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THE HONGKONG
LAND OWNERSHIP CASE.
CONTINUED YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
TELEGRAPH
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928.
EARTHQUAKE HAVOC JAPANESE CASHIER
DETAILS OF DEVASTATION IN EUROPE.
Sofa, Apr. 25. Official statistics concerning the recent earthquakes show that over 8,000 houses collapsed at Philip popalin
Over 6,000 houses be came uninhabitable and another 2,500 must be repaired,
ARRESTED,
ALLEGED BIG THEFT AT HANKOW.
Hankow, Apr. 11. A caso concerning owner- ship of property in Hongkong to
A smart capture, was effected yes the value of about $280,000 com-
terday by a Japanese: detective at- tached to the Japanese Consular menced in the Supreme Court yea- terday before the Chief Justice,
Staff in Hankow in conjunction with the French, police, when Yinarai Sir Henry Gollan, and a special
The earthquake damage
Yoshio, a Japanese aged twenty-one jury when It was alleged that a Corinth is estimated at 600,000-years, was arrested at a tailor's son had fraudulently mortgaged 000 drachman. As a result of the shop acar the Yah. Chow hotel in the whole of his father's property earthquakes 16,000 persons were the French Concession.
In Hongkong through Messrs. rendered homeless and ten were The accused was employed as a Simmons and Co., Ltd., in liquida-killed. tion, to the Bank of Canton,
"Chop" Signature.
cashier at the Hankow Bank Ltd. The newspapers praise the do- which is a Japanese bank in the votion of the Superintendent of Japanese Concession, and" arrived Telegrapha at Corinth" for remain in Hankow last September. It is ing on duty although he, together alleged that on Sunday, March the with his wife and children, was 31st this cashier entered the bank injured owing to the office collap-extracted the keys of the safe from sing-Reuter.
the manager's desk, and walked off with the sum of $50,675. Money Hidden.
Mr. Potter drew attention to the similarity of the signatures in the different documents. He then mentioned that when the plaintiffs wrote to Messra. Johnson, Stokes, and Mastor for a copy of the guarantee the person making a
From then on he disappeared, but copy put at the foot the words Corinth last night, accompanied by detective Uyeno getting on the trialOALOBAS "guaranteed by chop." Mr. Pottera, violent storm and subterranean
Another Shock Felt,
Athens, Apr. 25. Further shocks were felt at
racks.
said that whoever that person rumblings. The houses previous-traced his movements to the Japan- From here he was traced might have been, it was clear, holy standing were destroyed. A ese gardens which were the old bar- thought the signature was a chop. shock was experienced at Athens to a store where he had purchased
Mr. Potter then referred to an this morning, Reuter. Interview he had with Mr. Henvis.
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a full kit of Chinese clothing, and. from there to the Yah Chow hotel in the French Concession,
the
Before telling the jury what Mr. Hillier houses were mortgaged to Beavis anid, Mr. Patter said he the International Banking Cor While at the Japanese garden he was wellknown in this Colony and poration for $37,000 and as far as hid the bulk of the money on the was of high repute. Mr. Beavis he knew the rest of his property roof of the small power house at was asked by both sides what he was not encumbered. The deeds tached to the barracks, taking with knew about the case but he had for the property were on the pre-him about six hundred dollars of stated that he could remember mines of the Fook Les firm, 4 Hill- the total amount. nothing. Mr. Potter pointed out ier Street. In 1923 he sold the Masqueraded As Chinese. that Mr. Beavis attested thousands business to others. of doctiments in the course of his Plaintiff continued that in native dialect as well as to wear the Had he been able to speak the work, and there was no reason August 1923 he saw in the news-clothes there is a possibility that he why he should remember this papers the proposed sale of his might have escaped, but after the particular one.
property by the Bank of Canton third day the authorities of
came a hotel became suspicious owing to Just before coming into Court as mortgagees. That he (Mr. Fotter) enw Mr. Beavis surprise to him and he sent fer the fact that a Chinese woman who said that after continually Fok Chung-yuen but he had dia- whom he had brought to the hotel thinking about the matter he was appeared. He took legal advice with him did all the talking for the able to recall that plaintiff with and caused the sale to be stopped. pair, and it was discovered that he be sent was a Japanese masquerading nava several others went to Mr. Beavis Ho niso caused a lettor
respon- Chineso. This so alarmed the hotel office and that the plaintiff refused to the Bank disclaiming
management that they requested to sign the assignment in favour sibility for the mortgage..
him to move, and he removed to the of Simmons and Co. They had
house of a servant in the employ of'j gone away and shortly afterwards,
In reply to other questions the woman he was living with. (perhaps a few weeks), Mr. Beavis plaintiff said, he had no interest Here he was yesterday arrested, was told that the plaintif had in the Fook Lee Company, run by and taken to the Japanese Con- signed it and they produced the his two sons, and he also denied sulate for investigation; as far as document to Mr. Benvis.
that the signatures on the do- could be learned, yesterday the
Signatures Denied.
Mr. Potter asked the Court to cuments were put on by him money with the exception of $552, And a reason why the plaintiff plaintiff). When questioned about which amount he had spent during should make an assignment of his the five lakhs guarantee plaintiff the nine days between the date of property in the Colony and also smiled and said he did not possess the theft and his arrest has been furnish a guarantee to the extent so much money. He did not au- recovered.
|of $500,000 to Thos. W. Simmons thorise anyone also to sign tha
and Company. He said that Auch signatures.
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Plaintiff's Evidence.
a thing, was not equivocal neither Plaintiff went on to say that in was it probable that the plaintiff 1919 one of his sons was the com- did in Inet do so. What had the pradore to Messrs. Thomas Sim plaintiff to gain? What induce-mons and Co., Ltd., and he ments were there to lead the old (plaintiff) guaranteed his son for to sign such documents $37,000 which was why he effected
ceased to be compradore In 1920- and the $37,000 had to be paid. The plaintiff gave evidence Plaintiff said that before the strike which substantially bore out the the value of the whole of his pro- facts of Mr. Potter's opening state.perty was about four lakhs.
He further said that ten years ment. He was very deaf and was permitted to sit out of the witness ngo, when he was carrying out box while giving his evidence. He secretarial duties, owing to the gaye control of the Fook Lea frequency with which he had to business, he said, to his eon, Fok sign documents he had a chop made, Chung-yuen in 1916 and left that The chop was produced in court son entirely in charge of the and the plaintiff made an impres business from 1919 "because hesion on a sheet of paper. When can speak English and is not deaf asked to compare the chop signa- like me
and he could do the ture with those on the documents business better." Plaintiff had plaintiff said they were all the property in Des Voeux Road West, same.
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POLE FLIER RECEIVES AN AWARD.
New York, Apr. 25. The Arctic flier, Captain George Wilkins, has been awarded the Samuel Morse gold medal, the highest honour of the American Geographical Society. Renter's American Servico.
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Chefoo, Apr. 25. It has been disclosed that Doctor. Seymour, of the American Presby- Square Street, and a group of He was questioned at some lengterian Mission was shot through houses comprising 2a, 2, 4, 6, and th by Mr. Jenkin and the ease was the heart by a soldier at Taining.
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