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CHAIWAN MURDER.

EVIDENCE ON THE FORGED NOTES.

POLICE FIND BODY.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1927.

SUPREME COURT.

'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

REGISTRAR..

The report of the Registrar: of]::

SHARE DEALINGS.

JUDGMENT FOR MR. M. A. RAZACK.

the Supreme Court for the year CLAIM SLIGHTLY REDUCED.

1926 states:~~-

Original Jurisdiction. Five hundred and fifteen actions

1925.

($1,780.08).

awarded to the plaintiff and de- Costs, less half a day, were fendant's counterclaim for $18, The debts and damages 877, less two

re-

amounts of

The $38,818.98 shares case at At the resumption of the Chai- wan murder case before Mr.were instituted in this division of the Supreme Court was con→ R. E. Lindsell at the Central the Court during the year 1926, as cluded yesterday afternoon when Magistracy yesterday afternoon, against 650 in 1925. Two hundred judgment was given for Mr. Mr. J. H. Ware, marine engineer and eighty three were disposed of M. A. Razack (plaintiff) for at present unemployed and living during the year and 95 were settled $32,088.90 His Lordship found or withdrawn before. trial ae for defendant (Mr. P. N. Cooper) at the Sailors' Home said he had been acquainted with the against 268 and 104 respectively in on the second item of the claim Mackays since 1926, and on many

The claims amounted to $7,983, occasions he had bought drafts at 655.55 (not including nine amounts the Hong Kong and Shanghai in foreign currency to the appro- Bank for Mrs. Mackay.

ximate value of $214,881.00). On August 4, Mrs. Mackay gave the witness a $100 note to buy covered, including amounts con- $2,522.50 and $2,456.78 admitted dismissed with for her a draft for £6. The wit-verted. from foreign currencies to be due, was nese bought the draft on the into Hong Kong dollars, amounted costs.

It cost $4,450,824.74 as against $2,358,- In his concluding address for morning of August 5. $61.50. That same evening the 349.51.

the defence, Mr. F. C. Jenkin witness went to the Mackays $20.605.75 as against $22.931.70 in of Mr. Ho and Mr. Razack's son The fees collected amounted to drew attention to the evidence house and took with him the draft and the balance of the $100,

with regard to the 8,000 Tram- Tables setting out in detail the way shares. The draft he handed in a register-figures contained in this and the that the words used by these Counsel claimed ed envelope to Mr. Davidson and following paragraphs are printed at witnesses were almost identica the change he placed on the table pages 01, 02, Y2 and 3 of the and, this pointed, he claimed, to in front of Mr. Davidson and Mr. Blue Book for the year 1926. Mackny. Mr. Mackay picked up the change and took it out of the room saying that he was going to lock it up. Later Mrs. Mackay came into the room and Mr. Mackay fetched back the money. Mrs. Mackay put the money into

1925,

I

the evidence "cooked."

having

been

Summary Jurisdiction. Two thousand nine hundred and

In the address of Mr. C. G. one (2,901) actions were instituted during the year as against 3,171 in Alabaster, KC. (for the plaintiff) 1925.

counsel contended that Cooper The cases were disposed of as was under an obligation to pro- follows:-Settled or withdrawn vide 3,000 shares for which he her handbag, all except $5 which 1,342. Judgment for the Defendant agreed amount, Razack said that 867, Judgment for the Plaintiff was to receive a cheque for an she handed to the witness.

Previous to the arrival of Mrs. ed, or Lapsed 54 and Pending 549 not having the shares, and gave 71, Nonsuit 16, Struck off, Dlamias-on June 20 Coper went to him, Mackay, Mr. Davidson had ad-as against 950, 1,328, 48, 25, 72 and instructions for them to get the dressed the registered envelope, 748 respectively in 1925. placed the draft inside and sealed

The whole

The claims amounted to $728,417-shares for him.. it, after which Mr. Davidson 75 ns against $794,383.51 in 1925, trouble arose because on the handed the cover to the witness, and the amounts recovered were following Monday the exchange When Mrs. Mackay came in they $363,745.39 as against $353,052.31 closed, and he knew perfectly told her what they had done with in 1925.

well that shares would go to

Notes Were Intact.

Mr. David Wilson said that he was an officer of the Mercantile

The number of the persons point. Marine and lived at Victoria actually indicted was 118 of whom Hotel.

gave

32 and 16.

As to the second Item,.. the

and in my view the plaintiff's books themselves substantially support the defendant's evidence on this particular point.

the draft, and she requested the The number of Rent Distress pieces and he would be able to witness not to forget to post the Warrants issued was 1,623 repre- get them at a cheap rate. To-day these communi

registered cover the next morn-senting unpaid rents amounting to

The Judgment. ties are still united in the effort ing. The witness did as he was $437,268.48, of which $128.283.06 Giving judgment His Lordship to lift the gloom of trade depres- told the next morning and took were recovered, an against 1,644, said: As to the first item for $7,- $311,361.95 and $77,138.04 respec-952.50 I find for the plaintiff. I the registered cover receipt to the tively in 1925. sion and to restore those prosper house that same day.

