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WOMAN WARNED WEST POINT FOR THRASHING GANGSTER SMALL BOY

A 28-year-old married

SENTENCED

woman, When Lan Fat, ship hawker, was Ling Po-lau, was charged before charged at Kowloon this morning and Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central with larceny from the person, Magistracy this morning, with ill-unlawful boarding, Det. Sergt. J. R. treating a boy named Yan Sheung- Sykes, prosecuting officer, asked the yee, at No. 16 Percival Street. Magistrate to take a serious view of Inspector Fraser said that the case, because two or three gangs boy went to Wanchai Police Sta- were working in West Point. tion at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday, and complained.

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Most of the people who were vic- tims of these gangs did not report Defendant admitted that she the robberies to the police, who struck the child, but said she had could only deal with the few cases The woman good reason for it. The child had that were reported.

a habit of stealing money from her victim and her brother-in-law, had and gambling. She caued him only only $500 in the world and defen- to do him good. She struck the dant and his gang had helped them- boy hard, because she lost her tem-selves to it. per.

Mr. Forrest warned her not to lose her temper again, and bound her over.

Mr. Himsworth, passing sentence, said he would impose the maximum sentence regretted he could not im- pose a heavier sentence than law decreed.

The defendant; who-had

the

three

CHEQUE LEADS TO previous convictions, was sentenced

DOWNFALL

unlawful

to one year's hard labour for lar- ceny, and 2 months for boarding.

A. 24-year-old Chinese was Mr. D. J. Sloss, of the Hong Kong charged before Mr. T. J. Houston, University, has reported the theft at the Central Magistracy, this of a lady's handbag, containing a morning, with stealing a wallet, silver cigarette case, and cigarette containing a cheque for $110 and holder, from his residence, some $70 in money, from a clerk, Iu time yesterday.

Tak-kong, at the Fanling, Race

Course on Sunday.

The victim had stopped pay-

ment on the cheque. Defendant ing to defendant's apprehension asked a friend to cash it yester- Sentence of six months' harð day, the man was detained, lead-labour was imposed.

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