RESPONSIBILITY FOR
MURDER ARGUED ACCUSED'S EXPLANATIONS IN CHARCOAL CASE
THE JURY WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THE COURT THIS MORNING WHILE COUNSELS FOR THE CROWN AND THE DEFENCE IN THE SENSATIONAL “CHARCOAL MURDER CASE" SUBMITTED THEIR RESPECTIVE VIEWPOINTS ON THE LAW GOVERNING A FELONY (IN THE COURSE OF WHICH MURDER IS COMMITTED), BEFORE THE CHIEF JUS- TICE, SIR ATHOLL MacGREGOR, AT THE CRIMINAL SES- SIONS.
The accused, Chiu Yuk-fai, 24-that either you or To used it (the year-old P.W.D. draughtsman, fac- hammer), on her (deceased)" es trial for the murder of a 27-Neither of us used it on her.”
THE STRANGER AGAIN year-old Chinese woman. Cheung
Accused explained that the wood- Yuk-ching, whose charred body was
en shutter was put on the fire by discovered on a heap of charcoal in the vacant top flat of No. 323, Re-a stranger who helped to put the
fire out clamation Street, on February 28 last.
Mr. Williams: "You told lies in your statement about To using a The accused is represented by knife," "I was afraid that the the Honourable Mr. Leo D'Almada. Police might get angry with me for junior, while Mr. E. H. Williams, not interfering when the woman
strangled, Assistant Attorney General, is ap-was
I wanted to pearing on behalf of the Crown. pacify the anger of the L. G. P."
The jury comprises, Messrs. d. Lccuped-eduled - Robinson (Foreman), C. R. Wilson, confronta Yew Man-chiu, B. W. Simmons, M.whiZE B. Reyes, E. A. Kinsey and F. J. H. Jenner.
ACCUSED IN THE BO
Under a further cross-examin
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So you told,
was
pacify the Police." "Only a
by Mr. Williams; the accused stated camouflage.” that To Wai-man swung the girdle over her head.
"I put it to you that the whole Accused was satis-statement is a camouflage”—“You see by the statement which fied that this was To's method to can keep the woman quiet. Accused was part was lies. Some character had under the ippression that To was been crossed out and others added. going to "play his act" on her and according to my dictation. that he was only doing something suggest that it was between to keep the deceased from calling you and To to kill the woman”
"It is not true." out. Accused said that it did not occur to him that the girdle might Asked why have been too tight.
valt for help after he
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THE CHINA MAIL, “APRIL 30, 1937,
Von Neurath Going To Rome
Berlin, To-day,
The Foreign Minister, Baron Constantin von Neurath, will pay. an official visit to Rome on May
3.
He is expected to stay in the Italian capital for three days, during which time he will have conversations with Signor Mus- solini and the Foreign Minis- ter, Count Ciano, Trans- Ocean.
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CUP FINAL HONOUR
KING AND QUEEN TO ATTEND
SUNDERLAND'S CONFIDENCE
London, To-day. The King and Queen in the yal Box, which will be decor- with 1,400 red roses, will e huge Cup Final crowd mpire Stadium, Wem- rrow when last year's ampions, Sunderland,
North End.
Loverseas visitors, lian princes, have
meet
Thousa
including man, purchased ticket
Sunderland are confident of win- ning the trophy fir the first time in their history, but Preston are clever and workmanlike, and have fa match-winning centre-forward in Frank O'Donnell, their new Scot- tish International. O'Donnell has the scored in every round of the Cup the so far.
"You took part in the killing." "I did not."
"The plan was to dump body'
did not care how
had realised that the woman had body was to be disposed." been strangled, accused replied that he had several reasons. They The accused admitted that To
were:
He was shocked when he realised that the woman had been murdered. He was seen by others when he took the deceased to the vacant flat. He, himself, opened the door to admit the murderer.
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He was present when the man was murdered.
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His father owned the house in which the act was committed, and
WOMAN'S JEWELLERY
asked for the return of the jewel- lery repeatedly, but the accused would not give it to him because he was afraid that To would rui away.
Both clubs have unaccountably re- fused to agree to the Football As- sociation's suggestion that the plarers' shirts be numbered.
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Ticket speculators are offering Coronation stand seats in exchange for Cup Final tickets, making The Chief Justice:
handsome profit both ways: "Don't you know that nothing can be worse
The Stadium field is in excellent for you than for the jewellery to condition and the turf is springy.- be found in your possession?"". Reuter.“ did not mean to keep the jewellery to myself."
The Chief Justice: "But it would
Fair Weather
His family was only next door to be against you. The jewellery The Royal Observatory reports the vacant flat in which the wo-found in your possession-jewel- that the anti-cyclone remains in the man was murdered.
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lery belonging to the murdered Pacific to the east of Japan and an
The following is the latest call- KNEW TO'S INTENTION
woman-murdered · in your flat. area of moderately high pressure over for the Derby, which will be Mr. Williams: "Did all these six Why did you not give it to To after is situated over the Upper: Yangtse. run at Ascot on June 2:-- reasons run through your mind at repeated requests.""To would run A shallow depression is indicated that time?"-"Yes." -
away".
over Manchuria.-
Forecast:-E. and S.E. winds, moderate fair. torney General was to be accepted, Re-examined by Mr. D'Almada, then, if six men set out with the the accused said that he kept the sole intent to rob, involving neces- jewellery in order to keep To in sary violence, and one, even before the other five are able to reach the room..
their victim, kills the victim, then all six men should hang for the
Accused stated that he later knew
"In any case To would have run that To had intended to murder the away" "To was obliged to run woman. He was in the sitting room away because police whistles had when To pulled down the electric been blown”. flex and bound the woman's legs.
Mr. Williams: "I suggest that you cut the flex" "I did not.".
"I put it to you that you tied the woman's legs" "I did not”.
"Where did the gag come from?"
I don't know."
"I suggest that you put the do-
cuments in the fire."
"I did not." "I had no mind for
documents thiền.
uggest that the body was put trunk before the jewellery
At this stage the jury was re- quested to leave the Court in order for the prosecution and the defence
to place their respective arguments
before the Chief Justice with re-
Leksar 6 to 1.
Perifox 10 to 1.
Goya The Second 100 to 8 t. and o. Gainsborough Lass 13 to 1 o, 100
to 7 t.
Solfo 100 to 70. Fairford 100 to 6
Le Grand Duc 100 to 6 Santa Yana 35 to 1 t and o.
Reuter. -London, To-day. murder. A necessary ingredient of The following is the amended the 1,000 murder is intent, added Counsel. list of probables for
Guiness which will take place to- To put it in a nutshell, Mr.
day:
the ust the rasult of a conspiracy ?”
Daring (Sibbritt),
Duchess Chief Justice replied that in-
(Smirke), Colette Badoche (Bridge- of a two-fold charge; he
make his charge to the jury land), Field Fare (Harry Wragg), If the jury be- Lady of Milan (Mowrey), Burling- that To and the accused ton Lass (Herbert), Black Lashes. ared
an, then the ac-Michael Beary). Lotus has been If they believed scratched. Reuter.
gard to a certain viewpoint of the D'Almada concluded by asking "was E.C.B. (Jones), Sweet Content
law.
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