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Detective L. S. 113 Kwong Lun was commended by the Capt. Supt. of Police for the smart arrest on 30.5.24 of one of the two robbers who had attacked with a dagger an old man in the Sha Tin Gap Road on 29.5.24. The prisoner was sentenced to 7 years hard labour at the June Criminal Sessions 1924.
I. P. C. B. 40 Sirdar Ali was commended by the Capt. Supt. of Police for his prompt action in rescuing and applying artificial respiration to a Chinese boy who had fallen stunned into a pool. His prompt action saved the boy's life.
Detectives P. C. 634 Tse Yuk and C 609 Yeung Ching were commended by the Capt. Supt. of Police and granted a reward of $10 each for good work in connection with the breaking up of a gang of Triads in the Taipo District. 15 persons were arrested of whom 9 were convicted and the other & discharged.
Detective Sub-Insp. Reynolds was commended by the Capt. Supt. of Police for diligent and efficient way in which he conducted the case Rex v Wickersham. Defendant was at the Police Court on 2.9.24. sentenced to 4 months imprisonment.
Detective L. S. C. 166 Kwan Hing Nam was commended by the Capt. Supt. of Police and granted a reward of $20 for smart work in connection with the arrest of 6 men who had committed several larcenies in Wanchai District. All six were convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
Detective P. S. C. 84 Ho Hung and P. C. C. 257 Chau Fuk were commended by the Capt. Supt. of Police for good work done in arresting one Li Yau for participation in an Armed Robbery at British Sha Tau Kok on 14.7.24. At the August Criminal Sessions 1924, the prisoner was convicted and sentenced to 10 years hard labour and 12 strokes with the "Cat”.
I. P. C. B. 5 Jaggat Singh was commended by the Capt. Supt. of Police and granted a reward of $10 for smartness on duty in arresting 2 men for robbing a European while intoxicated at Lee Yuen Street West on 25.8.24. The prisoners were convicted by the Police Magistrate and sentenced to 6 weeks hard labour each.
I. P. C. B. 68 Milkha Singh was commended by the Capt. Supt. of Police for jumping into the Harbour and saving the life of a drunken Chinese male on 31.8.24 who had accidentally fallen into the water and could not swim.
L. S. A. 1 G. W. Moreton was commended by the Capt. Supt. of Police for good work in exposing extensive frauds on the part of Chinese Distilleries in Sai Kung District who were systematically conspiring with wine dealers in Hongkong to employ used duty labels on bottles and jars of wine supplied wholesale from the Distilleries.
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