One thousand and sixty (1,060) evidence on this point. I do not do not accept the defendant's ous times that made of Hong Replying to Mr. Whyte-Smith, Warrants were withdrawn On Kong one of the finest gems in the witness said that some fifteen settlement between the parties na believe it. It seems to me that it the Empire's crown.

months ago Mrs. Mackay had against 950 in 1925.

is important for this decision shown him two $1 notes which The fees collected amounted to that when the claim was set out "The achievement of Hong the witness took to be genuine. $28,259.60 as against $29,302.25 in in Mr. Arculli's letter, the pay- Kong," says His Excellency, "in When he saw them they were in- 1925.

ment of $5,000 on account was Criminal Jurisdiction. financing its amazing develop- tact.

never advanced by the defendant. There were 75 cases and 118 per- in reply. The defendant's own ment during the past thirty years,

sons committed for trial at the account seems to be material by means of its annual revenue,

Criminal Sessions, as against 148 evidence against him on this. and 190 respectively in 1925. and without recourse to borrow ing, is unexcelled in any part of

He had knowri the 74 were convicted and 18 were acclaim for $1,730.08. On that the British Empire. Since 1898 all the public works, both ordin- 1926 the witness

Against 25 persona the account I find for the defendant." Mackays for two years. In July quitted.

Mra case was abandoned. One person The plaintiff's books nowhere |ary and extraordinary, have been Mackay two forged $1 notes of was found insane, In 1925 the carry forward that sum as a paid for from current revenue, the Hong Kong and Shanghai figures were respectively 190, 141, balance against the defendant with the exception of the con- music sheets which she had Bank. He owed her $3 for some

Appellate Jurisdiction. struction of the British section of bought for him, and gave her the ing the year.

Eleven Appeals were lodged dur the Kowloon-Canton Railway, forged notes as a joke. Imme Of the Eleven, one was dismiss-

As regards the third item in · Well may we be asked to pause a that the notes were forgeries and pending and the remaining six diately afterwards he told hered, two were granted, two are

the claim, the question of fact minute and reflect what this

involved is whether, on June 20, meana-namely, that the whole

1925 the defendant did or did not give the plaintiff instructions to of the development, in the Kow

buy 3,000 new Tramway shares. loon peninsula has been paid for

Two were tried, nine were settled I believe the evidence given by from current revenue: a develop

and the others are pending.

the plaintiff, of Mr. Ho and by ment that has been nothing less

The fees collected amounted to the plaintiff's son on this point, The Magistrate explained to the Hong Kong, Friday, September 2, 1927. than the transformation of a first accused that the point of this $51.26 as against $1,876.65 in even though, as Mr. Jenkin has witness's evidence was that the

remarked, that evidence was very rural district into a large modern deceased had had forged notes in

Bankruptcy Jurisdiction, Fifty six (66) petitions were

carefully prepared. I find that AMAZING DEVELOPMENT.

On the Island itself pro- her possession, and the case for fled, 85 being creditors' petitions these shares were purchased by The the plaintiff on the defendant's On his masterly review of the res has been no whit behind: the prosecution was that the and 21 debtors petitions.

waterworks, motor roads, reclam- half of a forged note which was figures for 1925 were respectively instructions. My finding, there- Colony's position during the last

found in his (accused's) posses-45, 20 and 25.

fore, on the third part of the ations, piers, and so forth all sion had come from the deceased three decades His Excellency testify to how much has been pos- lady.

The number of Receiving Orders claim, $21,689.62, including in- made was 37, being 26 on creditors' terest, is for the plaintiff, the Governor is to be sincerely

sible without one cent of borrow- First Accused: I picked it up petitions and 11 on debtors' peti- As to the fourth item of the congratulated. It stands out in

The figures for 1925 were claim, $2,456, which is not in on the road on the way to Sai- tions. ed money. To quote His Excel- striking contrast to all-that has lency once more: "It is a splendid

respectively 26, 10, 16. wanho.

dispute, I give judgment for the The number of Public Examina-plaintiff. Sub-Inspector Murphy, in been said to the detriment of record and may well inspire us charge of Shaukiwan Police Stations held was 19 as against 2 in

The counter claim is dismissed 1925. There were 37 Adjudications tion, then deposed that at 9 p.m. as against 10 in 1925.

with costs. with confidence and give pause to those who talk wildly of making from Mr. Osborne as the result of

on August 6 he received a report There were 3 Schemes of Ar- His Lordship awarded costs to

Two petitions were the plaintiff, less half a day. Hong Kong once again the bar which he went to the Chaiwan withdrawn, one bankrupt obtained The wit- his discharge, 1 Receiving Order en island' it was before the Road by motor cycle..

ness saw Mrs. Mackay's body on was rescinded,. 13 petitions were Treaty of Nanking.”-

the ground about 400 yards up dismissed, and no adjudication Equally gratifying to the pre-Chaiwan Road from where it annulled.

BIRTH.

FERRY-On September 1, at No. 7, The Peak, to Mr. and Mra S. S. Perry, a daughter.

