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Tried To Gyppe New Arrivals

Prison For Throc

Extortionists

Two Chiu Chow coolies, Law Keung and Cheung Sui- sentenced to wan, were three months and recom- mended for banishment by Mr d'Almada at Kowloon this morning for extorting "entrance fees" from four new arrivals from northern China.

According to Inspector Braun .four Chinese arrived by train at the KCR terminus last Fri- day and the two defendants with other cooltes, asked them where On being they had come from. told they were from the nor- declared thern provinces, they

have to pay that they would

$5 each, as they were from a foreign place.

As the new arrivals possessed only Chinese People's currency, they offered the defendants 30,- Dr Jenminpiao, but this was re used. The four northernCT: then boarded rickshas intend-

call ing 10

ot friend's

G in Hunghom. First defendant caught hold of the

pince

slocv

ricksha and

his man

the

of one of them to pull him out of the

and renewed 1 The $5. eventually decided to take

demand

Int

for

bus to Hunghem and defendants agreed to pay the bus fare as When they had

local

currency.

Street the party got to Wuhu

the they had an argument and four northerners called in their friend who offered the colle $10, but this was again refused.

A constable, on hearing commotion, took all parties the station.

the

to

the

told defendant First Magistrate that the four stran- gers agreed to pay them $20 for them to show the way to an ad- dress in Hunghom.

Ma Reported

Ex-King Goes Incognito

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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1950,

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Application For Leave And He Won His Case!

Ex-King Umberto of Italy visits Paris incognito and is seen leaving after a visit to a night club in the St-Germain-des-Pres district.-London Express Service.

Story

Of Attempted Hunghom Robbery

To Appeal Fails

SEQUEL TO

TENANCY

TRIBUNAL CASE

An application for leave to appeal, made by Mr Charles E. Loseby. KC, before the Full Court, comprising Mr E. H. Williams, Acting Chief Justice, and Mr Justice Gould, Senior Puisne Judge, was refused this morning.

The application was for leave to appeal against the decision of Mr Justice Scholes, in reversing the finding of a Tenancy Tribunal, but it was refused.

Appellants were the Hongkong Printing Merchants' Association, and all other occupiers, except the Sui Sang Wo firm, of 20 Connaught Road Central, while respondents were Messrs Li and Fung Ltd, of Marina House.

Car Turned Into Oil

Tank

Driver Bolts From

The Police

A

Standard

hear

of

on

had been converted into an point of law or discretion alone,

for an order

Д

be

from the

the

of

the

A small shaven head appeared over the witness stand In the Supreme Court this morning. Cheung Har, aged 14, plaintiff in the case of Cheung Har v. Lee Cheuk Kee, had arrived to lodge his complaint with Mr Justice Scholes.

A year ago, Cheang told the Judge, he had paid $150 to the firm of Lee Cheuk Kes so that he might learn the skilled art of french polishing. The term of apprenticeship, It had been agreed, was to last three years.

One day during last autumn Cheung arrived at the polishing shop in Yaumati and was told his services were no longer required. "Alright," sald Cheung, "but what about my $1607"

that point so diminuitive They couldn't serce on Cheung took the case to Court-to the Supreme Court. And there Mr Scholes, profector of hard-done-by appren- tloes, ordered the polishing firm to pay Cheung his $150- and $4.30 Oost.

Promises Stiff Mail

Sentences

that

ho

Ho-arming would impose heavy sen tences on persons convicted of larceny or attempted Jarceny from the person, Mr d'Almada at Kowloon this morning sent down Ne Chuen for 12 months and ordered him to be put un- der Police supervision for two years after the expim tion of his prison term.

According to Inspector Orem, Ng attempted to re- move a wallet from Chan Ching-ya as he was alight- inr from the train at KCR station sa

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caught by Chan's friend who saw the sitempt belog made,

Inspector Orem said that defendant had a conviction for a similar offence in 1943 when his claim of being Hongkong born was. accepted.

Carried

forfeited to the Crown by respontents be adjudged to pay color by eight of appeal, Too Many

Notices

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Star, 5 p.m.

Formosa, "Japan, Korea & U.6.A., 5 p.m.

Closing Times By Bea Fortom, 1 P.m.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 CIDADE Times By Air Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand & Ceston, 9.30 à.m..

Gulf India, Pakistan, Persian Ports, Iraq, Iran, ypt East & South Africa, Maurstiem, Grest Bri tat, Spain, Portugal, Italy & N.W. Europe, &' p.m.

Closing Times By Fea Pormosa. q.m. Inda-China, 9 n.m.

Philippines. 2 p.m.

The motion was brought on Landlord and Tenant Ordinance the following grounds: (1) provided a complete code in it- Where or appeal

is made 90 and that there was no against the order of a Tennticy right of appeal from a judge Tribunal on a point of law or sitting as a Judge of Appeal Tribunai the Tenancy discretion alone, the Court has from

under

Summary discretion (a) to hear an ap- either peal in the absence of a case Jurisdiction Ordinance or under slated (b) to grant application the Supreme Count Ordinance.

