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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1929.
· CITY ROBBERIES.
FIVE MEN CHARGED AT THE
MAGISTRACY..
The case against five men, charged with being concerned in the armed robbery on March 6, on the second floor of No. 24, D'Aguilar Street, was continued before Major C. Wilson yesterday afternoon.
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KIDNAPPING CHARGES.
HUSBAND' & 'WIFE BEFORE.
THE COURT.
The adventures of three small Chinese boys who were enticed from their homes by a friend, wore related
to
Mr. T.. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday when a Hunanese couple appeared before his Worship on charges of kidnapping and harbouring the children as well as larceny of several articles of clothing.
Appearing for the Crown, Mr. L. R. Androwos stated he proposed to put first into the witness box, a married woman who would depose to having recolved two bangles from one of the five mon now being charged and to having pawned them at his roquest. Detective Sergeant Mottram sald The reason for this precedence- being given in the order of witnesses called, that the female defendant formerly resided on the came floor as the was that the police had reason to mothers of the three children, at No. believe that the woman was being intimidated by associaties of the 229, Temple Street. Sbe paid fro defondants, and they desired to have and on March 22, she took the thres. quent visits to the place subsequently her testimony placed on record with-
children away, the parents presum. out loss of time.
ing that 'she was taking them for a walk. They failed to return that evening and the mothers went to the defendant's house only to find that both husband and wife had gone out.
The woman, who gave her namo a Ng Luk-mui, cald sho lived at No. 29, Shanghai Street, with her husbanal Two days after the report of a rob. bery at No. 24, D'Aguilar Street, the third defendant, with whom she was A Water Policeman who resided in. acquainted, came to her and request the house adjoining that of the de- ed her to pawn a gold bangle for him. rendants was instrumental in Tes- That being done, he got
her t
to pawn
toring the children to thoir, parents, a second bangle, a sum of $28 bee children but it was not until the fol
Ho learned of the sale of one of the received from the broker In case and banded by her to the de-lowing day when he saw a report of fendant, He left the pawntickets the loss of the children in the Chinco with her, saying that he would call papers that he realised that the for them the following day. These child sold was one of the boys who tickets were found under the matting had been kidnapped, of n bed by Sub-Inspector Shannon during a police visit on March 7.
The child was sold to a man in Shataukok for $165 and on reading The husband of the preceding the article in the Chinese press the witness also deposed to having re-seaman reported his suspicions to the ceived a visit from the third defen- Police.. He also sent a frient to dont, who, on seeing withens lying ill | Shataukok where 'the 'child was rei in bed, solicitously enquired how he was feeling, Witness did not, how. ever, see the defendant ham the bangles to his wife.
Witness also identifled the second defendant aa Chan Kai, and the sixth as Ah Wang, with háth of whom he had been acquainted..
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fendants were living was made by A visit to the pince where the do-
the Police and the other two children were found. In the cubiele was found a trunk containing several articles clothing which were stolen from a fellow tenant, who was away in the country.
In answer to the charge of kidnap- Evidence of the carrying out of theping the woman had said that she armed robbery was given by a youngtook one of the children for a walk , Chung Wai-chong, who stated and the other two followed her. Sho that this occurred in the home of her was unable to find the parents' house parents, on the second fluor of No.again and so took them to her own 24, D'Agullar Street..
house.
On that morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock, her parents were absent from the floor, leaving her fehind with a younger sister, two brothers and an amah.
She was lying asleep when she was awakened by a warning ultered by the amah, who said that armed robbers had got into the floor. She opened her eyes to see two men approach her bed, while one-seized hold of her, the other demanded the production of the house-keys. This second man, who was armed with a revolver, she now lentified to be the second de- fendant in the case.
Taking the keys from the pocket of her jacket which abe had left hanging on the wall, the second de fendant handed them to her. She was made to open some drawers, and also a black cash box, and from there the second man helped himself to Various articles of jewellery, and sanie money, which included two $50
Mottram" intimating that there were The case was adjourned, Sergeant 17 witnessca,
A LOAN REQUIRED.
TO COMPLETE KONGMOON- FATSHAN HIGHWAY.
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Re- for
A petition has been submitted. to the Provincial Government by General Chan, Chai-tong. habilitation Commissioner the Western Region, requesting that the Relief. Department bo instructed to issue a laan
of $200,000 out of the relief funds to meet the construction of bridges
d sluices along the public
Her rings were also pulled off her highway now under construction fingers.
between Kongmoon and Fatshon, With the other inmates of the Boor,This amount will be refunded out inéluding two amabs who came in of the levies to be imposed oil during the progress of the rabbery, vehicles that will ply along that she was pushed into a rear cubicle,road as soon as the highway is
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Edefendant brought in shannon opened to vehicular traffic.
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