DEFENDANT ALLEGES VICTIMISATION BY PROSECUTION
An allegation that he was being victimised by the prosecution to satisfy the authorities because of the failure of the Dockyard engine theft case was made in cross-examination by Robert George Ste- wart, 28, clerk employed in the Cashier's Office in the Royal Naval Dockyard when his trial resumed before Mr Justice Wicks at the Criminal Sessions. this morning.
Accused said that when he was arrested on June 30 in connection with that case a relief had already been flown from England for him, and his relief actually arrived in Hongkong in August last year.
Accused, who was treasurer of the Royal
Naval Dockyard Recreation Club from 1940 until July, 1940, faces four counts of larceny by clerk or servant, two counts of fatslication of accounts with intent to defraud and four alternative counts of simple Jarcony, Involving approximately $18.00,
Mr M. Heenan, Crown Counsel, #ssisted
by ASP R. H. Woodhear, Is prosecuting. Mr Percy Chen up- pears for accused under a rehema
of the Bar Association to assist in the defence of poor prisoners,
The Jury comprises five men and
two women.
Accused, who was cross-examined by Crown
funds he had taken from the club's accounts.
Mr Heenan then referred accused to his statement to the Police which stated that at Christmas, 1917, oc- cused owed $2,800. He made citoris to pay this amount by going to the races, but
as he continued to lose be
club's funds.
from the had to take more money
Mr Heenan: So it was as a result) of your going to the races that you tu rezort to the club's funds?
Accused: No. You agree
that you owed this money to the club7-Yes.
did not draw on his own bank in Accused sald the reason why he wn Counsel on Friday, was Londonderry for money which hu further questioned by Mr Heenan required, but used the club's funds, was that it took a longer time for the money from his unnk to arrive, while the club's funds were ready at hend. Both necounts, he said,
this morning.
It was correct to say, accused said in reply to n question, that Jaques in former secretary of the DRC), was in the habit of borrowing were at his disposal. money from him.
oc-
Accused agreed that Jaques evidence had denied he owed cused $100. He had, in fact, dented that a week after he (accused) ha been charged with the engine theft
cose,
It did not surprise him that Jaques had had a current account with the
Mr Heenan: You agree that the money in your bank belonged 10 you,
but the money you held as treasurer did not belong to you?
Accused: It did, I was a mem- ber of the dockyard Club and the money belonged to the mem- bers.
How much you say belonged
Hongkong Bank since April, 1946, you personally?- could not nor did it surprise him that the c-you. count had never been overdrawn, necused suich.
on
that
to
him
to me.
with
the
other person, the reported.
difference of $6,000, which he never: resolved. He denied the effect of the alteration was that he did not have to account to the puditors for the $0,000, sold accused, who added that he did not have to account for unything in his own private book.
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the authorities
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Mr Heenan: So it is your that the Commodore and ull the responsible officers in the Dockyard have trumped up this charge against you in order to save their face with the Admiralty?
Accused: Not the Commodore, but The other people under him. The trial is proceeding.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1949.
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U.S. Navy landing craft near an icy beach at Portage bay to land U.S. · Marines from Camp Pendleton, Calif., during Navy cold weather exercises at Kodiak, Alaska.
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Dead
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Story Of Daring NT
Remembered Hold-up Told In Court
Singapore, Feb. 20-Plaques dedicated to soldiers of the Gordon Highlanders and the
Argyll and Sunderland High- landers who were killed during the camp:Ign preceding the
fall of Malaya in 1042 were unveiled in the Probyterian Church here today by General Sir Nell Alfelle. Commander-. in-Chief of the Far East Land Forces.
110
Kilted Seaforth Highlanders mounted a Gwird of Honour for Sir Neil. There were ceremonies in Starapore jes terday to mark the anniversary of the fall of the eity-Reuter.
MOSCOW GOES TO
THE POLLS
Judges elected serve full time. The assessors are a part-time punel from which two members serve 10 days at a time with a judge.
The dramatic story of a hold-up in a crowded motor bus along the Clear Water Bay Road on December 5 last year was told by Crown Counsel before Mr Justice Williams (Paisne Judge) and a Jury at Criminal Sessions this morning, when Li Kwok-on, 24, appeared on trial on a charge of armed robbery.
Li was alleged, with another man not in custody, to have robbed Laung Hung-cheng, conductor of motor bus No. 5080, of a canvas bag containing $55, and approximately 1,000 un- uned bus tickets. He pleaded not guilly.
The Jury empanelled comprised three men and four women.
