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Kam Singh, an ex-ship'a guard "I direct that, boing subject to' and police Informer, who is dea- trantes, two doctors shall, by cut- cribed as being well-known in the ting an artory, be able to certify Indian community, was charged on that I am dead." This sentence is remand, before Major C. Willson contained in the will of Augusts at the Contral Police Court yester- Agnew Pope, widow, who died at day afternoon, with the possession No. 1, King's Gardens, Hove, Sua- of 89 forged notes purporting to be sex, on March 5, 1925, leaving the old $10 denomination Issued by Hongkong estate to the value of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, $3,300 and net personalty else and also with the possession of where worth £25,290. Many bo two rifle cartridges without a per-quests are made to relatives and mit from the Captain Superintend-friends. ent of Police.
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On behalf of the accused, Mr.. C. A. 3. Russ pleaded not guilty.". G. Bennett, of Messrs. Johnson, A money-changer from the Stokes and Master, who is the at Cheung Kee money-changer's shop torney of the executors.
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at 114, Queen's Road Contral was Local estate worth $76,000 was called, to testify as to the spuri-loft by John Hoe, alias Bin Teun- ous nature of the notes. He sald ho, merchant, formerly of Water- that they were very crude for Joo, Sydney, Australia, who died at Detective Inspector Leno, stated has been granted to Pul Kwan- Canton on July 21, 1921. Probate that on 'December 19 ha entered hoe, alias Sin Pul-kwan, merchant, the Tal Law Tin boarding-house at of Causeway Bay. The bequests Des Voeur Road Central on a wor-are of a family nature. ... rant, and went up to room No. 518.
There was no sign of any luggage Re-sealing of probate the will or personal property in the room, of John, Kennedy, one time man- when witness entered It. He re-ager of the Hongkong and Shang- cognized a man whom he found to hai Banking Corporation at be the sole occupant, as Kam Manila, has been granted to Mr. Singh. Witness had known Knm D. J. Lewis, of Messrs. Johnson, Singh for some time,
Stokes and Master, who is the at- Witness asked accuscii, in Eng-torney of Agnes Elizabeth Fair- Jah, what he was doing there, and grieve or Kennedy, the widow, to accused replied that lie was wait-whem everything is bequeathed. ing for a friend, at the same time
nodding towards the adjacent Local estate amounts to $71,200, room. No. 519, witness had al-ross estato alsowhere totalling ready noticed, was occupied by a
£35,416. Chinese woman.. Witness asked accused. If it was a woman, and he replied that it was a man for whom he was waiting.
The testator died at The Lodge, Birnam, Perthshire, Scotland, January 8, this year.
on
Discovered Under Mattress. Witnoss then proceeded to E. Lindsell at the Central Magis- search accused, but found nothing tracy on a charge of conspiring to of an incriminating nature on him. utter forged Hongkong and Shang-
He next searched the room, lookinghai Bank notes were discharged at under the bed and finally turning the conclusion of a sitting which up the bedding. The corner of the extended to a late hour on Monday mattress at the top of the bed afternoon. Of the remaining five which he turned back, disclosed defendants, namely Nos, 1, 2, 6, 7 the notes, tied up in bundles, which and 8, two are women, and in the were now the subject of the case.case of one of them it was indicat- Witness also found two rounds of ed that some argument would be 303 rifle ammunition, wrapped up raised on the law of coercion, hav- in a piece of Chinese newspaper, ing regard to her position as the lying on top of the bundle of notes, wife of one of the male defendants, He then took the accused to the Central Police Station,
Sub-Inspector Elston and a Chi- nase, detective were other C. I. D. officers who accompanied him on his vialt to the boarding-house, and were present at the search.
Mr. Russ, cross-examining: Of course you went to these premises on information received? Yes.
Did the man who gave you this j informatior know that these notes were under the bedding?-He knew that they wore in the room.
Did he also give information as to the two rounds of ammunition? -There was no mention of the two rounda.
Defendant, I think, is an old friend of yours?-Well, he is a police informer.
And had been of considerable as- sistance to you in that capacity? He tried to be of some assistance. A Dangerous Occupation.
It is a dangerous occupation, that of a police informer7-Yes.
For example, someone, on whom he informed, might want to get even with him?
Witness said that he had known accused for two years, but had only known him as an informer since August of last year.
Mr. Ruas: As informer he gave Information often?-The last oc- casion on which he saw me was when he said he had been asked to procure a buyer for ammunition, I think he produced two cart- ridges? No, I think he has never produced any ammunition to me at) all. He has given information to the effect that he was asked by: someone else to find a purchaser for ammunition. Ife.saw me at the Central Police Station some- time about August of last year.
Then he was encouraged to get these people into a trap if pos- sible?
Witness said that all that was done was to instruct the accused to enquire further and And out something definite.
Witness denied that a trap was being set. His final Instruction to accused was to try to trace the source of supply and to find out how the owners would be satisfied on the terms of payment. That was the last he saw of the accus- ed, as the latter did not come back and the matter dropped there.
Questioning witness further as to the forged notes, Mr. Ruga asked if their crudeness did not give him the impression that they ware cast-offs. By that he meant that they were rejected forgerles, boing so bad that the forgers did not think it worth while to pass them off, they keeping only the good ones for that purpose..
Witness said he was sure he did' not know.
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Corroborative evidenco given by Sub-Inspector Elston.
Accused was committed for trial at the next Criminal Sessions.
The Other Cast, Bix of the eleven Chinese who Thad been appearing before Mr. R.
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