Attempts had been made to for leave to amend the ground

Mr of appeal by adding a that the decision of the Tnd get around that ruling,

and he Bornacchi continued, the admitted, when it was pointed was against Tribunal

Mr Justice weight

there out to him by evidence,

Williams, that it was he him- being no question of fact at self who had made that attempt issue, or where such an apin a previous case to which he

has been 12 H.P. plication

granted

also referred in the Law Re- argument

Iports, saloon car, No. 2579, which to

Section 23 of the Supreme the de- that

Court Ordinance, said Counsel, oil tank capable of holding cision of Mr Justice Scholes, did not give the right of appeal

docision total of 96 gallons of dated October 4, 1950, may be reversed and judgment ente

entered was ordered to

for the appellants and that the Supreme Court sliting as an

Court Appellate

There was no Mr d'Almada at Kowloon to the appellants their costs,

Mr Charles E. Losby, KC, this morning.

and Mr V.LJ. D'Alton, both in Inspector Orem said that the structed by Mr J.C. Stewart,

was his submission that car was stopped by Inspector appeared for the

appellants, and Moss at 9.15 p.m. on November Mr Brook A. Bernticchi, Mr Loceby had been unable to 21 at the junction of Laichiko structed by Mr H.Y. Chan, was show any statutory right to Road and Nathan Road. The for the respondents,

bring the appeal before their driver bolbed on the approach

Making a preliminary objec- Lordships, and, the right of ap- Police of the

that their Lordships had no and not a matter Inspector Orem sald

that jurisdiation to entertain the ap- law, there was no right of ap the car was found to have beet: plication or allow it thepeal to the Full Court. converted. The front and rear

Refusing leave to appeal, Mr grounds that they had no juris- seals and the luggage compart-diction to hear it on the sub- Justice Williams, speaking for O'Merara, defendant's junk was zealand, p.m.

as a certificate the Full Court, said they had intercepted off Talkoo Dock at Indo-China, French North Africa ment were in fact petrol. tanks. I sequented by the learned come to the decision that in this 2.45 am, today and it was found | & France, § p.m. The seats had been removed.. the tanks fitted in and then Appellate Judge.

case "Section 20 of the Landlord that she had 32 heads of cattle (letters second claws mail and par covered over by the usual car The Full

Court agreed, and and Tenant Ordinance is and 22 persons on boart!, When celn) Guam, (letters and second covers. Inspector Orem

added said they would like to hear section to which this Court must asked, defendant said that he class mall) Canada, (lettere only), that the owner,

who

was not argument on the matter of pay attention, and: it lays down present,

denied that he had Jurisdiction before the appeal clearly that there can be no came from Swabur. any knowledge of

appeal against the decision of "but we disbelieve it, as the

The Junk was licensed as a car could not be converted un-

fent unless he grante a cer

and in this case be has fishing craft and she was allow- less by an expert," the Inspec- Mr Loseby said his applica- refused to grant such a certi ed to carry eight tor added.

bers, Inspector O'Meara added.

On

Mr Bernacchi declared, and he quoted authorities in support

APPLICATION REFUSED

It

of common

Passengers

For breach of his

licence

conditions, Soo Fong, 49, master was $300 by Mr T. B. Low

ning.

at the Marine Court this mor-

According to Sub-Insp. J.

An attempted robbery in Hunghom district Death Of Gen. in which two Chinese threw pepper into a Redif- been loved, and had not yet to his Bernacchi submitted peal being a matter of statute of Ashing Junie. No. F1154HS,

fusion rent collector's eyes and tried to snatch his money basket was recalled before Mr Wicks at Kowloon this morning when a 23-year-old_un- employed man, Lam Kwok-lau, of 5 Wah Fung Street, faced committal proceedings on the charge of assault with intent to rob.

the Ta Kung Pao this morning

A Peking dispatch carried by reported the death of General Ma Chan-ahan, noted Chinese hero of the Sino-Japanese War. The 14-word dispatch did not Bay where or when the General

The collector, Tam Shu-joi, - dled.

General Ma, noted for his eple 55, after being assaulted by the resistance to the Japanese in two robbers, managed to catch

during Manchuria

the Arst one of them,

Dr Ma Tak-she, of Kowloon phase of the war, was born in 1887 in Liaoning Province. Hospital, stated that Tam was

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taken to Kowloon Hospital for examination on the afternoon of October 14 and he found bruises on Tam's lips and also tetithial spots on both haemorrhagle eyes. There was some powder, irritating to the tongue, on the

planks,

had been

proceeded.

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· THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 Closing Times By Air Japan, Kored. Caneda & U.S.A.. 11.03.

Okinawa, 2 p.m.

Slam, Burma, Malaya, Indonesia,

Ceylon, à p.k.

Formom. p.m.

Philippines, d_p.m.

Closing Times By Bea

Japan, Noan. Malaya, 1 p.m.

B.N. Guines, Australia & New Zealand. 2 p.m.

Indonesia, a p.m.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER S Closing Times By Air B.N. Bomeo. Australia & New

Prilippines, Hawall

8 p.m.

U.B.A...

