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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MONDLY, OCTOBER 24, 1927

GERMAN TRADE MARK

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USED BY CHINESE.

LOCAL PROSECUTION FUCCEEDS,

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SPECIAL CABLE.

NEW SHANGHAI SCHOOL.

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN FOR

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[China Mail SPECIAL.]

who took action as solicitors for taels 150.000 required for the new Messrs. Jebsen and Co. of Canton, and building and equipment has been the defendant was Wong Chan Hung. 1aised. trading as the Yun Tab firm of 233 Queen's Road Central.

Magistrate Urnie heard the case, Mr. 31. H. Turner appearing to prosecute and Mr. Leo D'Almada for the defence. At a previor hearing the Magistrate!

CORRESPONDENCE

It is not macher received the coin from the paratively slighter emotions of a believing it to be true.

the officer, as the latter was spiritualistic séance, people will

"masterialized"! ne, because one who knows that his fingers of a icarity is a defcient power of hear-stooping down, and laid it close to the identify the samÉ ing. causes a rest to be made, in which others. If the juggler had not thus mask as the features of their husbands, it is fourd that from that particular taken the coin, bat had allowed the wives, sons, daughters. Under the lace that witness could not have officer huself to place it on the influence of such emotions it may be ard that clock. Numerous instances ground, the trick, as actually per-taked as a general rule that percep

An interesting case in which of this type are collected and dis formed. would have been frustrated.tions deteriorate, and illegitimate in- used in a book called "L'En-Now I think it highly improbable that ference," nazouscious reasoning," be German firm proceeded against a uete Criminelle, et les Méthodes the pavement of the juggler cutirely comes more marked. Unconscious Chinese firm for using a

SHANGHAT, Oct. 24. Scientifiques." by Dr. Edmond escapes the perception of the officer; reasoning, indeed, plays a very great resembling its "cock pheasant"

The American school campaign Locard, published by Flammation of highly improbable, that is to say, part in nearly all cases of rual-observa registered trade mark on tins of blue Paris, and recently reviewed by The that the offer was absolutely an tion. It is well exemplified in the shade dra was decided in the Police Zives. Long experience of court aware of the joggler's action at the statement of the man sitting in a dark Court on Saturday in favour of the conducted during the past few days work or of haraan testimony gives a moment of its happening; but I woed: "That dog's bark is not real plaintifs. The latter were Messrs.has been entirely successful. The shrewd man a sort of instinet for suppose that, although an impressionly a grasshopper, it is the squeaking Deacon, Looker, Deacon and Haraton

true, was made on his consciousness, it was of a cart." sitting the false from the

Here, for the time, we leave the although his judgment is bound to so slight es to be speedily effaced by

from time to time. As regards the officer's imagieation of himself as subject, having exceeded our usual statements in print, especially news-stooping and placing the coin upon limit. The importance of such studies, to the daily life of almost all of us, is paper print, we have come to consider the ground."

We have there az instance of great enough to warrant this trespass ourselves expert at winnowing, and we have such a record of su essee astroneous testimony by a witness to upon much needed space quite eclipses our failures. Probably his own actions; testimony to the every experienced mag'stiste and actions of other people is usually

bad overruled an objection by the A SHIPMASTER SAYS THINGS. · judze (cels the same about occupants much less trustworthy,

As at a conjuring show, the witness

Captain Duncan Wood has leftdrience that a German had no right

(To the Editor of the of the witness-box. In the ease of

** China Mai."] Indian police witnesses, it is notori does not see all that takes place.

Further evedence was given about! ens that their testimony is watrust-Time elapses, and the quality of his the command of the Yangtze patrol to sue in a Floogkong Court.

the execution of s search warrant

Dear Sir.-If the statements froma worthy far beyond any consideration memory beceres a factor. Not only and goes to Manila to command the

upon the defendant's premises. Mr. of the obscure and subconscious im that, in recollecting" the happen- pulses that sometimes vitiate the ings, there is a something in the mind

