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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1 1933.
ESSENTIAL EVIDENCE. CONTRACT CONSIGNEES NOTICES. P & O BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND
MISSING.
ACCOUNTANT DISCHARGED
ON FIVE COUNTS
BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
The essential evidence for the
It is very seldom that you will prosecution not being available. the head coolie having disappeared find an opponent willing to ox- from the Colony, led to the dis- tend the helping hand that is, charge of Chan Sin-chi, an account-help you make your contract ant of Messrs. Sheung Fung, of and of course, he shouldn't. How- which firm the managing partner ver, banda do arise sometimes in is Mr. Li Yau-taun, well-known which you can force your oppo- local merchant, at the Central pent to help you make your con-
tract. Police Court yesterday afternoon. This point is well brought out Defendant, who was represented in the following hand, and in nd- by Mr. J. T. Prior, faced "five dition it shows you why you charges involving different sums of should not take what may prove money totalling $1,046.32, which to be a losing finesse if there is he allegedly obtained by falsely any better way of playing the representing that the money was hand. used for coolie hire in connexion with the unloading of cargo.
Mr. M. K. Lo, appearing for the prosecution, anid he was not usking for leava to withdraw the charges, but placed the facts before his Worship in order to relieve him. (Mr. Lo) of the responsibility,
The Magistrate, Mr. Wynne- Jones, in discharging the defendant on the ground of insufficient “evi- dence said he felt it his duty, and Mr. Lo had taken distinctly the right attitude.
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Mr. Lo in dealing with the first, charge, which concerned a sum of South became the declarer at $189.47, said that the complainant'a three no trump contract. The firm had chartered two steamers bidding is very simple. While the one of them being the as. Pong hand contains five quick tricks, Tung which arrived here on South's hand cannot be opened February 26 last. The firm with a two, no trump bid engaged coolies to unload cargo. does not have the strong five-card The firm had a tallyman whose duty suit which is required for auch al it was to go to the ship and, to bid.
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gether with the coolies, ascertain However, it is too "strong to the exact amount of cargo removed. open with a suit bid of one, there "What happened in this case was fore it is an ideal hand with [this", Mr. Lo continued. "In ac- which to open one no trump, as cordance with the usual custom, this bid shows partner a very fine at the end of the day's work the hand. North will then bid two No. 1 coplie went to the shop, in no trump and South will go to this case, we say he went to the three no tramp. "defendant and asked for an advance,
The Play The defendant knowing it is the It is West's opening lead. When' practice to do so, draws up a sort your strong suit is headed of receipt which he aigua. The three touching honours, open the coolie signs also, and takes the chit top honour-in this case the queen to another man who doles out the of Irearts. money. The money does not
East must not carelessly play actually pass through the defend the nine spot, but should unblock ant."
immediately by playing his king.
The declarer will refuse to win After the loading of the cargo the trick, East will then return was completed, the tallyman's book the nine of hearts. This play, of was also completed. From this course, marka East with only, two book, the defendant worked out the hearts and the declarer can safely actual amount of cargo unloaded by with the second heart lend. There the coolics and what money was would be no harm, however, in
com-holding up one more round. payable to them, it was plicated mathematics, said Mr. Lo.
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Let us assume that the declarer wins the second heart trick. He "Missing Link.”
must now stop and take inven- tory. He is sure of three club Continuing, Mr. Lo said he had tricks, one, diamond, the heart purposely opened the first charge in trick, and three spade tricks, or fall, because as the solicitor having eight in all. To make his the responsibility of conducting the tract either the spades must break prosecution, it was his own view or the diamond finesse must work. that there was no evidence to call
If the diamond finesse is tried upon the defendant to answer the and fails, the contract is defeated case. Defendant had made certain it once. If the spades do not confessions, but he (Mr. Lo) had break, in all probability Bast looked up the authorities and was holds the four" spades, as satisfied that the confessions were held five hearts, not admissible in this instance. Mr. Li Yau-tsun realised the posi- Ition.
If the head coolie's evidence was available it might be vital against the defendant, or might provide what Mr. Lo termed, "the missing
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queen of clubs are cashed and the small club led, which the declarer wins with the king. On the third club West is forced to discard a diamond.
tract,
If the declarer had left the lead in the dummy on the third club trick and had led a diamond and taken the finesse, West would monds and then cashed his three have won with the king of din- good hearts which, with the heart have defeated the declarer's con- trick they had already won, would
the unusual play of leading his However, the declarer made opponent's suit and led the seven of hearts, throwing West in the lead. All that West can now do in to cash his three good heart that West does not hold more
The declarer can further hope tricks, and he is then forced to lend a diamond into the declarer's than three clubs. He is not in ace queen, which gives the de- West holds, as what he is now game. terested in how many diamonds clarer the extra trick needed for planning to do is to force West
to lead diamonda.
West
the
KAISHA.". His evidence might even if the spades break. He leads the His first play should be to see ace and king of spades-on second spade West's jack drops, His Worship.-It really comes marking him out of spades. down to this, that the absolute es-
However, to make sure that sential part of the evidence is mis-West is not false-carding, the de- clarer leads his third spade and West makes the natural discard Defendant was accordingly dis-of a small club. charged.
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