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of eight years, Michael Pine, by causing him to fall into the Albany Nullah near the lower Peak Tram Station. The defendant himself also jumped into the Nullah, where he was later arrested. Michael Pine was washed down the Nullah through a tunnel into the Harbour, whence he was taken alive but succumbed later to his injuries. Four other children were washed down the Nullah at the same time and were subsequently rescued.
After the rejection of an appeal to the Full Court, the defendant has applied for leave to appeal to His Majesty's Privy Council.
In this case His Honour the Chief Justice highly commended the conduct of the following persons who were concerned in endeavouring to save the children who were washed down the nullah:- Mr. Bowles, Army Accountant, Hui Wing Hong, N.A.A.F.I. Canteen Attendant, Yeung Shui, Army Contractor's coolie, Sergeant Gaywood, R.A.O.C., and Privates Sellars, O'Kelly, Simmons, McCarthy and Lenton of the South Wales Borderers.
18. Frontier Incident.-On the 17th May a gang of armed robbers entered a grocer's shop at Sha Tau Kok Market with the intention of robbing the occupants. When warned of the approach of a Police Patrol by their scouts, they emerged from the shop and opened fire on the Patrol. Police returned the fire wounding two of the robbers, one of whom died later in hospital. No Police were injured. Nothing was stolen. For their courageous action in this encounter, Lance Sergeant B486 Abdul Majid Khan was awarded the 4th Class Police Medal and two other Indians of the patrol received commendations.
19. Attack on Sheung Shui Police Station.-At 10 p.m. on the night of the 30th November, a gang of armed men, ambushed in a field, opened fire on a Chinese Revenue Officer who was leaving the native Revenue Officers Quarters near Sheung Shui Police Station. He ran back, whereupon the gang, concealed by a brick shed at the corner of the village, opened fire with revolvers, automatic pistols and shot guns on the front part of the Police Station. Posts were manned and the Station prepared for attack, but the gang bolted after firing a few volleys. Later one of their number was found shot dead on a path about 1½ miles N.E. from Sheung Shui Police Station, and the circumstances surrounding his death suggested that he was accidentally shot by himself or by his comrades. Subsequent enquiries showed that a gang of about twenty men from Chinese territory had crossed the border between Lin Ma Hang and Ta Ku Ling with arms concealed in bundles of grass carried by women, and ambushed at Sheung Shui probably preparatory to carrying out an armed raid on Shek Wu Hui market. They had cut the telephone wires connecting the