Messrs. Hughes and Hough ad.Carreen, clerk to Mess Deacon, "Shipping and Eagizeering" published testimony of others having mote of the most careful an honestly in- respect for the truth. The magistrate tentioned witness that tends to fill up yettise the sale of rogs, blankets, Looker, Deacon and Harsson, said that by you in last night's "China Mail" labels to which exception was taken stantiated-is it not time something said something about the need for the details suggesting what probably linen, etc.. also household furniture when his attention was called to the are correct- and they seem well sub-

the defendant said it was his own changing the form of the oath they bappered as what did happen. In for tomorrow afternoon. as. This might improve matters, troduce the least bias and that is but it would not cure the evil. Any strength. ned into an innocent but Ltd. policentan of any race, regardless of false usory of what ought to have cath is easily led away from strict happen as something that did. As tret by his prejudiced conviction regards things done in passion, it is

The schedule of the I. 8. S. said the Chinese characters on the thehigh suas, from an Empress boat jc the moral certainty" of the practical impossible for the doer to

accused's guilt, and this without recall the accurately. A dog bit us. Huzon is as follows-At Foochow label stood for the wards Cock to Adversarian's yacht, by baring the being at all conscious that he has so the other day. We kicked the dog. October 17-21, Amor, October 223, pheasant trademark and the name bridge in charge of any old coolie picked up on the Pay or Their superstitions might hard. That is all we could swear to Swacow, October 20-26 and Hong of the defendant's fim.

A Chinese chemist employed by

cut of a ship-chandler's store? make the Indians mose scrupulers, But a witness states that the owner kong from October 29 to November 7.

Jebsen and Co. aid that last Öztabér

#lates that these were a saticiently frightful oath of the dog, stooping down to seize

A reminder is given that the he went to defendant's shop with Mr. The article formulated, but respect for the truth his animal, was violently pushed It seems likely, now we

general meeting of Hongkong Ricken and found goods there beating facts should be brought to the notice as truth is not an attribute of many away by us.

of the Authorities. Certainly, but as nea, and it is certainly not theirs. have been told of it. but it was an atmobile Association members will imitations of the "cock pheasant'

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tinued or proceedings world be taken scientific, and entirely falsified by to avoid kicking the man, part of

Mr. d'Almada asked the witness voyagers at some time or another in expedience, to suggest or imply that whom was between us and the dog.

that during Hongkong-is nobody's business. A wedding took place at Shang- whether he kuw the word of white men can be taken we pushed him aside. We can (as it fo: no better reason than that they were feel that becoming assimilated hai on October 17. when Mr. Archie hostilities all German trade-marks There is a tumout that a guild exists, ar white met. No witness can give as a purt of our memory of the affair. C. Steu ait, of the Asiatic Petroleum were expunged from the resister. Mr. run I believe by a chenist in his spare more than his memory of a sensation. Yet all we can actually vizualize, at Co. Hankow, was married to Miss Turner interposed that they were not time. but that rumour is inconfirmed. We have cultivated largely a visual the nouent, is the place where i Serah D. Heenen, of Dalmuir, Scat- expunged but transferred to the There remains then, either the news- memory, and can reconstruct in our happened, the grinning mask of the land. The Sub-Deat, the Rev. S. E. custodian properties and in this view papers or the unofficial members. the Magistrate concurred, remarking Could not the newspapers make an nied a scene and recollect" i dog, the parabela it travelled from Spencer. officiated.

that he had good reason to know effort to deal with the subject, prepar This should enhance the value of our our right toe, and the look of our leg

Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. Drys since he was at one time custo. icn of atory to having a question asked at the Council Meeting? It would be a testimony, yet we recall giving testi- when we inspected the damage done mony in Hongkong cart many picture, as all mental tutes are, ondale, Military Artache to the Ameri- enemy properties himself.

