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WOMAN DRUGGED AND ROBBED

CRIME AT MALACCA

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Malacca, July 6. At the second day's sitting of Malacca Assizes, Soi Chek Seng was charged with voluntarily causing hurt, on April 19, to a woman named Lee Ah-foon while committing rob bery of her jewellery valued at $115, also with administering chloroform

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drawer a bottle of chloroform and, stabbed twice. He shouted for help a handkerchief which smelt strong- and Ah-lin and Ah-heng came ly of chloroform. Later the accus- to his aid and were both stabbed. ed was taken to the house Goh Ah-lin and Tob Ah-heng corro- where he lived in Simpang Lima and borated. in his room an empty bottle that smelt of chloroform was found. The hottles and the handkerchief wore sent to the Government Analyst at Singapore who certified to the pre- sence of chloroform..

Accused gave evidence to the offect that he suffered from insom-

Khiu Khi-hin, an employee at the shop, said that on the night in ques- tion he saw Ah-nghee drag the ac- cused out of the shop and then re- turn covered with blood. He was followed by two others who were also covered with blood.

LAMMERT BROS. to her, and voluntarily causing furt in question, he had just bought a and later return covered with blood.

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Foo Ah-hua, the shopkeeper, gave nia and was advised to use chloro- evidence to the effect that he saw form to induce sleep. On the night | Ah-nghoe go out with the accused

in attempting robbery on April 29, bottle of the drug from a store and Accused, in his evidence, said that, from Wong Gan-sob, and adminis-had put it in the drawer of the table | he was assaulted by about ten tering chloroform to her for that in the hotel where he was passing people on the night in question and purpose.

the night. The second complain-that he held out the knife to protect The accused pleaded not guilty. ant who was with him, thought the himself, The D.P.P. explained that the ac- liquid in the bottle was scent and cused was a Chinese school teacher poured some on her bandkerchief. and "had committed a dastardly! When told that it was not scent but crime which was substantiated by !

the strongest possible circumstantial: 000069065396689ERSBE evidence."

Lee Ah-foon, in her evidence, said that she lived at 20 Java Lane, but was robbed at Kwong Seong lodging house, Kampung Pantei. She said that she had a quantity of jewellery on her when she passed the night at the lodging house with the accused, but when she awoke the accused was gone and so was her jewellery. She did not make a report at once because she had to go to Kuala Lumpur, but later she made a report and also identified the accused among other persons. paraded at the police station.

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After the summing up, the jury

| returned a verdict of guilty of caus- ing grievous hurt to Goh Ah-nghee under slight provocation, of causing grievous hurt to Goh Ah-lin and. of causing hurt to Toh Ah-heng..

His Lordship sentenced accused to three years' rigorous imprisonment on each of the first two chargés and one year on the third charge, the sentences to run concurrently.

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The D.P.P. explained that the ac- cused was driving a lorry of timber, with a Chinese clerk by his side, down a hill at Tebong. Evidently Chloroform Bottle Found

the lorry got out of control and the Chinese clerk turned over causing the death of When the case was continued the next day, Pang Ah-kit, a servant at

After several witnesses had been moval of her difficulties in the near pathy and looked forward to the re- the lodging house gave evidence to the effect that he found a bottle

08306989633099609880 examined, the jury, on the instruc- future.

tion of the Judge, returned a ver would enjoy a great measure of He hoped that China which had a very unpleasant smell a kind of medicine, she put the hand-dict of not guilty, and the accused prosperity very soon. under the bed. He handed it to a kerchief into

China was & drawer. Later was acquitted and discharged.-facing an entirely new situation in detective.

he was arrested.

With regard to Straits Times, the first complainant, accused said

world affairs and it was hardly to that he knew nothing of the less

be wondered at that her problems of her jewellery.

were complex. There could be no doubt that the Chinese, who possessed brains and intelligence, would eventually lead the country to peace.

2

Wong Ah-sob, the second victim, stated that on the night of April 29, she accompanied accused to

hotel and about mid- night she awoke to find wet handkerchief which had a strong smell on her face. She got up and put the handkerchief in a drawer after which she told accused that she wanted to go home on ac- count of not feeling well.

On her way home she met a detective to whom she mentioned the occur- rence at the hotel. and next day went to the detective station and identified the accused.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty on all the charges and the accused was sentenced to ten years* rigorous imprisonment and strokes with the rattan.

Use of the Knife

ten

IN MALAYA

TRIBUTE TO PROGRESSIVE CHINESE WORK

Industry and Perseverance. Ipoh, July 5.

Malaya had seen the progresă The Perak Chamber of Commerce made by Chinese and Europeans Lin Tong Thye was charged with Chinese residents of Ipoh last night terest and pleasure. The country gave a banquet to the leading looked upon that progress with in- the attempted murder af Goh Ahat the Grand Hotel, the Hon. Mr. in which they lived would not have nghee, voluntarily causing hurt to Cecil Rae presiding. Goh Ah-lim and voluntarily causing hurt to Toh Ah-heng on May 5, at Mantai.

Mr. H. L. Johnson, of the C.I.D., accused was not defended. Accused The D.P.P. prosecuted, while the said that when he was handed the pleaded not guilty and said that he bottle of chloroform he gave instruc-was attacked by ten people and this tions to a detective to watch all the caused him to draw his knife: The

D.P.P. explained that the accused quarrelled with Goh Ah-nghee and stabbed him and two other men whe tried to intervene..

lodging houses and to warn all women of a certain class to look out for a Kokien man who might try to rob them by using chloroform. At 12.45 am on April 30, the de- In his evidence, Goh Ab-nghee tective telephoned for him to go to said that while he was buying cigar- the hotel.

When he arrived there 'ettes at a Chinese shop on May 5, The arrested the accused and on accused insulted him. He remon found in a strated with the accused and was searching the room

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been anything like what it was to- In the course of the evening, the day but for the wonderful industry chairman said it was the first time and perseverance of the Chinese in in his recollection that a gathering the F.M.S. who had solved the although the Chinese in the past and British. The former had sup- of such a nature had taken place problem of how to combine Chinese had, on several occasions, enter plied the means to establish the tained the Europeans. That was

peace of the country and the latter not to be wondered at because the had provided the industry to de- hospitality of the Chinese was velop the country. The speaker proverbial. He hoped that as their concluded by proposing the toast interests became closer gatherings of their guests. similar to the function that night would be more frequent.

Mr. Leong Sin Naw responded and thanked their hosts for the Referring to the happenings in hospitality which, he said, the China, Mr. Rae assured their guesta Chinese greatly appreciated, Busi that the British viewed China's ness relations between the two troubles with the greatest gym-communities

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The Hon. Mr. Cheah Cheang Lim, in a speech, referred to the func- tion as unique in the communal relations in the State. As business- men they had met one another on the kerb or in the shop; on that occasion they were meeting social- ly and it could not but contribute towards the broadening of the basis of. commercial friendship. Straits Times.

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