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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Alleged Rape Case Opens At Criminal Sessions
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CONSTABLE'S OBJECTION TO JURY IS OVER-RULED Impossible To Exclude Chinese
AN OBJECTION to the preponderance of Chinese serving on the Jury was made by Ajit Singh, Indian constable, at the Criminal Sessions this morning, when he was charged before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell with having raped a middle- aged woman named Tang Yee at Fanling Lodge on October 3.
The objection was over-ruled, His Lordship remark- ing that it was impossible in Hongkong to call a Jury without at least one or two in them over to her he threw them to the ground and told her she could Chinese.
collect them. They were picked up by the elder son.
Mr. T. J. Gould. Assistant Crown. Solicitor, prosecuted, and Mr. Percy Chen, instructed by Mr. C. A. S. Russ, was for the #iefence.
Judge's Rojection
Gave Children Money
S'HAI JUDGE
SHOT DEAD
SHANGHAI, Nov. 23, (Reuter ), - Judge Yuch Hwn, the presiding judge of the Criminal Section of the Second Branch of the Kiangsu Higher Court in the International Settle- ment was fatally shot at his residence in the French Concession at 9 a.m. to-day. The assailants who fired four or five shots escaped,
Terukuni Sinking_
Not Struck By Floating Mine
Tang,
who WOS carrying her} younger son on her back, then again Statement Made By became afrald and wanted to go.
Capt. Matsukura Singh, however, caught hold of the elder son, and after relieving Tang
LONDON, Nov. 22 (Router). Following the calling of the Jury,of her umbrella, took the younger Singh sald he objected to them beson off her back as well. After this. The master of the Terukuni cause the majority were Chinese. he seized her by the arm, and when Maru states positively that the Ills Lordship: That is no special the children started to cry he gave ship was not struck by a floating cause. There are at least two Por-them each a dollar.
mine which had broken adrift. tuguese on the Jury.
Singh then forced the woman to a The ship was steaming at 15 Singh: I would like...
spot umong the pine trees opposite His Lordship: It is not what you Fanling Lodge, and there committed knots, drawing 27 feet in a ship- like. It is a question of whether you the alleged offence. Tang put up a ping channel southwest of a challenge any of them or not. Istruggle and following the act she sunk lightship when she that is the only reason you can give threw manure at Singh. Later, she mined. preponderance of Chinese on the Jury took the dollar note from her elder
It was in broad daylight, visibility that in no objection at all. It is son and threw It to the ground; the impossible in Hongkong to get a Jury other note had meanwhile been torn was good, and he had five look-outs, The explosion was not at the side without at least one or two Chinese.
hut underneath, and the ship was Mr. Chen expressed his agreement.
Having done this. Tang left, but fifted, throwing men off their feet.
~~~~Not British Ming saying that that was why he had not some distance away she met her stood up to support the objection.
husband. To him, she immediately The nearest British mined The following Was the Jury made the complaint that an Indian was 35
miles Messrs. A. Valero (Foreman). Chan had rapex her. Soon afterwards British mines are automatically, safe Kwok-on. F. P. Pereira, Ching Sik Singh came up, asked them not to go if they break away. wing. Poon Kel-yeung, A. A. Won to the Police, and offered money tu) und Wong Chol-leung.
Prosecution's Case
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Mr. Could said Tang was a fugee from Shumchun and at time of the alleged incident living with her husband and young song at Shek Wo Hul Village
they lad Sheungshui, where hawker's stall.
to pieces by the younger child.
away.
was
area
In any case,;
There was no loss of life becausej
the husband, when WBS refused the explosion occurred in daylight Tong again threw manure at him.
Subsequently, a report was made
to the Police and Singh was detained the the same night at Yaumati. When was he was formally charged he made a long statement to the effect that he had known the woman for some twe months, had been paying her money, and that she had given her consent.
The case is proceeding.
Singh was a constable and was then doing guned duty at Fanling Singh to- Lodge, Tang first met wards the end of September when he came to the stall and they had a ahort conversation. He came again the next day and suggested to Tang that as she was only hawking she should take up washing clothes for the Indians at Fanling Lodge. He
STOCK MARKET REPORT
Hongkong. Stock Exchange official offered to take her there at 3 pmn.summary issued yesterday says: the next day but she did not keep the A few enquiries are again shyly appointment because it was too inte for her.
After that, they had several con- versations and eventually the woman promised to go to Fanling Lodge to went look for him, but when she there Singh suggested she could come in the evening. Finally, she did go in the evening, but no, companied by her husband, and appeared, then that there washing to be done.
Made Second Trip
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On October 3, Singh went to the on that stall about mid-day but Occasion Tang refused to speak to him. Singh was then on leave and later in the day he returned to the stall and asked Tang why she was angry. Tang replied that he made her go to Fanling Lodge unnecessarily because there was no washing to be done. Singh sald there was and finally succeeded in persuading her to go to Fanling; Lodge that evening.
They left the atall together but after having gone a short distance, Singh took a bus and went on, leaving Tang to walic, Tang was accompanied by her two sons, the
elder of whom was seven years of age, and near Fanling Lodge she mel Singh who was carrying a hockey stick.
She was reluctant to go on because she was afraid of the stick; but Singh told her. he had no intention of aa- saulting her.and eventually she went as far as the Indian
Tarling Lodge.
quarters
at
On arriving there, Singh brought out some clothing but instead of hand-
appearing. but business continues dimcult and of small dimensions.