Opening his defence M. d'Alinada change, from say, the New Woman. Fests age, and being led astray by it. Futarist lines, with only a suggestion can Legation left Peking on Saturday We were a disinterested and impartial, of a feature here and there. We can October 15, en roule for the United raised a number of technical obje- which Mr. Hip Van Winkle seems to witness, and on being asked to des- visualize the mouth and moustache of States, where he is to be detailed for tions against a power of attorney held have just heard of. It does seem ex- cribe where A and B respectively a man with whom we quarrelled once: special duty at Washington during by Messrs Jebsen and Co., from the traordinary that aliens should be able Badasche Anilia Sodifabrik. Me to come to any British Colony, pile me shipowners, steori at a certain point in the pro- the rest of his face is lost. Wermen the Pacific Conference.

d'Almada then went on to explain up their millions, readings we closed our eyes, recon- ber thinking the mouth a "crvel"" But let us return to the task of

Under the authority of the Chin- that Lis client had adopted this claiming all the ts of protection Istructed the scene, and without hesita one. tien told the magistrate what we saw, the witness, and quote again from these Covernment, a new issue of mark in consequence of what was appertaining to the use of the British and $10 bank notes, engravel by the generally known that German trade, Flag, and then be allowed to endanger We even made a diagram and showed reviewer:

"Finally, we reach the point American Bank Note Co. of New marks were not applicable during the lives and properties of her people him and he was gool enough to compliment us and describe us as when the witness has to beat his form York, will be par in circulation by the hostilities-without any attempt to by employing unskilled and untrained "il admirable witness. All testimony. His observations were Commercial Bank of China on and defraud the public or the registered; men on the bridge of their ships.. Walking down town from the court, imperfect, he has imperfectly remera- after Oct. 24 to replace its present holders of the mark. Had he been! I hope an ahler pen that mine will within the same hour, our memory bered them, is imagination has dis-issue of the same denominationa get busy again, and we realized that tired them, and he is now to express quite inaccently we had transpored them. A vary considerable:dditional

But,

asked to stop the use of the mark take up this subject, which is of con- he would have done so willingly if siderable interest to everybody in re Hongkong, whether they Fke it An interesting action is proceed- satisfied that the mask was

Yours faithfully, the respective positions of A ad B. source of inaccuracy is likely to entering at Kuala Lumpur in which Mr. registered. The defendant had no Luckily, the real point of the question here. The witness probably cannot Clifford Perera, Formerly manager of desire to deprive the complainants of

ONE WHO HAS SWALLOWED was their di-tance apart, and not express his complete image-words Triang Estate, Palang, is suing M. their rights and Mr. d'Almada asked

THE ANCHOR. their compass bearings, so that no ay act te suficiently precise to. D. Parsons, at one time visiting the Magistrate, if he was satisfied th injustice was done; but bad there render the Sne shades of his remer-agent for the estate, for the recovery man was acting innocently, to dis

Hongkong, October 9, 1921. been other witnesses to show us up, bered perceptions. The nature of a of damages $2,500 for alleged libel charge him. we should have cut a sorry figure, and sound, the kind of emotion expressed conveyed in a telegram sent by Mr. probably been suspected of perjury. by a voice he may have no words Parsons, stating, "unless $500 re So doubt some of the so-called for such things. And, in any case, turned must issue warrant criminal

Asiatic" lies, at which magistrates the witness will not express bie com- breach of trust. Farsons." and counsel pretend to be shocked, plete image.

He select-in

are perversions as innocent as our accordance with his pen estimate of

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used.

in the course of his evidence, which followed the lines of Mr. d'Alwada's opening, the defendant said his dyes that time; e.g., that it was an enemy came from England and America and mark. Having once done that be finds that he did not know until these pro-it practically impossible, in my opinion Some days ago, states the Shang ceedings began that he was not to clear himself of guilt of the offence was. We may concede them that, and what is pertinent and what trivial, hai Chinese press, the price of rice entitled to use the mark. He heard with which he is now charged. How- still regard them as liars. The review. He will do this even if he be allowed fell, but has since risen. According nothing of the warning given to his ever, there is this further point; whe * of the book cited reminds us of a to talk to his heart's content; but the to immemorial custom, unscrupulous assistant. He thought he had seen it her he did receive a waming. There, fact t iching the nature of all our method of question and answer as merchants are boarding and specu-published in the papers that owing to again, in my opinion, a warning given perceptions. He says: "Of his pursued in our Law Courts leads to lating and therefore local supplies

in charge did constitute a wetting Ore of cur magistrates has just in-servations he the witsers will single oven more imperfect expression. For are falling off. Realizing that trouble the war Geiman trade marks could be to the shop to the person cstensibly the Rice Mer- After hearing argument by counsel which the defendant could not neg formed us that he cannot depend on some out for attention and neglect, he is forced to be precise where his re-may accrue the City magistrate has ' 1921 at Shanghai, to Mt. and the testimony of Indian police wit the rest. He singles out those which, collection is vague, and he will either addressed a lester

