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Did He

He Kill His Employer And Elope With Concubine?

A sordid story about a man who is alleged to have killed his employer and friend while eloping with the latter's concubine was relat- ed before Mr. Justice Williams (Pulsno Judge) at the Criminal Sassions yesterday, The mutilated and decomposed body of Wong Yau was found by a grass-cutter at Lantoo Island, where the persons involved in the case lived most of the time.

Charged With Extortion

Committal

progredings were storted yesterday guinst Sui Cheuk-yin. aper 66. un tree cetints of der awing money with menaces before Mr. A.D. Scholra at Kowloon, Deteninni

charged with Memundlag $300 from the ng- cupants of No. 30 Granville faid

rst and secund doma

Inspector A. Nichol said that on

The discovery was reported and met the deceased's wife, lo to the polies, and subsequent (chon she said she could not bear investigations ted to the arrest these pastilts much longer and and indictment of Wong Fuk-that she was contemplating sul-March 8, the occupant of the tat barn.

Wong is being chargedle, Chun however succeedest inreived a threatening lettre de before a jury of six men and, taking a concubine out of her audiog 1500 with messmeer. The to was ta Decupant of the ofte woman with the alleges way of thinking.

altak to report the matter to the murder of Wong You.

diev,

Accused is hellig represented by Mr Poon instructed by Mr. F. D. Hammel

Surfy the next muering, the sli

sel f his couchbing in

The total way to prepare

Conducting the brosavuton

as flown Coursef.; Mr. M. Henni asetated by Mr. C. Mottram, Assistant Director of josa Cranial Investigation.

Accoring to the poverutim, Wong Fuk-in is alleged to have nurstered Wong You on og about August 24, 1940.

Presarutsusi Crowa Comme latet Mal practuredly all the events pecutrend en Lutitao Islami At the true of the alleged ertoe he continet, Wong Yau wAAA farmer leg at a certain village, subuere for ached her volt Callas,

houses, aba nade his living by selling Nortond Chan, fam because his after ha 1033

with twork

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the

Mi, 1,9, Lake Wire Was ♫ went to the station and made | friend of a

the ile person of

report. Enquiries were made and Two detectives were sent to the house to wait for the defendant.

Defonulurt went to the address

The snet from uzderneath outside the dow took an envelope the police and went away. which had been planted there by

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| mornir meal. £ then decided to | end her own life by hanging her- self on a tree nearby. But be- fore putting her intention inte Feel, she devided st to barn sticks 2, 4 row sluit. accuse we br habitually fept in the cowrhed. awake, ten i entered the shed carry ing the toss-sticks and a pieer

While" descending the stars. He then learned her in detective called an bm to stop and talked hep rest of itDefenland did unt dis so and throw trations, On this occasion. Counsel sand

way the letter. He was chasert there was intercourse betwee Wong Fuk-e and Lt.

by the detertives and was nereit-

tope.

Afterwards, Cramsel wond Lauhantoned

her intentions airde and went Back to her need way of living.

The real cecastuti, Mr wife Heenan continued, was on August dir 23, when had reason to call Altre h the accused for work in the early Wung Yaul hours of that morning. went over to 1.1 K-tal for at intercourse took place then,

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and P

ago Lis C'han

The case was adjuured,

BROTHEL KEEPER SENTENCED

Charged with keeping brothel at 188 Temple Street, Another second floor, Taun So, alius Tam | So-ngor, Tai Kú, a widow aged

Few monikus fe obtain om Li Contemplatos Suicide '68. WAS sentenced 10 Iwo On the evening of August 28,1 months' imprisonment and re-

money, and returned to the vitsi lage.

coinmended for hunirhment arcording to the prosecution, the de casert was alleged to

have

Mr. by A D. Scholes at Kow- | found fault again with bis con-loon yesterday, cubine's house-work

ther

Shitly alto tu kebarn to the; village, "all" Herts. contramur which was no Apere spm. Wong) 100 Vol went to Hong Zone there took la res rengupar. There Wits

a shugh courtony by which Went took La as hexful con euble, in the presence of his lÈME wife, Chan Do

meat was

The arrange-

undle by the Wong Fuk-1-14t

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 20; 1940, .

Reminders

Today

HC Connell of Women, general meeting, talk by Consolesioner of Police PRO Lecture Han, 4.13 D.L

IK Hotary Club, Ladies Day.I

Root Gürden, JIK Hotel, 12.30 p.m.

Four Robbery Suspects Stand Trial In Court Committal proceedings against. Lai, Kaung, alias Leung Yan, Lom Wai, Wong Kâu and Loung Kau-chiu, charged with robbing), Kok Wang Firm of property and monies, valued, at HK$11,760.84 with arms, and Wong Yun-fai, alias Wong Chỉ, charged with receiving stolen property, ward started. before Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Central yesterday.

