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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1919

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

TORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

THE RESTAURANT ROBBERY.

matter, which is to back it up or for the most part with sport, Bridge, handicap, with such an administra

ping with intent to sell; and (3) oppose it by letters to the China Mailand dancing. Perhaps in the long tion as we now tolerate at Home.

harbouring an unmarried girl: Mr.J′′ It appears that some of them are ran they get just as much out of it it is only precedent, holy, holy pre-

Alabaster stated that the child afraid to do so for fear their names as they would discussing "ologies and cedent, that probably prevented them

In question was one who had leak out They need have no such 'osophies. Still, there are probably from sending out some political

been bought from parents by fear where correspondence to the enough people in Hongkong fond of lawyer. Sir L. Guillemard has spent

complainant three years ago. The The case in which a Chinese named child would state that her mistress China Mail is concerned. Not even exchanging ideas and acquiring new the whole of his career in the Home our compositors and printers, or any ones to form a strong society if they civil serice, entering the Treasury in Leong So was charged at the instance was very kind to her. On August of our subordinate staff, are allowed could be brought together. Anything 1888 and subsequently serving as of the Attorney General with robbery, 17 the child went to the Western to know the source of letters printed the China Mail can do to help it will private secretary to Sir William together with several others, not in Market and was accosted by prisoner, by us. We mention this because our do freely. Meanwhile, it is natural Harcourt and to Sir Michael Hicks custody, and stabbing two of the who offered to take her to Yaumati old friend tells us that is the fear that that we should point out, as we did Beach till 1902, when be became shep's fokis with intent to disable on for a trip and bring her back. The prevents a lot of men making use of to our friend, that the correspondence Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sept. 6, was concluded before the child refused to go and was dragged the People's Paper" the paper columns of the China Mail are as fine Inland Revenue and in 1908 Chair Chlef Justice (Sir William Rees Davies, off by force. She was taken to that gets things done."

a forum as anyone could wish.man of the Amalgamated Board of K.C.) yesterday afternoon.

Yaumati, and prisoner arranged with After evidence had been taken from a woman to sell her for $90. The They are accessible every day, to all Customs and Excise. He may, of comers, on all subjects. What more course, make quite a good governor, several witnesses including the two woman bought the child, and two is wanted? We pointed out to him We have nothing against him what victims, the jury, which was composed days later was arrested. that he himself was confessedly ever. If he sets his face against the of Messrs. E. L. Sim, J. B. Chapman. After hearing the evidence, the interested in several subjects aired filibusterers who are still intriguing. Young, Y. Abbas, E. Ezra, Ajury returned a verdict of "Guilty."

His Honour sentenced the prisoner lately in the China Mail, and that he

A. Alves and Wong Fing Chuen, re-

unanimous verdict of to two years' hard labour on each had neglected to exercise his right to

turned a guilty,"

count, the sentences to run concur- press his opinions. Oh," he said, that's different." We cannot see

Addressing the prisoner, his Lord-rently. difference that isn't

ship said:

STEAMERS.

་

Any steamer.

any

UNLICENSED steamer of any, as

mark you, can all out of Hongkong so long as she is without a passenger Ecence, and she will not be inspected. The Board of Trade surveyor will have nothing to do with her. Is this fair to the crews? Is it not a disgrace to a British port? It is an en- couragement to mean and cheap owners to gamble with human life, and is quite opposed to the spirit of maritime legislation at Home. Hong- (kong really must get into line in this matter. Let's have some more letters (in confidence) about actual ex- amples, and we will soon get things changed. If the truth be hid, there is no incentive to put matters right,

any.

advantage,

THAT HAIHONG CLERKSHIP.

By:

We have iecely.

ed an indignant

to rob the Malay sultans of what little independence they have left. we'll applaud blm.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

letter from a15/164. lady typist ask-

Consignees are reminded that no claims against the 5.5. City of Florence for damaged goods which have left the gedowns, or remaining undelivered will be admitted after

Oct. 22.

HIGHWAY ROKSERY.

