Guilty Plea To Forgery Charges
SENTENCE POSTPONED FOR
ONE
WEEK
Sentence was reserved until next Thursday by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Williams at the Criminal Sessions this morning when Wong Ting- lung, manager of the Tung Hing Hong Firm, 360 Queen's Road Central, reversed his plen of innocence and pleaded guilty to the four remaining counts of forgery and uttering forged cheques to the total of $5,500 preferred against him. On Friday last he pleaded guilty to one count of forgery and uttering a forged cheque for $3,000.
Mr Perey Chen, Instructed by J. M. | gambling was not disclosed to him d'Almada Remedios Company, ap--but he found himself in a position penred for accused.
Mr A, Lonsdale (Crown Counsel), nssisted by Del. Insp. A. F. Cochrane, prosecuted,
where he had to pay back money borrowed from money lenders and he succumbed to temptation which was offered to him in the somewhat lax manner
nner in which these chops and cheque books had been left loosely around. Mr Chen
said that reading the depositions he also found that the manager of the Arm- used to sign cheques in blank.
Outlining the facts of the case, Mr Lonsdale and accused was employed by the Yne Seng Itong Import and Export Firm, whose manager was To Chung. His employment commenced an a result of answering an advertise- ment in October, 1947. He was cm- ployed as a book-keeper and paid $300 a month.
The procedure for drawing money out from the bank, Mr pas Lansdale said, was for the manager to prepare a cheque and he then gave a memo to the book-keeper for the receipt of the money paid against the cheque. The memo was an authorisation for the amount to be entered In the cash book as money received by the firm, which hnd accounts with the Yien Ylely Commercial Bank, the Chatered Bank of India, Australia and China and the Bank of China.
CHOP FOR SIGNATURE The Arst of these accounts was operated solely by chop and not by signature, and the other two by eltopping the cheques and. In addi- tion they bore the signature of the The book- mannger, To Chung. keeper taccused), had no authority to prepare or present cheques,
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About the end of December last, accused inforined To Chung that he was leaving his employment, and in fact he left about the beginning of March. After he had left; the secretary of the firm was instructed to check the books and as
result of what he found and as a result of the fact that the Chartered Bank had returned a cheque drawn by the manager, because of insuficient funds, a report was made to the Police. A Police officer. To Chung and the Secretary then called on necused and asked him what knew of the defalentions, but
detained
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1948.
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This crime was committed as a temporary Inpse out of which the punishment
which
His Lordship would pass on accused might leach him a lesson, Mr Chen sald, but not mar his future to the extent that he would no longer be a
# useful member of the community, Mr Chen pleaded for a sentence to be MACKINTOSH TENANCY DISPUTE passed on accused which would be corrective rather than vindictive from the point of view of society.
Is Lordship said he noticed in the depositions that accused offered to make certain restitution and he would take this into consideration when passing sentence.
Carry
Boats
Too Many Passengers
The master of a Class IV boat was fined $50 or 10 days by Mr Cairns at the Marine Court this morning for carrying 20 excess passengers.
Witness Gives Tribunal An Explanation
An explanation as to why the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd., were reluctant to Gloucester restore him to his former premises in the Arcade was given by Louis Mercado, manager of before Mayo's Shoppe, during his cross-examination
Mr D. L. Strellett, sitting as a one-man Tenancy Tri- bunal, this morning.
:
of Mackintosh's Ltd., was over pre- sent at any of the conversations he had had with Meyer.
Councillors Bitterly Critical
Shanghai, June 24.-A group of Shanghai City Councillors submitted a proposal yesterday to the Secretariat of the Council, urging the Government to ask the new Finance Minister, Mr Wang Yun-wu, to resign, ac- cording to Chinese reports.
Leaders of the group
aro Mr Chlong Hou, « lawyer, and Mr Chang Chao-yuan, Chairman of the Shang- hai Furniture Guild, who charged Minister Wang with failure to take any effective steps to control the country's economic situation sinco be assumed office.
Mercado said Mr O. Eager, Land Investment's pre-war Secretary, had granted him a reduced rent follow- ing the falling off of trude in 1940 after the European
and children had been evacuated from the Colony.