Urban Connell receting. 4.15 p. The prosecution, conducted by Inspector T. Gash!

Opening of Roxy Theatre, 9.15

p.m.

HK Light4Orchestra rehearsal, St. John's Catheden Hull, 0.45

p.in.

Bridge Drive, European YMCA,

Bp.m.

Coming Events

TOMORROW Budget Debate, Legislative Canin-

cil, 2.30 p.mn. Talk exy

IIK

of

"The applications Military principles to civilian Life" by Maj. Gen. F. R. G. Matthews, European YMCA. 8.30 p.m

Lawn Bowin Association, annual general meeting, SCAI Post hard room. 5.30 pm.

THURSDAY Kowloon Rotary Club huncheon,

Peninsula Hotel; 12.30 p.m. Ladies Night, Y's Men's Club of Hong Kong, at Cosmo Club. 1.30 pm.

p.11.

man, alleged that on January 15, at about 5 p.m., a knock at the front door of the Kok Wang Firm's premises, third floor of 15'Con- nought Road, Central, was heard and: the door was opened by Lau Kee-wang, the firm's proprietor.

Agout SLN Chinese rushed the keys of his drawers. Eventu into the premises.

the drawerS Two' of Lally, cash, kept in

was robbed. the gang went into the sitting room, and two went to the rear of the premises while the rest stood around the entrance watching.

Both Lou and Chot were inter sent back to the rear cublele The

door of the cableie was cleged and secured with wire.

The bandits were said to have

The two men in the sitting remained on the premiers for 15

; produced two revolvers. At timbrutes before they went away.

the, there were 14 people in the sitting, All were ordered tá go to the rear cubicle.

Hands Tied. With Wires wern. in

I, whose hands

KAP Association luncheun, Juco-With wires was taken to the sit-

bean Room, HK Hotel, 32.45 ting room where he was threaten

નરે with violence if he should! refuses to presture a key to open the fed's site. Some of the co- the safe were robberi tents of

* :** side was opad. Choi Mel-tni. the Or's countant, was forced to produce

FRIDAY Music Group of Sino-British Club, concert at St. Stephen's Gir's College, 30 pan.

Two Face Robbery Charges In Court

I and struck

The provventur's case was that the head with chopper, atwem Janus 12 and Februars An

that 15, defendant

housed two

Ind

The girls told the cart that they were brought to the Colony by one Chow Med from Haiphone.

At this. Ja ngam decided bfe zas apt worth living and fasterg, Tang Yuet-ngor, aged in, emtemplated saiekde. However | und Tang Yip-ping," agert 17, ni she changed hơn mind again. As a Thee house where the girls receiv- result of a conversation

ed eustomers. which she and with the reused, ti w decked that she wordd run away work thewe. Sand B

to Hong Kong, and

The accused. It 14 affeged, c. commended Lá to stay with his reb fives of Yaumatı, and that he would end on her occasionally.

the next morning. Early

Wegg You said is theu livret topether in one of its teen houses 1 village, as i

170 the Erst wife hyed in the other ene.

Three. Lived Together

They added that Chowe had told then that jobs were easier to find. Be the Colony,

Chow Met, aged 50, wa charged with procuring girls under 21 14 years of age in hereme prosti-

It would srem, Counsel said, That all three livert quite har- packed her suteuse and left the lates. meviously at first and shared the, boguse,

nearb 1-ing

duf and chores.

She went to a village and stayed with a friend,

As

Sub-Inspector Detective Kaanyagh was unable to produce

Same 10 or three months Within an hour of her departure gyldence against Chow, she was later. Mr. Frenim stated, Wong the deceased discovered her ab-discharged by the court. You adaplest the neered. Woonstner. He then consulted with the

as he required more assistance nceived about the matter, as a

cunning he furra. Thereupo,

result of which it was decided to wilbake a wide search for Li.

the uretse went to bre Wong You mad his wife and his

Str. Heenan at this point stated enncubine, after which tim Wer that it was the Crown's case that Sau fook the accuse to Hong although the accused knew that

You

PARI-MUTUEL BETTING

armed robbery carried out, at 92 Woosung Streat on January 6, in which money, watches and other articlos were stolen, wos recalled. bafora Mr. Justice Reynolds, Additional: Judge, at the Criminal. Sessions yesterday. Accused in the trial are Cheung Kwai-song, who is charged with robbery and possession of arms and ammunition, and Chan Ping-lam- who is indicted on a charge of receiving stolen property.

two

The case for the Crown is that Cheung was one of the robbers who carried out the raid, and that Chan received of the stolen wutches, knowing them to be stolen.

Crown Counsel, Mr. A. Hooton, is conducting the prosecution na- sisted by Detective-Inspector W.

