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DEATH SENTENCES
Two Men Found Guilty At Sessions
Sentence of death was passed by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor at the Criminal Session yesterday on Leung Chi, 25, and Teoi On-chai, 31, coolies, who were found guilty of the murder of Wong King-cheung at Yaumati on March 4,
April 21, 1939.
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PRESS ATTACK
The Crown's case was that Wong places, and this evidence must be
Shanglini, Apr. 20. was plucked by a gang of men, in- regarded as unreliable in view of the Shimpo publishes an editorial charg
The Japanese newspaper Tairiku. cluding the prisoners, and received fact that they claimed to be sovero injuries from which he died. witnesses.
eyeing the Municipal Council, with anti- The defence was a complete denial.
Japanese Intentions owing to their "Of the four persons who identified
fallure
Chineso Mr. J. Whyatt, Crown Counsel, up- Tsol, everyone stated they had known similar to the French
To remove
flags, Concession, peared for the prosecution, Mr. H. C. him for some time and there was not where the actions
the French Macnamara, Instructed by Mr. W. Cone person produced who could say police were praised. Hung, was for the first accused, and int he had recognised the the second was represented by Mr.) although he did not know him. D. J. N. Anderson, on the instructions not possible that there witnesses of Mr. P. M. Hodgson.
knew accused had projected aaw?" asked Mr. Anderson. identity to the scene which they
The following comprised the Jury: Messrs. H. C. H. Becher (Foreman), Poon Kwan-wui, Chan Young-chal, G..E. Alwee, Tan Joo-lam, Chung] Kum-chuen and Chan Shlu-wa.
Summing Up
man Ja it
of
The editorial says: "There is un- who elements made the rounds of Chinese deniable proof that the anti-Japanese his shops and households of the Interna
chenie
tional Settlement compelling Chi- nese to helst flags without the least | Interferenco from the Municipal
police."
In his summing up, His Lordship It says that the Municipai Counell' reminded the Jury of the gravity of was "Ins Giving evidence, Leung denied the charge and their heavy respon-ive proper regard to the Japancre as "Insincere and also falled to having taken part in the attack and sibilities, and said that as ab cir-warnings. It proves that the Settle- said that at the time the murder was cumstances had been put forward ment has discarded neutrality." committed he was drinking tea in which might reduce the indictment to tea-shop, in Shanghai Street. He did one of manslaughter, their verdlet
Meanwhile the Chinese Press de- not know Wong, Tsol or the wil-must be either guilty or not guiltyment protest to France regarding the mands that the Chinese Govern- resses who had given evidence of murder.
against him. The reason why they
had testined against him was pro-interesting witness for the Crown concession.-United Press,
The most important and perhaps French police activities in the French bably mistaken Identity.
was the girl hawker, Leung Ngan.
dld
not
FLAGS DISPUTE
to
Cross-examined, Leung said that nui, who had all the faults of her the Police interpreter did not ex-sex-an incurable curiosity-though
Shanghai, Apr. 20. plain the charge to him but merely she gave the impression that she was
The Chinese Chamber of Com iold him to sign a document. There rather stupid. She had, however, merce, after ordering Chinese storts was no mention of the murdered stuck to her story of having seen both to open. for business, said that they man's name and he did not know the accused attack Wong, and although have undertken all negotiations with charge against him.
Mr. Anderson had made a suggestion the French authorities, upon which Mr. Whyatt: Did you, in answer to tantamount to her having committed they presented three requests: the charge say "I did not have and anything why she should do so.
perjury, he (His Lordship) could not
The French police to retur with quarrel
him"7-1
Chinese
confecuted stores all the The defence had put forward' an quarrel with him.
alibi, and yet they had not seen flags
All Chinese who have been arr.st- to call witnesses in support. of it, though this might easily be done. ed to be released; Their reactions to the horrible charge To grant to Chinese residents and of murder did not appear to be that storekeepers in the French Connes- of an ordinary or normal person, for on the right to fly Chinese fings at if they were innocent, they would any time according to their own free have at once demanded that Inquiries will.-United Press. be made in the places where
they said they had been, but they did not do so.
Judge's Warning Counsel said that was not what he asked and repeated the question more than ten times, but accused gave the same answer, whereupon he was ad- vised by His Lordship that it was in his own interests, in view of the gravity of the charge against hhn, to give a direct reply, otherwise the Jury might draw an adverse infer
ence.