H. Rihardsub. a Desses. Probably to avoid the ap for some reason or another, interest give a false precision to his answer or charts' Guild asking that body to the Magistrat gave his decision as lect; he did receive it, I think, but it daughter.

pestance of racial discrimination, he him most. It may quite easily hap else profess complete ignorance, endeavour to discover the cause of follows: This case seems so simple won't affect my binding if I am wrong the remark applied per. therefore, that the sensations fore often still the witness sins by the shortage, in order to acquaint the that I do not think it is necessary for about that. That waring was one points about the power of attorney take notice of and which he could JONES- October 17, 1921. ar added that

have been corsidered by me and, not plead ignorance of afterwards. I also to Chinese police witnes mest relevant to the inquiry in hand exaggeration, and these exaggerations, Civil Governor with the facts of the me to hold it over. Mr. d'Almada's which the defendant was obliged to ses. Thus Charybdis gut hira as he have been neglected. They have in a thousand subtle ways, usually case.

Rear-Admiral Borrett, C. B., rightly or wrongly, I decided that, in will say, the amount of goods in the FLEMOSS-On October 18, 1921, dodged Scylle, because, though he been filterd, as it were, through the tend to add to his own importance.

Mr. Turner: That may be so, but at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. S. did not say so, he has no right to niedium of the witcess's interest; And it is important to notice that, Flemons, a son.

depend on the evidence of Europestand it is often the case that his besides tending to import fictitious struck his flag on HL. M. S. Bee at order for the complainant in this case, shop is not a large one. MILLER. Un October 13. 1921. at police witteses either. To prevent interest has not been excited by the details the witness will tend to ex-sunset on Monday und Rea:-Admiral acting for the Badasche Anlin Fabrik,

Mr. d'Almada: "May," is not proof. Kiukiang, to Mr. and Mrs. H. F. the impression that we bave a poor, se sations most pertinent to the subaggerate his degree of conviction. Maclachlan, C. B., bristed his the to take action, it is not necessary the defendant may have a godown

Admiral Borrett was entertained to a registered power of attorney. Any

There was a discussion then as to Miller, a daughter.

opinion of the Force, let us hasten to sequent inquiry. It is on this fact Where he was originally doubtful he next morning. On Saturday night that he should have a seated and somewhere. explain that no bumar testimony car that conjurors very largely depend is now perfectly sure." MABRIAGES.

be depended on. The practice in our for their success. The attention of. We have ourselves on a former oc-farewell dinner at the ShanghaiClubby authority could prosecute; any person law courts is all wrong, where it the audience is distracted; they are casiou pointed out that phenomenon the Captain and officers of the Bee" Ending an offence being committed the penalty to be impo ed and the EMAMOUDEN-SYMONS-On Oct. assumes that honourable character invited to dismiss certain sensations, of psychology. It is true. That is end the resident naval staff who took could reasonably take action if he had amount of costs to be allowed the 18, 1921, at Shaphai, Charles precludes the necessity of scientific as being of no importance, and, in how it happens. Now study this the occasion to express their regret at at all a good reason for doing so. If complainants. Mr. Turner mentioned Emamoodea of the funn Mutual scepticism and judicial test. A man general, it is remarkably easy to en- extract as bearing on the Angels of his approaching departure. As I am wrong. Mr. d'Almada will have that the complainants had offered to Life Insuraner Co., Ltd. Shang of honour can give false evidence sure this distraction of attention. Mons, the Russian Army passing result of these changes in command an opportunity of bridging that accept $200 as compensation but Mir. hai, to Miss Katie Symons, quite innocently, and practically all Dr. Hodgson's cafe of the English through Eagland, little Belgian girls Captain R. Elios, C.B. E., flag capt. before another court if he wishes. d'Almada had preferred to raise mand of the "Bee" in succession to absolutely clear that the mark while knowing perfectly well what belonging to another firm has been the law wan." Mr. d'Almada retorted second daughter of Mrs. C. men betray prejudice unconsciously feed the Hindu juggler well with hands etc., cut off, and similar to Admiral Maclachlan, assumes com- Apart from that, the issue seeras bare brained ideas about the law Esmons and the late Char, entertained. When Bir. Lo remarked illustrates this point.

