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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 6, 1940

WOMAN CHARGED

Allbmwry, Shepromme Court

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WITH MANSLAUGHTER QUEENS THEATRE

OF SMALL BOY

ACCUSED OF CAUSING THE DEATH OF A THREE-YEAR OLD BOY. IN SHARP STREET ON JANUARY 23 BY HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD WITH THE OPEN HAND, FOO YUET-LO, A WOMAN, WAS CHARGED BEFORE SIR ATHOLL MACGREGOR AT THE SESSIONS THIS MORN- ING. SHE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.

Mr. E. H. Williams appeared for the prosecution.

ex-

INJURY TO BRAIN The postmortem showed no The jury was composed of Messrs.ternal injuries and no bleeding. There J. Wood, (foreman), Ho Ng-kwan, were two bruises internally but no James Hung-tung, A. P. Silva, P. A. signs of disease. The cause of death Elms, A. M. Remedios and Mau was an injury to brain due to ex- Leung-tseung.

ternal force.

A constable was sent to arrest ac- cused. After being duly warned, she stated that because the elder brother struck her, she slapped the boy. In answer to the charge later, she made nearly the same reply.

Mr. Williams said deceased was the youngest son of a family of four sons and two daughters, who left their house at Matheson street to play in the street. The children purchased sugar cane and went to Sharp Street where they sat on the pavement out- In the lower court, she changed her side No. 45.

story and said the blow was struck Accused's son was

playing with a by his own elder brother who, aim- ball and kicked it towards deceased'sing a blow at her with the sugar cane, cldest brother and soiled his clothes. missed and hit deceased. The boy took the ball and threw it.

into the gutter. A quarrel occurred and accused came on the scene. She reprimanded the boy for hitting her son and caught him by the hair and slapped him. The boy hit her on the leg with the sugar cane and wriggled free. As be turned round he saw ac- cused hit his younger brother with the open hand on the head.

ILL AFTER SLEEP

The mother of the deceased appear- ed and a quarrel occurred after which the parties broke up.

At about 3 p.m. that afternoon, the deceased lad took his usual midday nap but on his awakening some time. later, his mother observed that he was frushed and feverish. She kept him in bed and continued about her household duties. In the evening, deceased had a small meal and start-

ed vomiting, which continued

throughout the night.

This, Mr. Williams sald, was the first time she had mentioned this though she had ample opportunity when arrested and later when charg- ed.

Tsang Wing-kee, the brother, Fung Wai-hing, the mother, Tsang Kwok- chol, the father, Koo Kam, and Kwok On, the constable who made the arrest, gave evidence.

Accused, in evidence, repeated her story that the blow which struck the boy was delivered by his own brother who missed her. She was giddy and weak when she made the earlier state- ments.

The case is proceeding.

PIRATE

KIDNAPPERS

THREE WOMEN. AND A MAN ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY FOUR ARMED PIRATES WHO RAIDED A FISH-

Next day, the child was taken to a Chinese doctor but there was no im- *provement and later another doctor❘ING JUNK OFF LAU FAU SHAN IN

was consulted.

Koo Kam, a widow, had witnessed the incident the previous day. She saw the boy's father carrying him with the mother following behind with a parcel of Chinese medicine. She talked to them and, as a result, -the child was taken to the Police

Station.

There the Inspector-on-duty saw that the child was in a bad way and had it removed to hospital where it died two days later,

BRITISH WATERS ON SATURDAY, A report was made to the Police yesterday by Wong Hing, 23, a pas- senger who managed to escape.

According to Wong, he, his brother and four women were passengers on board fishing junk No. 938. At 6 p.m. four men-boarded the junk and · or- dered him and one of the women to swim ashore while the others were herded into one of the holds.

The junk then sailed away. No- thing has since heard of the others.

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