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COUNSEL'S

PLEA FOR

MITIGATION Razor Slashing Case

At Sessions

CHIEF JUSTICE POSTPONES SENTENCE

An eloquent plea was made by Mr. Leo d'Almada, jnr. on behalf

William of Fusilier Gronert, Royal Welch Fusiliers, when the latter was charged before Sir Atholl MacGregor at the Criminal

Sessions this:

morning with wounding Chan Chan Ho, Chan Kam and Chan Ying, three women, on the night of September 13, last.

The defendant, who admitted all the charges, was stated to have a good Army record by: Lieut. N. R. G. Bosanquet, RW.F. who was present in Court throughout the proceed- ing. This officer also told the Court that the fact that Gronert had pleaded guilty to the charges did not necessarily mean that he would automati- cally be discharged from the Army.

Counsel's Plea

Addressing the Court, Mr. d'Almada said that Gronert had a good record and was clear of even minor trouble since January 1935. "At first sight." said Mr. d'Almada, "it would seem that there were no but after mitigating features considering the whole circum- stances, Your Lordship could Comc to no other conclusion than that only the lightest sen- tence would be sufficient for this man.

"His record had been so good) as to have made him worthy of being in the Military Police.

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POLICE RESERVE

He is due for his discharge nextOrders For The Current

year and has been in receipt of day, pay of three shillings a

Week

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|of possession of a revolver

five rounds of ammunition "were preferred against the man There was also an additional charge of retaming to the Colony before the term of his banishment had expired.

Scheduled to have sailed from Shanghai at 10.30 am. to-day, the RMS. Empress of Asia is expect- Led to arrive in the Colony at 1 am. on Thursday. She will leave the same day at 6 pm. for Manila

Mr. Langensepin, of Prince's Building, reports that while driv- ing ear No. 226, in Hennessy Road yesterday, be knocked down a wo- man, Au Wan-kwai, who was sent to the Government Civil Hospital.

Tan Shan-shing, aged 9. was knocked down by bas No. 301. ir Connaught Road West at 4 o'clock. yesterday afternoon, and died in the Government Civil Hospital "at 17.25 pan

to

Ng Sik-yuen was admitted the Kowloon Hospital in an 130- conscious condition as the result of injuries received when he fell while jumping off bus No.. 762 near the Alhambra Theatre yester- day.

Wu Ting was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour, by Sir Atholl MacGregor at| the Criminal Sessions this morn- fing on a charge of possession of a revolver and four rounds of am-

ition. It was stated that there was no record against the man, who admitted the charge.

The RMS Empress of Japan left Shanghai for Vancouver via Kobe, Yokobama; Honolulu and Victoria, yesterday and is expect Orders by Mr. C. G. Perdue, led to leave Yokohama next ́‚„Fri- ting various sums of money to Acting-Inspector General of Police. day. his father in Cornwall

and out of this he has been able!

to save £9. 10s. besides remit-i

Great Temptation Here

Chinese Company

Indian Company

same concern..

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EMPIRE AIR LEAD

Regular Routes Over

53,291 Miles 4.

RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN PAST YEAR

KILLING OUT

OF LOVE"

Judge Makes Strong Comment

NO RIGHT TO DETERMINE OTHER'S DESTINY.

Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord at the Old Ralley last month declared:

"The idea that any human being has the right to determine "kis destiny, or that of others, because | the facts of life are inconvenient! is one which must be dispelled and dispelled definitely.”

He was passing sentence of 10 years penal servitude on Hilla Shipley, red S4, a merchant, of Hampstead, who pleaded guilty to attempting to murder his wife.

Mr. Mervyn Grifith-Jones, pro- secuting, said that Shipley was married in 1929, and had lived happily with his wife. They were devoted to each other.

They had been in considerable financial difficulty, and on August †21 Shipley was due to appear be

fore the Official Receiver for an examination in bankruptcy.

Blow With Hammer According to a statement he made to the police he had con- sidered committing suicide bat turned the idea down because he feared to ruin his wife's life. In- stead he decided to 1 her.

He struck her on the head with a hammer, causing serious in- juries, and, it was feared, loss of speech.

Det-Ins, Smith said that Ship- ley was born at Windan (Russia), and came to Eagland in 1912 Hel |was educated at Dulwich College, and won a scholarship in history which entitled him to go to Oxford University. For financial reasons, he was unable to take up the

scholarship.

He was naturalised in 1928. He and his wife were regarded as an ideal couple.

