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Hong Kong, Friday, Febr 25, 1927.

SHANGHAI STRIKE,

C

ASSAULT PROVED.

SIKH WATCHMAN SENT TO JAIL

BOY'S FALL FROM WINDOW.

A case against a Sikh watchman, formerly employed at Whiteaway, Laidlaw's store in Des Youx Road

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1927.

"IS THAT SO?

FAIR TRIAL:

Prisoner Disagrees With CONTEMPT CHARGE AGAINST

Judge.

"BUT I AM GUILTY."

PAPERS.

ACCUSED MAN'S PHOTOGRAPH.

London, Feb. 4.

Central, was concluded before Mr. "I am guilty," said a New Ter- After hearing argumenta on a Schofield at the Central Magistracy ritories Chinese when charged at rule nisi calling upon the "Daily yesterday afternoon, his Worship the Criminal Sessions this morn-Mail" and the "Daily Mirror" to Anding the prisoner "guilty" of the

second charge only one of assaulting with the manslaughter of his show, cause why they should not be committed for contempt of -and sentencing him to four father. months' hard Inbour.

"I take that as a plea of 'Not court, the King's Bench Divi- Chief Detective Inspector T. guilty, Mr. Crown Soliciter," said sional Court, consisting of the Murphy prosecuted on behalf of the His Lordship (Mr. Justice Wood), Lord Chief Justice, Justice Polleo, the accusad. Kunda Singh.

"Is that so?" asked the prisoner Avory, and Justice Talbot decid- defending himself.

when this was translated to him,ed that the publication of a photo- It will be recalled that at pravicus

graph, in a newspaper constitutes hearings it was alleged that the as-but I really plead guilty. cused enticed a Chinese bey intol His Lordship maintained that contempt.

The case arose from the publ- his quarters on the pretext that heit was best that the case go before would lend him a bicycle. When a jury which was thereupon em- who had been acquitted of a cation of a photograph of a man in the room certain overtures are panelled.

alleged to have been made by ac It was explained by Mr. H. K. charge of assaulting a girl, but cused and rejected by the com- Holmes, Grown Solicitor, that the who was still charged with shoot- plainant who, according to his own deceased an old man, had dieding a constable. evidence, cut of fear attempted to from the effects of sceptic poison-

leave the room by means of the

Counsel stated that the photo-

window. Refusing to listen to fur-ing of a comparatively small graph appeared on the day the ther overtures, the accused pushed wound in his hand which he had man was paraded for identifi- the complainant, causing him to refused at first to go into Hospital cation in connection with the fall and sustain injuries which for and refused to have amputat charge with regard to which he necessitated his admission to the led until it was too late.

was discharged.

The Chief Justice said that in Government Civil Hospita!!.

The deceased and his, son (the Called for the defence yesterday prisoner) bath of whom lived to the publication of photographs.

afternoon, a fellow-Inglan stated

that on the day of the alleged as-gether at Fu Tei, near Castleo less than in the publication of or expressions of sault, accused was with witness or Peak, had had a dispute about a narrative board the 8.8. "Tal Lee." They pro-money matters and had gone to opinions, it is the duty of a news- ceeded to accused's quarters whore the District Officer about it. Mr. paper to take care to avoid they found the complainant with a Fraser had decided that the son Publishing what is calculated to dagger in his hand hanging out of should pay his father $2 a month, prejudice fair trial.

He added that as this was the the window. Witness and accused cama to the conclusion that the

All Over $2.

Arst case of the kind no heavy

complaigant was committing al The father had asked his son penalty would be imposed, but for the first instalment shortly that would not apply the next

theft.

?

The rule was made absolute,

Cross-examined by Insp. Murphy, witness admitted that accused and after their arrival back. The son time. himself had been chinking cum on had stated he had hot the money board the Tai Lee" upon that oc- then and asked his father to wait.respondents to pay costs." icasion

The father returned again in the levening and, on again being asked

A Nervous Breakdown. Mr. O. A. Smith said that on re to wait, refused to do so and a turning to his residence at 3 quarrel began. The old man had "WAGES OF VIRTUE.” on the night of the incident he a piece of piping in his hand with

In two distinctly different coun-noticed a commotion on the stars which he struck the accused on

tries the general strike idea has Defendant and several others were

there, the former telling witness the head. felling him to the QUEEN'S THEATRE'S CÜRRENT

ATTRACTION. been exploded. In Great Britain that another burglary had been ground.

