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1934.
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of the Crown, that accused threw property of Major Eastwick-Field, the boy in, and therefore there Lycemun Barracks;
(c) receiving the cheque book; was no case to go before the jury. In fact the jury had been asked
(d) attempted, theft by a trick to guess which theory to accept.of a diamond ring from Messrs. Ile submitted that but for these Sennet Freres, Gloucester Building, misdirections the verdict would on October 4; have been one of acquittal.
Going on to the law, Mr. Lim submitted that the learned trial Judge was wrong in not with- drawing the case from the jury on the submissions of the Counsel for the defence that there was no case to go to them,
.. NO DIRECT EVIDENCE.
There was no direct evidence from Mrs, Fairburn or Eric Davies that they saw necused throw the boy into the nullah, and medical evidence agreed that the injury which caused his death could have been caused by a fall or a blow against the side of the wall.
As for motive, the letters which were found in accused's bag had been read together and construed na a motive but he would suggest that if the motive was that it was a brave thing to kill Europeans, that motive had been satisfied. when he had thrown two children There was no into the nullah. evidence that he knew there would be children on the bridge when he went there,
(e) obtaining an electric fan by false prétences from Batten and Company, China Buliding.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the first and second charges, the third being withdrawn. He denied the fourth and fifth counts,
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With regard to the charge con- cerning Sennet Freres, the Magls- trate said that the intention was 5 not entirely with the defendunt. The Intention was also with the 5% Tient.-Pakow owners, na to whether they intend- ed to part with the entire rights 5 of the article.
ACCUSED'S FAULT. Detective-Inspector J. Murphy: 5 The owner did not actually part 6 with the ring. It would appear Hukuang Rly. pretty obvious that it was the de- fendant's fault that he did not get 15% posession of it.
Is Worship; But that is merely suspicion.
The charge was accordingly withdrawn.
Det-Inspector Murphy: There will be three witnesses for charge "E". I understand the facts to be that the defendant went to Batten and Company and stated that he was instructed by the L Chau Company to get the fan for them. At the time the working with the Company, which He took the fan back and he said, had sent him to get the the fan.
The other motive suggested was drawn from the statement: "I com- mit suicide because 1 have money."
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His submission was that there was no motive at all, and it was equally consistent with accused threw two children in, Crown's theory to say that if the others fell in. EXTRAORDINÁRY COINCIDENCE.
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his master's shop. Everrendy 5 nh notepaper of He was not authorised to get the General Electrie (England).... Mr. Justice Hayden: It would be fan at all. He got only ten dollars,
defendant says, but the Bootn 6/- nh, so the master says he paid him twenty.Impl. Chem Ind. Mr. Lim: There are improbabili-The fan can be identified by the Inpl, Chem Ind. Def. 10/- Rs. .. Impl, Tobacco who have never painted or only ties on both sides. For instance, number.
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Mr. Justice Jacks: He might
culars of this interesting com-way.
petition.
Jones.
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have done it quickly before they realised what was happening. R is not impossible.
Mr. Lim: It is a strange coin- eldenre.
Mr. Justice Jacks: i don't think
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C. J. Stellingwarff, G. McGrane.
OPIUM CLEVERLY HIDDEN
INSIDE CONCEALED
HOLLOW WALLS
"There is no doubt the place is said Revenue- Offer Humphreys, at the Kow!
Mr. Lim: Mrs. Fairburn describ. ed how when accused had thrown one boy into the nullah, the girta storing depot." was looking into the streami. that natural?
Was
Mr. Justier Jacks: She might D. S. Edward, G. B. S. Thom-have been petrified with fear. She
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Mr. Lim: It shows there were improbabilities on both sides.
Mr. Justice Jacka: Those were for the jury to decide.
Mr. Lim: And where there were improbabilities there were doulits.
JURY'S INSTRUCTION.
Mr. Justice Jucks: The jury were instructed to give accused the benefit of the doubt.
Mr. Lim: At any rate it entitles the defence to say that they put theory equally consistent with the Crown's theory.
Counsel, continuing, submitted that the Crown attempted to bridge the gap created by Mary Pine's evidence by formulating a theory. They had no right to attempt this.
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Mr. Justice Jacka: He entitled to do thut and you put in your theories or suggestions on the other side.
Mr. Lim: The onus was not on the defence. If the crown had not put in their theory, the defence would not.
Mr. Justice Hayden suggested that the bridge was, built on clr- cumstantial evidence.
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"Please ask the Traffic Office to cancel his licence; we don't want. people Hke him driving round the Colony," said Mr. E. 1. Wynne- this morning, when Fung Cheung, Jones, at the Kowloon Magistracy 40 years, a licenaed lorry driver. apponred in answer to a charge of ́ ́ Atealing motor car parts from na man named Tsui Ling.
