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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1947. ·

Two Jap. Officers To Hang Dr. Lim On Bribery

Armed Robbery Sequel

Hearing of the case

Hen

nine men are charged wit.. hied robbery, kidnapping and forcible detention wan continued before Mr. Justice Gould in the Supreme Court yesterday.

Guilty Of Murder Of

RNVR Officer

Colonel Tamura Telichi and Major Hirano Noburo were yesterday found guilty by No. 5. War Crimes Court of being concerned in the killing of Sub-Lieutenant Fred Hockley. R.N.V.R. at Ichnomiya, Japan, on Aug. 15, 1945, and sen- tenced to death by hanging.

Captain Fujino Masazo, who was also found guilty

on the same charge, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment with hard labour..

The accused were tried before At the o'clock in the after- R.C. Laming, Dept. of the the 426th Regiment asking what a Court comprising Lieut. Col. noon, an enquiry came from the theJAG, India), Barrister-at-Law, Jahoohl be done with the pri

WILL THIS GET BY?

Macao, June 13. The statement in Lisbon of Cul, Duarte, the Portuguese Minister for Gatunion, regard- ing Chinen presmire for the return of Macun was deleted- front vernacular papers arriv- ing from Hong Kong.

Vermeular papera publish- ed here also were not pernit- ted to publish the report. United Frean,

Mr. AJ, Clifford, assisted by Inspector Matebes, is appearing for the prosecution, while accused, Yeung Chiching. Yuen President, and Major Kun-shun, Yuen Chiming, ful

R.S. Yung, Lai Cho, Lain Put. Tsongliers and Major J. T. Loranger changed since the earller mes- Butterfield of the Indian Grena- that the circumstances had Wat keung, Yai Kwai and Ch Yun are not legally represented.

of the JAG Department, Canninge Testifying on

dian Army, Members. his own behink Tsan Wai keung denied that he tank any part in the robbery at 30 South Wall Road. Tsang de clared that he was speaking to a woman, when he saw several men enter the rice slup. After a short while, the men in question left. The returned home and was ar

oner. Mr. Murate submitted EMERGENCY

rested some days Inter.

Yau Kwai alsts denied having participated in the rubbery.

The cast for the prosecution was conducted by Major M.I. Ormsby of the West Yorkshire Regiment assisted by Mr. H.D. Porter of the Legal Section of

SCAP.

略

and no special purpose would be served by bringing the prisoner to Divisional were therefore given that the feadquarters. Instructions

be kiled

AMBULANCE SERVICE

Mr. Au Boon

Charge

A protest against the prosecution's habit of join- ing a charge of conspiracy to the substantive charge of accepting a bribe was voiced by Mr. Marcus da Silva at the opening of the hearing of the case against Dr. Lim Ek Quee and Ho Chiu before Mr. W. H. Latimer at Kowloon yesterday,

Dr. Lim, Medical Officer in Charge of the Sham-

shuipo Government Dispensary, is charged with obtaining a bribe of $3 from Wong Yau- shing on May 22, and conspiring with Ho Chiu, coolie of the Dispensary, to demand money from patients and prospective patients in or- der to obtain preferential treatment by eli- minating the inconvenience of taking their turns in the queue for medical treatment.

Ho Chiu was arraigned on the asked to call again the follow- conspiracy count. He is being ing diny. defended by Mr. A. S. C. Comber, while Mr. Marcus da Silva appearing for Dr. Lim Mr. F. W. Shaftain, SSP, assisted by DSI V. M. Morrison,

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On the application of Mr.

left

the

Desk Searched Wong and reported to DSI Morrison. Dispensary The Inspector went in an inter. viewed the doctor, cautioned him) and searched his desk. Inside the marked $1 notes among a pile of drawer was found the three other banknotes totalling about $30, said Mr. Shaftain.

The doctor at first gold he re- rrived the

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The St. John Ambulance prosecuted. with the prisoner.

Mr. Murate further submit-night and day emergency am-Silva, sapported by Mr. Comber; Mr. Murate Kichi, assisted ted that the statement by lahi-

balance service, They hope to the two charges are being heard Lieut. D.C.3. Banfield as da to the effect that Hirano had make this service available to separately. Ho was remanded, Advlary feer, appeared for given orders that the prisoner very section of the community on ball of $260, until June 30. the defence.

be taken to the mountains that uses of sickness requiring trans- for either casualties or sudden Before commencing his clos night and be "finished off," wasportation to hospital.

