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QUEEN'S
THEATRE
Commencing
Tuesday, November 27th. SPECIAL PRESENTATION
OF THE WONDERFUL MOTION PICTURE
THE
SHAMEEN FOOTBALL
LEAGUE.
H.M.S. SEAMEW. v. CLUB LUSITANO.
CANTON TENNIS LEAGUE.
HOW THE TEAMS NOW
STAND...
present standing of the various teams in the Tennis League is as follows:
11. M. S. Seamew scored an easy The victory over the Club Lusitano in the Shamech Football League on Saturday by defeating them by 8 goals to 2.
The Club Lusitano put up a very good fight against a considerably superior team and it might boi sald that the score somewhat flatters tho victors."
The teams were,'
H. M. S. Scamew-Ward; Forest, Horn; Leeson Goodman, Grimadell; Alderman, Mitchell, Adams, Cecil, and Thompson.
Club Lusitano.-M. Remedios; H. Prata, A. Krilovaky; A Locke, J. Montalto, S. Sequeira; A Rafeck, A. Wahab, A. Osmond, F. Ozorlo, and W. Noronha.
BASKETBALL MATCH.
U.S. SAILORS WIN OVER
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Canton
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7 33 2 33 Japanese A.......
8. 30 0 80 Canton Dragons.
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80.16 SO Japanese B..
27. 8. 27. Lingnam A. (Blud-
ents?
7 22.13 22 Tungshan Garden Club
(German Club) 8 17 23 17 Mr. G. W. Greene's
Toam
8 17 28 17. Linguaus B. (Stud-
ents)
Canton Tigers
Shameen B.
7 16 2015
8 14 20 14
9. 12 33 12
Rolurned Students Shameen C.
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From the above it will be seen
ton Dragons have so far lost a single match, and it is therefore extremely probable that the win- Last night in the field of the nors of the League this year will European Y.M.C.A. la Kowloon, a be one of those two teams, though return match was played between the Japanese A., who have so far the Chinesa Y.M.C.A basketball only lust two matches, still have a team, and the team from the U.S.Sgood chance-Our Own Corres- Sacramento. The scure was 20 to | pondent.
13 in favour of the sailor team. The previous game at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. was 27 to 23 in favour of
the Chinese Y.M.C.A.
The game was clean and fast, the ailors having some advantage in height and weight and in familiar ity with the grounds. The referee- ing was goal, quick and fair. It was a clean win for the American. team.
A return match is to be played in the gymnasium of the Chinese V.M.C.A. on Bridges Street next
Monday at 8 pak,
SNOOKER CONTEST.
ONE COMPETITOR GETS A WALK-OVER.
YACHTING.
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YEO FORGERY TRIAL OPENS.
(Continued from Page 1.) - Mr. Potter, then went on to deal with the facts of the case. The accused, ho said, ontored the Gov- ernment service on September 1 1926, and was employed in the Treasury as a clerk at a salary of $1,000 a year. His duties were, in the main, if not altogether, to take care of the accouilt books used for the purpose of the collee tion of water rates. Ho loft the Government service on January 6, 1928, giving us an excuse for leaving the story that he had quar- relled with another Government servant.
Mere Subterfuge,
As the case proceeded, the jury would realise that the dispute with the other Government servant was merely subterfuge because he had effected certain frauds on the Government and desired to clear out of the Colony. He wished to Ho away at the earliest possible moment without attracting any at-
tention to himself.
The jury would also be satisfied that the accused evolved a very carefully planned scheme for de frauding the Government. He daringly and skilfully carried out that achome to a successful con clusion.
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"AN ATMOSPHERE OF LOYALTY."
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tho counts was significant as Crown would submit that thoy:)
BISHOP OF LONDON ON.... were established for the purpose of SYNOD'S SELF EXPRESSION." using the forged cheques. They did not know what the defence was going to be and the only in The Bishop of London, spoalding dication they had was the fact at Twickenham, referred to the that the accused and pleaded London Diocesan Synod which re- Not Guilty." The other side then cantly omphatically rojected four must maintain that the cheques of the six questions, which be put were not forged. When Mr. Mel. to it. Messer and Mr. Black, gave! "Some may think, that I am a evidence at the Central Magistracy little depressed, but it takes more. it was not suggested to them that than that to depress me," he said. they were tricked into-aigning the "If you had been at the: Synod cheques. Ho (Mr. Potter) did not you would have been delighted at know, whether that was going to the atmosphere of loyalty and at be the defence.
tho bonse of loyalty: displayed to- wards the Church and myself. It was a loyalty which was mani- The opening of the three fosted in what the clergy said-und accounts showed that the accused, in the way in which they expressed either by himself or with con-themselves.