Dr. Grierson, medical officer of Brixton Prison, said that Shipley

The British Empire now leads was not insane. There was no doubt, however, there was some Drill Parade.~A Drill Parade Among the passengers who the world in aggregate mileage, of

abnormality about the ease. "The accused was looking for-will take place at No. 2 Police landed in Hong Kong, this mor- regular air routes.

Lack Of Ballast a. report The fact is revealed in Station on Wednesday, Octoberning by the s.s. President Pierce ward on his discharge to going

were Mr. W. Mal-ljust issued on the progress of Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord: He Canada and that is why he had 21 at 17.30 hours under Sub-In-from Manila been saving money. I think my spector Hunt. All men, except lahey, Airport Manager of Pan-civil aviation in India during had what would be described az

"a lack of ballast.” Dress-American Airways, and Mr. A. A. 1935.

Mr. C. W. Messor, defending, learned friend will accept this recruits should attend.

Gray, Radio Engineer with "the Figures given show that in 1935 statement that men like the defen-Mufti

They are on a the mileage of regular air routes) said that it was, not an ordinary dant are in a different position

developed by the British Common-case of attempted murder. Shipley Training Course-Part -The short holiday in the Colony. here in the matter of temptation.!

wealth of Nations was 58,291, com- attempted to murder his wife be- than at Home. I am instructed to undermentioned members will at- say that here they are always open tend Indian Company Headquar Mr. Lloyd Pratt, Superinten-pared with 52,461 by the United cause of his attachment to her."

by Shipley's argument to temptation. There are innum ters on Tuesday, October 20th at dent of Mining in Baguio and con- States of Americs, 24,451

don't want my wife to live a life

erable

the 17.30 hourse for Part II of Train-nected with the famous Maraman France, and 22,291 by Germany. women walking in

and Co., is on a short holiday in "The growth of British air traf-of misery. She has been miser- streets and accosting the men, and ing Course:-

Constables R201 S. L Bux, the Colony, having arrived this fe," it is commented, "offers a re-able with me. I hate to see her that would not be found at Home

Fazal Ibai Opal, R225 Kasim morning from Manila by the 5. markable example of air trans-suffer. The only thing I can do to where matters of this nature are

port development in a country stop her suffering is to kill her." All-R226 A. R. Pazack, P236 M. President Pierce.

After he had struck his wife, more easily avoidable.

where a conservative policy has R213 S. B. Fussian, R210 Ab-- Mr. Tom D. Cochrane, Mana-been pursued as regards subsidies Shipley went to Hampstead police

Director dullah Shah, R216 Lall Khan, ging

of Paramount and where the conditions are un-station with a dog under his zımı, and R293 Jaffar Mohamed. Pilns, Ltd., at Tokyo, arrived in favourable for the advantages of gave the officer his visiting card, Insection Parade.—An inspec- the Colony this morning from flying to be displayed.”

the President cut by one shilling, and this cut tion parade will be held at the Cen- Manila by would continue for one year. With tral Police Station on Wednesday, Pierce. the two shillings left, he had tajOctober 21 at 17.30 hours. Dress

"Some time ago, Gronert was slightly intoxicated and as a re- sult of this temptation contracted a certain kind of disease. He had

to go to hospital' and his pay was

R. Fazack, R236 M. S. Dillon,

Empire Air Mail

jend zaid. “I have just murdered my wife. Here is my dog. World The scheme for the reorganisa-you be good enough to take care of tion of the Empire' air mail ́Ber-it?"

Mr. Measor added that people

meet his medical expenses. On dis--White Uniform, Cap with White The P.MS. Empress of Asia will vices is still under examination charge from the hospital he was Cover, Belt with Brace, Trun-leave Shanghai for Hong Kong and faced with the prospect of fatigue cheon, "Pocket Policeman" and Manila at 10.30 p.m. to-night.

be carried The dril for three weeks, and that wasnote-book to the position he found himself in Equipment Officer will make when he was disharged from the point of being present. hospital on September 13, last.”

So far as India is concerned, who went to see Mrs. Shipley after that scheme means five weekly the incidert stated that she was services each way: a 2-days' then able just to speak. It was H.M.S. Cumberland is expected journey between Croydon and hoped that she would eventually to arrive fa port to-day st noon, Karachi, and the carriage of all regain her speech. Training Course Part IIL-2nd HMS. Sandwich will leave letters and postcards by air. There will be a revolver course to-morrow for a crisise in Cebu Went For Walk Counsel went on to say that for the Indian Company on Friday, and Manila, later going up when he got back to the barracks October 23 at 17.15 hours at the, Wei-hai-wei.