Mr. Shaftain anid that on alleged Mr. Shaftain, but later Said that he lived in Fu Yeung.ing address yesterday. Majora lie.

May 10 Wong oftended the admitted that he gave nu in pit and was looking after cow Ormsby said that be would The In regard to Hirano, when party of police, accom

In order to raise funds for Shamshuipo Public Dispensary jections to Wong. Mr.

DSI Morrison then went out) panied by Tang Waikeong, op-

to regress his thanks and up. Murate said that the prosecutin service, the Brigade is hold.and asked to new the doctor. He preciation for the invaluable tim had failed to prove that he an "Appeal Day on June 21 was told by the second defendant to interview the second defen- proached him and took him into assistuner of Mr. H.D. Porter, save an order to the efftet that when flags will be suld. that all tickets had been issued

dant who (according to Mr. who had since left the Colony. the prisoner should

The Fund has been opened by and that he would have to either Shaftain) admitted writing out In the course of his address, and that he could not be found known pheanthropist, who, de$3 for special attendance. Wong Major Oringby said that It hail, guilty of the charge,

Haw, the welcome back later or pay a fee of, the "special ckots.” been shown that Hockley, n

spite the many calls made on reported the matter to the Police. anval pilot, took off in a "Sea Fire" Braft from

Obeyed Orders his generosity has donated an H. M.S.

ambulance to the Brigade. With

On May 22. Wong went again scribed by Government for Re Indefatigable at 5.10 u.m.

f'oncerning on

such 10 fend,

to the Dispensary, accompanied in public the St. John Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1945 abnuitled Huckley's

that he could not Ambulance Belgade hopes to re- by DS Morrison, Told again hospitals. plane was one of ignore the order from eight Seafires acting as figterslona endarters and it was for a worthy cause.

by the accdnd accused that all pubile support tickets had been issued, Wong, escort.

On the to "Avengers" and for this reason

acting on previous instructiona, j

defence protesting "tireflies"

alone that he which had been acted us he did.

asked for a special ticket. After Shaftain agreed to

against Д jaint trial. Mt. given various targets in the

helng given one of the tickets, ship's proposal

His Wor Tokyo Bay area of Japan. This

Wong handed over three mark-l

that the two force was attacked by enemy

ed $1 notes to flo, who told him. He added that he could not cases should he heard separate- fighters. Bockley did not return

to give the money to the doctor, "conscientiously from the action.

E

custody Yan claimed that he was then taken lo a cave, where he khaw a man with his legs chamed. |

Young Chi chung mailed that he took part in the rubbery, but raud that he did so at the request Tang Wat krung. Yeung sind Flat he was asked to deny knowledge of the incident. He said that Trong Wan krung was the leader of the party. Young also said that he knew he had ne wrong in taisiņa part in the Jobbery and asked for Indency.

Hearing was than adinærned tit forlay.

Too Old For The Reformatory

The next that was heard was

Tamura, 'was

Divi-

ceive generous

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE

verdlel of

WOS

Mr.

A nearch revealed over 80 non-Government ispue tickets and eight genuine tickets pre-

dispensaries

"Ignorant Coolie"

and

Tel. 34107-34108

PAIN

WITH

Mr. Murate submitted that Fujino's netions were" without doubt within the scope of the instructions issued by Tamura.

^ Coming to the question of

"Justifiable

sny that the the actual killing. Mr. Murate Coroner's jury in

homickle"

He was asked to wait outside gezond accused had any inancial that a British fler gave himself said that it was clear that the Kerr's Court yesterday at the doctor was attending left, Wong Chiu "was just an

returned by a the doctor's door and wait for benefit from the conspiracy"

Blair-the bell. When the patient the and that he believed up to a farmer called Nakamura, apperomst thought in Fujino's conclusion of an inquiry into the went in

that Ho at Hirashimura, Japan, who united was to kill the prisoner death of an unknown

ignorant Turn handed him over to a civil as quickly as possible, causing who was fatally wounded by ned the ticket and $3

and

was examined. coolie working under the doctor's defence unit. This farmer re- the minimum amount of physi-distelet watchman on May fi

Chinese After the examination, he hand-instructions." Mecognized a photo of Hockley as cal suffering.

the

Wong said that at the time he "Fujino fred W. H. Latimer at Kowloon yester. Being the same man who gave three or four shots at the heart | triet Watchman Lel Kwal at the

He was challenged

doctor, said Mr. Shaftain, artil

went to see the doctor there were by Dig-

was given the ticket back with about 40 people in the Dispen. junction of Waterloo Road and Shanghai Street at about 10.45

sary. prescription written on it.