The prisoner got up and took a last May the Labour extremists committed. What happened Im-

afterwards,

Algiers forms the setting of mediately

witness chopper from under the table and moved heaven and earth to make could net say, as the new exused in the course of a struggle, the "Wages of Virtue," the feature at- :he general strike a success, and his nerves completely to give way deceased sustained injury to his traction at the Queen's Theatre to-

Witness could remember having then had the mortification of see said "Can't they leave me alone hand which fractured three of day and to-morrow. The story deals in parts with the French For- sted the bones between his wrist and eign Legion, the hero being, a young ing the movement called off by the After that, witness was

remained fingers. * F|

American recruit of that famous General Council of the Trades into a chaly where he

until friends ascertained from the A report was made to Castle corps, Love and hate. loyalty and are: the dominating Unions, Congress. The lesson Police that no burglary had been Peak Police Station by another cowardice

man and the accused and a Chin-themes, and it must be said that all they had will serve them for many perpetrated

Army Service.

lese detective was sent to the spot. four are portrayed with remarkable Addressing his Worship, prisoner He bound up the wounded man's vividnesa Gleria Swanson is the It may be too much to hope for aanid that he had had many years'

When seen by Inspector outstanding figure in the east. An excellent comedy and a topical similar result in China so long as service in the Indian Army and also Murphy, the old man refused to gazette complete a programme

in the local Government schools, the extremists and agitators are from both of which he could pro-go to Hospital and it was not until which is made the more enjoyable satisfactory certificates. three days afterwards that he by the music of the Queen's Orches openly encouraged by certain Bol-duce

"When: Whitenway. Laidlaw's said his hand was getting worse tra under Mrs Grovini. shevist-led authoritica.. But the premises were bargled the last time, and he agreed to go to Kowloon

a day indeed for many a yERT.

hand:

locked up by Inspector Hospital. The wound was there Murphy for 24 hours, and now, found to be sceptic and, although "THE FRESHMAN” when I arrested a thief, I am again the deceased would not at first in trouble. I also arrested two

defeat of one general strike may 1 was well make those responsible for law and order in other parts of the country hesitate ere launching a similar movement. If so, then the initiation and speedy collapse of the Shanghai strike will not prove a altogether unmixed blessing.

Blow An Accident.

W

HAROLD LLOYD AT STAR THEATRE,

Harold Lloyd returns to Hong Kong in "The. Freshman," which

Chinese in 1925 outside the Central agree to an operation, the arm Fire Station."

was finally amputated. Deceased Inspector Murphy urged his Wor-died a few weeks later. ship to enter a conviction against the accused and to impose a heavy punishment, as practices of the "The accused's statements were is now showing at the Star' kind alleged by the prosecution to the effect that the blow was Theatre. As a college, youth were not unknown in the defen-merely an accident. He had no anxious to become the most popu- dant's quarters. Luckily for the intention of killing or even oflar boy, he is said to give the defendant, the boy, who came from striking. his father. He only best performance of his career.

a respectable family, had not died, wanted his father to be frighten His efforts to achieve fame in Sir Edward Marshall Hall

otherwise the former "would have] It was not expected from the The death of Sir Edward Mar- found himself facing a very serioused and run away. His father, who this direction provide a directing accused alleged, was the worse for series of the drollest incidents. first that the general strike in shall Hall, K.C., bas deprived the charge.

In passing sentence as stated, liquor, endeavoured to seize the Altogether a capital picture "The Inner Temple of one of its most Shanghai would be of long dura-eminent Benchers and the British Mr. Schofield said that he would chopper and in so doing his hand Freshman" will be shown at the

take into consideration the fact came in contact with it with some Star Theatre to-day tion, in spite of the Jeremiads by legal profession in general of one that the accused. had served the force. Accused, was not even morrow. those afflicted with the popular of its most distinguished mem-King-Emperor, for

of aware that his father was wound. malady known as "cold feetitis."bers. For during recent years years and that he had been instrued until he heard so at the Castle

Sir Edward had been generally mental in effecting the arrest of Peak Police station. regarded as one of the "big three" two Chinese in 1925,

number

YEAR'S PROFIT.

H.K. ELECTRIC CO., LTD., REPORT.

and to-

WHIPPING FOR BOY THIEVES.

Mr. Holmes, addressing the

Charged with stealing live jury, said that they should put out of mind what had transpired chickens, two boys told Mr. Lindsell this morning that they had been in the Court that morning, or for forced to carry them by a deaf man. Mr. Lindael: If a deaf man told that matter anything else that they might have read about the you to commit suicide, would you

The elder of the two, who had

Five days have sufficed to bring home to the General Labour at the Bar. With the Rt. Hon. Sír Union the futility of carrying on John Simon, K.C., M.P., and Sir the strike in view of the numerous Henry Curtis Bennet, K.C., Sir Edward Marshall Hall could com- disaffections daily and of the mand. almost fabulous fees, his stern measures of repression of femoluments from one famous

The report of the Board of case. The charge of manslaugh-proceed to do it? No. agitators taken by the Chinese case alone which was tried at

Home exceeding £22,000. Sir Directors of the Hong Kong Elec- ter allowed in its sentence a

than any other been whipped, previously for lar authorities.