"I called the Synod because 1 federates, although there was no evidence to show that there were wanted thera to express what they confederatas, intended to put the thought. I was rather surprised forgeries through. It was not at what they did say, but it was
threa to open accounts in the hope or expecta exactly what I wanted them to do tion that a Treasury official might to express themselves." be tricked into signing three wrong cheques.
Confederates.
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Continuing Mr. Potter said the "girded up his loins" and to have . jury might be astonished to learn started now. The very next day that 60 Government cheques had he returned with another cheque bean stolen from the Treasury by for a bigger amount of $79,950 In the accused. That would be the favour of the Man Lee Co. Coun doglent step in the plan. If a sel speculated on the mentality of 4" do say this that I think the forgery was intended then Govern- man whose nerve was to be ad- forms must be mired from the view-point of the evidence will leave no doubt in ment choque your minds that, possibly, the secured. It would be proved that "rising values" of his cheques. that neither Lingnam C. nor Can-only object this man had in join-a choque book containing 600 It was Chan On-wing, a clerk at ing the Government service was cheques was issued by the Hong-the Treasury, whoao duty was to kong Bank on November 2, and fill in the body of the cheques and to defraud The Government."
between the 6th, and 30th, of that whose handwriting was purported month 30 cheques were stolen from to be on the forged cheques, who út. Another choque book was Arst discovered the forgeries and sub- issued on December 2 containing reported them. He was 600 cheques. It would be provel sequently charged, and, after that between December 2 and being kept in custody for weeks, 30 cheques were stolen from that was released and reinstated be- book, making 60 in all. Further cause it was found on investiga the allegedly forged cheques were tions that he had nothing to do. some of those stolen out of the with tho forgeries. That was a bo very important point which the December book which could traced because of serial numbers jury "might well consider in the which were placed on the clieques evidence against the accused... Masterpieces of Forgeries," by the Government.
Were those cheques forgeries? At that time the cheque books Counsel was prepared to assume were in a anfe in the general office, that they were masterpieces of all To that safe the accused had forgeries, but forgerles for access because he kept his colles-that, with all the scientific means ting books there. Mr. Polter sug nowadays placed at the disposal gested that, bearing in mind Yeo's of the forger and which differed previous activities in opening from the crude methods of 20 " dangor accounts, and the fact that he had rendy access to the safe, the only years ago. It was
against which banking Institutions their guard. It Inference they could draw was that
were always on he stole the cheques,
was not for him to surmise how. They would be interested to the forger in this case worked, but hear that in all three cases not work he did, and to some purpose. only was the possession of the On the subject of forgeries, he forged cheques traced to the expected his friend Mr. Jenkin, reused but it would be proved counsel for the defence, who had that he cashed them and drew out made a special study of penman- the proceeds.
ship, and appeared in a number of Counsel went on to refer to Important cases in the past, would something to say and the appearance of cheques for havd the manager and that he was em-large amounts at the banks with possibly to give a further demon- powered to sign for the firm.
A Year After. Exactly a year after joining the Government Yeo, as he was then known, went to see Wong Woo nam, the agent for the principal tenant of the sixth floor of China Building. He told Wong that he was a building contractor and de- sired to hire an office for the pur- pose of carrying on his business.
He went to the length of engage ing an office boy and he also hung out a card bearing the name Ming Tak Company, which was the There was a good entry for the name he gave to Wong when ho first Championshop races for Indiles, hired the office. Shortly after at the I. H. K. Y. C. yesterday, overwards he hung out two other ing Channel Rocks (P), Cust Rock names, one of which was. Katz Busy (5) and Kowloon Rock (5), and Co., and the other Man Lee. "I don't know where in the world he got the name of Katz and Co., but it is a name that has a special significance."
THE LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP
RACING EVENTS.
a distance of 0.6 miles, the course be-
The results were as follow:
Handicap Cluss, Start 3 pm,
Finishing Corrected
Time.!
Yacht Diana
Callcen
La Linda Dorothea
Time.