Human observations and testimony, MARITAL DISPUTE tially fallible, but in the present case wife Suspects Cookboy Of
went on His Lordship, were CSSCH-
Leung repeated that he did not quarrel with Wong, and His Lordship if the Jury avere to adopt the axiom, then sald.If you do not answer they had to disregard totally the Affair With Amah such a simple question, I shall write seven witnesses who had stated posl- down in my notes that you declines tively that they saw both accused to answer, despite being repeatedly asked, and this will do you no good.
I did say that, because I In fact did not quarrel with him.
Mr. Whyatt: Who were you re- ferring to then if you did not know
among the attackers, and to accept said to be employed by a European A neatly dressed cookboy, Sing Man the unsupported stories of the de-family in Jubilee Buildings, Kowloon, fence.
the murder d man's name?-The the prisoners.-"You have been found interpreter mentioned the name of a
Kowloon Magistracy
wife.
The Jury retired for 15 minutes was charged before Mr. Q. A. A. and after they had returned
Macfadyen at their verdict of guilty, His Lordship said to yesterday with sound the wouple
Det.-Sergeant Pope said guilty on abundantly clear evidence had had trouble for tome time be- person whom I did not know,
cause the woman suspected her bus- of ย deliberate, persistent Were you referring to the man abominably cruel attack on Wong the house.
and band of infidelity with an amal in whose
mane
was read out to you? King-cheung when he was Yes, but I do not remember what tha' celebs, s
defen- In a tea-house with his Complainant continually visited her nime was.
place or employment and questioned. Leung dented The condemned men were led from warned to keep away from the house quarrelled with him. She had been of the Wo Shing Wo and the dock protesting thelf Innocence. but she paid no notice. knowledge Sha Lok You Societies or buying been to 107 Temple Street.
His Lordship exempted the Jury Tsel told the Court that on the Mr. Macnamara and Mr. Anderson from service for a year and told both morning of the crime he went to that if they had any representations Shamahiupo, by way of Reclamation to make on behalf of the prisoners Street, and then to Kowloon wharf to they were to forward them to the look for work. He remained there proper quarter. the whole day, watching people fish-
ing.
Tsoi said he did not take part in thei
back to
murder, nor did he know Wong or AIR CAPTAIN'S DEATH "the" witnesses for the "Crown,
Address to Jury
Coroner Finds No Evidence
Of Negligence
the
In his address to the Jury, Mr. Whyatt pointed out the absence of any suggestion by the defence that what the witnesses for the Crown wure, with no blame attached to any
A finding of death from misadven- had said was anything but what they ene, was returned by Mr. R. A. D. honestly believed to be true. This Forrest sitting as Coroner, at meant that everyone of the witnesses Central Magistracy yesterday, when was honest and therefore their ovid- the Inquiry into the death of Wong ence that they positively saw the two Hon-man, 20, captain in the Chinese prisoners in the attuck must be be- Air Force, who died following iloved.
Mr. Macnamara reminded the Jury torium and Hospital, Happy Valley, operation at the Hongkong Sana- that human testimony was always concluded.
Wong died on March 20,
shortly
fallible and said there had been numerous cases where honest and upright people-and well-intentioned after he had been operated on for a nt the time had picked out persons dislocated shoulder, from ether who later turned out to be not the anaesthesia. The operation Was ones whom they believed they saw. performed by Dr. Phoon Seck-wab, Mr. Anderson astced the Jury to assisted by Dr. E. W. J. Sun, and the bear in mind that of the 16 witnesses ether anaesthetic was administered called for the prosecution only four by Dr. Au Yeung, surgeon attached in any way implfcated Tsoi. Of these to the Chinese Air Force, but not four, two might be called the registered in Hongkong. mainstays of the Crown's case, but
their evidence was unreliable in that Mr. George She, instructed by they later attempted to it in the Messrs. Lo and Lo, watched the stories they had told at the Magis-proceedings on behalf of the hospital, tracy,
Mr. P. H. Sin held a watching brief Tsol. Counsel continued, was on behalf of Dr. Phoon, and Mr. D. L. alleged to have stabbed Wong in the Strellett was present for the Chinesa back, but the evidence of the doctor Commission for Aeronautical Affairs. told of no such injury. In fact, In delivering his finding, the each of the witnesses deposed to one Coroner remarked that there
had individual blow and In different been no evidence of negligence,
INSIST om
Genuine
on
Defendant assaulted her in a house
wood chopper and she was sent to In Pilkem Street, Youmati, with a hospital and attended for a wound on the head.
Pope sald that the assault) might
have
been more serious, os the chopper was a heavy one.
Sing was fined $10, or one month's hard inbour and bound over in $25. to keep the peace, especially towards the complainant, for a year.
Mr. Macfadyen advised the woman to refrain from going to her husband's place of work to eause trouble.
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