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On and after the 1st September, 1929. the above Bus Service will be extended making, a circular route as follows:
Blake Pier, Garden Road, Calné Road, Bonham Road, University, Poktulum Road, Salying-pun, Queen's Road West, Queen's Road Central, Pedder Street, Blake Plei; and vice versa.
Route No. 3
The first bus via Garden Road Will leave Blake Pler at 7.45.a.m. and every 10 minutes there, after until 11.25 p.m.
"Route No. 4
The first bus via Pedder Street and Queen's Road will leave Blake Pler at 7.50 a.m. and every 10 minutes thereafter until 11.30 p.m.
The first bus will leave University at 8.00, a.m.. and every 5 minutes thereafter until 11.45 p.m.
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of human blood.
CONVICT'S DEATH,
CONSUMPTIVE'S CHANCES OF
LIFE DISCUSSED. ̧ Following upon the demise on
THE MURDER TRIAL.
A. Chincso detective gavo ovi- PARTIAL- ADMISSION OF
dence of arresting the prisoner in THE CRIME.
the street behind the Mongkok Theatre on July 13. The prisoner Evidence of a statement prae- wzin informed of the reason of his tically amounting to an admission arrest and instantly denied the Wednesday evenlug of a convict in of being responsible for the death allegation, of the Indian constable whose An interpreter of the Ynummti the Gaol, Mr. E. W. Inmilton at the body was found on a vacant plece Police Station stated that at the Central Magistracy yesterday after- of ground near the Koen Chung request of Chief Detective Ine-noon, in pursuance of routine, held Market, was given at the resumed pector Reynolds he cautioned the enquiry, with the aid of a jury,
Into the circumstances.- hearing of the trial of Lam Ling prisoner when he was arrested
Dr. Alexander Cannon, Medical which was resumed before Mr. Tand, put five questions to which S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon he elected to make replies. It waOfficer of the Gaol, said that the deceased, LI Kwal, who was 33 Magistracy yesterday,
explained that at that time the The prisoner, during the course prisoner was not under arrest but years of age, was committed to pri- son on October 18, 1922, on con- detained for enquiries, of the investigations of the Criminal Intelligence Department,
The statements made to the first vletion of piracy, for which he was admitted that he had struck the four of the questions were to the sentenced to ten years' imprison- The prisoner was first seen by Indian with a chopper, but hu ex-effect that on July 10 the prison-ment with hard labour. plained that the constable had er was living at Shamshulpo near Dr. Patterson, the then Medical Arst struck him after he had al- Barracks and the following Officer of the Gnol, whose medical ready used his truncheon on the day was spent at Tal Shan. He sheet showed that the man had been explained that ho returned to prisoner.
Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, Public arrested the following day.
Hongkong on July 12 and WAB Prosecutor, appeared on behalf of the Crown.
enr,
Medical Evidence.
suffering from lung trouble, and was, in fact, given medicine from the very first day of his admission. Prisoner's Admission.
On March 28 of this year, mid In reply to the last of the five witness, the man's condition be- questions the prisoner, who was came more generalized than before. Dr. D. J. Valentine, who examin-asked how he had como by the The infection had spread to the ed the prisoner's injuries, said cuts on his person, and that the intestines, so he was admitted into that he had superficial wounds on cents and told him to buy some were taken to curb the disease,
Indian constable gave him thirty Hospital and all possible measures the left side of the scalp and wine to drink. After leaving the! abranions on his face and right locality the Indian raped his wife come so serious that Government On May 25, his condition had be- There were also four incised and on his return he questioned was notified that he would not wounds on his hands and forearm. the constable's conduct. The aurvive his sentence. It was de- Witness was of the opinion that Indian was alleged by the prison-elded, after long consideration, that they had been caused quite re-er to have struck him with his he should be retained in the gaol, cently. He thought that they truncheon on his head. Prisoner He died on Wednesday evening, at
then about three days old snatched the truncheon from the 6.25 o'clock. not very much mere. The constable, who then drew his re- wounds on the back of the hands volver. This was also taken away were caused by some moderately from the man. sharp instrument but, referring toj The constable was stated to the injuries to his head, witness have then struck prisoner three could give no theory of the origin] times with a chopper. Prisoner santched the weapon and struck the Indian with it. It was then midnight, continued the prisoner the statement, but he did not know whether the constable alive or dead.
were but
of these.
There were wounds which were undoubtedly caused by the man falling, while others might have been caused by finger nails in a seuille. The wounds on the back
A post-mortem examination was held yesterday morning at which it was shown that the lungs, intestines and other organs of the body were riddled with tuberculosis.
Witness diagnosed the cause of death to be generalised tuberculsais,
Replying to the Coroner, Dr. Cannon aald that it was quite pos- able the decensed had been Bying was in the open air and not in a coh- gested area before his going congested prison In
Picking up the revolver prison-into of the hands might have been er said that he left the scene and area inflicted by other of the two chop-went to Shamshuipo with his died a little sooner from the dis- he probably would have pers which were found near the wife. The following morning he case. body of the deceased.
walked to Shatin and there took! In his condition, however, he The next witness called we train to Shum Chun.
would have died, uncared-for out- Inspector Fallon who described)
side if given straightaway his the position of the body na found
liberty, and that was the considera- by him when he was summoned to
ton which led Government to de- the spot.
cide to keep him in Gaol.
C. D. L. Reynolds gaye evidence of being present when the prison- er was cautioned and questioned by the interpreter. At the time, the Pollee' had not decided to charge anybody, with the crime.
The Coroner observed that, cer- Traces of Blood,
tainly, it was within the list few Witness mentioned. during his The case for the Crown was months that the man's condition evidence, that one of the choppers closed and the " defendant after became serious. There was at any which was found on the grene having been duly cautioned made vate, no reason to suppose that he was wet as it had been raining the following statement: "All that would have enjoyed a longer spell the previous nicht. Witness have said to the interpreter is of life outside than within the could find no traces on 'the weak true. I have nothing more to precincts of the prison. The pon, which was subsequently sent|Bay."
to the Bacteriologist for analysis. The prisoner was then commit A report of the presence of blood | tgd to prlaộn to nwait his trial at was received but it did not mên-the, next sifting of the Criminali tion that
raees were those Sessions.
medical evidence was conclusive on-
the point that death was 'dúe to natural causes.
A verdict to that effect, was re- turned by the jury.
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