4,00.57
4.08.61
4.10.10
4.05.19
4.69.15 4.06.57 4.11.50 4.04.52
Bank Accounta
lle next interviewed the Presi-
dent of the Instone Banking Cor- poration, Mr. Brewer, on Septem- """Y" & "6" Classes. Start 3.05 p.m.ber 2. He had a sum of $3,500 in bank notes and desired to open Daphno
an account in the name of the Min Tak Company. He gave his nanie as Chan Man-wal, and said he was
The Snooker Championship opened at the Palace Hotel last evening.
P. Y.. La got a walk-over from F. A. Stewart; but at 9 o'clock an Jonn Interesting match between 4. Le and P. M. Cruz resulted in a victory for the former by 161 to 197. The
. scoring follows:
Lee 52, Cruz 37, 1st Frame, 2nd frame, Lee B3, Cruz 31, Bed frame, Lee 66, Cruz 20. The higirst break of the evening was a 1, by the winner.
Two matches will be played this evening in the Palace Hotel Snoo- ker Tournament,
At six o'clock, Mr. F. W. Black will meet Mr. A. J. Osmund, and at nine o'clock, Mir. 11, J. White will he opposed to Mr. C. F. Hearne,
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4.27.07 4.27.07 4.30.60 4,20,02. 4.28.43 4.20.31 4.37.40 4.26.34
4.31.21 4.20.02 4.26.21 4.24,00 4.25.20 4.23:14 4.34.24 4.27.48
LAWN TENNIS.
CHINESE I, C. ENTERTAIN
CANTON STUDENTS.
The team of tennis players from the Canton Christian College which is paying a short visit to the Colony was entertained by the Chinese R.C. yesterday afternoon, when a series THE LUCKY NUMBERS. of matches was played, the visitors
being beaten by 73 games to 28.
"I don't know where he got the $3,500 from," said Mr. Potter, "He certainly did not wave it out of his Covernment salary. It is one of the little points which I think will go to show that he joined the service with the idea of defrauding the Government."
The accused opened the account with the Instone Banking Corpora- tion in the name of Min Tak Com- pany when he gave a copy of his personal signature and received a cheque book.
Katz and Co.
Access To Safe.
which Yeo had opened accounts.stration of his skill.
was
Was
Skilful Forger.
The question of who forged
Counsel said that if Katz & Co. ever existed at all, it existed for the purposes of Yea, who able to operate on his account Mr. Messer's signature, how it with the Netherlands Trading was forged, and how long it took Society to the end that he with to secure a perfect imitation was drew $85,000 on the forged cheque, immaterial bealde the important and allayed all suspicion that point that at the end of weeks. might have been caused by the or months, there was a sum of a quick withdrawal by stating that little over $260,000 coming to the he had to pay his sub-contractor, accused for his pains. It must a further have been a skilful forger who On the 6th he drow
balance of could have deceived the experi $500, leaving now a
no enced Bank officials. $617. Of course there
Counsel divided the evidence further operation on that bank-
it had of forgery into five headings- ing account, because
firstly, the circumstances under The next active step which would served its purpose.
which Treasury cheques were Admiral Chan Chak, who is in be proved against Yeo, continued
signed were such that it was Hongkong awaiting the return of Mr. Potter, was that on September. Marshul Li Chal-sum, was an inter-14 ho went to the Netherlands
The next came to the Equitable Impossible that these cheques were not forged; secondly, there estal spectator.
Trading Society giving the name Banking Corporation. On January was the direct evidence of Mr. The following are sent from Shang-
Ni Sze-kwong and C. Choa (Chin of J. K. D'Almada, and expressing 4, the accused paid into the lesser and Mr. Black that those bai as the number of winning and plucet tickets in the "A" and "B" ese R.C.) beat Ma Chi-huen and Hoa desire to open an account in the credit of the Man Lee account weer not their signatures; thirdly, a cheque drawn in favour of the direct evidence also of the Sweepstakes on the Shanghai Chum-Sui-kwong 8-3; beat Wong Kut name of Kaiz and Company, con-
Phenag
and Chan Chi-keung 6-5; beat tractors. Ho produced a letter, firm named Sang Cheung and of clerks Chan On Wing, that the Dionu:
En Wo-wun und Lau Fuk-Ung, 7-4.
which had unfortunately been lost course duly endorsed by Sang handwriting on the body of the "A" Sweep.
