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GUIMARAES TO GO BEFORE JUDGE.
BROKER IDENTIFIES: HIM
WITH FORMER CASE.
Following hle committal on charges relating to an alleged bank. note trick by which Wong To-po, a Chinese journalist, is said to have been defrauded of $7,000, Loe Guimaraes yesterday faced furthor charges based by the Crown on Homewhat similar facts and with another Chinese, a broker, named Ho Pul-yim, as the complainant. ·
The case for the Crown was.con- ducted by Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, and that of Guimaraca by Mr. Lee d'Almada, Jnr., оп Instructions from Messra. Johnson, Stokes & Binister.
Ilo Ful-yim testified that he was the purchasing official of the Yuk Ken Grocery, of 116, Connaught. Rond West, but in addition,, did business for other people. AL
At the end of April last he was commis- sioned by the Ming Tui firm of Kwang Chow Wan to buy Saigon one-piastre notes, for which 4,800 silver dollars were remitted to him, it being held that local exchange conditions favoured such a
pur-
chnac.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 1931.
BERNARD SHAW IN RUSSIA.
Mr. Bernard Shaw, the noted dramatist, is shown above, left greeted by Moscow crowds during his recent visit to Russia. At the right is the picturesque Cauasian chief of the Sovints' state publishing house, Halstow, in his customary for cap and black
leather coal.
for the
In pursuance of this commigalon, be went to the Tak Sing exchange shop, opposite the Macao Wharf, on May 7, but was unable to effect the purchase. While standing on the pavement he was hailed by a man whom he knew as Au Kut-wan doing a brokerage business of
who enquired of him his and return Aorts,
to-morrow business: They want to tea- money." house, where Au confided to
to him
Witness spoke of repeated at- that he knew of
A European who tempts made thereafter to secure cold turn out "exquisite" imita- the return of his money, first with tions of the ten-dollar bills issued Au's assistance, and, when the by the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, latter had disappeared, and was The European was in business in à nowhere to be foural, then by visits big way and would not take the to the trouble of selling less than $10,000 of such notes ut a time.
A Sample Copy. However, he (Au) would be able to arrange it with the European for a small amount to be made available to witness and he showed witness a "simple" copy of such forgerlen, explaining that the print- ed area was wider on the counter- feit note than it was on the genuine article. The rate of exchange would be 60 per cent, of the face value of the forgeries, this after allowing for a special discount, he (Au) was able to fix up with his | friend the European.
At the close of his ovidence, wit- ness was cross-examined by Mr. d'Almada, who asked him whether it was genuine notes he was com- missioned by the Kwang Chow Wan firm to buy. Witness asserted that it was, explaining that at the time they found it cheaper owing to Caine Rond address.
reactions of sterling one occasion he was informed that change, to buy piastre notca In than in the place of the European seemingly arrested Hongkong and taken away was still in Police issue. custody, and on another, he was told by a Portuguese woman who cane
On cross
cx-
His First Venture.
to into the sitting room
Answering further questions speak to him bile he was waiting witness said that he had never had there "not to come again as the any similar purchase of forged Pollee were still searching the notes before the transactions which form the subject of the present house."
And if successful you were going to buy more?--I don't know,
At another visit, made on July case. 23, he was not admitted, despite Mr. d'Almada; This was your repeated knocking and ringing the first venture?—Yes. bell and the same experience oc- curred two days later when the same boy as had admitted him on his first visit banged the door to as soon as he opened the door and saw who the caller was.
The Awakening.
Then it occurred to witness for
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Witness detailed what followed at subsequent meetings, and, com- ing to the doings of the 8th, said that on that day Au took him to No. 6 Caine Road, where they were the first time that he had been ushered by a small boy
into a sit fooled, and he posted the follow ting room on the ground floor, and
ing notice which he had prepared, in which they remained for 10 or on the door. "He (whoever may 15 minutes. A European (witness see the poster) is hereby respect identified him with the photograph fully informed that I have been of Guilberto Guimaraes) then up swindled of $3,000 in this house, peared from upstairs, in company resulting in my family and livell with an interpreter, and the ques-hood being destroyed. What tion was asked witness if he was grievance and detestation!" - looking for "merchandise." Wit. ness replied in the affirmative and produced $3,000 taken from the to have bought amount he was Saigon money with, and which he now handed to the European on the understanding that he was to have counterfeits to the face value of $5,000 in return. The European counted the money and then handed it to his Interpreter, after which the latter left the room, ostensibly for the purpose of fetching the forgeries.
"Policeman" Appears. Left with Au, and Guilhermo Gulmaraes, witness remained in the room for half-an-hour. Then an- other European (witness Identifled him as Leo Guimaraes) came in and, demanding of witness what he was doing there," gave witness to understand at the same time that he was a Police Inspector and pro- duced
a paper that appeared to be a warrant. The European searched the three men, and coming to Gull hermo, spoke to him in a Euro- pean language before taking him by the front of his jacket and lead- Ing him out of the room.
""I waited," sald witness. "until 5 o'clock, asking Au what I should do, and he advised me to go away
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You are quite certain the only occasion you had seen the defendant was on May 8?--Yes.
Do you remember meeting him tometime after that at 6, Caina toad, say about six weeks or seven weeks ago?--No.
met you at 6, Caine Road, some- So if I put it to you he actually time towards the end of June and threw you out of the house you say that's untrue?--I didn't see him towards the end of June, so that's untrue.
You were in Court last week when Wong To-po was giving ovi. dence? Yes.
Do you remember one day in the The poster which the Crown said course of Wong To-po's evidence came into the possession of the you were turned out? Yes, Police, was produced in Court as an exhibit. Witness explained he examination Mr. Whyte Smith com- At the conclusion-of-the-cross- did not sign his name to it, but mented upon the phrase "turned had used the characters Lau Kong out" used by Mr. d'Almuda. He instead.
that the witness was auggested Lau Kong, it was explained to the "requested to leave." Court, literally means "floating on Mr. d'Almada remarked that the a river. In other words the man phrase could be changed. who ventiluted his complaint on the
His Worship mentioned that he Poster had described himself na a did not think a man could bo turn- piece of lotsam," or "a destitute ed out. He did not think that a left wandering on a foreign shore" Magistrate could turn a man out Continuing, witness Baid he did even if he were interested in a not see Leo Guimaraes again until case which was in progress at the the previous case come before the time. If the man refused to leave Court, when, on reading newspaper when requested his Worship sald reports of the proceedings and hay that he thought the Magistrate ing had his interest aroused by the would just have to take his evi- similarity of that case with his, he dence. came into Court and recognized the After evidence of arrest accused as the man who at the been given the defendant was com- Caine Road address told him he mitted for trial, Mr. d'Almada re- was a Police Inspector.
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