He suggested it was for that reason that Mr B. C. Fieldcester Arcade? (the present Secretary) had refused to accept him as a tenant in the Gloucester Arcade.
On the third day of the sixth Plenary Session of the Shanghai City Council, bliter criticism was levelled yesterday women
against polico discipline by 12 Councillors In 80-minute barrage.
Sub-Inspector McCarthy reported, that defendant had been stopped in Enquiries revealed ăn | Wanchai Bay,
ho
was
Merendo was giving evidence in e action brought by Mackintosh's
Mr D.
Mr Wright: Do you agree that Mr Field showed an obvious re- luctance right from the beginning regarding your return to the Glou-
The Mercado: Yes, but can I give an explanation?
NO WRONG IMPRESSION Mr Strellett remarked he did not think an explanation necessary, and wrong impression regarding Mr Field's reluctance at
assured Merendo that there was no
of
verbal onslaught was nc-1
of companied by the recounting numerous actual happenings and was especially concentrated on the Economic Police which were called by the Councillors "Ignorant and harmful."
Reuter.
on
un-
be that the licence was in the Marine Ltd., of Shop 7B, Alexandra Build- denied all knowledge. He was then Office to be changed so that passen-ing, for the eviction of Mercado and requested to go to the Police Station gers could be carried by the boat. Mrs. D. Kovach (trading as Selon
RESIDENTS "GYPPED" where the account books of the firm as previously none had been allow-de Mode) from Shop 7C, Alexandra
and were shown discrepancies in ed. He was now permitted to carry Building.
The Councillors cited many in- The disputed premises were oc- respect of eight
Mercado, however, again requested stances of alleged a total of 32 persons, including five money sums of
"gypping" of cupied persons,
he be by Mackintosh's Ltd prior that
allowed to crew, but had on board 62 were pointed out to him.
make residents, shops and commercial his Coun- Accused then requested a private still making an excess of 20 persons. to the outbreak of the Pacific War, an explanation, and
that Defendant pleaded
wns but were taken be
over by the op- sel pointed out
his firms by policemen. One critic said that talk with To Chang and the two,
some of the Economic Police were together with the Secretary, then conveying fifty workmen to a ship, panents during the Japanese accuan-ellent ran a valuable business, and
former trame policemen and they The landlords are the Hong as members of the Press were pre- have now been called upon to con proceeded to an adjoining room in and they all wished to travel to- tion. the building. There accused ad-gether. Remarking that this made kong Land Investment and Agency sent in Court, any wrong impression trol the stock exchange and other mitted that he was responsible for no difference, and that he was not Co Ltd. A. L. Wright, instructed ly
would affect the opponent adverse markets with the experience gained these losses of money. He was then licensed to carry that number, Mr
by Mr J. T. Prior, is appearing for
In turning on and off traffic signals. Cairns imposed-tho-fine.
Mr Strellelt then agreed to hear and Mr B. A. For a similar offence, the mistress the applicants,
"What they have done is to arrest MISSING COUNTERFOILS
Class A
passenger sampan was Bernacchi, instructed by Mr Y. K. Mercado's explanation, Further investigation disclosed 15
Mercado remarked that the Court blackmarket operators in gold and
foreign currency fined
would recall the evacuation
usually counterfolls from cheque books to beed $30 or six days for carrying Ken, is for the opponents.
eight excess passengers. Defendant CROSS-EXAMINATION missing, the first of which was dated stated that she was passing the se Testifying. on behalf of the op-
European women and children from reliable intelligence, watching rice, November 11, 1947, the last dated to Mau Song in her boat, and there
the Colony in 1940. They were his cotton and stock exchange markets ponents last Tuesday, Mercado sald wards the end of February, 1948. were many passengers on the steamer
he was put into his present premises in source of income, and his busi- and getting a 30 per cent reward of what they confiscated," he charged. The other sampans to There were in fact seven cheques but no
pre-war convey by the Japanese who forcibly was affected.