Flo had to wait about

submitting to a search,

five minutes before he could see When he brought the pre- the medico, he said. Dim, on May 5. Instead tempted to shoot the, watchman bottles.

of scription to the dispensing office In reply to Mr. Silva, witness he at- he was asked for three empty, denied that the money blew on but was shot down,

As he was unable to to the floor or that he put the their faith to 'ASPRO' as the furnish the bottles, he

was money on the doak when the quickest, safest and surest way

When Chan Sot ying. spinster, suppenrod before

tay for sentence, inspeete C.P. Byron Informed Els Worship tint

himself up on Aug. 15. 1945.

with the events which

Majar Ornaby then dealt

tran-

b was instructed by the S.C.A.spired between the handing over of the emptured airman to the Regiment and The latter's eventual execution, at the hands of Fujino.

the re-

that as the girl was too utd for ths reformatury her ease had to be teft in Flis Worship's hands.

Chan

found! WAN

Kuifly on Wednesday on charges of giving false information to the Police in

After dealing with

of the prisoner and these would normally have sufficed to kill peared to be moving, no without man, but the prisoner stil! ap- hesitation, Pujino twice thrust at him with a sword, thus en suring that he was not left to die in agony."

to

THE DOCKYARD CHURCH

Concladding. Mr. Murate said Fespect of a farceny of $723.0 at "ponsibilities of each of the that it was clear that Fujino 145 pm, on June 1, and of obs | acensed in regard to this cold- was concerned in the killing of taining by false pretences a pair bed killing without a trial a prisoner and that it remained of gold earrings from Yuen Ah and without the excuse that for the Court to consider the Ching, LIB inmate of the Po there was atly altempt at cn- facts of the ease. Mr. Murate "The dedication of the Church of Holy Trinity, Leung Kuk, by stating that 350 eupe, Major Ormsby submitted | asked the Court, in the light of of the proceeds from the sale that the three accused

H.M.S. "Tamar" (Wellington Barracks) will were the cyklence, to return a verdict was to be tiven to Lady Inspec. gulity in a greater or lesser of "not guilty" in respect of all

take place on Sunday, June 15, at 10.a.m." tor Chau, of the SCA, os a degree of being together con- three accused.

Announcements of interest usually evoke cerned in the killing.

After the Court had found

varying utterances of surprise, but surely, all three necused guilty

apart from one of pleasure, the only echoing 119 charged, two petitions, both ad- note which this announcement. will sound one by Temurn's wife and an- dressed to General MacArthur, among the knowledgeable is that it has not other by 739 residents of

happened earlier. clemency in the case of Tamura, Ichinomiya, Japan, pleading for were read out in Court.

present.

Chan was sentenced to six months imprisonment

Money Market

No Exercise

In conclusion, Major Ormsby said that there could be no ex- cure for the killing each one of the accused know and that it was wrong, even according to the laws of humanity and their own Regulations.

Gold, which closed at $283 a inet on Wednesday, took a sharp spurt when the market reopened after the holiday yesterday morn ing, as buyers offered $280 a tél. In his c'esing address for the The price went up to $203.50, but defence, which was read out by from that point it started to case Llout. Banfield, Mr. Murate til it fell back to $284.15, when first recounted the events fol- once again it about.turned and flowing the capture of an Allied

closed at $286.75.

With ell interest

parachuted

airman who had rentring dow on. Aug. 15, 1945.

in

around gold, transactions

Mr. Murate said that every-

Plastres fell off and after opening thing went according to plan,

at $11.40 a 100 the market closed but at noon that day there oc-

DONKEYMAN CAUTIONED

Edwin Green. 30, of Hobart,

Prince"

was

doctor's back was turned.

He

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Ilearing was adjourned to the Ro safe. afternoon of June 30,

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Navy and in the will be known in the Royal an electronic type orgah of an

This new Holy Trinity Church duced

for the rehabilitation more furnishings

of Home- and stend Flats, on the Peak, and for the demolition of 20 pill-boxes on Admiralty entirely new design, the inventhe island. The Court retired at 12.45 Dockyard Church,”

Dockyard nn the. "Hongkong tion of Lieutenant-Commander and did not reasemble again a custom to refer to the port by the inventor. It will be play- pim. to consider the sentence time immemorial, it has been been presented to the Church until 4 p.m. when

for, from R. Goudie, R.N.V.R.. has

were pronounced.

sentences church at any British Naval ed at tomorrow's service.

