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MURDER TRIAL

CONCLUDES

VERDICT OF GUILTY

RETURNED

STRONG RECOMMENDATION TO

MERCY

Later he had another 20

Mother's Anxiety

QUICKLY VANISHES WHEN BABY'S OWN TABLETS

Are used To Correct Childhood's Stomach, Teething- And Bowel Troubles. Not for babies only, but for chil

COMMUNISM IN

FRANCE

Border Demonstrations Deplored

STRONG PRESS COMMENTS.

-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Paris, To-day. The Communist demonstrations- in Alsace-Lorraine, where the Se- cretary-General of the Communist Party, M. Tharer, poured abuse over Germany, will be followed next Sunday. it is declared, - by another mass meeting in Mullau- ¡sen, also in Alsace, near the Ger-

man frontier.

The Right-wing press deplores

French."

- The Central Police Station shooting case was brought to a conclusion at the Criminal Sessions yesterday when the jury, after long deliberation, brought in a verdict of guilty against Bhag Singh, who was being tried for the murder of a fellow con- stable, Sahib Singh, at the Central Police Station at 5.10 p.m. on July 26, last. Sentence of death was passed by His Honour dren of all ages, Baby's O Tablets the activities of the Communists ment when the stomach is out of in such close proximity to the Ger the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, but the jury, in return-are the safest, surest corrective treat- ing their verdict, also made a strong recommendation to mercy-order, constipation is present, there man border. It is declared that feverishness, calic, Satulence, the German protest in Paris is a humiliation of the Throughout the two-day trial.where he asked one of the pedes-worms are causing trouble, or there"painful

cents are symptoms of chil. accused maintained a calm de-trians to buy for him 20

The prescription of a specialist in

The Journal des Debats, de- meanour. He did not deny the worth of sumaku.

childhood's silments, Baby's Own shooting and insisted that be had!

cents Tablets are pleasant in taste and eary clares that France has little rea- cause no gripingson to be proud of the freedom of no grudge against his victim. His worth of samsku“ After standing in action; they Counsel pleaded that accused was there for some time he had another mauses or other unpleasant symptoms speech allowed to this "camon-

such as castor oil, Senna or other ald lunder the influence of drink and drink

asked for a verdict of manslaugh- Mr. Williams: Can you tell how fashioned laxative medicines do, and flaged enemy of the nation." Any they are guaranteed absolutely pure Government deserving that name ter.

many drinks you had?

and entirely safe for even the most would have prohibited such de Accused: No. When I went out delicate infante

monstrations so near the frontier, The Crown brought its chief

In tens of thousands of homes since they could result in nothing witness, Dr. R. S. Begbie, Assistant I had 90 cents but when I recover- Government Bacteriologist, to sayed the next morning I found I had throughout the world Baby's Ow

Tablets have been the favourite chi but international tension, which that although accused was drunk only 10 cents. when he examined him, he was I put it to you that you knewen's medicine for over forty years was quite in keeping with the Bal-

If you have children your home shevist programme. not so drunk at the time of the what you were doing on that day. medicine chest is not complete with goes on to say that the country

of out them. crime as not to know what he was and hare a fall recollection doing

what happened?-No. After I had everywhere. The following jurors were em- had the drinks I felt incapable

hawicer,.. panelled to hear the case: Messrs and collided with

Obtainable at chemists

C. Jackson (Foreman), Chan Fung-whereupon the people there shout- facts of the case were to a large tin, Wong Shun-tak, W. Sharp,fed "Drunk! drunk!" I remember-extent conclusive, and to a very F. H. Lopes, W. G. Richards and ed nothing about that.

unusual extent, they were undis. P. A. Yvanovitch.

Do you remember loading #pated.

-

The paper

can no longer be governed by s group that cakes one mistake after another. Trans-Ocean Ser vice.

Incident Closed Paria Later: The Franco-Ger- man feeling arising from the re-

Mr. E. H. Williams. Assistant rife?--If I knew what I was do After dealing with the legal ferences to Herr Hitler at the |Attorney-General, appeared foring, why should I fire the shota? aspects of the case, His Lord Communist demonstrations in Al- "It has been sace-Lorraine on Sunday has sud- the prosecution, and the accused I have no grievance against any-ship continued: was defended by Mr. W. N. Thomas body. I did not know what I was said that there is no evidence that dealy died down. It is now stat- Tam, instructed by Mr. W. M Brown, of Messrs. Hastings and [Co.

