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SLAP HAPPY TO DIE Lido Back

Second Sentence Of

Death On Inouye

Inouye Kanao, otherwise known as "Slap Happy” and "Kamloops Kid" who was charged with 27 overt acts of high treason, was yesterday un- animously found guilty by a fury and scnten- ced to death by hanging.

Wards Not Registered

In Civvy Street

On Saturday

next

So Olfong, 35, widow, of No. week; May 3, Hong Kong

41, Lee Garden Street, was fined

$50 or three weeks' hard labour civilians will again be by Mt. d'Almada at Central yes- able to use the Repulse terday for falling to register with

old Wong Sum-nul, and for as- soulling or treating Fung

Die SCA her two wards, 14-year. Bay Lido without being old Fulg Yin-fung and 13-year- the guests of service offi

cers in the Colony, for According to Mr. H. W. Fraser, the first time since the of the SCA, the girls made a Lido was requisitioned port 10 the SCA on April 14, alleging that the elder one had by the military in Octo- been beaten with a piece of fire ber 1845. weat

bitten on the right shoulder by her adopted mother, because she had her photo taken without the mother's consent.

Inouye, who had listened to the summing up of Hi Lordship the Chief Justice. Sir Henry

attention. Blackall, with rapt

shuddered slightly and stiffened as he heard the foreman of the jury announce the verdict. This is the second time that | ality. There were two ways in

sentence have The death

been which

and a British Subject could inseed an bouye. On May 27 divest himself of his British Inst; Inaye was found guilty nationality, of having committed I War Crime and sentenced by No. 7 War Crimes Court tú death by Manging. but the sentence was subsequently mushed on Thouye's claiming that he was In British subject,

Two Ways

The first was where a person was a British subject through and through. In a case of that sort, a British subject was en titled, if he wanted to, to take

The girl was seni to Dr. Hackett who found teeth marks | on the girl's right shoulder.

Mr. Fraser said defendant had perly clothed and fed them. treated both girls well and pro-

The NAAFI authorities in Hong Kong who have been j running the Lido as an Officers' ¿ Club under a contract which terminated at the end of last; month, are turning over the building which will revert on May 1st to the control of the owners-the Hong, Kong Realty and Trust Co. Ltd.

This Company has now sold the premises to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd., the sale to take effect as from the frst of next month.

An official of there

Cora- "Cer-

tain necessary resabilitation work has been put in hand and the building will be open to the publie from Saturday. Muv 3.

She told Court that she did not Naturalization in another know

the laws in Hong Kong There ww again' a Farge

State. But his liberty to do do and that she beat they girl when crowd of Europena spectators.

was restricted by a very im she lost her temper. present in Court yesterday and portant aspect and that was, a The girls were ordered to be seating recommodation was ful- | Biritish subject was not entitied placest in the custody of the SCA. ly occupied.

The case was tuart before to change his nationality dur- Sir Henry Blackall, C# white ing war time. Again, kể could | Japanese anbject, that would! Mr. A. Lonsdale, assisted by that of a state with which his

not change his nationality to not operate and Sir Henry suidi panies said yest inspector Mae Adie, prosecuted

that he would have to direct the country was at war. on behalf of the Crasýn.

jury that accused was a natural Coming to the second kind born British subject

and re- Sir Henry mained so. of British subiet. said that this was the case of

Accured wuld that when he a man who had what was called joined

the Japanese Gendar a dual nationality, that is a

merie in Hong Kong, he did who is born in His not do anything wrong. On the Majesty' Donunions and there contrary. he thought he was fore. Pecording to our Inw. doing a very fine thing. Was it subject. nccused's intention to assist the natural-born British but who might also, because of King's enemies or did he be his mig. he claimed by an

lieve that he was not only en- ather State to be one of their titled. but bound to act in the mistyret,

way he has done. The evidence as regards the prisoner joining the Japanese Gendarmerie was that he came to Hong Kong and joined the Gendarmerie quite voluntarily.

Mr. Charles Loseby, instructs ed by Mr. H. K. Wo defended Inouye. Ju the course of his sumending up, Sir Benry paid tribute to the alde mander in which Mr. Losely Bud conduct. el the defence,

Ja is summing up. Sir Henry said that the prisoner was chargel with the offence of high treason by adhering to the Klug's enemies in the Co- tony of Hong Kong,

The case was one in which it would be necessary for him to explain some

legal points and he would try to so in as simple izognage as he could,

Allegiance

Sly Benry said that in order to find the urisoner guilty of

the offener charged, the ('rown had to satisfy them, beyond all Feast nable dambt, of the follow fuge points; cao that the accused

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a person who owed Terinace to the King at all material dates; thì that he nd heted to and aided and com- forted the King's enemies and (e that he intended to do so.