Hong Kong, and furnishes a complete answer to those men of little vision who are never tired' of decrying everything local just because it is local. It gives the quietus to the pessimists in our

midst who are always pointing

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town,

gave her two other $1 notes, Mrs. Mackay asked to be allowed to keep the fakes and the witness permitted her to do so. When he gave the faked notes to Mrs. Mackay they were intact.

were withdrawn or settled.

Admiralty Jurisdiction. Thirteen actions were instituted during the year.

1925..

rangement.

were opened during the year

sent generation is the determina-joined the motor road. He saw The estimated assets,..In casos amounting to $18,583,45, to the "good old days" when, they }tion of the Government not to call clothing. One patch was over the and not subsequently rescinded,

assert, everybody lived in afflu- ence with never a care for the

morrow.

,,

Official Trusts.

blood patches on the deceased's where Receiving Ordera were made

The number of Trust Estates in were 3644,730.00 and the estimated the hands of the Official Trustee Habilities $1,645,327.00 as against at the end of 1926 was 21 with $1,058,308.54 and $3,196,166.54 res- Trust Funds amounting to $84,427.- pectively in 1925.

62. In 1925 it was 20. No trust The fees collected amounted to was wound up during the year, and 85,108.76 as against $2,675.20 in one new trust was opened. 1925 and the Official. Receiver's The amount of commission col- Commission as Trustee, where no leeted was $81.34 as against Trustee had been appointed by the $107.89 in 1925. RA Creditors, wan $7,887.48 as against Registrar of Companies. $8,873.58 in 1925,

a halt, but steadily to pursue the abdomen and the other over the policy of development and pro- breast, gress that have contributed so substantially to make Hong Kong what it is to-day, Economy, of course, there must be; but even when we are not menaced by the gulf of depression and the waters

DOMESTIC TELEGRAMS.”.

Rates Increased,

Probate

120.

.

As His Excellency stated, the Colony has thrice survived a set- back in the steady expansion of the colonial revenue. The effects of the most recent one are still being acutely felt by every sec of stagnation economy has still to

Probate and Administration. On the 31st December there were 497 companies on the Hong Kong tion of the community. But, as be studied. Wanton extravagOwing to the Chinese telegraph (273) grants were made by the course of liquidation. During the Two hundred and seventy three Register, of which 68 were in every cloud has its silver lining, ance cannot be tolerated by any rates over their system the follow Court being

authorities having increased the

year 38 new companies were put on so is the spirit of hopefulness

re-Government sensible of its duties ing revised rates will be charged

the Register and 44 struck off. One company was transferred vived when it is known that the when the mists of gloom and from September 1, 1927 by the Letters of Administration 152

Declarations for Commis- Eastern Extension Australasia and

from Shanghai to the Hong Kong crisis has been passed--that the cheerlessness have been lifted China. Telegraph Co., Ltd.:---

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Register and no company from worst is over. That, however, Wonderful and

Hong Kong to the Shanghai Regis- amazing the re-

ter but adds zest to retrospection cord of the past thirty years has and converts it from monotony indeed been, but there can be no Kiangan Province, into pleasure. Thus, as His Ex-thought of standing still. The vla Shanghai: cellency points out, it is interest Colony in the years to come must

(Nanking Chin- ingand profitable to observe take a greater share than ever in Woosung, etc... kiang, Boochow, how little injury was done to Empire development and Empire Fukien Province, Hong Kong by the anti-British unity, besides expanding in the

via Foochow (Pa boycott of 1925-6. Moreover, in purely domestic realm, That it goda Anchorage,

Bantuao, etc.) no way it did good-it united fully capable of responding to All other Provinces the Chinese and European com- for a moment be doubted when every trust reposed in it cannot

via Shanghai or munities of this Colony as they we read His Excellency the Gov-

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had never been united before in ernor's most informative and ine

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The same spirit of confidence and Communism from our hope in the Luti

Plain

278 Ordinary. Chinesa. The figures in 1925. were respecThe fees collected In respect of

Cents. Cents.tively 124, 116 and 8, total 248. "China" companies amounted to.

Court fees amounted to $22,225:15 $122,479.15, and those in respect of and Offelal Administrator's Com- other companies to $11,305.00. mission to $3,119.99. The figures. One firma was registered under in 1925 were respectively $83,956. the Chinese Limited Partnership 95 and $1,736.85. Ordinance, 1911, and no firm'under There were 139 Estates vested in the Limited Partnership Ordinance, or administered by the Official No. 18 of 1912, was rogistered. Administrator during the year, Deposits of the total value of representing an aggregate value of $3,938,000, have been made by In- $108,962.81 The figures for 1925 surance Companies under the Fire were respectively 122 and and Marine Insurance: Companies $124,61647. Deposit Ordinance, 1917 86

Twenty seven (27) Estates were put Fees and Commission. wound up during the year of the The total sum collected during total value of $88,987.61 as against the year by way of fee and come 26 11925 of the total value of mapion amounted to $117.252.61 335 $16,04621

Pragainst $121,606.21 in the previous

via Foochow (ex-

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