This morning Mr. Justice Met bourne and a jury composed of Messrs. E. Ezra (foreman), W. C. Jackson, D. G. Gow, E. Danenberg, L Kay, J. B. Chapman and R. Nazarine, heard a case in which a Chines named Leong Kwan is charged with highway robbery with violence by two or more persona on Aug. 22; with assaulting one Ho Wing; and with theft of $23.35 the property of the said Ho Wing.

The Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster

Prosecuted and the accused undefended.

was

You have been found guilty on perfectly clear evidence. I look upon it as a very bad robbery indeed. You go to a house armed with Today's dollar is worth 4/5 [revolvers and knives, and it is

matter of indifference to you if you have to secure spoil by bringing ing us to expose a cruel boax, In The British Parliament as about the death of other people. connection with an advertisement sembles to-morrow.

These robberies with violence, I am appearing in a contemporary for a

sorry to say, are very frequent in the shorthand-typist. Had her suspicions

The Naval Quadrille Club opens Colony at the present moment. The been just, we would have done out its dance season to-night.

object of the Court is to put them best to get at the bottom of it, and

down as far as possible. Many of

Chinese appear We notice that a journa-expose it, because such jokes at the

you

to be in CANT. list exists who doesn't expense of people earning a living

different to ordinary imprisonment. agree with our views of are intolerable. Having carefully

What you do not Eke is to be

Outlining the case for the prosecu. Ltd the Russian business. That doesn't we conclude that the offer, such as it

whipped and to endure some of the shock us, recessarily, for he is just conclude that the offer, such as it

corporal punishment that you inflict tion, Counsel said that the accused is. is genuine. Its quite natural that

upon other people. The laws of the was one of four highway robbers- as likely to be as right as we are: other things being equal. They are this end, and the arrangements seem .applicants should be interviewed at

Colony have been amended recently three of whom made their escape- rot equal, however. Whereas we to have been well thought out:

to enable the Court to order corporal who made an assault on a man a money chang-7, have risked the penalties of unpopu-

Punishment to be inflicted on men of employed by larity by saying in simple worde

your stamp. I regard this as a very threw pepper on the man and then what we honestly think, and what

Haiphong, says a typed

bad case, because you not only went after stealing all the money he had we know to be contrary to focal

HAIPHONG, enclosure, is the ship

to the place for the purpose of rob on his person ($23.35) ran away. strongly popular prejudice, we

ping port for Hano:

bing, but you used both firearms and The complainant chased the defen- suspect our unknown brother of cant. and other commercial centres of the

knives. The sentence of the Court dant who ran into the arms of a For the Russian people, he says, he French possession of Tonkin. It is

is that you be imprisoned and kept lukong and was arrested. Ho Wing has a real sympathy. We are open atout 3 days' steamship journey from The Hongkong Tramway Com-to hard labour for seven years and said he was walking along Des Voeux to bet a bottle of beer and a sand-Hongkong and 3 hours by railway pany's traffic receipts for the week that you receive fourteen strokes of Road, West, with the money ($23.35)

а up in

handkerchief. wich that he hasn't lost a wink of from Hanoi (a very fine city). were $12,646, or $1,929 less than in the

Four men

accosted him and sleep over their troubles, or suffered Population of Haiphong is about 1918. The aggregate receipts for 42

while one snatched any less of appetite over the awful 1000 Europeans, chiefly French and weeks were $617,452, or $36.537

the bundle mess they are in "There exist say about dozen Portugese, 5000 more than in the corresponding certain people," he says, "who think Chinese chiefly Cantonese, and 12000 period of last year. that Russia would be left well alone, Anamites. Haiphong has wide, well who style as 'reactionary' those laid

streets and

Last good

week's Generals whom the Allies have buildings, opera house,

con disease was comparatively little, chosen to oppose the Bolshevik cert hall, Chinese

theatre, 3 one case of plague, one of puerperal forces, but, for Cur own part. Chinese restaurants, and several fever, and four of gastro-enteritis. we fail to see how the world kinemas. Country round about being all. In the subsequent 48 hours could stand idly by and consists of rice field, but there are there were one case of enteric and allow these dangerous extremists to excellent roads and one or two sea one of gastro-enteritis. have uncontrolled action." There side resorts near. Climate is similar

PATTERN BOOKS.

