1939-10-19 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 19, 1939

SALUTARY

FINES IN ATTEMPTED BRIBE CASE

FINES OF $1,600 OR SIX MONTHS' HARD LABOUR. WERE IMPOSED ON BHUM KWONG-CHUNG, CON. TRACTOR, AND YEUNG TIN. CHEUNG, BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE AT THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS THIS MORNING, WHEN CHARGED WITH OFFERING A BRIBE OF THREE PER CENT. OF THE COST OF BUILDING HUTS IN ARGYLE STREET TO MR. R. P. SHAW, EX- ECUTIVE ENGINEER OF THE PUB. LIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

The first defendant pleaded guilty. Second defendant was represented by Mr. Hing-shing Lo, instructed by Mr. J. Hall. The case for the prosecution was conducted by Mr. J. Prentiss, Assistant Crown Counsel.

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MOVE TO AID GERMANY?

Moscow, To-day.

A threefold expansion of trade between Latvia and the Soviet Je provided for in a trade treaty signed in Moscow yesterday.

The agreement provides for large Increase in the transit of Boviet goods through. Latvian ports.-Router.

BRITISH

CONTRABAND SEIZURES

London, Tu-day,

These included 5,900 tons of copra, 2,000 tons of phosphates, 1,800 tons of coffee, 1,800 tons of lead and lead concentrates, 1,150 tons of steel scrap, 1,000 tons of manganese ore, 1,200 tons of miscellaneous ores and metals, 1,000 tons of rubber, 1,000 tons of palm oil, 1,000 tons of soya bean oil, 1,000 tons of other oils and fats, 1,000 tons of cereals, 350 tons of cotton and various quantities, of wool, silk, fibres, chemicals, tanning materials, hides and skins, foodstuffs, oilseeds, timber, gums and resins.

During the week to October 14, the The jury was composed of Messrs: British Contraband Control intercept- A. Howard (foreman), Chau Shing-ed and detained 23,000 tons of goods tai, A. A. Gon, B. Hailston, Cheung as to which there was evidence that Yuen-cheur J. Jorge and G. A. Low.they were contraband destined for

Mr. Prentiss said defendant stood | Germany, charged with offering a bribe to a government servant with object of securing the contract for the erection of certain huts in Argyle Street. Tenders were invited in the "Govern- ment-Gazette" and the closing date was September 11. On September 8, defendants visited Mr. Shaw's office and asked if they could tender. Mr. Shaw went through the list of au- thorised contractors and said that as they were not on the list, they could not tender. They were told what to do if they desired to be placed on the list. On September 19, they came again and Arst defendant produced a letter, which he handed to the other, who gave it to Mr. Shaw. The latter came to a clause where three per cent. of the contract price was men- tioned and asked to whom the per- centage was to be given. Second de- fendant replied that this was for Mr. Shaw.

This brings the total for the first six weeks of the war, up to 338,000 tons.-British Wireless.

NAVAL OFFICER'S CAR STOLEN

A car owned by Surgeon-Lt. Jones, residing at the Gloucester, Hotel, was

yesterday.. stolen from the Pedder Street car

Mr. Shaw took the letter to his senior officer and as the result of in-park structions arranged a meeting with the two men in his office at 3 p.m. on September 22, when Sub-Inspector C. Goodwin. and a Chinese police inter- preter were able to hear any conver- sation going on.

MERE INTERPRETER

PRINCE EDWARD RD.

HOUSE BURGLED

Major R. J. L. Penfold, of No. 279, Yeung Tin-sheung, second defen- Prince Edward Road, was robbed of dant, said he did not go to Mr. Shaw money and jewellery, to a total value on the first occasion with first de- of $480, from his residence sometime fendant, but with another man. On between midnight and 6 a.m...this instructions of the first defendant he morning.

BILL OF HEALTH

wrote the letter and accompanied him in the role of interpreter. He was not interested when the tender clos- ed. He understood that the three per cent, mentioned was to be given to the engineer. First defendant had promised him a supervisor's job and he could not say whether if the ten-dysentery and 30 tuberculosis cases der had been obtained, he would have were notified to the Medical Depart- been given that work.

ment yesterday.

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Mr. Lo said that he knew a most serious view was taken of bribery cases but, in this instance, the case was not without redeeming features which entitled sympathetic considera- tion,

Second defendant had a wife and child and was in need of work. He would blindly and thoughtlessly ac- cept work especially if given by a man from Shanghai who held him- self out as a man of means.

The prosecution had been fair but

Two diphtheria, six typhoid (two

Kowloon) Victoria and four

seven

fate had been hard on his client.

Mr. Prentiss informed the court, that neither had any previous convictions. The Chief Justice said it was dif- at- Acult to imagine a more stupid tempt at bribery but the attempt was deliberate. Defendants must be made to realise that this was against the

be law and would

punished and punished severely.

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