Morrison. G.

ILLEGAL RADIO STATION

was

A wireless operator charged at Central yesterday

verengs $339-in

and

It was said that nine gold watch. one gald watch-chain, five gold rings, ono tael of gold, three gold US eurrency HK$8,454.84. were Jobberl during the robbery.

When the Pelke arrived they found the premises in disorder, Suger-prints were photo- graphed by the

Finger-print Burcau.

A Concealed Revolver,

On the night of January 15. | the Police reedived informetlen that revolver was concealed

under the mattress in room 419 of the Tal Koon Boarding House, Des

Road, Central. The Your revolver was later brought back to Central Station by the Police, Inspector Cashman continued to state that on January 17, a party of police accompanied by two witnesses, Lal Koon Kúu anil Chan Cheung-yu boarded a bus at the corner of Castle Peak Rand. Lu and Chan pointed at Lat Keung saying that he was one of the robbers. Lau was imme- diately arrested.

Mong Yun-tai, hen among them passengern, was found throwing Way gold watch. He was also arrested. The watch was Inter lentined as the one stolen during the robbery.

Further search revealed that Lau was also in possession of in Inrge amount of money in US and Hong Kong curreneleă.

On information Lam Wal was urrested on January 18, at 18. Shanghai Street, and Wong Knu and Leung Kâu-chiu were arrest- ed at a village in Taipo.

Stolen Property

Leung Kau-chiu was also found with maintaining on illegal in possession of a fountain per radio station and possessing which he later admitted to be radio communication appara-stolen property.

tus. Chan, the second accused, k being defended by Mr. V... L.

According

to the prosecution.

woman.

All defendants except Wong

Tang Chung, shop keeper, aged 43, auri Chuen Sing, unemployed, aged 27, were charged at Central

Li Ming. Bged 20, was arrested Yun-fal-were identified by right Keng where he found a juu for Li had gone to another village yesterday with unlawfully pari-Dalten instructed by Mr. C. A.5. by the police during a rail at 10 of the witnesses during an iden

zig isp There was vergir

and free 18ence would go to aulvet betting incide the Hong Russ.

Tsung Sau Lane, first, Roor.

tinestion parade. sunzestion, mansel said,

that Hong Kong, he gave no Indien Kong Jockey Club public enclo-

Two other women were also wis a little unhappy tion of this knowledge whatso-sure at Happy Valley on March

ever to Wong Yau.

the premises in question were ce-arrestel at the same address. 26.

Chen Yuk, married cupled by the Yuen On Heng, an Search For Concubine Another man. Cheng Fal, inter-

import and export firm, of which led 30, was charged with at- Both the accused and the de- jcbant, aged 58, was charged with

lowing: her premisses to be used the proprietor ceased then went over to Tal adding and abetting first and

as an illegal radio communication Yue. to search for Li. "Going over; secbud defendants in the race bets. At about 9.30 p.m. on the day station, and Lai Pui-ling, spinster,

in question, Mr. Hooton con-

aged 20, was also charged with maintaining an filegal radio com- Kame tinued, while n mahjong was In

progress the doorbell munication station. rang. Wong Kum, an employee of

on

Wone abeat the friendly way his com

bine and the Revused

were i getting along. On three perustans during the year,

the ship which the accused worked, visit ed Hong Kong. Ch each occasion, the accused was visited by the eunctibine. who received some Don Fin him.

to another village, the two met The court adjoured the hearing Li Shun-hel, a roller of the of the case to May 2 and defen- missing Ll. The matter was thendunts were giving $1,000 bail cach, Hiscussed, in the course of which! Defendants were represented by it was suggested tnt the dis- Mr. S. Na Quino.

to the

Wong Fuk-lam eventually lost it was Eus job and the ship, Counsel appearance be revertel stated, Or, lily relurn to the vil-poltre. lage it company with the de-

The accused, Chuncil said, ac-ther alleged, gave further detalls crased's concuble, he was laugh-

of the killing to Chan, shuting tually advised against such a stop. ing and joking, which came to the

The accused, it is alleged, later. that he attacked him with a chop rctice of Work Yau, the deed. complained about a sore foot and with the assistance of Li'y and which seemed make bim decided to rest

two brothers. relative's zury.

place nearby.

Witnesses Of The Crown lawyer the four of them went

Continuing. Crown Counsel on living in the mise

At this point, Mr. Heenan fold ON stated that meanwhile they had done before, Mr. Heenanecased arrived home in the even would say that the two brothers the de- the court that in this case, he told the court.

ing of August 27. He then hop-of Li were

witnesses of pened to gu to the eashed and Crown, and that there there found a rattan basket which evidence that both of them assist- was no contained a garment belonging to ed in the attack on the deceased. his concubine. make him very angry.