M. K. and M. W. Lo (Chinese R.C.) at the Police Court, which pur-Cheung, for 373,785.45. It was chiques was not hin; fourthly, beat Ma and Ile 8-3; beat Wong and ported to be a letter of authorisent to the clearing-house but lliough the accused himself Chan 6-6; boat Fu and Lau 0-2, tion from three partners in the later returned by the Hongkong might not have forged any of Ilo Ka-lau and Iu Tak-cheuk (Chi-firm, signed by Fisher Katz, R. M. and Shanghai Bank to the Equit these cheques, yet counsel would nese R.C) beat Ma and Ha 9-2; beat Walker and J. K. D'Almada, in able for confirmation of the be able to prove, In fact, that Wong and Chan 10-1; bent Furand which the accused was given endorsement. The Sang Cheung accused was a "skilful lo
·Lau 10-1.
not being one of their customers, villain" well provided with the power to sign for the firm..
those the Equitable Bank was unable means which had made to furnished that guarantee, and frauds possible. the cheque was not honoured.
RESULTS OF THE SHANGHAI CHAMPIONS.
The full scores were:
Total: Chinese R.C, 73; C.C.C. 26.
"B" Sweep.
3,053
38,449 * ទង់ 10,608 38,208 2nd
8:006 7,801 3rd
13,474 6,550
26,044
15,163
11,034
8,306!!
14,670
C,UGG
28,170
1,671
33,401
0,227
3,761
5,425
47,226
12,910
'828
10,142
34,178
10,215
8,107
8,083
40,107
12,130
22,662
10,214
1:
20,176
10,984
28,241
5,550
47,955
17,900
18,282
10,436
28,540
13,882
1,054
11,485
37,707
304
40,280 07,070
18,455
6,251
48,844
12,760
14,440 ::
2,109
6,543
966
KERT
PRENEZ DELOVN
40,048
10,487
9,826
9,084
-48,004
11,937
33,041
15,007
17,859
BIG
37,868
12,412
28,222
14,414
20,845
11,808
210
14,084
770
42,587!
8,494
84,500
15,750
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"A" Bweep received $2,162.10, and in the "B" $800,
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He opened the account by paying in a choque in favour of Katz and Company for $3,050 drawn upon the Min Tak Company, on the Instone Banking Corporation.
American Bank.
the
A pishonoured Cheque.
any-
Speaking of the procedure at- All that happened on the tendant on the payment of afternoon of the 4th. On cheques at the Treasury; which morning of the 5th, he said made it impossible that around enne the accused. Counsel those forged cheques were On October 4, he went to the saw in the quick reappearance of thing else than what they really Equitable Eastern Banking Cor Yeo, evidence of the latter being were, Mr. Potter said the impres
alon had got abroad that Govern- poration where he interviewed a man of nerve.
ment Departments were luxly run.... the compradore; The name he
"I assure you that unless you disbelieve the direct evidence of
then gave was Tuen Tak-lee, say- || Man of Iron Nerve. Ing that he was the managing partner of Man Lee and Company, Government contractors, and that
"I don't care" said Counsel,r. Messer and Mr. Black, and whether accused is a forger or any that they are really 'lies-I whether he was a' trickster. ho wished to open an account. Whether the cheque was signed by think that no matter how well The compradora naked for a re Mr. Messer as the result of a trick those cheques were forged, they ference and the accused gave a or whether the cheque was n for cannot be genuine and must be reference to Mesera, Katz and gory. I must say this for the ac
forgerles Company, saying that they had an
This point, said Mr. Potter, was cused, that he is a man of Iron of interest because he had ro- account with the Netherland Trad nerve to have come around to theceived a letter from Mr. Jenkin in ing Society.
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bank on the very next morning
The bank permitted the accused and to have asked "How about it which the latter claimed the right to open an account in the name of The reply was given that the to search the Treasury for certain Man Lee and Company on October Hongkong and Shanghat Bank vouchers, to which the cheques, 5. That account was opened by a would not pay without confrmation, were sald to be related. The eug- cheque for 82,500 drawn by Katz Failing to get the money, no doubt gestion to be drawn from this was and Company on the Netherlands in going away he said: Here I that it was not forgery but a Trading Society,
am, an ́able man, who has not been. awindle. He presumed that the Maktructions which Mr. Jenkin. able to produce anything so far."
From that moment, Counsel mentioned in his letter must have vispinlised Yeo as having taken on emanated from the accused a new determination, to have The trial le proceeding,
› Defence Pica.
Mr. Potter went on to say that the opening of those three ac
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