Base as "the Dockyard Church.' This service of dedication will

H.M.S. "Tamar's" Holy begin at 10 a.m., when

the Trinity Church in not a new Right Revd. N.V, Halward. structure; a. suitable hali-like Assistant Bishop of Hongkong, building in Welington Barracks will be received outside the west (measuring no more than 50 door of the new Church by the at $11.35. Rates fluctunted ba-curred an event, unprecedented Tasmania, a donkeyman of the car interior height of over 18 the Church of England

by 25 feet but with a fair and Captain of II.M.S. "Tamar," tween $11.32 and $11.85 In the in the history of Japan. The mv. "Scottish course of the day.

and feet) has been transformed into Methodist Chaplains of the Chinese

Emperor broadcast to the na-charged before Mr. 3. Jolly In the cool and quiet sanctuary. It Naval Base and two membera of National Currency tion and conveyed to the people Murine Court yesterday with as continued to improve and after of Japan news of this disaster,saulting D.D. Dick, the second House that Jack Built" for it

may be almost described as "the the congregation. slight fluctuations futures yester probably the greatest disaster engineer on the evening of June w money day moved up to 12 cents and that had overtaken Japan-the 11. He was discharged with a cou. Ship's Fund by the sailor of voted from the auarender of the Japanese arm: tion on his promise to behave H.M.S. "Tamar" which first

forces to the Allied nations. himself whilst awaiting repatria- made the project possible. Mr. Murate naked the Court tion to Australia.

But if the British sailor had market to $13.50 yesterday. Aus. to consider for a moment the bone, sold he had had "rows" new Church, the

Green, who signed on 'at Bris. to be the moving spirit in the have had, partiiularly on pet the two were on familiar terms to be taken up by the same in- abridged version will be broad- effect, that this broadcast must

with the decond engineer, though civilian employees were as quick be recorded and

Admiralty's time, hall not for one moment and on, the evening in question purely Voluntary work in the morrow. This recording will ple who, probably up to that

He had been working long shifts stilration and a good deal of cant from ZBW at 7 p.m. to- realised the gravity of the mill was drunk. As far as he could provision of Church furnish-Include a commentary rande | tary situation.

Stunned, Upset.

recollect, he had not hit Dick but ings in the Dockyardman's con during the service... it was he himselt who was hit.' Mr. Murate said that Hirano.

tribution. Other volunteers have Latimer at Kowloon yesterday who was stunned and upset by board

Inspector Hill said he went on when she ndinitted possession of the terrible news, returned to could testify to the drunken con-

to make the arrest and practical assistance.

not bron slow or lacking in seven tacks of row oplum at the his clice in the afternoon, pot dition of Green. The ship had broidered, the fair linen altar A naval officer's wife em- K.C.R. Station at 8.16 p.m., on work, but to be in the company already left, and, he was

} fellow offcera.

cloths, officera, masses sub scribed hard cash or pro. BY EDGAR MARTIN

•LET'S NOT G QUITE GO E-Fa

spot to 10 cents (for CNS1,000).

Rumour of a pending devalua. tion of Sterling caused a sharp drop of Sterling notes on

the

tralian notes were unchanged, in fact, they improved to $12.32,

U.S. dollars were in demand at

A fine of $840 (or four months' hard labour), was imposed on Wu

$4.01.

Lai, 44, married woman, by Mr.

June 12.

BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES

(HERESTRY MUS

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instructed to press the charge. Take It Easy :

not

OKAY, DUD NOW TO BEARD THE OGRE IN HIS DEN: I'D BETTER DRIVE:

The Bishop, on being Invited Church, will knock three times by the Captain to dedicate the

on the closed door with his staff in accordance with ancient eas tom. He vill then be admitted.

It is expected that the servico. will lost about an hour. It wil an edited

The Dean of Hongkong, the Very Revd: A,P, Rose, will be

the Restoration Fund of the at the service will be given to the preacher; the offertory taken

Cathedral, The Cathedral has been the Royal Navy's Parleh Church eico the re-occupation of the Colony...

Davies,

The Revd. Clifford Senior Navy Chaplain of the British Pacific Fleet, will be the. first Vicar of this new Parish Church of the Diocese of Can- torbury, since all Service Church of England chaplains are, ilcensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Although Holy Trinity of the Church of England, it will be used by other Christian derfominations. for their services and gather- Inge: thứ 16 fidfented by the prononce of the... Methodist chaplain in the reception of the Bishop at the door of the church-.7

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