It appeared to Continuing, Crown Counsel Then he stated that the deceased's body put on a bamboo hat and left the was eventually found near a vil house.

That was the last time his wife inge by the side of a ravine by Krasscutter, who reported the mutter to the pollee.

Crown Counsel went on to say that things went on smoothly un- til abour June, when it became elear that the deceased was and ing more fault with his concubine and reached the stage where he occasitually assaulted her.

Ho Beat His Concubine

One night in June, Wong Yau, struck his concubine on the side! with a piece of wood. Following this, she went outside the house,

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saw him alive Mr. Heenan said.

He was seen wolking by one of the villagers. Two brothers his concubine alleged that they say him in an angry mood, Coun- sel stated. He was walking in the direction of Tal 0.

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The recused also gave the de- ecated's wife $20, a gold ring, and a bracelet, threatening her with death if she told anybody what he had told her. The following day, the accused took a pig from the farm and went

ing

was one

Wong

Lam Wai was in addition iden- fifted by a room boy of the Tut Kosu Eoarding House as the mon who had stayed in room 410, In- Epector Cashman added.

Evidence was given by Lau Keo-wang, the fim's proprietor.

The erse is adjourned to March 81.

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All defendants were represented DRIVING WITHOUT the firm, went to open the door. by Me Apel Areulti and the pro-,

A LICENCE On doing so, he saw a man. hold-secutor was Wircles: Inspector D.

For driving withouí" a valid ing a parcel, standing outside. He EL Grow.

Inspector Grew said that during | lirenče a learner was fined $100 holding

noticed that the man was also

a pistol and Wong at the raid a set of receiving and by Mr. Hin-shing. Lo, at Central tempted to close the door. Two transmitting radio apparatus, de- yesterday. other men however forced their code books, ¿locuments; head phone George T. C. Yang, aged 37, of way into the premises.

and a morse key were found by 122 Kennedy Road war arrested

while the police.

driving, a vehicle: along Harded Together

On behalf of first defendant King's Road on March 20: Having gained access into the Mr. el Arculli pleaded guilty to He was accompanied by an in- house, the robbers herded the all charges but for second and structor when arristed mates into a cublele. They then third defendants, he pleucicd not possessed an expired proceeded to rab the occupants of quilly.

licence.

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and be

learner's

their money and various other First defendant was fined $3,000 Inspector Brownrigg prosecul- articles. At this point, Wong Yur. for eight months' imprisonment, who was out, returned. He was also forced into the cubicle, and robbed of $90 and n watch.

After the rubbers had left, the imates managed to free them- selves, and reported the matter, to the polleo.

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Mr. Hooton there said that on January 12, six days after the robbery, a man pawned watch for $45 at a pawnshop in West Po Point. Two days later the saing

watch, m awny in 2 man pawned another

this time for $130. These two pun, after which he told the

watches, later recovered by the | T. go $90.

stulen police, were part of the oren property

the from

Woosung Street robbery. Crown Courisal slated that the case for the pro- secution was that the watches T were pawned by Chan

Accused's Sore Foot Turning to the subject of the ucerset, Mr. Heenan stata that

On August 31, necording to the when he left the search party on account of his sore foot, ha a sccution, the accused arrived ried the village where Li was Li was staying. He told Li that Youmeti, Hong Kong, where in altin, und informed her tit her husband was bail, and gave ter Intábend was angry about her disappearance, and that a search her $50 from the price He had was being made.

roulized from the plg.

Crown Counsel went on to say

It was on September 2, Counsel that on January 23 the police, Ca August 20, L1 in agreement continued, that the multilated and acting on information, arrested with the accused, left for long decomposed body of the decensed Choung In Kowloon, and found Kong from Tai O.

The secured then went over to thin articles found on

was found. The clothing and cer-

brthim a fully loaded pistol con- the brothers of the concubine and tended to identify it as the corpse the polles to a house in Nanthian

the body cealed in his girdle. Cheung, tool tolt them that she had gone into of Wong You. hiding in Hong Kong.

the accused a letter to deliver to the deceased from the bine's uncle.

}·. After· further

Roudy where Chan was taken inta investigations custody. The two watchos were

Choung had T

One of the brothers then gave were trade, the police found that recovered after

the accused and Li were missing Identifed them from a largo concu- from the village. Which the 'ad~

number of watches produced by laid one day, he was Laken to cured eventually arrived at the the pawnbroker.

the pollde.

The accused duly arrived at the village of the deceased on August 20, and there told the deceased's wife that he had come to get n pige to sell on the instructions of her husband.

Chen Lan, however;

Six:Wounds

A regards the post-mortem of

Corroborative ovidence hery: given by Wông Kam,

was

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