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Complicated Argument Over Estate
Spy Suspect Jacket Stolen Deported From Car Of To Hongkong Headmaster
"As receivers and managers of the British Subject Can Get
estate of Lau Ping, who died in 1008, Mr. J. Hennessy Seth and Mr. 5. Hampden Ross brought an action before Mr. Justco B. E, Lindsell at the Supreme Court this morning. secking certain declarations regarding
the property.
No Sureties
Mr. A. Morris, formerly headmaster of King's College, was the com- plainant at the Central Magistracy this morning, when Li Chun, 96, un- Honkow, July 22. employed, and So Shun, 09, a ma
marine The British Consulate in Hankow hawker, were charged before Mr. H. yesterday ordered that Peter Prevot, R. Butters, frat defendant with the auspected by the Chinese of espionage larceny of a jacket containing two Defendanta were Lau Lam-ohi, on behalf of Japan, should be deport-pairs of glosses and a fountain pen. and the second defendant with re- executrix of the will of Lau Yu-tong, ed from China. and Lau Yik-cheuk, administrator Prevot, who was born in Hong-celving the jacket.
Li Chun admitted the charge of de bouls son of the estate of Laukong, was detained at Wuchang on
28 Juno Ping.
as he was boarding a plane stealing the Jacket, while So Shun for the British
said that he had bought the jacket Colony. The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jur.,, He was handed over to the British for 18 cents. instructed by Mr. S. Ng Quinn, ap- authorities and was charged
Evidence was given by Mr. Morris peared for plaintiffs. Mr. F. X. Wednesday acting in a manner that he had left his jacket in his D'Almado, Jnr., watched the pro-litely to produce or cxite a breach of car which was parked in Des Vocus ceedings on behalf of the first de- the publie peace. Prevot pleaded Road West on Wednesday, and on fendant, while the second was not guilty to the charge and was placed returning about one o'clock, the
or represented in Court. under a bond of $5,000 in two suretles, Jacket was missing. dant was the widow of Lou Yu-jects resident in Hankow. fong, who died in 1927. Both ho
Efforts by Prevot to secure the the second defendant were the sons suretics falled and his deportation of Lau Ping. There had been con- was ordered this morning. He will siderable litigation concerning the be sent to Hongkong-United Press.
A Reuter Spectiul message estate and the present pellon was brought because the plaintifs, having that the deportation to mention been ordered to wind up the pro Judge of H.B.M. Supreme Court in in subject confirmation by a perty, sought certain declarations re- garding a piece of land. The reason Shanghal. why the nellon was not brought ABE
press said that the first defen-/both to be furnished by British sub-1
and
earlier was because the accounts were somewhat complicated and it was only recently that the matters in question: came to light.
odds
CAR ACCIDENT
While driving car No. 3097 along) Queen's Road East yesterday, Mr. Referring to the statement of R Vernal reports that he knocked claim, Counsel Bald It set out that on down a man named Kan Sau, 40. September 10, 1918 Sectlun A of who was sent to the Queen Mary Inland Lot 795 was assigned by one hospital with injuries to the hend. Lau Po-cho, by an indenture of inurt-
ge, to Lau Yo-fonk
und Lau Yik- cheuk to secure
repayment of $10- 000 and further advances not exceed ink $150,000. An indenture of furthuri charge was made between the parties; on July 4, 1021 wherein Lau Po-cho elarged part of the sad premises with the repayment of $200,000, and; I was alleged that the monies ad-
sonced were from the estate of Lau
g. The only portion of the pre- as now subject to the indentures! were re-entered by the Crown UD) February 4, 1030.
Among the declarations sought by¦ the plaintiffs were at the montesi advanced to Lau Po-cho were from! the estate of Lani Ping, and that the; sum of $12,012.32 with interest was still due to the estate
the under mortgage and further charge.
Chang Tin-pu, of the Land Office, gave evidence regarding the land in question, after which Mr. Ross testi- lied thai
the
that after having gone through accounts he found that the sum
of $12,812.32 was outstanding under
the mortgage and further charge. He was satisfied that these monies were
advanced out of the estate.