Range under from the hospital, he was, unpack Kennedy Road

ing his kit when he came across a Police Sergeant A210 Perkins.! razor and accidentally slipped it The undermentioned members will into his pocket. He went out for attend:-

S. L (R) Badan Singh, Con- stables R201- S. Buz, R205 - M Din, R205 Abdul Ghani, R206;

DISHONEST CLERK SENTENCED

Brainstorm?

During 1935 Imperial' Airways

Mr. Messor submitted that what to (carried on this route 822 tons of

mail and -989 passengers, com-had happened was the result of a pared with 59.2 tons of mail- and brainstoren.

606 passengers in the year before. Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord, said

only attri Mail traffic on the trans-India to Shipley: "I can service increased 128.5 per cent bute what you have done to the jas courpared with 39 per cent, on kind of sloppy thinking which, un- the Croydon-Karachi section. The fortunately, in encouraged in some number of passenger-tons-miles quarters where is certainly ought down in 1934 was 78,375.4, while not to be in the present age.

"Happily, you did not succeed the total for 1935 was 117,180.2. 104 Services

in what you intended to do, which During last year 104 services was merely an attempt to save Khan, R253 M. Ahsan, S. O. Chan Wai-man, a clerk, employ were operated from London to your wife and to save yourself Ismail, 2267 Rahad Din, R271ed at the Bible Book and Tract Karachi, of which 87 arrived from really meeting the facts of M. Feroz, R273 Kapur Singh, depot, was this morning sentenced punctually and 17 were late. The life.

M. Ali Oppal, 2207 Fazal Ali Cashed Sterling Bank Oppal; R216 Lall Khan, E229 Jiwan Singh, R233 Mit Singh,

R234 H. Ahsan, F246 M. Y.

Draft

B277 Shah Zada Khan, R282 to two months' imprisonment by lateness was due in nine cases to The idea that a human being Latif Khan, R291 Tara Khan, Mr. R. Keen at the Central Magis delay on train services, and the should be allowed to avoid the R297 Karan Khan, R298 Ayub tracy for obtaining with intent to remainder to the civil disturs normal circumstances of life in

that cowardly way is one which; Khan, and R299 Abdul Shakoor. defraud the sum of £2118d from bances in Greece.

Flying Squad

Special

any well-governed

a walk with a man nazed Hughes that evening and when they were accosted by the women, the defen- dant, on an impluse which show ed that be was not properly balaz- ced, whipped out the razor and at- He tacked the first complainant. then did the same to the second and third complainants. After this Counsel said that the accused went to the Police and gave himself up.' helping them, subsequently, to find the women he had cut Mr. d'Al- mada concluded by saying that

the Shanghai Commercial "and Of the 104 nights in the opposite cannot be allowed to exist for ane this case was not what one might

Escort Duty The Savings Bank by means of direction, 91 left Karachi on time, moment in hold as similar to the Jack the

the delays being due to the late Ripper case, which spread over a undermentioned members of the forged draft.

Flying Squad will do special es- The Rev. F. Short was the com-arrival of trans-India service.

"As soon as the new types of} cart, daty on Saturday, October plainant.

Detective Sergeant Dentley saidiaircraft now on order for the En- 126They will fall in at the

Central Police Station at 1400 that on Saturday Mr. Short repre- Air Mail scheme begin to be hours Dress White Uniform, ported the matter and defendzat delivered, it is stated, the tem

was traced. He had cashed the porary superiority in performance and Sunhat will be wo

of foreign die liners will disap Police Sergeants R801 Choa draft on October 12- Hing KL and B833 AW Defendant was a married man Mooney, Lance Sergeant Ex15 and his child had been ill recent Ho So, and Constables, 2312, py, and for this reason he had M. Xavier, ES23 Lo Kean-ho yielded to the temptation. R332 Ng Kang-kwal, R354 Lee Mr. Short said that the rasizžer Chan-kee and R259 Ho Wing, was reported only-from

daty and that the defendant during the time he had been (Bxd.)C CHAMPKIN,

D. SPR),ployed givm every satis Hong Kong, Monday, October and put in extra good work.

¿was not pressing the case

period of about a month, for here were three women, who wed

in the space of about 15

His Lordships Mr. d'Almada, have listened with great Interest and attention to all you have ged on behalf of the prisoner. I fend it an extremely difficult cast in which to assess sentence and therefore, propose to postpone sen tence until the November Sessions of this Court

"Two cases of enteric fewer, and one of diphtheria were reported to

the local Health authorities dur-

ing the 48 hours ended yesterday 19, 1986

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