BIRTH.

October 15, at SZÉKIEL-Oa

Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. H. Ezekiel, nun.

MARRIAGE.

d.

JARDINE-WEIGHT-On Sept. 9, nt Gowanles, Holywood, Dumfries, Scotland, Sarah Wright to Dr. W. C. Jardine, of Shanghai.

orders are being given, that our naval and military heads are doing pretty much what they like, and that the Premier is afraid to confess this loss of control to the people. As for Winston Churchill, he is quite un controllable, and the country should soon awaken to the need to boot him out of politics permanently.

out,

The Acling President, of the M.CL., wishes us to state that the Naval and Dockyard Stall was entirely managed by Mrs. Jenkins, wife of Engineer Commander jenkins, H.M.S. "Tamar," and not by Mrs. Gurner.

communicable

Cat."

A PRISONER DISCHARGED.

Wang Hing, a Chinese detective, who was committed for trial for being an accessory after the fact in connection with the murder of a Chinese at Aberdeen, was discharged, as the Attorney-General entered a

"nolle prosequi."

THE BARRACKS. MURDER.

The indictment against Bahadar Singh, an Indian trooper of the Hongkong-Singapore Battalion R.G.A. for murdering a comrade in the same next Sessions.

are only five words in that passage to Hongkong. Butter comes from The death occurred this morn-regiment has en postponed to the

were

that we dislike, but they are vital words. We exist, but we are not certain" people. Anybody less cocksure than we are would be hard to find. When we try to prove that two and two make four, we are as emphatic as we can be, but we are never really certain that it does. not Then those Generals

'chosen." by the, Allies. They just happened along, and happened to fit in, but very badly, with the Allies' plars. Denikin and the Allies do not see eye to eye with each other Now let our detract now, the Allies guaranteeing the in- NOT

tors carry on and dependence of certain new states BOLSHEVISM. ..

the which Denikin is determined to re- strength of the store to "united Russia." foregoing, that we are pro-Bolshevik. They have a reason for saying such Our success hurts them. All the same, we don't argue as we have done against the Russian adventure because we desire to see Bolshevism winning. We don't. What is more, we believe, and have several times said, that if let alone it would die of inanition. In any case the blockade of Bolshevis: Russia, in which the neutrals and Germany are asked to join, should be sufficient without expensive naval attacks.

say, on

The China Mail. things, poor devils.

FRUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE."

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 1919,

ADVERSARIA.

PREMIER..

PASSENGER SHIPS AND

JUST

A PARROT.

The next word is "idly." The world wouldn't "stand idly by" if it minded its own business and let the Russians simmer down. It has enough to co without that, surely. The next words come together.

Hongkong and milk is chiefly tinned ing at. No. 22 Shelley Street, of Mrs. mi Other fresh provisions are at Maria Josepha Ozorio de Jesus least 40% cheaper than in Hongkong Baptista, wife of Mr. Antonio Mar- and rents are more than 50% less ciano Baptista of Shårpe and Co. than Hongkong.

The funeral will take place this afternoon at 4.30 at the Roman Catholic Cemetery. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved husband and relatives,,

STATE SALARY

REQUIRED."

BANISHEE SENTENCED.

Wong Cheng Fook the returned banishee who yesterday claimed to be a British subject was again before the Chief Justice (Sir William Rees Davies, K.C) this morning.

tied

from his hand the others assaulted him and threw pepper in his face. They then ran away. Witness chased the prisoner, who was one of the four men, into Chung Ching Street where a lukong arrested him. Witness was sure of the prisoner's identity as be kept him within sight right through the chase.

Mr. O. F. Lubathi, Government Analyst said he examined the complainant's coat, and found it had a lot of pepper on the front." He also examined the pockets of the accused's "coat and found traces of pepper in one of them. A piece of paper (produced) smelt strongly of pepper. In one of the two envelopes (produced) he also found pepper. whilst examination of the other" which contained some finger rail cuttings proved to be negative.

