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swor is that this is a rotten com- pany and is playing a dirty game.
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INTERESTING POINT ARGUED | en- June 28, in the afternoon, at
-IN COURT
A test cane if much importance regarding the carriage of money by passengers on ships, was dealt with by Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Central Polleo Court yesterday
afternoon.
the Fook On Steamship Co., wharf, he caught the first dafen- dant as he (defendant) was leav Ing the gangway. Ho carried one bag which contained money. On going aboard the shin ho found two more baga under the bed li the compradore's room. Second defendant did not claim the money Ruling that a passenger carry- and when the Compradore was ing a sum of money that was un-asked for a manifest he replied
her there was none. reasonable within his or means, is cargo, and therefore should be reported to the com- pradore, the Magistrate imposed a Aino of $10 on Tong Yiu, tallyman, aboard the s.. Tin Ting, of the Fook On S.S. Co., for bringing to Hongkong $1,333 Cantonese twenty-cent pieces without placing it on the manifest. His Worship held defendant had committed away from it, it must be either The Tin Ting one of the three. technical offence.
did not carry passengers.
On a ruling by Chlof Justice Cockburn in Macrow v. The Great Western Railway Co. in which "personal luggage" was defined, Mr. Wynne-Jones discharged Leung Sam, catoror
on the 8.8.
His Worship stated that as the money was in the Compradore's room it must have been there with the knowledge of the Compradoro.
R. O. Grimmitt drew his Wor ship's attention to the fact that there were three things on board! the ship, namely, ship's stores, personal manifested cargo, and
no getting effects. There was
Giving a definition of "personal effects," his Worship read the fol- lowing judgment delivered_by Cockburn, CJ. in Macrow v. The Great Western Railway Company:
"Whatever the passenger takes Tin Ting, who was charged in ro- with him for his personal use or apect of two bags containing $890 convenience, according to the and $050, respectively. The bags habits or wants of the particular were in the compradore's room, cinas to which he belongs, either and his Worship held that the with reference to the immediate compradore must have had some necessitica knowledge of their presence. Second defendant did not claim
them.
or to the ultimate purpose of the journey, must be considered as Personal Luggage. This would include, not only all Revenue Officer A. W. Grimmitt articles of apparel, whether for appeared for the prosecution, and use or prnament, but also the gun- stated the Import and Export De-case or the fishing apparatus of partment was placed in a very dif- the sportsman, the easel of tho feult position because the export artist on a sketching tour, or the of silver from any part of China books of the studentt, and other
articles of an analogous charac was illegal.
Mr. Peter Sin, for the defence,ter the use of which is personal pointed out the local Court could to the traveller, and the taking not take cognisance of that. His of which has arisen from the fact of his journeying. On the other hand, the term "Ordinary Jag Worship agreed.
gago" belag thus confined to that which is personal to the passen R. O. Grimmitt said Chinese ex-ger, and carried for his use and porters of silver from China were convenience, It follows that what I fear of "having their heads is carried for the purpose of busi
What they were bring-ness, such as merchandise or the cut off." ing the money here for was very like, or for larger or ulterior pur-
poses such as articles of furnl obvious.
The Magistrate remarked there ture or household goods, would may be some motive entirely cut-not come within the description side the Colony, but his Worship of Ordinary Luggage, unless ac- was there merely to judge whe- cepted as such by the carrier." ther an offence had been mitted.
Defects in Law.
Com-
R. O. Grimmitt explained there was a tariff for all goods. The position he was now in was very difficult. He had seen the Crown Solicitor, who agreed it was most difficult.
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Defects in the law regarding manifestation of cargo and faulty compradore system were aired.
A Case to Answer, The second defendant was dis- charged. His Worship held the first defendant had a case to an- swer.
Pun
The prosecution called Kon, accountant of the Fook On Steamship Company, owners of the 8.8. Tin Yat, and also agents for the s.a. Tin Ting, of the Tung stated Is Worship remarked, if the Nam Company. Witness compradore did not do his duty that it was not his (witness's they must re-arrange the regula- duty to Inspect the manifest. The tions whereby they could get him. Compradore's clerk was rosnon- The regulation must be double-sible for filling up the manifest. barrelled, he said.
R. O. Grimmitt pointed out that If the unmanifested export of "Jarge sums of money were allowed then there would be considerable disparty in the returns by the
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Mr. Sin: Would you have au tere. thority to receive the money ?--- Yes.
R. O. Grimmitt pointed out the witness would be in duty bound to do ao.
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pradore system, that's, whBUTTERFIELD & SWIRE. really was.
Discussion as to the definition of cargo followed. Mr. Sin agreed that his Worship's defini- tion "Cargo is goods carried by water on a ship or vessel on which freight is charged or
Mr. Sin argued that silver was chargeable" was good. not.cargo. Silver once having left the mint became currency,
Mr. Wynne-Jones: You mean to tell me that when the Hongkong 3 consign- Government orders mont of silver money from Home and it is brought out by ship that it is not cargo?
Mr. Sin agreed it was cargo, Tong Yiu, defendant, was call- od by. Mr. Sin. He horo out the statement of the accountant as to the consignment of the monoy. Witness did not tell tho Compra- dore about the money.
His Worship convicted defen- dant for a technical offence, but pointed out that if every one came down with over $1,000 and evailed manifest, the statistical returns of the Colony would dopreciate very
much.
The Tin Yat carried passengers, but the Tin Ting did not. The money was consigned by a Mr. Lee, of the firm at Wuchow, to
His Worship.thanked Mr. Sin for Kam Sum-wal, manager of the
lils arguments, as it had helped him local branch of Tung Nam Co.
Replying to Mr. Grimmitt, wit-to clarify the position. It had Statistical Department. The reness said that it was usual, when given his Worship exercise. port would be false. He-nuded B consignment of
there was not a Chinese shipping made from Wuchow, to get a chit. arrival company on the water front that at Hongkong before the had a system of shipping that of the money; but this was not could be called anything like the always necessary. system of a shipping company."
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R. O. Grimmitt: Who would the money be given to usually?- The money would be handed over by the Company to anyone who was convenient.
Mr. Sin submitted the case was clear. The money was being re- mitted from a branch offico to the head office.
The Magistrate ruled the money was being sent to Kam Sum-wal personally and not to the firm. The first defendant should have reported the presence of the money to the Compradore The money should have been on the manifcat.
The Magistrate: Does this money belong to the Fook On Company?
Witness: It is the money of the
Kam Tung Nam Company. In Sam-wai's absence I havo In-
The money vns returned to the defendants.
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