PRISON SENTENCES AT SESSIONS.
SEVEN MEN ORDERED TO BE FLOGGED.
LONG GAOL TERMS.
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Addressing the prisoners, his Lordship said it appeared that on the evening of January 18, they on
NAME.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1929.
UNUSUAL SCENE MODERN GAOL FOR
BRITISH CAPTAIN FINED $250.
PRISONER DENIES
IN COURT.
WOMAN demonstrates hOW NIECE WAS HIT.
CANTON,
REFORMATORY ALSO TO BE ERECTED.
FRENCH CERTIFICATE HELD NOT VALID.
WITNESS SAYS HE POSES AS MAN WHO IS DEAD!
FORGERY ALLEGED.
There is a second count which alleges that, with intent to de- bered a house. They were armed fraud, accused received or obtain and were with another man who ed from Dr. Basto the sum of and not been arrested. They tied $1,000 by virtue of a mortgage on up the occupants and stole property the steam launch, knowing the to the value of more than $600. Hofsame to be forged. wished the men to understand that Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, Instructed the only reason why he was not by Mr. L. R. Andrewea, is prèse- ordering them to be flogged was cuting for the Crown, while Mr. because they had been certified as C. G. Alabaster. K.C., instructed unfit. They would both go to pri- by Mr. Leo D'Almada, is defend son for five years with hard inbour. ing.
TWO HEFTY BLOWS. PLANS WELL FORWARD
The construction of, the now
COURT WARNING.
A charge of forgery was pre- At the Criminal Sessions this
An elderly
The case against Capt. Madgen, Chinese woman morning the Puinne Judge (Mr.ferred against Mak Chung-loong caused some amusement at the gaol, the Kwangtung No. 1 Gaol, the master of the 8.8. Tai Fook Justice Wood) passed sentences on when the Criminal Sessions were Kowloon Magistracy this morning and the establishment of the Sing, for bringing 16 more pas- various prisoners who were convict resumed before the Pulsne Judge when she demonstrated to Mr. T. Reformatory in Canton have ed earlier in the week.
(Mr. Justice Wood) this morning, S. Whyte Smith how an Indian occupied much of the attention of sengers into the port than allowed The first two prisoners to be dealt this being the last case on the constabla had assaulted hier niece, Mr. Lo Man-chuang, Chief Judge by her licence concluded before with were Pang Lui and Wong Tai-
calendar.
The woman, in her excitement, of the High Court of Justice, who the Hon. Commdr. G. F., Hole, chuen, charged with armed robbery.
The charge against the pri-struck the girl twice across the has been unusually busy in plan- Before passing sentence, his soner is that on February 0, with head to show the treatment meted ning for all matters in connexion R.N., this morning at the Merino Lordship asked whether the com-
with the formation of the two Court, resulting in the defendant plainants were present and when he intent to defraud, he forged out by the constable.
institutions, says the Canton being ned $250, with the alter- The charges which were before Gazette. was informed they were, he naked deed purporting to be a deed of
Ng Shing, assigning to Dr. R. E. his Worship were hawking with
25 29ernative of three months hard them to be brought forward.
asked whether Castro Basto the steam launch His Lordship
As a result of a resolution labour. out a licence against the girl,] ture the line and received as appurtenances, by way of the due execution of his duty ment Council, a piece of land there were any other persons in the "Sun Chlu On," ex-"Fee Ting" and and assaulting a police officer in adopted by the Provincial Govern-
It will be recalled that when the were two other mortgage to secure repayment of against the woman,
previously marked out for: the case first came before his Wer- reply that there podsons, but they were not in the principal sum of $3,000 and
Model Village near Chin, Lo Tau ship. Mr. Horace Lo, for the de Interest at the rate of $25 pèr Both entered pleas of not guilty, has been reclaimed from ita fendant, and that he was not pro- Court.
The constable alleged that he owners by payment of a fair price, pared to go on with the defenco $1,000 per month.
saw the girl hawking near the and designated by the Canton na he did not know very much of the casc. Ho asked for an Yaumati Market and when he Municipality as the site of the arrested her the woman caught gael, and the cost of its construe- adjournment, which was granted, him by the jacket and tried to tion will be met by the surplus is Worship stating that he would prevent him from taking the girl fund in the Court of Justice, hear the case this morning. to the Station. Witness then had realized from the sale of petition Mr. Lo, in his defence this 'both arrested.
forms, and fines collected."
morning, said: "I The woman accused the con- In order to look after the con'instructed to plead guilty to the stable of having slapped her niece struction of the gaol, it has been charge. The captain in this case and seeing the way he was arranged by the Chief Judge to holds a certificate issued by the treating the girl, she (the woman) form a Committee of nine mem- Saigon authorities which allows attempted to separate the two, bers composed of five representa-him to carry 460 passengers out In her excitement to prove her tives of the High Court of Justice, of Saigon. I understand that the allegations, the woman struck. her and a representative from cach of certificate was recognised until nieco two heavy blows across the the following organisations the very recently, The authorities at head to show his Worship how Department of Finance, Canton Saigon seem to be unable to under. the girl had been assaulted by the Municipality, the Bureau of Public stand that the samo certificato constable. This caused the girl Works, and the Lawyers' Union. seems to be good for certain ships It is learned that the Committee and not for ships belonging to of other nationalities. A witness was called by the de- was formed on the 19th inst. in owners
There was an Investigation and the premises of the Court. fence to prove that the constable
the captain was urged to come in had struck the girl. He said he The establishment of the so that a ruling might be made on | saw. a crowd of people and on Reformatory has also been this point.
going near he saw the Indian hit vigoriously prepared, and Mr. Lo "The master enquired at the the little girl..