"So far we have been considering the Commander A. E. Johnston...

imitated by the defendant and the that the defendant was entitled to that the C.5P. way prejudiced in Referring to the movements of the Symous, Shanghai. STEWART HERNON-On Octo- favour of one of his own men, he coins, he said that he had taken witness in isolation, and we have not

the sense that was made "for stopping the use of the ker 17, 1921, at Shanghai, was uttering & truism, not saccia from his own pocket and placed considered the reaction upon his Reports from Vancouver state only question is whether the defend raise any defence allowed by law. He

What Fare

aying in the ground himeef yet that this testimony of the emotional state pro that ships are returning to China sat, in using that mark, acted asked that as no proper demand thought that the mark mark both parties. should be ordered Archibald Craig Stewart, young-insult. est son Mr. John Stewart, amounts to this, that we would not coir bad indulged in the Bare daced in him by the event. Yes the loaded to the gunwale with Orientals innocently in Dumbarton, Scotland, to Earth believe the magistrate on oath, mere freaks as the other coins. His emotions accompanying the event going home. Whatever is lacking in he Dawson, Fourget daughter of ly because he is a magistrate and a wify, ventured to suggest that the have a great bearing upon the valus the way of first class travel is more was one which he was free to to pay their own costs. Mrs. G. Hienou, Dalmuir, Scot-honourable man: We should believe ingeler lind taken the corn and placed of the witness's testimony. During than made up by the rush of Chinese take without affecting anyone else's The Magistrate remarked that the Mr. Turner intimated that he would land.

him after eliminating chances of error. is the ground, but the officer was the war it was noticed that the and Japanese secking passage by interests. I might put it this way: defendant was liable to four months We are all abject slaves of what bas emphatic in repeating his statement, evidence of soldiere freshly wounded every vessel destined for the Orient: Supposing the defendant bad no imprisonment oria fire of $100. come to be called the subconscious and appealed to me for confamation was ofun of the moss fantastic des Vessels of the Admiral Line have knowledge at all of such a mark and mind. Exemple, a perfectly credible He was, However, mistaken. I had caption. They would testify to the been booked to the limit of their had no reasonable access to such not ask for jail and the Magistrate MADAM-On October 17, 1921 at witness (so far as reputation gocz) watched the transaction with special details of catastrophes, which had capacity through to the end of the knowledge, (which in this case I think said that in that case he thought the Shanghai, Harry McAdam of the says that he knows a certain thing curiority, as I knew what was neces never occurred; they would assert that yet. The same is true of the Cana- he had) and in those circumstances he maximam fine of $10 which was, he HC Electricity Department happened at a certain time because pary for the performance of the tricks-and-to bad been decapitated in dian Pacific, while the ships of the took the mark, that would be scting thought very small) was the least sa aged 34,

he heard a certain clock strike. The The officer Led-apparently intended front of their eyes, and to-and-so Japanese lines with more hunted innocently. But, having knowledge well as the most he could impose in a XAVIER-On October 367 1221, at thing did happen about that time to place the coin upon the ground buried by an explosion, when, as a teerage accommodation, find dif- of that mark, he would be unable, case of this kind. He would look up Ahanghi, F. E. Xavi of the (however he managed to know the himself, but as he was doing so the matter of fact, nothing remotely reficulty, not in filling their shps, but afterwards, to save himself by aaying the question of costs and announce his

using it for some reason existing at penalty on Wednesday.. Russo-Asiatic Bank, aged 44 time) and because he is sure it did, juggle leiut slightly forward, der-sembling the events had taken place, in finding room all the people he thought there was no harm in decision about that and about the

The tells that little confirmatory lie, teronely and in a faces unobtrusive And, under the influence of the com wishing to cross over by them,”

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