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GUIMARAES' CASE RESUMED.
TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1931.
SEARCHING, EXAMINATION
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The $7,000 banknote fraud case, Involving Leo Arturo Guimarasa and his alleged associate, Kong Sze- yik, was continued before Mr. Williams, nt, the Cestral Magistracy yesterday afternoon.
The whole afternoon was taken up by Mr. Hin-shing Lo, Counsel appearing for Kong Sze-ylk, In cross-examination of Wong To-po, an editor of the Taun Wan Yat Pu, as to his share in the alleged forged banknote deal.
Mr. Lo: Do you know that al- though the prosecution. for very Food reasons, did not wish to white- wash your character, in this case, they also expect you to tell the truth? Have you twisted your in any way sa as to exonerate yourself from any blame?
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Witness armed that he had told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and without any addition to the facts. Reply-i Ing to another question, he denied at any time entertaining the idea that Kong was placed in the smo position as he was that they were, dupes of a third party.
An Editor of one of the oltfest papers in Hongkong as the Trun I wan, he had for the past three years been in charge of local news. "I might have seen reparts of these frauds" referring to the local Court and crime news as furnished by a repertorial ayudiente,
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in the arms of a status of the poet in Bryant Park, New York, is shown « homeless man taking these words in marnesi.
A questions considered important BURMESE REBEL HEAD by Counsel as relevant to the charge:
of conspiracy, brought from wit
news the sintement that at no tim QUACK DOCTOR SENTENCED
prior to the meetin at the Caino Road address had he som Kong'in the ennipany of Len tuimaraes or the man in the photograph whe wris Fa's brother. Exrept that "both were referred to as "Westerners," their names were ant mentioned.
An Objection,
TO DEATH.
Tharwaddy. Aug. 28. Sayas, the guack ductor who raised an army and led the farmaid-f
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af Yokiakow, on the Han River, rather than in the hands of the and afterwards completely looted Reds. The entire country in flood- ed, and the people are suffering the mission house.
and
Bishop Galvin writes from Han-frightfully From the floods yang that every available inch of famine, but the most brutal of all the mission buildings has been are the Communist bandits, who are given over to refugees, who are taking advantage of the situation
able Burmese rebellion last January, j Communists took prisoner Father and eleven of his lieutenants, have Sands, of the St. Columban's Mis-crowding into Hanyang, preferring to rob and murder to an extent been sentenced to death by a special
trianal, on a charge of waging warion, on August 16 in the vicinity to die in Hanyang from starvation hitherto unknown.--Reuter. against the King.
Eighteen others have been
Men-
At this point, Mr. Len I'Almada, Jur. appearing for the other ar geused. Taro tuimartes, objveird to | fenced to transportation for life.--
the pre-enes in Court of one Ho Reuter. Paisin, mentioned as complainant in another charge agnhist Gaimurnes, Before the man left the Court, Mr. l'Almada asked his Worship to make a note of the ob
jection nul of the fact that the man had been present, listening to the pruceedings.
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Mr. Lo resuming his examining of Wong T-po, asked: 1 put it to you, as an Editor of one of the oldest newspapers in Hong- kong, a well-informed man and. ms of afairs, you could not have ven the dupe of this man (Kong Szo-yil) 2-1 was actuated by gain.
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Your view still is that you were the dupe in this case, and not your father-in-law?--I am responsible for the money which I borrowed from him.
action in reporting the cuse to the Police was for the purpose of clear- ing himself and the elder man.
Recalling the evidence given that a sum of $10 had to change hands as security before custody could be specimen entrusted of the two forget nutes, Counsel asked where the necessity arose for this, seeing that both Kong Sze-yik ond the witness had seen so much of each other, both baving lived on the same premises,
Witness could not give any ren- son.
Dearing all knowledge of the forelyn language in which the negotiations with the Europeans were carried on, witness was im mediately challenged by Counsel if he knew what "cumshaw," mention-
Witness, replying to another ques tion, made it clear that it was his futur father-in-law he WHA TO- ferring th, as he was not seted in the proceedings, meant. murried.
Witness: 1 don't Counsel: Who is your prospec.what that means, No tive father-in-law and what is his occupation.
Witness, after considerable press ing, replied that his future relative was Chan Hok-kam employed as manager of the Hang Sang firm In the western district. He got to know him after becoming acquaint- ed with the daughter.
Questioned regarding his posi-i tion in the Than Wan Yat Po, wil- news said his salary was $45 per month. He admitted having borrowed from other employees of the firm, amongst these being Chan Pi-seanit, a cousin of the prisoner. Kang Sze-yik.
Father-in-Law's Position. Counsel then enquired if his con- duct as a witness in the present proceedings had been in any way influenced by ha relations with Chan Po-seang or with his future father-in-law?
denied Withess that he had been influenced. always tell the truth," he declared, He denied that his father-in-law, to use a vulgar phrase, "was in the know" regarding the proposed banknote deal, or that. the $7.000 he received from the latter was for the express purpose of carrying on the "deal" He denied that his
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