Buyers
H.K. Bank $1,320 Fire Ins: $175 Traunways $15.70
Chinn Lights (OLD) $7.60 Electrics $4974 Telephones (OLD) $20.60 Entertainments $5
Sellers
Wharves $101% Tramways $15.95 China Lights (OLD) $7.85
Sales Union Ins.: $390 Tramways $1534
China Lights (NEW) $4.70 Morning Closing Manila. Gold Shares)
Atoks I's. 20's
Anlamok Pa. 191⁄2 s Bagulo Gold Pa. 10
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Batong Buhay Ps. 0110 s
Wedge Ps. 23 s
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Coro Grove Ps. 18 Con. Mines P5. 0025 b Demonstration Ps. 181⁄2 IXL. Ps. 42 s Ipo Gold Pa. 10 b Ilogon Mining Ps. 25 s Manbulao Con. Ps. 04 b Masbate Con. Ps. 11 a Mind. Motherlode Pa. 07 2. Mine Operation Ps. 00% o North Camarines P's. 191⁄2 8 Paracale Gummaus Ps. 18 b San Mauricio Ps. 83
Surigao Con. Ps. 181⁄2 s Suyoc Con. Po. 14' Syndicate Inv. Pa. 018 b United Paracale P. 39%
and the sea was calm.
good
Lifeboals were lowered in time before the ship listed,
Several auxillary craft were in the vicinity and rescued most of the pos- sengers and crew.
The ship had cleared the Contra- band Control in five hours.
Japanese indignant
There is the greatest Indignation, In Japanese and other neutral ship- ping companies at the wanton mining by Germany of shipping channels with the obvious intention of inflict-j ing loss and intimidating merchant shipping, irrespective of neutrality or humanity.
Finlanders Return
Evacuated Towns Becoming Normal
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH' HELSINGFORS, Nov. 22 KUP). The Finnish Cabinet to- day issued permission for citi- zens, who in October voluntarily evacuated several towns and rural localities, to return home, and have offered them free transportation.
The order Includes school children. and all schools will be reopened shortly, even in east Finland.
Many schools have already reopen- ed partly or completely, and most universities are partly reopened.
Large numbers of evacuees have airendy returned, and the towns ore resuming a more normal aspect.
The cliizens who were subjected to compulsory evacuation have not been permitted to return yet.
C.C.C. LOAN RATE
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UP), The Commodity Credit Corporation has established a loan rate of 57. cente corn стор per bushel on the 1930 which to enlimated at 2,501,000,000 bushels.
Contraband
Control's Active Work
Huge Tonnage Of
Goods Detained
LONDON, Nov. 22 (British Wire- less). The total contraband of 14.000 tons intercepted by the British Con- traband Control during the weeks ended November 18 brings the total volume of goods detained during the first 11 weeks of the war to 441,000 tons.
During the same week, the Con- traband Committee considered 131 new cases of ships and 74 cases out- standing from the previous week. The combined tolni included ships of the following nationalities: 50 Dutch, 30 British, 20 Norwegian, 23 Italien, 10 Swedish, 13 Greck, 12 Donish, Beiglus, 8 United States and 5 Yugoslav,
One Cargo Wholly Seized
During this period, one cargo was wholly solzod and 114 cargoes were wholly released. In 20 cases, part cargoes were seized and the remain- ing items released.
The system under whleh advance coples of manifests of cargoes are re-
ceived and considered prior to ships'
arrival at ports in this country re- sulted, during the week under re- view, in 31 cases being so dealt with and in 20 of the ships concerned being released by the Committee, subject mostly to a formal checking of the original manifests on their - arrival at control bases.
On November 21, there were 80 neutral ships in the three contraband control bases in the United Kingdom,
than a week.
November 23, 1939,
By Walt Disney
WALE
Want Secret Session Of Parliament Opposition Will
Make Request
LONDON, Nov, 22 (British Wireless). Mr. C. R. Attlee, Opposition Leader, following the War Minister in the House of Commons to-day said:
"I think the time has come when I should give notice that in the new session we shall nak for a secret session of the House nt an early opportunity in order to discuss improving our organisa- tion and output of supplics, and that this House may make its proper contribution to that sub- ject.
there "There are criticisms and may be apprehensions. They ought to be dispersed, and this House has its responsibility which it cannot leave entirely to Ministers.
Liberals Support
"We want to be sure that we are doing our utinost for a more energetic prosecution of the war. We want to be sure everything possible is being done."
Sir Percy Harris, speaking for the Liberal Party, niso attached in- portance to the holding of a secrot session, not so much in order that Government might give Information, but that members might have the op- and portunity to speak their mind furnish information which they had heard in the course of their work.
$3,000 Worth Of Cheques, Lost
Cheques valued at $3,000, payable to the Tung On Refugee Association, were lost by Mr. K. P. Chan, of the Bank of Canton, while standing out- side the St. Francis Hotel last night.
One was drawn on the Hongkong
--50-of-which-had-been-there-for-less--end-Shanghai-Banking-Corporation,-
and the other on the Bank of China,
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Japanese Loot And
Fire Chinese Junk
LOA Liu-tsal has reported to the police that his junk was fired upon by a Japanese destroyer near Sam Mun, Chinese waters, about midnight on November 19.
Loa's cargo, which included jewellery and armaments, was confiscated.
Loa and his fokis were then ordered to leave the junk which was set on fire, Later he returned and tried to put. out the fire but failed,
Subsequently they were picked up and brought back to Hongkong...
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