Secretary
ary of Land Investment, drawn on the Yien Vich Bank total- then ashore. Sho therefore elected him from the
Mr Gloucester ling $11,500, six on the Chartered forced earry them. Mr Cairns Arcade in 1942. Mrs Kovach was allow him a
Fager, was kind enough, he said, to Bank for $16,543 and two on the pointed out that she should have his sub-tenant and paid him
reduction of rent, half Bank of China totalling $4,457,
haps more than in the
caso refused to go until the extra per- the rent. Following the re-occupa-other shops in the Arcade, but whe- Counsel pointed out.
tion of the Colony, he had had cer- ther or not he could not say. Further Investigation took the sons land left her boat.
Ho tain conversations with Mr J. G. Police to the three Banks where
thought that was the reason why Mr The master of a Class TV boat Meyer, of Mackintosh's, who had Field did not want to let him retum, cheques in respect of which counter-
could days for asked when he foils were missing were found and Was fined $15 or three
he had Informed "I Mr Eager was alive to-day, submitted to a handwriting expert falling to take out a licence. Sub-premises, and who came to the conclusion that the inspector McCarthy reported that Meyer he would vacate if the Land there is no question that I would get
been stopped afte
Investment were prepared to let my shop back," Mercado declared: chops on the cheques were genuine defendant had chops of the firm, but that the sigma-yemun Pass, and falled to produce him have his former shop back."He wanted to see all the shops in the Arende carrying on their business. ture on the cheques drawn on the icence on demand. Defendant He claimed that Meyer never made Chartered Bank
the
had stated that he had Dank
of
A novel photograplile service has accupied
to revert to clater this. I used to show him my would have
books and how much we made, and been inaugurated in Hongkong. In self-contained Mr McCarthy added, Mackintosh's.
future residents chops and days before. appeared that the cheque
books were left in places that on enquirlos, it was
When cross-examination resumed he would tell us how much he would found
charge us. Also, when the women houses can have their home photo- which were casily accessible to the that defendant and had plenty of this morning. Mercado said that he and children evacuated, there was a graphed from the air, which сап
Mr Lo
time to take out a licence. Lonsdale added,
knew, in September, 1945, that as
there large amount of accounts outstand-be sent to their friends overseas in "When I asked him how he came a result of the war years Pleading in multigation, Mr Chen
Nam Tau", continued Me- would be a big demand for goods ing. I have always pald Land In- the form of Christmas cards or as a accused was born in Hongkong from and received his education
here, Carthy, he said he came by tram." as sold by Mackintosh's. He also vestment my rent and never owed pictorial memento. entering later
CASE WITHDRAWN
anxious them anything. I don't know why knew Mackintosh's the Ki Kan University In Stunghai. He was married with
The case against a merchant of to resume their premises, not only Mr Field should treat me like this"
WITNESS'S HOPES four children, the youngest of whom Fukien and a shop foil of Swatow, in Shop 78, but also Shop 7C, but few months old. He was also charged with unlawful boarding of he thought they would be content
the sa Tiitjalengka on June 22, was with Shop 7B. the Japanese occupations of withdrawn, as the Company did
NO LICENCE
arrived
vacato
the
with
China was found to be a forgery, from Chinese territory only a few mention that the premises he He was very kind to us, and I appre-
It
stoft.
Bald
was a
But widowed mother,
the Colony, accused went to Canton not wish to prosccute. They said but returned shortly after liberation, defendants had possibly boarded the Mr Chen continued. In
1030
he wrong ship. Shaoghal Trust
was employed by the
.Co.,
where he worked for three
fret
Ltd. years and on his leaving the firm was SMALL FIRE IN given satisfactory testimonini.
the war in
1946, accused was
employed at the Wah Cheong Hong PRINTING ROOM
In Hongkong. There he also gave
satisfactory service, as was shown by-
A small fire occurred at
the
were
sabel
Novel Photographic Service
of
This new venture in photography is being made by Far East Air- photos, and represents part of the1 activities of the Far East Flying Training School at Kai Tak.