Mr A. Hooton (Crown Counsel), who appeared for the prosecution, assisted by Det. Sub-Inspector D. L Davies, said that about 5.15 pm, on
The
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Do you say $19,000 belonged to tell. If you Referring to the transfer of $6,120 you?-I could not from fixed deposit account to current and out how much Flowers took, account, accused said he never knew maybe more than $19,000 belonged when that happened. He had never
Is it your contention that you are received any statement from the bank being victimised by this prosecution regarding the transfer. He went to
order to satiaty in the Bank to find out if they sent any because of the failure of the engine
New York, Fob.. 19-Dmitri notification regarding the transfer,
Shostakovich, one of Russin's but was given
no information. It theft case? That's correct and
greatest living composers, will was his counsel
who subsequently
can prove it here and now. obtained the information,
Accused went on to say that he
December 5, the motor bus, a con- verted lorry, left Lung Kong Road visit the United States for the Accused denied he arranged for was arrested on June 30-and charger
with engine
of passengers the transfer or
on first time in March, Dr Harlow theft case. Normal- ensurely he should have been transferred at the transaction should be to another department in the Dock-
board, and went up Clear Water Bay Shapley, chairman of the Na- Reach On the way the conductor tional Council of Arts. Sciences concealed from the committee 10
Moscow, Feb. 20.-Against a collected the fares, and his of he took steps to ensure
that any yard at such time as the resi background of thousands of fakings amounted to $55.
total and Professions, announced to- letter from the Bank to the secre-
the case
ease had been known, but
day. tary should not reach Jaques,
this case a relief had been flown out giant portraits of Lenin and from England for him and that relief Stalin and miles of red banners to with the military rond, a pas- Ambassador,
When the bus reached the juna- Dr Shapley said that the Soviet Explaining an alteration of an
Mr Alexander atr.ved in Hongkong In August, and bunting, the people of senger Bank from entry deposit to the
who was sitting in Panyushkin, hind told him that the 1948. That meunt, he said, be bad
front behind $1,000 to $7,800 in his private recorden reported to the Admiralty for Moscow today went to the polls the
the driver Russian composer would be de- cultural April 26, 1948, accused said that he was on that day expecting the the engine theft case, whereas the to elect 227 judges and 17.000 took a pistol from behind his jacket, lighted to attend the NCASP cult
broke the window of the driver's bar steward to hand
Smith,
not assessors for people's courts in cabin and called upon him to stop, at and scientiae conference for
and 27. Omeial the city and 430 judges and the same time aring a shot in his peace here on March 25, 20 anc
Soviet permission for case 15,000 assessors for the Moscow directiocused at this time was at the ference Indicated
Shostakovich to attend the con-
that region.
rear of the bus, and he was ordered by
man to keep guard gained favour with the Central Com- the armed
of the Communist Party, milter there. When the bus was on tho
has chastised which
him several military road, the driver stopped times in recent years because his
and fled to raise the
works "smell strongly of the spirit
music of modern
of several other areas of the Soviet
In the raeantime, the armed man Union completed the legal elections turned around and covered the pas
Europe and
America, Shortlich. throughout the country which beam sengers with his gun, ordering the symphonies played around the
42, composer in December, and which are" "de"
The accused took away scribed here as the most democratie te conductor's bag and then fol-world, twice publicly apologised to the Congress of Soviet composers the world.
lowed his companion off the bus.
in his for "bourgeois formalism" They ended a Communist Party He haruted the bag to the armed man
works, and said he knew how to campaign in which 300,000 voting
the both made off up and they
gnake the proper corrections, in Moscow party members
alone military road. Paris, Feb 20, Police detained
Tilo
NCASP refused to Bay laken have
part in the past three 20 people for questioning months.
whether It had invited other mem- in fact never been paid when they dispersed 300 young men added, had
birs of The aim of the campaign was to
the "Big Three" of Soviet to the Bank.
Mr Heenan referred accused to his and women, members of a left-wing explain to the voters the significance statement to the Police in which, ingin main boulevards a
who have been criti- marched along for the courts as a powerful weapon a party of five young Portuguese | Khatchurian Prokoßeft and Arnin by the Party for reflecting in reference to the two Herns, chanting "Pence in Vietnam."
had
The Jate and to secure a 100 percent |tion. stated that on July 3, 1948, Wickham,
Portuguese-Messrs their music "influences of the de- The demonstration was held on vote.