Edward took to politics in 1906, triet Co., Ltd., to the 88th ordin-Teater range

offence. It extended from the ceny was ordered ter strokes with The position now does not ne-entering the House of Commons ary yearly meeting of share smallest. fine to imprisonment for the birch and warned that his next. cessarily call for a war whoop of as the Conservative representa-holders, to be held at the Com- life. They would be fully directed would result in a sojourn in the jail appearance on a similar charge exultation. The declaration of tive for the Southport Division of pany's Office, P. & O Building, at ed on this point by His Lordship The younger boy received sentencs

Lancashire. Although he sat 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, is but he (the Crown Solicitor) of six strokes. the Labour Union that the strike

again this time for East Tox-as follows:-

would like to remind them that! is being called off in deference to teth, he never held office, a fact The

at Credit

It was in their power to make any Profit and the continued appeals of the mer- (which, in view of the large fees he of

"Loss Ac- recommendation should a verdict chant body is, of course, a kind of could command at the Bar, and count available for appropria- of guilty be returned.

the necessary sacrifice that either tion, after allowing for Deprecia- "save face" policy. But the fact the Solicitor-Generalship or At-tion is $1,283,204.57 and your that they have called it off is a torney-Generalship would entall, Directors recommend that this be tribute to their common sense-is not surprising. When Mr.disposed of as follows:- too rare a virtue in labour leaders Lloyd George, a Liberal, was To pay a Dividend of Prime Minister in the Coalition $2.50 par share on Government, which was returned 300,000 Shares in 1918 with a Conservative pre- To place to Reserve dominance in the Cabinet, several To carry forward.. overtures were made to the late to next Account.... Sir Edward to take office; and it is

to be deprecated when it does rise to the surface. They have real- ised in good time that it was not the psychological moment for a general strike to be fully success believed that a peerage as a mem-

Balance

In Mitigation.

recollection of what happened or how the blow was struck.

His Lordship, in summing up, If the points occurred to them commented on these discrepancies that the first blow was struck by and pointed out that the accused the deceased; that the deceased refused to go to Hospital at first had made definite staterients as to what had happened and had $750,000.00 and that it was following amputa- not deposed before to having 500,000.00 tion that he died, then there again been unconscious. The evidence His Lordship would direct them of the relatives was definite and .38,204.57 Medical evidence concerning they would naturally, he supposed, the sceptic nature of the wound be inclined if anything to favour $1,283,204.67 when the deceased was admitted prisoner. ful. They may, as they say, con-ber, of the Judicial Committee of Directors-The Directors reto Hospital was given also evid. Jury's Immediate Verdict. tinue their efforts to "attain their the Privy Council was offered him gret to record the death of Sir ence by Inspector John Murphy,

The jury had to consider, first, ideale" whatever these may be by the Liberal ex-Premier when Paul Chater Kt., C.M.G., LL.D. in charge of Ping Shan Folice whether the injury was sustained drawing up his Dissolution Hon- In accordance with the Articles of station and others concerning -but meantime they are to bel

oura List in 1910, but the emin- Association Hon. Mr. A. O statements and the incidents de 4s the result of a blow. If they decided it was not, then they commended for "cutting their ent barrister clung to his profes-Lang, and Hon. Mr. D. G. M.posed to.

would acquit the prisoner. If they losses" and ordering the workersston until the last, Home' papers Fernard retire, and being eligible, Relatives Contradlet Prisoner.decided it was, then they had to Evidence of relatives of the de- consider whether the blow was to return to their posts. Indeed, to hand of as late a date as Jan- offer themselves for re-election.

uary 21 recording cases in which Auditors. The Auditors, ceased and of the accused was dealt in self-preservation. If they the celerity with which these he appeared. 72

Messrs, Linstead and Davis retire, to the effect that the blow on the found it was then, again, they and being aligible, offer them- hand was a direct one and not would acquit the prisoner. selves for re-election:

due to the action of the old man Aaked to consider their verdict, in seizing the chopper.

the foreman was addressed by all Medical evidence also was to the members of the Jury and imme

"We find the prisoner not

same workers have been return.

Ing during the past three days is,

clear proof that the general strike

ARMS ON A LINER A Chinese has been arrested on TROUBLESOME COUGHS.

rounds of ammunition, he

TROUBLESOME sleep disturbing

was not from the beginning a “Empress of Asia, and will be night cough can be easily and plea-effect that the wound in question diately rose to his feet. popular movement with the mass charged this afternoon with poisessantly stopped by taking Chamberlain's must have been inflicted as a re- of workers and that only the Bat sing nine mauser pistols and 8,600 Cough Remedy. You will like the sult of a direct blow. guilty," he said.e of the Labour, Union influenced The Police also discovered an indumed. Hailing throat and the isoner entered the box on his 42ou are discharged," said His a town behalf and said that after the Lordship to prisoner who left the then in "downing tools last automatic and 200 runde at the promptes ith which the troublesome blow on the head by his father he dock in the company of his rela

same vessel. This has not been cogh I stopped For sale very became unconscious and had natives. Saturday.

claimed

soothing, healing coading it puts on a