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FRIDAY,
AUGUST
13, 1937.
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BRIBERY CHARGES at the paper, and saw that the only if it were correct, and CROJI said
thing, entered on it was 101 bags of it was.
REVENUE OFFICER FACES TRIAL
he had, an born June 23 Inst, arrived, defendant asked him if the that the notes which ČR.O.DI
anxt)
wolfram ore, and the paper was not They then left the cabin, and walk- signed by the captain. C.R.O. 70 willed towards the bowa of the ship. also say that the ink on the paper Running across the ship about half was fresh,
of the way between the stern and the Defendant remarked that the do-bowa is sicel anti-piracy grille, and Two charges of bribery were pre- ferred against Harry Ricliard Mujor, cument was a false manifest, and before reaching this grille, defen aged 34, revenue oifeer, when he sent for the purger, C.R.O.8, on in-tant stretched out his hand
C.R.O.DI
in it. This put the notes
11 appeared on remand before. Mr. W.structions, inspected the cargo books, C.R
Was was witnessed by both Li and Schofield at the Central Magistracy but reported that no wolfram
certain The afternoon.
Arst entered in them. When the purser purser, and both are quite
put yesterday charge alleged that
the steamer Wo manifest belonged to him, but the into defendant's hand are exactly Ping Yee, nccepted from Li Yee a purser said no. Defendant asked the same notes on C.R.Q.91 received In who it belonged to, and the purser from Li. Defendant returned to the bribe of $200 with a view to
purser's room and pointing towards elining him, contrary to his duties, replied that he would find out.
Told to "Settle"
the bows of the ship, said, "Toke omit to seize, remove or detain cer-
He left the cabin, and shortlynway by
motor-car, chop chộp. tain unmanifested cargoes, that was
returned with LI Yeo This presumably referred to ore. The second afterwards, ret to say, wolfram charge alleged that he had on July 10 and two coolies, who have since dis-wolfram ore. Ite and C.R.0.91 then
stenmer Faishan, appeared. In the office at this time left the ship. on board the
from Ho were defendunt, the mteser, and
Taken to Godown accepted a bribe of $40
CROS 91, 70 and 2. The purser The next we hear about the ore Wing to the same view,
Assistant told defendant i was the owner of its from
to
the
Chlef the wolfram, and defendant was then and Come down of Mesars, Bodikter
on
Mr. M. J. Abbott, the
continued Mr. Abbott. Crown Solleitor, assisted by
and alleged to have said, "Tell him to The man in charge, Chan Luk, will Detective-Inspector J. Murphy
N. B. Fraser, ap-seltie." The purser said he under-say that between 6 and 7 p.m. Detective-Sergeant
stood that defendant was asking for June peared for the prosecution, and Mr.
went truck
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came godown and told him some-
result of which, on
his D. 1. Eunny of Johnson, Stokes and money for the release of the wolframinto the three or more men
According to C.R.O.91, the first thing, as a resul Master, appeared for defendunt, who ore.
was mention of money came from the instructions, some wolfram ore was is on ball of $500. The case
purser, and strictly speaking, that is brought into the godown. There taken for committal to the Sessions.
true. Defendant's words did not were more than 90 bags and all of Outlining the prosecution's
various sizes. He weighed the ore Mr. Abbott said: On June 23, the specifically mention money.
The purser left the cabin and in the bags in which it was con-
tained and on Instructions
of the steamer Wo Ping Yee arrived at the
After spoke to Li and told him something, tair
made out three chits in the she had tied up, revenue officers and on receiving a reply, returned to party at Li Pun, Ng Lum and Yip Plag On Wharf about 5
the cabin and offered the sum of $50 wa Each of these men calmed a board to search the ship,
Defendant replied were Chinese "en money." among them
English and Chinese, "$200," or
portion of the wolfram ore brought them Revenue Officers Nos, 116, 91, 8, 80I don't want $50: I want $200," or in. The chits made out 10, and 10. Defendant also went
the words to that effect. In any case, have since been destroyed, but Chan ixard. I don't mean by this that the the offer of $50 was refused by de entered these details in his books. revenue officers all went on
fendant. The purser went outside The next morning, Chan took the together, but they did go on board
and on returning offered $100, ure out of the bags, re-weighed it, ship tied
The and then divided the ore into three THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD. up. sometime after the
Defendant again refused this. C.R.O.110 was one of those detailed
purser went outside, and on return heaps in accordance with the amount ship.