Is Lordship granted the declara-
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tions, and gave costs against They Reports from Manila indicate that! second defendant. The costs regard- the American Mail Line Is suspend- Ing the first defendant were ordered ing its service to the Far East. to be taken out of the estate,
Temperature Creeps Up Drought Continues
Maximum temperature in Hong- kong yesterday rose by two degrees over that recorded during the pre- vious 24 hours, the highest reading being 89.
Last night the minimum was 80, and this morning the tem- perature reached 67, with humidity at 77 per cent.
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The rainfall for the year is now nearly inches below average namely 32.00 inches as compared with 48.29 Inches. No rain fell during the past
24 hours.
Lui Mo, a Chinese detective, said as a result of information re- that
he searched a stall in Centre ceived, he Street, and discovered the facket hidden under a board.
First defendant was sentenced to two months' hard labour, while three weeks. second defendant was fined $10 or
Detective Sergeant Macvey prose- cuted.
Punished For Trickery
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Sentence of three months' hard labour was imposed on Wong Kel, 32. unemployed by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morn- ing for atding and abetting another nut in custody in commiting & inre eny by trick of 1,000 bottles of quinine pills, from Lau Kan-po, of
Pul Kei Leung
medicine shop. It was said that an accomplice of the defendant called on the
shop
and ordered the pills. The accomplice and the complainant went to a hotige in Wellington Street, with the pills. When they arrived at the house, The complainant was requested to leave the pills there, and go with the deferulant to collect the money for the The defendant took the rumplainant for long walk, and when near Pottinger Street, attempt- ed to abscond, but was arrested by a Chinese police constable.
Netective Sergeant A Soutar pro- secuted.
WHIRLWIND PICKPOCKET CONVICTED
i "He passed us like and the next moment the
whirlwind, fountain
The President Jefferson, which pen vanished," was what Mr. P. G. passed through Hongkong last week, Tate, purser of the Chak Sang, told was on her final trip to the East and Mr. R. Edwards at Central Mugist- will be laid up at the New York
racy this
morning, in the course of Shipping Corporations Yards,
According to the report the Pres-22, unemployed, who was
his evidence aganst Chan Wah-hing, charged dent Grant, President Jackson, Pres- with larceny of the pen from the dent McKinley and President Madison complainant at Queen's Road Centrol, have already been laid up.
near Pedder Street. The President Jefferson, which was
Mr. Tate sofd that he was walking
orinally the Wenatchee, Arst came when the defentiant rushed past him
to Hongkong in 1021.
9 New Cases
Of Cholera
Nine additional cuses of cholera were reported in Hongkong during the past 24 hours, bringing the. notifications were made from Victoriu aggregate to 199. Six of the new
and three from Kowloon,
Seven further cases of dysentery have brought the total number victims to 504.
of
The Royal Observatory weather re- port issued this morning stated that a weak anti-cyclone has formed over South Manchuria and a ridge of high The past 24 hours have also seen pressure extends from it to south-four new cases of enteric fever, two enst China, Pressure remains rela- of measles, and one of chicken-pox. tively low over Indo-China.
Local forecast is:-East and south-
cast winds, moderate; fair.
FOREIGN SERVICE OF US.
Washington, July 21. The Department of State announces that the American diplomatic and consular services wil bó consolidated inte a organisation under the title of Foreign Service of the United States United Pres.
INGENOHL'S
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and
Russian Police Sergeant G.
who Rouskolf,
was with him. A moment later, when Mr. Tate looked for his pen, it was gone,
Sergeant Rouskoff gave corrobora- tive evidence, after which the defen- dant was sentenced to three months bard Inbour. Sub-Inspector Browne prosecuted.
UNREGISTERED MUI-TSAI
BROUGHT HERE
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A refugee from Hankow who was Colony an unregistered mui-tsal was charged with bringing into the
bound over for one year on a personal bond of $100 when sho appeared be- fore Mr. H. R. Bultere at the Central Magistracy this morning.
Mr. H. W. Fraser, Mul-isai Inspector, said that the defendant, Yip Yu-tsing, had arrived from Hankow as a refugee ten days ago. Defendant had taken the girl to the Secretariat for Chinese, Affairs to be registered as a Mul-tsal yesterday, and stated that the girl was presented to her by a relative about four years ago,
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