Pong has been appointed by the Harbour Office and was told tho Provincial Government as its head certificate was not a good one for with instructions to form the said the ship. He was told, and he reformatary on the 1st of May.belleves it to be so, by the Saigon authorities, that it is a good one. He had no intention of evading the law and did not try to come into the harbour unobserved. Ho came in with the intention of find- ing out whether his certificate was valid or not."
Five Years" and "Cat,"
The next men be sentenced were Chan Sul, Chan Kai, Lo Man and Wong Yiu-fan, alius. Wong
Kwong.
When the prisoner's name was called, he refused to reply.
The interpreter asked him if he was Mak Chun-loong. Accused replied in the negative, saying that
he was Ng Shing.
The prisoner was asked from what part of China he came and whether he could understand the Chiu Chow and Cantonese dialects, as evidence would be given in those dialecta.
To this the prisoner replied that he was born at Yaumiati and did
to burst into tears.
Speaking to the first, second and fourth prisoners, his Lordship said that they stood convicted of the crime of robbery by two or more. The robbery was carried out on the morning of March 6 at a house in D'Aguilar Street. They were members of a gang who watched the premises and obtained in not speak the Chiu Chow dialect, His Worship pointed out to the formation from one of the women In his opening address for the elder of the two defendants that servants in the house. Thir
Crown, Mr. Fitzroy said the prishe must understand If she saw entered the house, armed, and at-soner's defence was indicated at a policeman doing anything of Lacked the occupants, one of them the Police Court by Mr. Leo which she did not approve she was being a young Indy. They took Almada, who then stated that not to interefere. property to the value of over $1,000 which ind not been re- covered. "I am going to impose upon you a sentence which, I hope, will impress you with the gravity of your offenco and which will be a lesson not only to you but also to other persons who contemplate the same offence,"
the prisoner was Ng Shing and not Both defendants were convicted Mak Chun-long. However, that) and cautioned. statement was not then supported by evidence, but was reserved for the jury.
FALL OF CHEFOO.
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RAILWAY QUARTERS
RAIDED.
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COOK ARRESTED WITH SOME HEROIN PILLS.
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His Lordship sentenced ench of rs known Ng Shing who had RETREATING TROOPS THROW tectives at the Chinese railway sengers-16 more than she was
them to five years with bard labour and 12 atrokes with the "cut," after which he told La Man that he had been charged with the other three and he had been con- victed, not of robbery, but of re- ceiving stolen property.
It up- peured that he was a confederato bath before and just after the robbery. He would be sent to prison for three years with hard labour.
The ease is proceeding.
FENG AND CHIANG.
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UNDERSTANDING. IN REGARD TO SHANTUNG.
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TREASURY SYSTEM.
His Worship understood from The first witness for the Crown
Mr. C. H. Thompson, the officer gave evidence of the purchase of
prosecuting, that the s.8. Tai Fook The launch and said he had for ten
Daring a raid by a party of de-Slug. arrived in port with 28. pas-
since died. The prisoner, ho anid, AWAY EQUIPMENT, quarters in Chintham Rond on allowed to bring. was Mak Chun-loong and had been
Monday, a cook was arrested in In imposing the fine, his Wor employed by Ng Shing's firm in Naval wireless messages state possession of 612 herofh pills. ship sald:-"Let it be clearly Hongkong to look after matters re- that two or three thousand deser-The man was brought before Mr. understood that if another case of tating to the arriving and depart-ters from Chang Chung-chang's T, S. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloop a similar nature comes up before
Inge of the launch,
Army arrived in Chefeo on Mon- Magistracy this morning, and fined me again, I shall impose the maxi day. The troops were leaderless $20, or three weeks' hard labour.
mum penalty of $100 a passenger." and disorganised, and the officials; Detective Inspector Fallon said of Chang's Army were endeavour-the defendant was arrested in a ing to obtain passports from raid during which three others Dairen. Fear prevailed amongst were arrested and brought before the Chinese in Chefoo that looting the Court on Monday. might take place, but up to Mon- The pills were not very valu- day the behaviour of the troops able, each containing only 1/30th had 'been orderly.
of a grain of heroin. The drug
between 30' and Shanghai, Apr. 23.