·

Accused's Version

doing at the time..

the accused aimed at anybody,ed that the incident is regarded Counsel's Addresses but that does not matter in the as closed by both sides-Reuter. Addressing the jury, Mr. Wil-very slightest. It is no defence,

OLD RESIDENT liams said that although it was if a person, who goes out deliber Accused said he was 2 years of generally agreed that the accused stely armed with a lethal weapon

PASSES age and had been with the local ad taken a considerable amount and, without taking deliberate police force for 13 years. On the of alcohol, Dr. Begbie had stated aim, discharges that weapon into morning of July 26 last, he went

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jat his residence at Mosque June- of some months. He was just 52 years of are. The funeral will take Dealing with the special de place to-day, passing the Monu fence raised, His Lordship asked meat at 5:30 p

Mr. S. M. da Cruz on duty at 8 o'clock, finishing at that the prisoner knew what he a narrow and confined space oc- Counsel cupied by a group of persons; to noon. Before he returned to the was doing at the time.

story say, "I didn't aim, I was only let death of MS. M. de Crus, who station he had had drinks. Onfcontended

In this case passed away yesterday afternoon arriving at his room he was asked given by the accused that he was ting the gun of by B579 to go to the temple in more or less in a trance at the the accused had's dangerous wes the compound and get some pud-time could not be believed, be-pen, which be made dangerous tion, after an illness ding. He went and was repri-cause the prisoner did not take and with which he was acquaint- manded by the priest for drink-any of the rifes in the rack but ed.”

his own; this showed that he ing.

In reply to his counsel, witness knew what he was doing.

Mr. Tam said the pies raised by the jury to remember that the Isaid he had never quarrelled with anybody during his service in the the defence was one of dranken-words intoxication and drunken-ing the verdict.

No Grudge At All Hforce.

ness, which was really not an ex-ness had no definition in law. The!

in law did say that if a person was In reply to His Lordship's ques: After be bad handed the pad-case for the crime but was,

under the in-tion if he had anything to mas ding to B579, he went out of the certain circumstances, taken into 30 excessively

fluence of alcohol that the Jury why sentence of death should not station for the purpose of buying consideration.

was satisfied that at the moment be passed, accused, said, “If the drinks. That was about 1 p.m.;.

Eunning Amok

of the

crime his reason was un-prosecution can prove that I had The did not know what time be re-

There was no doubt from the seated and he was unable to a grievance against deceased. lout he drank about two bottles of evidence that accused had had tookorm the intent that is, that he then I am guilty. I.had no gries

much to drink and on that issue was incapable of knowing that vance at all.. I had no grudge - Counsel: Do you know anything he might call the doctor who gave what he was doing was danger against any of them; what I did. evidence for the Crown, the star ous-then, the jury was enabled I did under the influence of drink about the shooting?

return a verdict of - man- and when I was incapable. “ witness for the defence. He had to Acensed: No.

Accused was calm as His Lord When did you come to know of testified that the amount of alco-slaughter.

Going over the evidence of the ship put on the black cap and it?-I came to know about it atjhol consumed by accused was en- 12 am when I was told by the ough to make the strongest drink-case, His Lordship said the jury passed the death sentence, con-

er drunk and on the strength of could entirely disregard the petty duding with the words “. interpreter.

squabble shortly after midday may the Lord have mercy on your that, Counsel asked the jury to Now that you know of it, what say that accused was drunk at the when a fellow constable objected soul"

to accused making à zoise, 28 In passing sentence, His Lord; have you to say?-I beg to say I time of the crime.

irrelevant to the issue.

ship said: You have been found have no grudge against any of

It should also be borne in mindj After some further aspects of guilty on clear evidence of the them. What I did was under the influence of liquor. I did not know that accused had no motive for the case had been outlined by His murder of a brother constable and That was evidenced by Lordship the jury retired at 5,101 vouchsafe the opinion that the what I was doing. I have been killing.

turned. During the time he was

samaku.

"It is not uncommon," contin-

and

I

18 years in the force and made the fact that he afterwards went pm, and returned at 5.50 P. verdict of the inry in this case, The jury has no trouble at all, though I have into one of the rooms and called The foreman then announced that is a right one. had a few reports for drinking out to see if anybody else was three of the jurors had come to coupled with its verdict a strong there, and it was also indicated 4 decision but the remainder re-recommendation to mercy which Had A Few Drinks

by the random nature and the quired farther enlightenment on I shall, of course, forward to the Cross-examined by Mr. Williams, number of the shots he fired. the question of insanity. Six cases (with two deaths) of

proper quarter, where I have no Hia Lordship reminded the jury doubt that it will receive fall and diphtheria and 19 cases (one im-witness said that before he

consideration. ported) (with three deaths) of turned to the station, after he had!

ued Counsel, “for men of his race that insanity had not been plead-sympathetic cents enteric fever were reported to the gone off duty, he had 20 local Health authorities during the worth of samshy, about half a to run amok on a hot summer's ed in defence of the accused and must pass on you the only sex day, and probably the alcohol on again addressed them on the legalitence which the law prescribes week ended October 10. Siity bottle. He drank it behind a haw-;

aspect of the intoxication plea for the offence of which

you have The jury retired again and re- been found guilty. nine deaths from tuberculosis were her's stall in Sai Street. The top of this, caused his mind to

become deranged."

tumed to court with a verdict of His Lordship thanked the jurors catifed during the same period. Liquor had very little effect on

guilty and a strong recommenda- for their services and exempted Two cases (one imported) of him.

In summing up, Hia Lordsḥiption to mercy. They had spent them from further service during enteric fever were reported during On leaving the station about 1: the 24 hours ended on Monday. pm, he went to Stanton Street remarked at the outset that the 70 minutes altogether in consider the remainder of the jury year.

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