Continuing, Atercade
that To a question by Mr Strellett, though, he was aware that Mr Field The aerial photographs are taken Merendo said he had reason to know was reluctant to give him back his with a special camera from Training that Mackintosh's wanted their pre- former premises, he had hopes that School planes, and their particula: mises back,
but explained he he would change his mind.
attraction Is that a house and the he was permitted to stay on thought he
Mercado agreed that he was pay-cardens within which it stands are because
$450 rent Mr Field had made some Ing Mackintosh's
per completely picturised. arrangements with Mackintosh's. He month right from the Inception of
Residents living in "photogenie" know, in 1946, that there was his tenancy, but he had not known, houses, such as those on the Peak also
Proclamation in force protecting at any time, whether Mackintosh's
other parts the
tenants, but whether he himself was were charging him more than they weil as in the New Territories, should protected or not, he did not know. were to do.
Mr Wright: He did not consult with his solicitor,
I put it to you that and particular interest in this new Mr P. L., Lam, for advice regarding as far as you were concerned you for individua! houses to be photo- photographic service. ⚫ Application employed in the as a result of which Au Kam, fitter, I his position under the Proclamation. know perfectly well that Mackin- graphed may be made
COULD NOT EVICT
the testimonial lasued to him. Ac- Morning Post Building yesterday, euzed was also
Hongkong and Kowloon Provisions, was admitted to the Queen Mary Wine and Spirit Dealers Association Hospital suffering from burns. and a shipping company, and their The outbreak, the cause of which you remained in 7C against the will references also stated that he dia
at present unknown, occurred charged his duties in a proper and during the cleaning of one of the satisfactory manner.
printing presses, and was quickly subdued by the Company's fire
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loshi's never intended to give you any Mr Wright: I put it to you that fresh tenancy at any time from July, 1940, when notice to quit was given, of Mackintosh's because, under the up to the date of these proceedings? Mercado: I knew that after read- w as it stood up to May, 1947,
and Grist's Mackintosh's were unable to force Ing. Messrs Wilkinson
letter of August 20, 1940. you to give up possession?
'put it to
to you thot Mercado: I knew when they sent
It is quite un- ILK.T. me a bill for rent and I paid It that true that you did not know the con- Old Rocking Chai
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on Two Pianos; When both Mr Meyer and Mr tenaney from Mr Field was that you 0.45.
A Concert by Young Fleld made references in their cor- would have to vacate when Mackin- (Studio): 7, "ITMA" with Tommy Hand- respondence to you to some under fosh's returned?-It is not untrue. I ley (uner); 7.30, La Demi-sleure Fran- by the South China Morning
caise (Studio); B. World and Home News standing or condition as to the bnals did not know.
London Relay): 0.18, British Concert Post and Hong Kong Telegraph' of your tenancy, did it not striko Re-examined by Mr Bernacchi, Hall Lenden Symphony Orchestra people's private affairs but also in population for the last month topped some
Shanghal, June 24-Shanghal's you that they were Inbouring under Mercado said there was no condition (ECTS): 15, Relay of Us Text Match Staff Photographors are on view
London Relay): 9,30, A Play "Death extraordinary misapprehen- from Mr. Field that he would have to Casts a Shadow specially written for other respects," Mr Chen said,
the 5,000,000-mark according to slont-Yes, because I thought they vacato when Mackintosh's returned. Broadcasting and Presented by Nigel There was no doubt that accused
census statistics issued by the Civil had the wrong idea,
Between August, 1940, and July, Lynton, Hong Kong Stage Club; 10, suffered a serious lapso in morality. Affairs Bureau of the City Govern- In answer to further questions, 1947, he had indications of wint World and Home News (Landon Relay) his Counsel pleaded, and that he
Mercado said that in October, 1945, Mnelcinfosit's intentions towards him Everyday Life, A Talk about Printing 10.15. Weather Report; 10.16, Ecience and found himself in a position where
"Of this figuro. 2,818,000 ure. moles, he had no idea whether Mackin were. From one of their letters, ho 'A. Poster" by D: G. L, Niddell (BBCTS); he had to borrow money from money and 2,272,000 females.
tosh's had the tenancy to Shops 78 gathered that he was boing offered 1030 Dance to Erie Winstone and H lenders whether, he borrowed for
"Births were three times the num-
Hand" (DBCTB): 11. Radio News Neel and 72. He could not remember Ifa riew tenancy. hla livelihood, speculation or ber of deaths-Reuter.
(London Relayl: 11,15, Weather Report. Mr R. R. Davies, anothop member The case is proceeding.
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throughout society, not only in
ment.
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