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A 1932 UNITED ARTISTS SPECIAL PICTURE AN OUTSTANDING FEATURE BASED ON DAVID BELASCO'S GREATEST STAGE SUCCESS.
SHE STOLE WHAT WAS ALREADY HERSI
.... the silence of the nightshe came ...alone...to keep a rendezvous with love-this woman of ice who turned to fire...and left her precious pearls in payment for caresses that were free! A woman who feared love --but was brave enougir to steal it!
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GIRL STEALS JEWELLERY
UNWISE INDULGENCE
IN DRINKS
An unwise Indulgence in drinks was given by Chan Yee-lin, aged 19, a working girl, as the cause of her lapno when admitting a charge of theft of jewellery of the value of $130 from another young woman, stated to be the concubine of a tenant living on the same floor as her mother.
Chan told the Court that while on visit to her mother late one night, she and supper with the concubine, and also a few drinks which she ad- mitted turned her head. That night she slept with the concubine on, the latter'a bed, and the following morning was accused of theft. The concubine complained of the loss of her jewellery.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1932.
BATCH OF TRAFFIC INTENT TO MURDER.
OFFENDERS
QUEEN'S ROAD EAST INCIDENT
EUROPEANS FINED
TWO CHARGED AT KOWLOON:
ON CASE WITHDRAWN
The case in which Yip Kau and ! Lui Kwal wore charged with wounding Wong Hau with intent to murder him on July 10, and alternately with maliciously wound- ing him, was continued at the Kow- Several Europen
melorists loon Magistracy before Mr. Fraser were summoned before Mr. Scho- yesterday afternoon.
At a previous hearing, Inspector fleld at the Central Polies Court this morning for failing to aflix Shannon, who prosecuted, stated the licence disc to their vehicles, that there was little evidenco In one instance, Mr. J. H. Bottom- against Lul. On this ground, he ley, of the Public Works Depart was discharged in the ment, argued that the regulation yesterday's proceedings.
Further evidence was called by applied only during the day and
the prosecution yesterday against
remanded Yip who was
to this not during the night.
afternoon.
course of
The summons necused Mr. Bot- tomley of fulling to have his disc affixed to his car in Barker Road at 9 p.m. on August 7.
A cargo coolie was sent to the Defendant asked whether his
Government Civil Hospital yesterday The prosecuting police oflear tuted Worship ruled that 9 p.m. was by the Water Police who discovered that some $300 worth of Jewellery | daylight. Ho auil the regulation him in serious condition from
was stolen, of which $170 worth was under which the summons was internal injuries caused through fail- recovered when the girl was searched. brought mentioned that the disc ing from an unknown ship, The remainder was said to be still should be visible at all hours of mlasing, and a point for investigation daylight. The disc was in the car was presented in a claim by the con-at the time, not actually in posi-driving, defendant was fined $20. cubine that a promissory note signed tion, but unless the officer could by the mother of the girl was for the prove that the car had been seen | missing amount.
during daylight without the disc the offence could not be proved.
Mr. Schofield said the Regulation required that "every motor vehicle shall carry its appropriate licence disc," and said how the dise should be carried.
Replying to his Worship, the officer confessed that he was still mystified hy certain aspects of the case.
Mr. Bottomley: it says daylight, His Worship: That's only a qualifying sentence.
Traffic Inspector C.F. Alexander informed his Worship that the de- along the fendant was driving Island Road and rounded the bend about 200 yards from Repulse Bay at a speed of approximately 30 miles an hour. He could not keep to the left hand side of the road, although he did not have to go to the extreme right hand side.
The defendant who had [good record was fined $20,
ANOTHER CASE.
AL
A Chinese driver was summoned "all for driving n. public car in a man- ner dangerous to the public Queen's Rond East on the evening of August 7 last.
The Bench at this stage was tearfully implored by the girl for leniency. She said that she was married to a lad in 1925. That youth was still at school and she had been working for her own He held that "all hours of day support, sometimes as typist light" referred only to the manner and at other times as a telephone of carrying, that was it had to be operator In China Buliding. She carried so as to be visible. desired to conceal her faults from hours of daylight" but that did not her parents-in-law, and said it mean that there was no need to would be dreadful if they came to earry the disc at night. The phrase know of this case.
that makes a motorist The Magistrate gave the defen-disc is absolute. dant the option of a fine of $50. Sub Inspector W. R. Chester not guilty.
Woods Informed his Worship that the defendant had two leences, one for the year ending June 1931 and the other for the year ending June 1932, but there was no lleence for the current year.
Incensed by his partner's stupidity in a game of cards, a man named Li Fonk hit Cheung Sau the head with his fist The victim retaiinted by striking his assailant on the right shoulder with an iron fle. These
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A fine of $5 was imposed,
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Mr. Horace Lo appeared for the defendant and entered a plea of
Sergeant Winslade said he saw defendant pass a motor bus which was about 50 yards away from witness. He appeared to pass at a high speed and then swung to the right hand side of the road and seemed to graze the pillars of the He swerved back to his
Mr. O. C. Womack nf the Publie verandah.
were the facts related to Mr. Fraser Works Department, Mr. W. M. Heft and narrowly missed the police
the Kowloon Magistracy, this Cochrane and Mrs. S. Hampden morning when Cheung San was charg- Ross were summoned for similar ed with assault. Imposing a fine
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315. his Worship said no matter how offences und fines of $5 each were serious the assault on Cheung Sau was, he was not justified in using a weapon which was enpable of killing a man. "You are getting off very lightly," his Worship added,
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to estimate the speed but thought
it was somewhere between 30 and 135 miles an hour,
The summons was adjourned for one week.
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