After the lukong bad" "given evid- ence of arrest, Insp. Macdonald said

That is the document

The Secretary for Chinese Affairs which seems to have

reports that while it is true that the aroused our corres

accused was born in Hongkong, his pondent's suspicions, On account of the scarcity of parents were not British subjects at but we see nothing in subsidiary coins the Japanese the time of his birth and there both the complainants were pant- it beyond an attempt to answer in Treasury department is coining fore it did not matter 1: being when they were taken to No. advance questions an applicant might silver, nickel and copper coins was born in Hongkong or not. 7 Police Station. Both appeared to ask, and, of course, to paint the place amounting to 120 million yen, in He, could always return to his to have been running a lot. The in its brightest colours. The thing stead of issuing new small notes of parents' home, which after all, front of the complainant was cover- we don't like is the usual question of 10, 20 and 30 sen which are to be is also his home. His Lordshiped with pepper and some of it was what is the lowest salary you will withdrawn next year. It is said that passed sentence of two years' hard clinging to his face below the eyes- take," thus making applicants under-20 million yen of small coins will be labour. bid. This mean method is, however, issued shortly.

so common that it seems useless to

quarrel with it. and in this case it n mitigated by a very friendly sugges tion. "If you ask for about ten per cent. more than your present salary the reduced cost of living in Hai phong would make the change a beneficial one, once you get settled down." That seems decent enough.

British subjects travel. PASSPORTS. ling from Shanghai to Hongkong, if they need not

DEATH INQUIRY,

PRISONER'S FALL AT ROLL CALL.

་

MANSLAUGHTER.

A Chinese named Lye Ho was then charged with the manslaughter of a compatriot.

The accused pleaded not guilty." The following were empanelled on the jury-Messrs. E. L. Sim, D. B. de Carvalho. W. Anderson, 3. M. Castro, C. Wallace, C. H. Osmund and J. S. da Costa.

The

Witness scraped the pepper from the

·complainant's face and put it in am envelope. He also cut the defend- ant's finger nails and put them in another envelope. He sent th se together with both the complainant's and the accused's coat to the Analyst.

After his Lordship had summed up shortly, the jury returned - a Un- animous verdict of "guilty" and the prisoner was sentenced to two years' hard labour.

THE KOWLOON DAIRY FARM ROBBERY.

Home, his plea for a jet-up of is, moreover, a biot on our escutcheon German or a Borneo head-hunter. official, at Tsingtao in answer to king roll call of the prisoners, there jury found the accused guilty of accused were 2 of a gang of about

As for the word "extremist", it gives

'Dangerous extre mists." The man's a parrot. He pro- bably wouldn't agree with us that the Bolshies would be dangerous only to

At the Magistracy yesterday after- Mr. Pollock said this was a trivial themselves (and to their Russian

nocn, Mr. R. E. Lindsell as Coroner case of manslaughter. The facts of brethren, of course) if they were left

death of a prisoner Fong Chee aged prisoner conducted an inquiry touching the the case were as follows: No one more than

and the deceased OUR AD the silver tongued

to settle their own affairs and come

65, at the Government Civil Hospital. lived

the in

same house The same jury then heard a case CAPTANDUM and double-tongued

back to their senses. We can't help have valid passports, Isn't it amazing that that. We believe it is so, and we trouble now to get them chopped at following:-Messrs. H. dos Campos, of terms until one day when they and Sun Yeun Hing-were charged The Jury was composed of the in Quarry Bay and were on the best in which two Chinese-Yeong Fien Lloyd George knows better how with

a letter so important don't believe he knows anything the British Consulate. That's another E. H. Scott, and P. A. Yanovich. mere words and images adroitly

had a little difference. The deceased with (1) armed robbery in the Kow- as that we had on about it. We suspect the only dollar saved, to say nothing of

Chief Warder A. G. Passmore, said who was the principal tenant of the loon City on Aug. 24; (2) assaulting used to guide the ruddy herring LIFE SAVING Saturday from aRussian he ever knew was a Russia-the bother" and the irritation.

ALLIANCES. well-known skipper leather bag, anyway. As for us, we in a century or two they may into jail on the 17th inst on a quit.

the deceased prisoner was admitted house gave the accused notice to and hurting one Miss Rose Ahwee, across the scent of the true trail.

