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The case in which five Chinese
A serious fracas in which about are charged with assaulting two hundred people took part Walhalwal constable on Po Chung occurred on Canton Road, Yau- Peninsula (near Aberdeen) was mati on Saturday evening, it arose concluded yesterday afternoon in out of a small Chinese boy being Mr. R. E. Lindell's court, when knocked down by a bus.. The boy iris Worship discharged all the dewas but slightly hurt hut a large fendants. A sixth man, charged number of coalies, who witnessed with cutting a pine tree, was dis-the incident, became furious and charged at the same time.
rushed the bus, threatening to Mr. M. K. Lo represented the chastise the driver. The silk producing districts,
When the mob surged round the such as Shuntak, Yung Kee, Kwai- first of the six defendants, a man chow etc., need enormous quanti who was the owner of a vegetable vehicle the passengers therein were ties of hard cash when the crop is garden at Po Chung. Of the re-panic strickon and hastened to coming in, and the Silk Industry maining defendants four were emalight and leave the driver, the Investigation Institute requested ployed at the farm and one was conductor and an inspector to get along with their oppanente as best the Provincial Government to issue fisherman.
The evidence of the constables, they might. The inspector suc- export licences, according to pro viously made arrangements, to on-given at the last hearing, was that ceeded in evading the crowd and took refuge in a nearby rice shop. they proceeded to Po Chung on receiving information that tree-The driver and conductor were not 80 fortunate. They were badly cutting was going on. They met live or six men coming down the mauled by the mob. hillside at Po Chang, each carry-
Soon after the trouble began two. Following a chase ing a tree. Not being aware of the above they managed to arrest an old man, policemen appeared on the scene arrangements a petition along who, however, called out for ag-but it was more than they could similar lines was submitted to the aistance, whereupon several villag-do to handle the crowd so a call Government by An Hoi-shan, reers appeared and forcibly released for help was sent in and a number presenting the silk latures in the the old man from the constable's of European and Chinese police silk districts. This man has been custody and overpowered informed of the arrangements bound up constablo D.185,
In addition to a sovere beating made to avoid hampering the silk
the conductor lost all his after trade, and he has been advised to apply to the Silk Industry Investi-
The evidence of the prosecution noon's taking and incidentally gation Institute. The latter In completed yesterday when two teeth.
Both injured men were admitted stitute will then attend on his be- Sergeant Hopkins of the Aber- half to obtain permits for export-deen Police Station gave details to the hospital and two of the ing money. It has been pointed of the locality of the hut, the vege tingleaders in the fight wore out to this man that permission table garden, and the scene of the arrested. given for these exports of currency fight at Po Chung.
able silk merchants to send silver from Canton to the producing dig tricts for the harvesting of the silk crop. This request has been granted.
SHOP SUN SHADES.
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Sergeant's Evidence.
and were soon on the scene and the
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Describing
pine tree which had been cut down. They ordered him to carry it down to the hut. This the old man did, protesting all the time.
A Squeeze Mission.
is only a Lemporary mensure the arrest of the first defendant adopted to meet the needs of the (Mr. Lo's client) Sergeant Hopstablos, one in uniform and the silk industry, and when the crop kins said that he gathered from the other in plain clothes, went up has been harvested, permission frat statement made by the af to him and ordered him to accom- saulted constable (D.185: that the pany them up the hill. He pro- will be again withheld.
man was not on the scene during tested, but they threatened to the affray, but arrived subsequent kick him if he dared to refusʊ, ly and accompanied the whole Eventually he went up the hill, party to the police station. The where, after a good deal of wan- rst defendant was not detained dering the constables came upon in the first instance, but when the police discovered discrepancies in his story later on he was charged together with the others.
Under cross-examination by Mr. The Public Works Department Lo, the witness agreed thut the and the Department of Finance of rat defendant had adhered to one
At the hut the constables asked Canton have jointly issued a pub-story throughout and that what lie announcement enlling the utha said in answer to the charge the old man if he had any money. tention of shopkeepers to the was not inconsistent with the story Witness had none and sald so Municipal rules governing the he told the police on the night of whereupon the constables wanted him to carry the pine tree to the erection of sunshelters, shades the trouble.
Mr. Lo put his client in the wit- police station. The old man flatly and awnings over the side walks of atreets.
ness box and the man stated that refused to do this and the uniform- was at Deep Bay whened constable drew his revolver and Permission has first to be obe
ahouted for help. The rest of the tained from the"Municipality be foki from Po Chung told threatened the old man, who then him of thic trouble they fore these canoplies can be put up.
having with Shan-atory was the same as related, by
the constable. Further, there are certain regula-were
After one other witness had tions governing these things to tung constable. Ho went there af once but on arrival found that the produce a certain degree of uni-constable had already been bound formity. On certain streets, gen-up. He told his folis to release erally the very narrow ones, sun the constable, but was told that the canoplies are prohibited.
Shopkeepers throughout the city have disregarded these regula- tions, and have not even applied for the necessary permission, and warning is now given that all il- legal shelters are to be pulled down.
man had drawn his revolver and had shown other signs of violence, whereupon witness did no more than consent to go with the rest of the party to the police station.
One Discharged.
been called by the defence Mr. Lindsell caused all the defendants to be discharged, remarking as he did so that he could not help feeling that, the constables must have gone to Po Chung for some That D.185 improper purpose. should have left his beat and gone over a mile in a boat on the off- chance of finding woodcutters seemed improbable, Mr. Lindsel! The fifth defendant was then mentioned that the evidence seem- Shelters over houses that were called into the box by Mr. Ruas, ed to Indicate that he went there burnt in recent fires will be allow He said that he was a fisherman for the purpose of extracting a That seemed to be the ed to remain, but all others must from the New Territories and that "squeeze.
underlying the whole comply with the regulations gov-he first visited Po Chung an trouble erning these structures. Awnings April 28 arriving, there shortly matter. That being so, and since put up without permission must after 7 p.m. He know nothing of the constable was himself in the the fight and did not know why he wrong in that way he thought that be taken down.
After suficient time has elaps- arrested. His story was be the defendants were entitled to a
loved by the Magistrate, who discharge. ed to enable shopkeepers to act caused him to be discharged. summary, punishment will be in- flicted on all who fail to observe the regulations.
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