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Mr. Deacon-Were there any near this place where you say you saw the men? (To his Wor ship). Of course, your Worship, we were there; we are not in the least disputing that,
Witness-I saw one notice near them. Mr. Deacon-What does it say ? Witness-That no one is to pass without per- mision of the commanding officer.
Mr. Deacon-1 believe the road from the vill age is open!
Witness-Yes, but there are notice boards
there.
Mr. Deacon-How many?
Witness-There is one in the road lending from the end of the village, and--
Mr. Deacon-What does that say? Have you read it yourself?
Witness--Yes. It says that noone is to pass excepting those holding passes from the com- manding officer.
Mr. Deacon-That is at the foot of the hill? Witness-Yes, and there is another at the top of the hill near the cross.
Mr. Deacon What does that say? Witness War Department Property." Mr. Deacon-Anything else? Witness-Nothing else.
Mr. Deacon-Is there not a notice at the junction saying that people are not to go through, but to turn back, or something of that sort?
Witness-I cannot say.
Mr. Deacon-Just think, because the other witness told us there was.
Witness-I do not know. There are a good many notices and I have not read them all.
Private Khan, of the Hongkong Regiment, said -I was on duty at Kowloon near the sea at 11 am. on Sunday. I saw the three defendants on the top of a hill looking all about with an opera glass, and also looking towards Lyemoon. They looked at different places, and were in a prohibited area, about one hundred or two hundred paces from the fort.
Na questions were asked by Mr. Deacon. Walter William Blades-I am inaster gun- nor in the Royal Artillery. Outside Kowloon Dock battery there is board with a native to the effect that admission to the defences is only granted by permission of the General Officer Commanding and that any in- formation gained is to be considered confi- dential. There is another notice board at the junction of the thren roads just below the Kowloon. Institute. That notice says that tres- passers will be prosecuted. There is also another notice about twenty yards higher up in similar terms as the first one. There is no actual defence at the junction of the three roads. Kowloon East battery is nearly a hun- dred yards from that junction; this is the nearest battery, and is on the loft.
Mr. Deacon-How do you describe a field work!
Witness-A military defence.
Mr. Deacon-You know the hill side; would you call that a field work in your military technical language?
Witness-There is no work there at all. *
Mr. Deacon-That is what I wanted to know. I believe the road is entirely open with the exception of the notices.
Witness- Yes.
Mr. Deacon-Nothing to stop anybody? Witness-Nothing, only the notice board.
Mr. Deacon-The section of the act says No person shall enter any barrier, field work, or fortification." Do you say the billside was a felt work?
Witness-Yes.
Mr. Deacon-Why?
Witness-Because there is a bridge over a gully or zullah.
Mr. Deacon-But that is not of necessity a field work.
Witness-Yes, it is part of the defence. Mr. Deacon--It is a pathway P
Witness-Yes, it's a bridge.
Mr. Deacon-But if the bridge wasn't there
you would have to jump over the nullah. Why call that a field work ?
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Witness Because it is part of the fortifien- tions.
Mr. Deacon-(To his Worship)-Of course we were there, your Worship, and I am going to tell you why presently. (To Witness). You would call this a field work simply because the bridge is there F
Witness--The bridge is part of the fortifica-
tions.
Mr. Doscon-Would you call the junction of the roads a field work?
Witness-No, I would not,
Inspector Butlio-I am in charge of the Kowloon Polios District. About 12.20 p.m. ou the 16th inst, defendants were brought to the Yanunati Station and charged with trespassing on the field works at Hongham. I ordered them to be searched. On the second defendant was found a pair of field glasses; on the third defendant this pocket book containing two sketches. One sketch is marked “Lysmoon;* the other bears no name. I told them they would be charged with sketching and being in posses- sion of sketching materials.
This concluded the evidence, and Hon. Com- mander Hastings asked for a remand in order to prove what a field work is.
Mr. Deacon--I certainly oppose very strongly any remand. The polico have had ample time, I submit, to get everything together, and the ship wants to go away this afternoon.
Hon. Commander Hastings-I should like to say there has not been ample time, but I wrote to the General's A. D. C. only last night, and he arrived here at 10.30 this morning.
Mr. Deacon-I do not wish to take the slightest technical objection here.
His Worship-How long will it be necessary to remand the case for I will take it at two o'clock this afternoon if you like.
Mr. Deacon-1 do not know whether this evidence is simply to prove what a field work is! His Worship Is that so, Captain Hastings? Hon. Commander Hastings-Yes, to prove this is a field work.
Mr. Deacon-If that is all, I'll technically admit it at once.
Hon. Commander Hastings-All the docu»,, ments bere are in Russian, with the exception of one sketch, and we can make neither top nor tail of that. There are a lot of printed things and manuscript.
Mr. Deacon--Defendants say they are all private documents.
Hon. Commander Hastings-Oh, of course, all private documents !
Mr. Deacon---You can have them translated. Hon. Commander Hastings-That is our difficulty as there is no one to translate them,
Mr. Deacon-Mr. Michaelsen will translate them.
Mr. Michaelsen-No, I cannot.
Mr. Deucou--If your Worship wishes to have them trauslated there is somebody in Court who can translate them.
Hon. Commandor Hastings-Oh, I don't think its necessary.
Mr. Deacon-Bat we prefer you to have tho whole thing out.
Mr. Michaelson-There is uo objection at all. Hon. Commander Hastings-As Mr. Deacon admits the defendants were in the field work I don't ask for a remand..
His Worship-Yes, he admits. Have you any more evidence to call?
Hon. Commander Hastings-I would like to prove what this sketch is.
Mr. Deacon-I think I will admit any thing if you will give it to me.
His Worship-We want you to admit whet that is a sketch of.
Mr. Descon-I should like to see it if I might. The sketch was hunded to Mr. Deacon who said-That is Lyemoon.
His Worship-The forts? Mr. Deacon-Yes.
Hon. Commander Hastings-And tho eleva- tion; how did they get that?
This sketch was handed to the defendants who, through Mr. Michaelson, said the sketch
was the bearings taken by the sun.
Hon.