai.su Maru approached her and a junk sut off from the Kaitau. This was seen to be filled with pirates, so the Heiro hastily drew anchor and steamed off, but not before the pirates had fired, killing a seaman and wounding the captain.
Destroyer on Seene..
:
SIMON COMMISSION.
NON-CONFIDENCE MOTION.
ASSEMBLY:
In giving judgment, his Lord- ship aald the general rule with regard to all sales la "Cavent Emptor" the buyer is always anxious to buy as cheaply as INsible and the seller to sell at the highest price. And when, a buyer has ample means of ascer taining the value of the goods It is his own fault if he neglects to do so.
The Heiro reported the incident "Haichow, as a result of which
New Delhi, Feb. 16. Mr. Lo said that he informed a Japanese gunboat was sent from An extraordinary spectacle was Mr. Russ, in submiling that it
Tsingtao and the destroyer offered on the occasion of the As- in this case Arakie, the broker, was not necessary to put questions his Worship, on a previous up-
sembly debate on Lajpatrai's mo- was the seller and wanted to to Sergeant Jessop, said his case fpearance, that the prosecutionTsubaki from Port Arthur.
tion of non-confidence in the con- get the best price for the shares was that the constable saw money was trying to get hold of the boy
stitution and scheme of the Statu-an behalf of his client and for the being counted and deposited on as a witness but that was out of
A Toho message issued here yes-tory Commission. The house was sake of his own brokerage, and the counter, and he then walked of the question as Mr. Lo had since.
demanded to search de- learned that the boy died at the terday states:According to an crowded and the public galleries offers the shares at Tis. 2.26 to in the
Keeneal interest WAR Komaroff. Komareff assumes he fendant. It was a very had case wong Wah Hospital some time announcement published by the packed. of attempted black, Mr. Russ. The only evidence, said Mr. local Japanese naval agent, the shown in the result of the voting. is a friend daing him a good turn Lo, was that the managing partner destroyer Taubaki, which 'was Lajpatral, whose resolution but was mistaken and hat really uld say the money was in the despatched by the Commander-in-pledged the Assembly to have no-come across a broker who was out Constable's Denials, safe, that he went out, and that Chief of the Second Japanese thing to do with the Commission to do in good piece of business. Another Chinese police con-n his return he found the key had Foreign Service Squadron for sub-in any shape or form, said he did Arakie may have thought that stabile, in evidence, disagreed that been trumpered with, and the de-jugation of pirates, discovered the not believe in the British bona fides. Komaroff knew nothing about defendant was in the shop whenendaal was missing; also that a Japanese steamer Kaitsu Maru The Commisaton's ignorance of shares and was, not very wise Certain report was made to him. which is in the hands of pirates, Indian conditions, history and and was just the sort of man tu he himself came on the scene. He The only other evidence was at a point 12 miles north-east of politics was their greatest dis-buy without enquiring much into alan disagreed that defendant was blowing a police whistle, but said Country to the complainant, a very
at the defendant wrote from the Kunshan at. 12.30 p.m, on Sunday, qualification. The Commissioners the matter. that the complainant was blowing long lette which was being
As the pirates, firing rifles | could only be the gramophones of
No Novice, and eventually
But defendant, Komaroff, is not his. Hoplying to witnes, defen-translated, in which the defendant furiously, offered a stubborn re-bureaucracy dant emphatically refused to suggested that the partners might sistance to the Japanese warshi gramophones of the Secretary of
Indian moviee in business; he has been company them to the police station, proceed to sell the premises of the and attempted to flee, the Japanese State. Furthermore the agreeing to do so "only when a shop and deduct the amount. Mr. warship replied to the firing and problem was beyond the compe- in business in Shanghai for many years, and had every facility for European, Servant arrived to take Lo explained that the writer
adviseil the pirates to surrender: lence of any Commission. charge.
He concluded declaring that the ascertaining, by telephone and But the pirates, relying upon the 1
tion but refused to be victims of before he signed the Confirmation a camouflage. "As long as a Bri-Note. It appears that on the same tish steel frame surrounds us it is day Arakie sold 1,000 Tanah Merah impossible to achieve anything." shares to one Mr. O. Moore nt Tis. -Renter.
2.25 which have not been repudiat- ed. But knowing nothing about this transaction It does not appear ninterial to this caso.
Recalled, Sergeant Jessop said it was posside that the articles of furniture which he found strews | about the shop might have been left there when defendant was interrupted in the process of mov- ing in the things for the night. pointed However, the defendant To the chairs littered about the door when witness first entered the shop, and indiented that this was the result of trouble with the complainant.
sorry that he had taken the money proba'y meant that he was very fact that they are holding six Nationalists were open to negotia-otherwise, the price of shares and suggested that the partners Japanese anilors as hostages, are could sell the premises to cover
continuing their. resistance themselves,
desperately.
เ
Searchlights On Vessel.
Serious Principle. Remarking that that was all A 5.30 p.m. on Sunday, the. the evidence he could bring, Mr const-defence ship Tsushima do said:"Acting for the pro-arrived at the scene to assist her secuted, always dislike the idea consort. As the night full before of bringing cases before the Court the matter could be settled, the on insuficient wvidence, but you two Japanese warships kept their can see that the principle involved searchlights trained on the pirate Ja rather serious. But, on the ship all night long so as to prevent other hand, we hằng no actual her escape. His Worship searchingly ques-evidence that the defendant was tioned the witnesses as to whether seen, tako, this myneg," defendant was, as the time of the search, standing outside his own doorway,
Inside the Shop,
Kunshan.