This led to words and and (3) theft of money and jewellery, Had his coalition of party conspira-

an old friend of ours have known many, and bar a few put their passports in the fire.

that be joyful? In this sentence of six months" bard labour eventually they came to blows in the the property of the said Miss Rose tors been anything like the willing in whom we have full confidence exceptions, we don't like them. They Won't

course of which the deceased fell Ahwee. cart-horse on the bearing-rein posters should have attracted so little overt resemble human beings in some re connection we desire to call attention for an indecent assault on a girl.

to a statement made by a Japanese a.m. on the 19th, while he was ta

Warder Speed said, that at 10.15 from a wall eight feet high.

Mr. Alabaster said that he would displayed on the hillier roads at attention? The matter is vital. It spects, but hang it all! so does a

After evidence had been taken the produce evidence to say that the criticism might have been more apt. as a British port. Our old friend

complaints by British passengers of But it isn't. It is more like understands that the Ordinance used us a severe pain, and we always feel annoyance at that port. He says was suddenly a commotion, and the manslaughter but with no intention 10 armed robbers who entered the

the passport

deceased prisoner was seen to fall. to kill.

Kowloon Dairy Farm on the night of the tetchy army mule. Mr. George's to be all right, and in keeping with like pulling a cloth over the parrot's

not a permit He immediately informed the prin His Lordship said that there was Aug. 24 and after terrorising and plea that his load is heavy, and that Home practice, until a former Gov cage when we hear it. All it means authorizing a person to travel but instead of criticism he needs inspira-ernor, Sir Hercules Robinson, he is that somebody is extremely sincere mere paper showing who is the cipal warder on duty, and later the not the slightest doubt that the accus assaulting the immatea stole money tion from his fellow men and from thinks, knocked out the advisable and extremely in earnest about some traveller and for what purpose he is deceased was conveyed in an ambuled did not mean to kill the deceased. and jewellery, Counsel said that Above" was more likely to fetch rules without, consulting anybody. thing. Christ was the supreme type travelling." We don't say that's ance to the hospital.

The result of the struggle was most Miss. Rose Ahwee would tell the court jeering laughter than applause from Let us take a couple of concrete of extremist. If you are doing right, wrong, because that's the way most en daty at 10.15 a.m. when he was that the accused had been in custody in question when she heard her dog Warder Robertson said that he was unfortunate. In view of the fact that she was downstairs on the night the "bard-headed" workers of Shef cases, and give trames. The Kong to be extreme is a moral duty. If officials seemed to regard it in war field. Reuter cables applause, so Ning, the new motor ship, is register you are doing wrong, well, you might time, and even since. If he is right, informed by the last witness that for over two months pending the bark. Going to the back door. she we've got to take what we get, and ed for 950 passengers and 75 of as well be extremely wrong as wrong however, the thing's a humbug, o He saw the deceased being removed suffered mentally, he would sentence of them were masks whilst the others the deceased prisoner had fainted, trial, in which time he must have saw a number of men outside. Some conclude that the hard heads have a crew, and has thres life at all. And if you happen to be ex- the face of it. In the text of it

had their faces painted. One man scftened since we knew them. We belts

him to one days' imprisonment. Back in tremely foolish, like the talking the King, by his Minister, asics for to hospital in an unconscious state. have no party politics on the China 1916 the Kochow had no passenger parrot, we suppose you cannot help the facilitation, not the hindrance, he received a telephone message, and become a free man when the court the house and after handling her Captain Macaulay R.A.M.C. said This meant that the prisoner would had a revolver. They rushed into Mail, but for the sake of the country licence. She carried passengers and it, so that's that.

of the holder, and the unsophisticated and immediately went to Victoria Jail, rose. we want a change in the ruling a crew of 65, and hadn't a lifebelt

rather roughly, ransacked" the subject who buys it imagines. he is where he saw deceased to be very

house and then escaped. This class. An out-and out Tory admini-aboard, though she flew the British

Our little note lest Betting something for his money. As He advised his immediate re BEFORE THE PUISNE JUDGE. Was at 8 o'clock. Two stration or a purely Labour admini- flag. The authorities reckoned they

for the Japanese, their "red-tape" in HONGKONG,, night about the

hours fatter, at 10 o'clock, she saw stration, we don't much care which, had nothing to do with her, because

CULTURE.

such circumstances is beyond all moval to hospital. Shanghai Quest So.)

the first defendant in the road with would be a useful relief from these she had no licence. She has one now,

reason, and quite inexcusable. It is ciety brought us a

her sister and had him arrested, The five Chinese, Man Woo,-Tsung Miss Ahwee's sister identified the

gers who are messing things up so

now,

SHOW

aboard

ber.

interests.

is

..