Dealing first with the

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Dersom

That appeared to be the case of the prisoner. He was born Therefore, he was in Canada. a British ibject, but both his parents were Japanese..

ות

Sir Henry watch that ovidence had been heard as to what the Inpanese lay on the subject was, but even if he were

One Charge

Sir Henry said it would be

for the jury to decide whether

to assulae. For the purpose of accused was merely debated by directing the jury. that the pure patiotie motives in carry Japanese claimed their subing out a legal or moral duty jeets anybody born of Japan in the belief that he was doing. en parents in any part of the right or, on the other hand, world. what then would whether he entered into these be the position of such a per acts with the object of assisting the King's enemles and that he was actuated by evil molives.

Sir Henry said accused had

FOD

Act Of Parliament Sir Henry said the position would be this: Under an Act told them that he was ill-used

evidence as to whether a per- of Parliament in England and while in Canada and maybe he

son ovred allegiance to the King. Sir Henry said that person owe allegiance In dif- ferent ways. but it was cient to mention two of them. One eine concerned

a natural snage, that is to say, he might bora British subject who had declare that he wished to be not divested himself of his Bri-subject of that other State and if he made that declaration pro- Sir Henry said that our law perly, and formally, then he cease to be a British was that any person born with.

it similar Act in Canada, a per-wu nuring a grievance against sor of that class might, when the Anglo-Saxon race and their

he came of age, make what is suli.

known as a declaration of al-

fish nationality.

in the British Dominions is a subject. But again the qualifica- British subject irrespective son exists and that is, he may to the racial origin of his tint do that if the country which he wishes to join is at war with parents.

The Crown have found the King,

The prisones was born in maduerd birth

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certificate showing that the prisoner was

1916, 80 he came of aga in horn in British Columbia. Tha: 1937. If then, as he tells us, made him a natural born Bri. he had a grievance against the fish subject..

Ailies.

la connection with evidence in treason cases, Sir Henry said that the law provides that there must be certain overt acts of trenson proved to the satis faction of the jury. It must be shown that an accused person did an overt act, proved by the evidence of two witnesses. That was enough. Or. If the pro- secution could show two dif ferent overt acts of the sume kind, although each of those acts was proved by one witness. į that also was enough,

Sir Henry asked the jury to remember that there was only people of Canada or the Gov-one charge against the accused The next question to considererument of Canada because he and that they did not have to wi whether he had divested himself of his British nation-

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was not given a fair deal, it find him guilty of all 27 overt was open to him to make a de- acts. It would be auflicient if claration of allennge and had he they found him guilty of one done so, he would not be liable act supported by the evidence to be charged with high treason of two witnesses.

He might have been charged with a war crime if his conduct

Sir Henry then reviewed the No deserved.

Accused did not make such a evidence of Mr. A.E.F. Guest, declaration of allenage prior to whom he described as a helpful agent to the Allies, of Mohamed the outbreak of war with Japan. Yusuf Khan, a very important any rate, there was ΠΟ witness for the Crown who, evidence that he did so nor did with Mohamed Assan and Ab- he pretend to have done so. med Khan helped in arranging That being so, his opportunity came to an end when the war broke out. Even if he did make or pretend to make a declara tion after that, the same would

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The prisoner has contended that the joining of the Japanese army was in offect a declaration of allenage. He seems to be a bit confused on that point, be After a retirement of cause he seems to think that minutes, the jury and the Fore- he regarded- himself always as man announced that they had

found Japanese aubject. Sir Henry unanimously

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said that on that point, he had guilty of the offence with whSISTER KEN Y"

to direct the jury that joining

he was charged.

the forces of another State did Donning his black cap, Sir not have the effect of changing the nationality of a British subject.

It did not matter what' ac- cused thought he was, Even if believed himself to be a

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BOOTS, YOU

YES, BUT LET'S ' MEAN TO TELL ME FORGET ALL „THAT MEZGI HORNER↑ ABOUT IT,

ACTUALLY WROTE RODIE DIDINT YOU ABOUT

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Henry pussed sentence of death on Inouye, who was then led from the dock.

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Before rising, Sir Henry thanked the jury for

orvices.

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