Sebastian Carvalho, Ernest Antonio, cadent bourgeois West," the Cashier, had
stated
that he the eve of the arrival here from
Carmo, Itonald
Albert The NCASP also announced that would take over the club's books
Polling began at 0.00 am. today Edward
four other Russians would attend from accused
Accused had known the Riviera of Bao Dai, ex-Emperor and was continuing until midnight. Gurela Fredericking the conference here. They are AJ. there
shortage of about of Annam, Indo-China, who has About 40 percent of the judges and Hyndman-noticed the men
been having new talks recently assessors to be elected are women. and
asked what was the matter. Oparin, Acting Secretary of the $10,500.30 in the cash account, as
with Government officials un the Soviet this was money 'he had taken and W
the Biological Selencés Section of the newspapers. stressed that with some presence of mind, where In view of future of Indo-Chino,
the Soviet courts demonstrated tho
told them that there had Academy of Sciences of
of the Soviet. could not account for
pecused the ahortage he had to elter the French are fighting a protracted superiority of the Soviet fegal system armed robbery down the Union, which
purged all recently against the Vietminh over bourgeois courts where demo- road, and the Portugueso, assuming scientists who believed in the amounts in his bank balance book. campaign.
cratie Justice was unknown--Reuter He altered one figure
"bourgeois heresies" of the Mende- the men were detectives, allowed
laws of heredity: ព them to pass,
S. Gernsi-
A April 28, 1948,
upon moy, $7,800 and
Huwever, they soon
Soviet film producer; A. M. dis-Fadeev, Secretary General of the and P. A. cavered that the men who passed Secretariat of Writers: them were in fact the robbers them-Pavlenko, Russian novelist wha selves, They gave chase, although wrote the script for the Soviet film the accused and his
tion "Alexander. Nevsky. Untied Press. companion werd by then seme 130 yards away.
Fred, some of the Portu Being armed, guese opened fire on them,
and
FORGOT ALTERATION Accused agreed that there was no bank record of an entry of $4,100.03 shown in his private record ng having been paid-into the bank-on- May 16. The reason why the
money
was not paid into the bank that day"Peace In Vietnam"
intended, was because he did not get to the bank that day and he subsequently for- tot to make an alteration in
as he originally
private book. The
cou
was
money,
ไป
Parade In Paris
bis
ho about
organisation, who
shown from $1,800
13 to
autonomists-Neuler.
on
another
account of $4,100.03 which SIDE GLANCES
money he did not pay into account.
the
Asked why the explanation he had given in Court was different to that Riven to the Pollee, accused said it was the same explanation. He said He had already explained to Crown Counsel regarding the two FLOY earlier on
Regarding the handing over of the club's books to Wickham, aveused Raid it was a voluntary action on his part and that he was not required by anybody to do so.
Accused agreed that when ho handed the books to Wickham he his method of keeping the
Referred to five entries in the cash bock which showed they had been paid, accused said there was no need for him to draw Wickham's atten- tion to them, although in acfunt
4. fact they had not been paid.
He added that the financial year,
of the club closed on
He entered the Ave
May
21. 1048. entries in question with the intention of closing the books on that date. When he gave the cash, book 10 Wickham he had told him that he should only be concerned with en- as from June onwards, and not iries of accounts of the previous year. He denied the suggest on the reasoni he did not draw Wickham's allen- on to the five entries was to enn- conl that fact from him.
ATTENDED RACES Accused sold he started to attend race meetings about 1040 when he arrived in Hongkong and that he had been going there up to the present time. He sometimes betted $5 and sometimes $10, and denied that h object in going to the races was to try to win: money in order to repay
not
MET SHOOTING PARTY
Unfortunately for them, they met
came
By
Galbraith
the crowd round the bus, and
COPE, IPAD MY NEA SERVICE, ING. T A RÉG, EL B. PAY, OPP.
4-10
"No car, no dough, a big date, and it's snowing—you're akay if you're equal to this emergency. Dad!"
eventually managed to capture the Peace Delegates
accused. The other man escaped.
When he was taken back to the bun, the accused was Identified by The passengers as the man who hud taken the conductor's bag.
The
Not Here
Wu
of
The inofelal Chinese peace delòs.
Yu-hao Volice arrived soon after, and the gation led by Prof.
*** | which recently returned.from. Pei- was taken into custody.
Cahton.
Incorroborative evidence was given ping did not arrive from
by the conductor and other pro- secution witnesses.
The trial is proceeding.
Juryman Fined
A
this morning, as was anticipated,
A large crowd, composed of Chinese officials and Chinese and foreign pressmen, gathered at Kai Tak airport to await the visitors:
There is no indication whether The delegation will be coming by a Inter plane.
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Falling to answer his name when called to serve on a Jury in trial at the Criminal Sessions before Mr Justice Williams this morning, Paul Cheung, typist of Messrs
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0. Programma Summary: 0.01, Jardine Matheson and Co., later appeared and told his Lord-awing Time 6.30, Portugues ship that he had forgotten he was Hour (Studio); 7. World News and New Landon Relay): 7.15, -**The duled on hird. He was flued $30. than bly. (Studio): 130, Hospital Request
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It is expreted that an X-ray be carried out today.
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Stage Club Casting
The Hongkong Stage Club will hold a casting meeting_nt 8 o'clock tonight at the China Fleet Club in connection with their forthcoming production of Shakespeare's" Twellth NighThe play will be duced by Reinaldo Oblitas.
pro-
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