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CHIEF JUSTICE'S STRONG COMMENTS ON POLICE METHODS
THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL · MacGREGOR, STRONGLY COMMENTED ON THE METHODS EMPLOYED BY THE POLICE AND THE MAGISTRACY IN UNNECESSARILY DELAYING THE BRINGING UP FOR TRIAL OF AN ACCUSED, AND STATED THAT AN OBSERVATION FROM THE COM- |MISSIONER OF POLICE WAS DESIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE OF LI TAM-WAI WHO, ARRAIGNED BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP AT THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS THIS MORNING ON A CHARGE OF HAVING PARTICIPATED IN AN ARMED ROB- BERY ON A JUNK OFF PING CHAU ISLAND, WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY AND ACQUITTED.
The accused was alleged to have boarded a junk on October 19 last and together with three other men to have robbed. Wong Che-kwong and Li Kat-fai of rice and gro ceries.
Accused pleaded not guilty, and the following Jury was empanelled to try the case: Messrs. J. R. Jones (Foreman), W. A. Tanley, J. Adam,
PLAN TO
ASSASSINATE
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Prague, To-day.
H. R. Wells, J. E. da Rocha, Lai Prague newspapers yesterday Kwong-hing and L. G. Rozario.
evening published a sensational After the evidence of the two story of the discovery by the Czech complainants was recorded, the police of a plan to assassinate Dr. Chief Justice pointed out that the Stojadivovic, the Yugo-Slav Premi- accused was arrested on November
129 and was not brought for trialer, who is now on a visit to Ger-
until December 10, which automa- tically delayed him from being committed to the current month's
Criminal Sessions.
CHIEF JUSTICE'S COMMENTS
"There are some things which are better said publicly from this Bench than anywhere else," said the Chief Justice, "and I think I am justified in saying what I have said."
His Lordship commented on the Funnecessary delay of one month for which the accused had been kept waiting for his trial.
"The Ordinance," he continued, "provides that unless cases are committed by the 10th of the month, they will not come up for trial on that month. It imposes on those responsible the duty of see- ing that all cases are dispensed with without delay.”
many.
According to this report, a 36- Marian Mustapic was arrested at year-old Yugoslav citizen- ་་ named
Oderberg,, on the Czechoslovakian frontier, as he was about to board a train for Berlin.
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The police, whose suspicious had been aroused, found upon examina- tion that he was in possession of a forged passport. Upon being in- terrogated the men confessed being a member of the terrorist group - known as the Pavelic Terrorist group, which had laid
Alexander of Yugoslavia. plans for the assassination of KingTM
the same day the Yugoslav Prime Mustapic arrived at Oderberg
Minister passed through on his
He denied that. way to Germany. his intended journey to Germany was in connection with the present visit to that country the Yugoslav Prime Minister, but as some of his other statements are contradictory, The Chief Justice instructed the the Czech authorities are con- Assistant Attorney General, Mr.tinuing their investigations. E. H. Williams, to make inquiries Trans-Ocean. into the matter and added that it was a grievious thing that people
should be kept waiting for trial BIGGER
unnecessarily. The case concern-
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ed, he pointed out, was short and B
as far as the delay was concerned
it was as bad as could be. The IN ENGLAND
accused was charged on December
9 and for no reason at all was remanded for 24 hours, no sugges-
London, To-day Increases of two inches in aver
tion being given and besides there age height and seven or eight was no application by the police pounds in weight of school children for an adjournment, which deprived accused of the right of being tried at the December Criminal Sessions.
UTMOST IMPORTANCE
in the last 30 years, were mention- ed by Lord Stanhope at Nottingham last night when he spoke in support of the National Health Campaign. -~-~- “Such_signa of improvement in physique, however, should not give ***I regard this matter,” conclud-, rise to placency, and he said that ed the Chief Justice, “as being of the Government were making utmost importance. There should great effort to ensure that health be no delay in bringing a person services were fully used.-British to trial. Every man is innocent Wireless. until he is pronounced guilty, and
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if this man is acquitted to-day I A social evening will be held at think it will be very difficult for the R.A.O.E. (G.L.E.) Club on- any one to justify the delay in the Thursday at 8 p.m. By kind per- presentation of the case against mission the Dance Orchestra and him. He was not brought before concert party of H.M.S. Dorsetshire the Magistrate until December 9 will be in attendance. and in this connection I should | like to have the observation of the
Commissioner of Police also.”
In summing up the case the Chief Justice warned the jury of the unescapable danger of con-
victing a person on circumstantial evidence which the evidence of the witnesses amounted to.
The jury retired and returned verdict of not guilty.
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