Captain Archer R.A.M.C. Medical

.

officer of Victoria Jall, said he ex.

THE APLICHAU ROBBERY.

middle-class, mediocre, carpet-bag- and is better fitted. Canton registra visit from a Hongkong resident, who also, though it seems impossible to amined the deceased on the day he wai, Tsang Taz Pui, So Put and Sui second defendant as one of the gang

gers) to or from Hongkong should cribing Shanghai as "frivolous tion of a ship trading (with passen opined that our suggestion in des make them see it, against their own

was admitted. He found him in

San, who are charged with armed and he was arrested also. Counsel not absolve her from British require was worse than the famous case of

good condition.

Dr. To Ying Kwan, acting robbery and shooting with intent to said that the defendants claimed that If the British menta in these matters. In this case Pot v. Kettle. Hongkong, he says,

The Singapore papers Superintendent of the Government kill, were yesterday convicted by a WINSTON'S SIDE Government de of river steamers, of course, it is the is and has beer for years the more MALAYA's express surprise at the Civil Hospital, said the deceased was unanimous verdict of "zulity" and they were somewhere else at the time of the robbery and would cided last January Government which seems to be at frivolous of the two. He ran over NEW appointment of Sir admitted into hospital at 1.15 p.m. sentenced to seven years hard labour produce witnesses to prove this? He to withdraw from fault for not insisting on life belts, several other intellectual activities

cat GOVERNOR, Laurence Guillemard as on the 19th, unconscious. He died and sixteen strokes of the

said the jury would have to listen the Russian adventure and we have and that will probably be put right of the people of the northern port,

Governor of the Straits at 4.30 pm on the same day, each.

to bath sides of the Winston Churchill's word for it that soon. But it will not if we keep and reminded so that since the Odd Settlements and High Commissioner Yesterday morning a post mortem Messrs. G. E. Wetton. C. Wallace matter and if they think the pris and The following' composed the jury: it did, and the subsequent evacuation dumb about it.,

Volumes went phat some years ago for the Malay States Protectorate. examination was made, and the by General Rawlinson seems to back

we have had no such opportunities They had quite expected that Mr. cause of death was acute tubercular C. H. Osmund, J. G. Luryal, C. J. M. up his statement-what are they

Now, why has that for mental improvement in Hong. Claud Severn, who knows the cour meningitis.

Pereira, C. F. de Carvalho and D. B. doing risking British ships and MORE EXPERT excellent letter on kong. He suggested that the China try so well, and put in long service His Worship (to the Jury)The de Carvalho.

A WOMAN KIDNAPPER. British lives, not to mention spended-TESTIMONY Saturday not evoked-Mail-should-throw out a "feeler "there, would have a better chance body could not be viewed, as it is too

others? We call the with regard to starting a debating than any man who has had ex far away, but are you satisfied about The same jury tried a case in attention of ship's or research society here. We do so perience only in the Home Civil the identity of the man.

which a Chinese woman named

ing British money, in attacking WANTED.

Kronstadt It Is a, moral certainty

16

nse their discretion in the

oners guilty they shou'd return a verdict to that effect! But, salď Counsel, if there is the slightest |doubt that the prisoners were“ CON" cerned in the robbery then they should have the benefit of that doubt.

that the Cabinet is so divided over officers, and others who agree or gladly, though with faint hope, for Service. His obvious suitability for The Jury Yes. A verdict of Cheung Fung was indicted for (1) kid- Evidence was then led and the this business. that contradictory disagree with it to their duty in the our people seen to fill their lives the post would be, of course, a death by natural causes was returned. napping a female child; (2) kidnap-case is proceeding.