Increased the offer to $150, claimed by the men. He then put In the 'tween deck near the bowa, Defendant then remarked that if he the ore back into bags belonging to
and Co. The three ore. seized the ore and tock it back to the Bodlker he found 100 bags of wolfram C.R.O.80 saw him find this. C.R.O.110 Imports and Exports Omee, he would then came in with Mr. Au Chi-ing.
men who is reward of at least $200,
an expert on testing the made certain enquiries as a result of
Tho which a man, who was unknown to
purser then went outside and when quality of the ore, Chan took back hlm, produced a plece of paper on he returned, said $200 would be paid. the chits he had given to the men, which was writing, apparently in Defendant replied "All right." and made out fresh ones showing English. The revenue officer him-dant
could not read English, C.R.O.comdore's office, continued the net amount claimed by cach. Mr. Abbott, was on the starboard The men weat away with Mr. Au to 110 gave this paper to C.RO,80, who side of the ship, which was stern- the offices of Bodiker and Co., where
he discovered their names. looked at it and then went away first onto the Praya, which meant with the man who produced it. that it was on the side nearest the
A Piece of Paper
"ater,
whart. By this time. C.R.Os 70 and Some 10 minutes
8 had left the cabin, leaving C.R.0.01, C.R.O.110 was on the lower deck, he defendant and the purser behind. looked up and saw defendant holding When defendant was told the money In his hand a piece of paper simillar would be pald, he walked out of the in colour to the one produced to him cabin, telling C.R.O.91 to follow him.
C.R.O.110 previously. Later
was and also telling the officer that he
Questions of Law outside the compradore's office and wanted him to receive the money.
from the men Au took receipts heard defendant say that something
Money Pald he can't say what was a false
They went to the other side of the and entered the transactions In his manifest. After that, whether
ship to n cubin
called the ac- books. Li will say that he sold his that time or a little later, C.R.O.110 countant's or compradore's sleeping part of the ore to Bodiker and Co., left the ship with other revenue ofli- cabin. Li and the purser followed and in selling it, gave his name as cers, leaving Nos. 70, 8 and 01 on behind, and they went into the cabin Li Pun. There is no doubt that the
C.R.O.01 will say
he saw caving defendant and C.R.O.01 in man Li from whom defendant
the doorway. Li had then.
ara cepted the bribe is the same man as
LI Pun. defendant speaking to the ship's little earlier, found that he had only purser, a mun
When charged, defendant said: "I named
Lal Kwok. $120 on him, but he manage
managed to Both these two men were walking collect a further $80, It was in this don't know anything about it."
Mr. Abbolt then dealt with ques- towards the compradore's offlee, and
cabin that Li, in the presence of defendant
tions
of law, and pointed out that Li and CR.001, handed holding
paper, Defendant went into the
the office, and
some notes to purser, and tte-was committing an offence by bring- Ing the wolfram ore unmanifested as we already know, C.R.0.110 heard fendant told the purser to give them Into the Colony, something about a false to C.R.Ó.91. The purser thereupon m C.R.0.70 will sily that he returned the notes to Li and told him went into the cabin also and saw de- to give them to C.RO.01 himself. fendant, together with C.R.Os 8 and Li did so, and C.R.0.91 counted the 91, looking at a piece of paper, which money, which was made up for two defendant was still holding. C.R.O.$50, cight $10, and four $5 bank 70 then had an opportunity to look notes. He was asked by defendant
board.
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Ench of them produced chits from the godown, and Mr. Au gave them cheques. Li received $2,504,78 for 1,822 tbs. of wolfram ore, Yip receiv ed $2,001.37 for 1,48214 bs., and Ng received $5,858.32 for 4,3501⁄2 lbs. The usual price for the ore was $180 per plcul.
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Imprisonment und a ne $10,000. The Magistrate also had power to order forfeiture of the cargo, irrespective of whether a de- fendant was
convicted not.
Chief Preventive Officer የኝ. 3. Buller was the first witness called. He said that Major joined the Im- port and Export Department on July 1, 1938, as a second class revenue officer. On June 23 last he was on first night duty, that was, from p.m. until midnight. Major's duties consisted of searching ships and
pas- sengers, and seizing any unmanifest- ed cargo and taking it back to the I. and E. Ofee. If he found the Im- rter, I was Major's duty to detain or arrest him.
porter,
The entry for June 23 in defen- dant's office dinry, of which
every individual revenue officer possessed one, read: "June 23, 4 p.in. to 12 midnight. Waterfront duty. Super- vised the searching of incoming pase sengers from steamers Sui Tai, Yuct On, Wo Ping Yee, the Taipoo junk. and the steamer Tai Lee, Supervis- ed the searching of the steamers Wo Ping Yee. Tai Ming. Seized duti- able wine and tobneeo."
It defendant had found wolfram ore, sald Mr. Butler, it was his duty to enter it in the dlary, which was submitted to the Superintendent of
week the Department once a
for perunal
Replying to Mr. Evans, C. P. O. Buller said it was not left to the dis- cretion of any individual officer to seize uumanifested cargo. If a small quantity of wolfram had been found, defendant ought to enter it in his books.
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