In March, the defendant hired a motor lorry from the complain- ant for $90 per month, and carried on transportation work in Mong- kók. At the end of the month, he dlaappeared and could not be found. On overhauling the lorry, the complainant found that some parts, consisting of a footslarter, two atest wheel ringa, a radiator enp, battery, a band horn,
a
stributor and a generator, were missing.
Ing. The parts were valued nt $127.
Defendant was arrested yeater- day by a Chinese detective and admitted the theft.
His Worship sentenced him to two months' hard labour. Detec tive-Sorgeant Kennedy appeared for the prosecution.
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loon Magistracy this morning, Trepen Mines 5/ when Tsung To. 30-year-old Langlangte employed. was charged with of possession of 550 taels
of prepared plum ind 15 tnels oplum.
Revenue-Officer Humphreys tated that on information receiv.
S'hni Elec..Conair. Van Ryn. Deep........ 62/0 fed he conducted a senreh of the recond floor of 21, Fuk Tsun
Electric Musical Street, and found the opium very Industries cleverly conecaled in two hollow
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His Worship imposed total due of $6,000, with the alternative of twelve months' hard labour.
It
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discounted as being merely an oblique answer to the two Chinese Notes.
The Journal adds that the pro- Testcnused ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄futter-in-the- Washington dovecots for whatever answer was made to China seemed likely to upset elther forsign relations or powerful domestic
• Interests.
It is known that the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull was fully occupied drafting a reply has during the past week and not yet finished his task. The journal surmises, therefore, that- yesterday's statement may have been a real, though obliquo Ewer to China.--Reuter.
When Sin Chu, 25, a street coolie, appeared before Mr. Macfadyen in
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charged with the unlawful possession of a quantity of electric fittings, Detective-Sergeant Fowlie Maid he Amoy, Oct. 8. I thought it was taken frons No. 379 A message from Chuenchow Queen's Itnad Central. A One of $10 states that rich gold deposits have or fourteen days' hard labour been discovered at Nan-An, in imposed. It was sinted that the which have proprietor of the premises had been Messrs. Benjamin and Polte have Southern Fakien. received the following Straits cur daily attracted thousands of gold owing rent and had gone; therefore
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Singapore today for rubber:
The gold veins cover at least the crown is equally consistent Spat
24 cts unchanged three. "square miles, according with that of the defence there is Nov/Dec
ets up
et. to prospectors. Central New no circumstantiaf evidence and no Jan/Mar.... 201
cts up 4. Agency. ease to go to, the jury.
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H.M.S. Keppel, 8th Destroyer Flotilla leader, and H.M.S. Wishart, returned to the Colony this morning
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to
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"My further ground of appeal/received, he following Straits-cut-Diphtheria was reported to the locali Hongkong -for-Canton yesterday.
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is this: In view of the fact that Mary Pine's evidence was men- tioned in the Crown's opening and that she was unable to give evid ence, would it not have been a fair thing to appellant if the Chief Justice discharged the jury and Bitten by a dog owned by Hui Yin, ordered a new trial? The jury, of No. 18 Sal Street, Loe Wing-kol, the hospital for having heard what Mary Pino aged 14, was sent would say, evidence which im-treatment yesterday. Ma Shan, of plicates appellant with the crime, hospital treatment after hoing bitten No. 102 The Fenk, was also sent for must have been prejudiced against by a dag from No. 105 The Peak, appellant: Her evidence Was The animals wore sent to Kennedy really the link between the crime and accused. A Judge has the power of discretion in ordering a
Town for observation.
new trial and in this case his die- to give evidence. In the absence cretion should have been to dis-of Mary Pine's evidence Mrs. Fair- was not ad- charge the jury and order a new burn's evidence
.* 'trial.
missible until the Crown had put "The whole question, particu-before the jury
faric a prima larly in reference to this ground, ense. The evidence of Mrs. Fair- is not whether appellant is guilty burn with regard to the throwing
or not guilty. The main question of the two children could be class- is whether he had a fair trial.
under the heading
fled as faEvidence-of-"gimi-
My last ground is that the "similar evidence of Mrs. Fairburn in the lar act" cannot be given in any absenco of the Crown witness, trial unicas the Crown ban rat Mary Pine, was wrongfully ad of all made out a prima facie case mitted and put to the jury. No against appellant. objection could be taken at the
Mr. Lim quoted authorities in trial because the dofence was support of this ground, and con carried out on the assumption that cluded his case. Tho, hearing is Mary Pine was going to be called. proceeding.
During the week-end one case
health authorities.
afternoon.
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