The Kaitsu Mary is unable to move. It appears that the pirates Major Wilson:-It seems to me that a great deal depends on have destroyed the engines of the whether he was a partner or not.
ship. It is said that the printes'; Defendant replied that he was Mr. Lo the indicated that he base of operation is located at inside the shop all the time. Pro- could call the two partners to tell ecoding to rive his story in his Worship that defendant waS evidence, defendant sald her was not a pirener, counting money at his counter when the complainant, whom he day afternon... had never seen in his life, walked in, demanded to make a search of
him and proceeded to drag him
out of the premises. He (defen-
The hearing was fixed for Fri-
IRONSIDES DESTINY.
GEN, MOW PEI-NAM ANXIOUS
dam derkared that the constable had no right to act thus, at least not without , search warrant when it concerned an individual on his own premises, and in- stantly grabbed the constable by his jacket. With his other hand, he drew out a police whistle and sounded it.
Thereupon, the constable wrest- ed himself free, tearing his Canton uniform as he did so, turned tail and bolted out of the shop. Io never bothered to recover his cup, which was later turned over to
Sergeant Jessop. In fleeing, the
constable further kicked knocked over the chairs.
and
TO SURRENDER.
General Mow-Pel-nam, who is now the only prominent com- mander who has remained with what is left of the "Ironside" army is reported to have wired to the Government proposing complete surrender.
Vessel Surrounded. ·
Member's Sudden Death.
New Delhi, Feb. 16.
This charge of fraud is entirely The Session was forced to ad- based on a misunderstanding by journ owing to the sudden death of the defendant, Komaroff. All the the Sind non-Mohammedan rural evidence, that the defendant can member, Hahchandra Vishindas, bring to support his charge of who, although very ill travelled fraud is "It was may impression," to Delhi from Karachi in response his "presumption" and his "in- to an urgent Nationalist Whip ferences." order to vote against the Statutory Commission.
Vishindas was being conveyed
but he died en route.--Reuter.
"Sharp" Business.
When fraud is pleaded there to the Touse in an ambulance car, must be absolute proof of fraud and nothing short of absolute proof will sußce. And although the defendant might have done a. sharp stroke of business and sold the shares above their value there is nothing approaching absolute proof of fraud in the evidence now before me.
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FOOTBALL FORECAST
COMPETITION.
A later message reaching here- from Tsingtao states:-The two Japanese warships Tsubaki und Tsushima, acting in concert with a Chinese gunboat, are now Bur- rounding the Kaltsu Marn which TWO COMPETITORS SHARE
The is in the hands of pirates. pirates threaten to kill, all the Japanese sailors who are held as
There were no fewer than five of hostages, if the warships take vigorous measures. They are re-the matches on our last week's questing the warships to let them coupon that ended in a draw," a escape, but the Japanese warships circumstance which kept correct are paying no heed to the request forecasts down to modest numbers.
PRIZE.
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.
The following general know-
of the pirates. The Kaitsu Maru The prize of $25 has been shared ledge paper has been taken from is owned by the Kaitsu and Com-by two competitors, each of whom the Daily Express.
Answers, for those who need pany, a Japanese transportation had nine. correct forecasts on one company in Tsingtas, and is n ahi edupon. The names of these suc- them, will be found. on Page 12
of this issue. cessful entrants are: of 2,000 LANDAK.
G. W. Marshall,
H.M.S. Iroquois,
T
A. M. Rumjahr,
Generals Chang Fat-kwai and Wang Ki-cheung are said to have gone to North China, while Hsien Yo, the radical militarist, who join POLICE INTERPRETER ed the Ironsides in the coup last
WIN TROUBLE. November is probably with them. Regarding the proposal of Gen-
TROL
Finally, in reply to Mr. Russeral Mow Pai-nam, General Li defendant declared that the constable could have no legal rea-Chai-sum is said to be apathetic SERIOUS CHARGE PREFERRED
and has left the former's telegram son for searching him in his own unanswered.
shop.
General Mow Pei-rinam, It is re-
IN COURT.
A probationer police Interpre- Impartial Evidence Needed. ported, has also dispatched 4 ter named Cheong Tak, was In discharging the defendant, anestage to the military govern charged, before Major C. Willson,
III Electric Co.
If these two will kindly call at this office, we shall be pleased to hand them their shares of the prize money,
There were several claimants in respect of eight correct forecasts. This week's coupon will be found
his Worship said he would like to or of Klangai, General Chu Pei-this morning, with misconducting on another page of this issue. impress upon the police the great teh asking permission to link the himself in that he received $50 importance of getting impartial "Ironside remnants with
outside evidence, other than police Klangal army.
evidenco, in such cases.
い
Inspector Murphy pointed to the
torn jacket of the constable, now have been sent out in the produced as evidence.
the
from one Wong Ka-yan as a guar- antee that Wong would not be pro- ceeded against by summons.
Sergeant Carey, prosecuting first asked for a remand and indicated instance to fully investigate the to his Worship that he had re- Садо was ceived instructions to oppose ball Ils Worship replied that the matter before the jacket was only evidence of brought. In other words, the case of less than $500, damage done in a scrap, but it was should not have been brought
His Worship fixed the hearing not evidence of wilful and dell-without further enquiries.
A fok, who was similarly of the case for next Wednesday berato assault. His Worship
afternoon, granting ball at $500. thought that a detective should charged, was also discharged.
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