state messages'
that was worth Further reports regarding the Chang's troops left on the night cents. understanding between Marshal of April 22, travelling by land in Chiang Kai-shek and Marshal the direction of Langkow. Feng Yu-hsiang state that Mar-
Hundreds of the troops were shal Generals Chen Tiu-yuan and Fangacen to throw away their equip-
ment. Some escaped by Japanesel Chen-wu will occupy districts in steamers, Chang, it is believed,
The Royal Observatory reports
I put it to you that if you. had
had been convicted on a charge minchun troops under Marahat
His Lordship said the prisoner Eastern Shantung, while the Kuo-sing on the ambon Ching llai that the anticyclone now covers proper regard for the Treasury of possession of arms without a Feng Yu-bajang will be given con-
Nationalist flags are new flying Japan. The depression appears and the bank you would have licence. It appeared that he took trol of Tainanfu and districts again normal. General Liu Chen-son will prevail over the China bable.
over Chefoo, where conditions are to have filled up. Moderate mon- taken some action-It la pro- custody of certain arms.
he south of the city. It is said that nien has arrived and has proceed-Sea. The forecast till noon Lordship continued that
Ia:-East winds, made by ed to intercept Chan. Liu's forces morrow noticed that the persons from this suggestion
derate; fair, whom he took the arms were con-Marshal Feng's subordinate at are now in control of the city. cerned in the crime on which he Tsinan.
"Boy" Gels, Two Years, "The only thing that can be said in your favour in that you are young, and Mr. Leung, of the Hotel Metropole, has spoken in your favour." said his Lordship in sentencing Chan King-shun, former "boy" of the hotel, to two years imprisonment with hard
labour.
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Chiang'a Army under
WAH
had just passed sentence. The Regarding the conference be- prisoner, was, in fact, assisting a gang of robbers. Had it not been for his youth and Mr. Leung's statement, the sentence would have been heavier,
tween Marshal Chiang and Mar- shal Feng it is stated, that it will most likely take place at Hankow and not at Chengchow,
ST. GEORGE'S DAY.
HOW IT WAS OBSERVED AT SHAMEEN,
The
Shameen, Apr. 23. members of the Royal
Three-Year Sentence, Addressing Yan Ngau, who had plended guilty 10 a charge of robbery at Wongnelchong Gap Road, on January 8, his Lordship said that on the morning of January 8 the prisoner had ar- ranged to meet the woman. To- gether with another man he set Society of St. George (Canton upon her and removed her ear-branch) and their families gathered rings and took from her $35,50 in this morning at a small reception money. The sentence of the Court in the residence of their President, was that, the prisoner would go Mr. A. A. L, Tuson, H. B. M. Vice- to prison for three years with hard Consul, to-day. It was a very labour.
successful little gathering af which about fifty persons were present..
"
Other Sentences. The last sentences to be passed The Secretary rind measuges and concerned the case in which Licables of greetings from New York, Kui, La Sul-wing Mak Kwai and Bribane, Mackay, London, Shang- Au Wun were convicted of a robbal, and Hongkong and stated that bery at No. 78, Hight Street on greetings had been sent out to all February 7.
these and to Tientsin and Manila. The President then made a short. speech and proposed the toast "St George and Merry England:"--" Our Own Correspondent.
His Lordship said the men enter- ed the house when armed and they had made arrangements by collusion with a woman in the house, They chose their Ume when there was only a woman in
Shanghai, Apr. 24. the house. They would each be St. George's Day was brilliantly sent to prison for five years with celebrated here, a feature of the hard labour and would each re- observances being the Trooping of celve 12 strokes with the "cat."
the Colours by the Norfolk Regi-
With regard to Mak Kwai, con ment.
tinued his Lordship, he had also
A wreath was laid on the
been convicted of being in posses-Cenotaph by the President of the alon of a revolver without a St. George's Society, whilet a licence; and on that count he would be sent to prison for three largely attended ball was held at years with hard labour, the sen the Majestic Hotel-Our Own tences to run concurrently,
Correspondent.
Later.
FAIR WEATHER.
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Who'll start the bid at fifty cents?"
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came before your notice if you were in charge of ordering cheque books?-I can't say definitely.
I put it to you Mr. Black that Inevitably you would have taken somo action upon it?-It is very likely.
You would have thought that mo- there was something wrong?-I might have done. It is all speeu- lation.
.
In reply to further questions witness said that he would have reported an occurrence of that kind to his chief.
Difficult to Say.
Mr. Jenkin It would not occur to you that one of the first essentials would be to find out from the bank why it was that only 670 chéques had been ment wherons they held your acknow- ledgment for 6007 It is difficult to say what would have been done. Witness waB also questioned with regard to the second cheque book which Mr. Jenkin pointed out was brought into current une on December 20, operated that day and the whole of the follow- ing day and then found to have altered numbers on the cover. He was asked what he would have done in the case of making that discovery and replied that if he had reported the first case the Hecond would not have arison,
Probable Precaution.
Mr. Jenkin: In other words thirty cheques could not have been taken out as precautions would have been taken to prevent it?-- Yes.
And the threo disputed choques would not have been taken out?-- Yes.
In reply to another question witness said that if he had seen the cheque book two days before and then he found it with alter- ed numbers he would
have re- ported the occurrence to his chief.
The case is proceeding,
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