1927-12-16 — Page 11

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927.

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FRAUD ADMITTED,

CANADIAN TO STAND

TRIAL

THREE CHARGES.

THE CHINA MAIL,

Yesterday Mr. R. E. Lindsell committed Richard Charles William, 1

Canadian of many aliases, to stand his trial at the January Criminal Scasions on three charges of fraud, as enumerated in yesterday's "China Mall.”

Mr. Lee d'Almada, Sen., for the defence, pleaded "guilty" at the outset of the case and only re served for the defence the argue on any point

right to

of law which might arise when the case came up at the Sessiona.

After Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instruct- ad by Mr. C. S. Hugh-Jones) had outlined the facts of the case 'as already reported, evidence was called.

Chilean's Evidence,

Mr. G. P. Lammert (junior) then went into the witness box. He and he was a taller in the Ameri- can Express Company, 'Hong Kong. He identified the prisoner as man who called on December 2 1926, at the bank and required £500 on a letter of credit of the

B

on

Banque Ottomans. Witness ac- cordingly gave defondant £450 in travellers' cheques and the equiva- lent of £50 in Hong Kong currency. Witness made up two drafts the London branch of the Banque Ottoman, which were dishonoured in due course. The latter of credit produced by Puig on that occasion was one for £2,000.

This completed evidence for the prosecution and accused was com- mitted.

TRIAL OF VARE.

OUR HARBOUR.

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We have received a copy of an interesting booklet dealing with the harbour of Hong Kong and the docks, wharves, gedowns and vari- ous undertakings associated with it.

The notes, which are by F. J. de Rome, B.Sc., and Rev. N. Evans, M.A., were originally compiled for the mastors of Junior classes in Ellis Kadoorle School and, as such, have been used in Geography lessons for the past eighteen months. It was felt, however, that the information contained would be of value to older scholars and the general public and with a view to placing the information at their disposal, the authors have issued the book in printed form, together at the price (at the bookstalls) of with some excellent photographs,

Washington, Dec. 6. The senate to-day began the trial of Frank L. Smith, of Illinois, and William S. Vare, of Pennsylvania.. Senator Norris, aa prosecutor, declared that Smith and Vare had been elected to the senate in cam- paigns so tinged with lavish ex-sixty cents a copy. penditure na to put senatorships from Illinois and Pennsylvania on 'auction black. Associated

The first witness was Sergeant Luiz Encina of the Chilean Car- binerin Corps, one of two officers who brought the accused to Hong the Kong from Santiago, where he was Press. arrested under the name of Luiz Martin Lopez, a Spanish subject.

Encina gavo formal evidence with regard to the bag which was brought to Hong Kong with the aceused, and identified various articles produced by Mr. Jenkin as baving been in the bag when they' left Santingo.

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Several books, pamphlets_and guides on the island of Hong Kong and the New Territories have ap peared within the last few years, but this is probably the first cover- ing and limited to the harbour and its trade. Within its nineteen pages la compressed general information regarding the harbour. itself, islands, bays, rocks, lights, re- clamations, entrances, fairways and buoys, anchorages, typhoons, tides, wharves, godowns, shipyards, steamship lines and-routes, trade, etc., etc.

The Information is provided in readable form and the photographa of the harbour and docks are excel- lently produced.

Mr. d'Almada's cross-examina- tion of this witness was interesting) because of an attempt to explain that the accused's possession of the paints, brushes, etc., was for an innocuous purpose. Counsel asked if the witness had seen any paint- ings done by the accused, and re- ceived the reply that the accused.

DANGEROUS GOODS. had painted some pictures whilst on the ship coming out to Hong

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FINED. any paintings done by the accused in Santiago. The only things the

Before Mr. W. Schofield at the |witness knew the accused' had left

Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, the behind in Chile were a pair of binoculars and a camera..

Little children who do not enjoy Mining Company was

representative of the Chuan Lee Mr. Agotithes Emanuel Melmara- their play, who are fretful and ill-with removing twenty

charged

of chi, a Greek national, who stated tempered during the daylight hours dynamite and 16,000 detonators that he was the head of the Letter and sleep restlessly at night, are from Green Island, to No. 22, Wai- of Credit Department ,of the not in sound health. They need ching Street without a permit and Jerusalem branch of the Banque attention; the trouble may be with with being in possession of the Imperiale Ottomane next gave evi- their teething; or perhaps the sald dangerous, goods at the above dence of identification of the stomach or intestinal tract needs address without a permit. accused, who as Charles Puig on gentle correction; in either case July 27, 1926 bought a letter of Baby's Own Tablets are just the credit at his bank for £200, for remedy required. which the accused paid in the cur- rency of Jerusalem. Since July 1926 the witness had not seen the accused again until that morning in Court.

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Mr. Lo said that he would plead guilty to the first charge. He un- derstood that where two charges

were brought in respect of one offence only one count would be proceeded with, the other. being withdrawn.

Continuing Mr. Lo said that the defendant had a permit to remove the goods but he did not know how! constipation, | far that covered the case. ease colle, correct indigestion, His Worship pointed out that the check diarrhoea, allay teething objection was that the goods were pains, relieve croup and colds, ex-stored in an ordinary dwelling pel worms, quiet the nerves and house, and after further discus- banish sleeplessness by removing sion, the Magistrate decided to im-) On receipt of the letter, a fresh its cause. Your chemist sells pose a fine of $50,

Burned Letter, Witness also identifled the let ter of credit which was alleged to have been burned by accident and he further Identified the letter which was received by the Bauk asking for a new letter of credit,

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