India Pakistan Perelan Gulf Ports, Iraq. Iran, Egypt,

Africa, Maurition, Great South

Tinly d Britalo, Spain, Portugal, NW. Europe, & p.m.

Formosa, 6 p.m.

Closing Timer By Sea Malaya, Ceylon, Madagascar. Daa dia, Arabia, Egypt, Spain, Portugal

French North Africa,

To ascertain the capacity load Belgien,

neck and it might possibly have | lợns, the acar seat tank 37 tanks of the allowed to propens in of the Supreme Court Summary and the number al pakeCTigers | Great Britain & N... Europe,

been pepper.

Tam Shu-lol stated that the afternoon

on

and the luggage compartment that he be tank 30 gallons.

Radio Hongkong

OUT OF TIME APPEAL

tion was no more than to ask He said that the capacity of for leave to appeal out of time The Full Court was also of the front seat lank was 29 gal-and to give notice of amendment the opinion that Section 34 (2)

motion.

and he asked

be allowed P.m. (par & tegl: 3 p.m. (ord), Jurisdiction Ordinance was not the junk would the ordinary way

to carry, the Magistrate sum- Their

Lordships replied that applicable to the case.

C. Cairns, Marino 14 of October

Inspector Orem also asked for

decide Holding that the Full Court moned Mr the Court must first the confiscation of property

to grant Licensing Officer, for his testi- no jurisdiction he had collected rent from 5

whether abandoned by the driver in his

there was jurisdiction had Wah Fung Street, ground floor

the appeal, and no leave to appeal, their Lordships Acation. No. 73 fight. A sum of $37.50 was con- to hear and then he went to

fiscated to the Poor Box. A drly- leave could be granted until it dismissed the motion with costs. Bulkeley Street for the same

Batisfled there was such ing licence, in the name of Szete was

jurisdiction. Yun, with an address of 17 Wan purpose.

Lane, second

Dealing with the question of

9 Months other

small personal articles

cles appellants had the benefit of the were confiscated to the Police decision of a Tenancy. Tribunat Me d'Almada also confiscated 30 which

ordered that they be gallons of petrol found in the not evicted. The matter was gar to the Crown. He ordered then brought before Mr Justice the forfeiture of his vehicle.

On reaching the second floor jacket, visiting cards jurisdiction, Mr Loseby said the

two men appeared at the corner, one removed his spectacles while the other threw pepper into his eyes. They also tried to snatch

con con his rattan basket which tained

cards and $601. The complainant was also struck

on the

and he shouted for mouth

Inter help. A few moments some Chinese came up the stair-

cabe and one of the robbers

wan

Up

escaped

the roof. The other but robber attempted to escape

arrested by complainant. He was then handed over to the people present and complainant went to report the robbery to When he returned the Police.

to the scene le found the robber had gone.

The case is continuing.

Paid $40 For Own Watch

For Youth Who

that the owner be notified of Scholes who made an order in Solicited

Chambers that an appeal should, be heard by way of a case stat-

H.K.T.

Pro

Class V craft, the junk would be gamme

Scores M.C. C. V Aus-

a

dafling". **Hongkong

Summary: Close of Play

15.03. Ligan Mic Orches

0.50. "Cantonese

Mr Cairns stated that as

allowed to carry 470 piculs of main: cargo and eight crew members tral Belections: had defendant applied for by Radio- given by Miss Lee Wal- Under such a Jan and D.K. Lee. (Studio): 8.50, trading licence. licence she would be allowed to Solo by Jeanne De Messi

7 World News and News Analysis, carry livestock, but he could not london Relay): 1.15, "Letter from any off hand whether 32 head of America by Alistar Coolor. Lon cattle was in excess of the don Relay Recorded: 750 Down Memory Lane" preaction tri Aileess Bgures permitted unless

Woods. (Studio); a, "Frogn, the dis torial". (London. measurement was made.

Rolay) 6.30, **Box • 200′′* Bert · Gillette at the Defendant, pleading, guilty, Hammond Organ: 5.30"Take 5: 10. Somehow, come dificulty Nine months' hard labour

Bendoy d many - Edwards. arose and there was delay, and was the sentence imposed this said that the junk came from um Here with Joy Nichou, Dick

Swehue. The excess passengers (BBCTS); 9. "Forum of the Al though Mr Justice Scholes had morning

20-year-old

*Enjoyment Da were the cattle owners. He had (Studio): 9.30, made it plain that the case Eugenio Tavares, who WAS

6: "Sonata Form”—A should be heard on a certain found guilty

of soliciting for not received any money from Made-No.

thein.

Talk by the Rest: Fitbbq-27.2. date on a case stated, he was

et Immoral

purposes by

Ryan... 8.J. (Btudio);-;-10, Radio Mr

News Rogl. London Relay); 10.15. a later date, Counsel deck red, Reynolds at Central yesterday. He further stated that the weather Report: -10.14 Exxcerpts persuaded by Mr Bernacchi

used for from Two Favourite Light, Coccar Tavares had eight previous junk was originally Ignore bis own onder and

since April 1948 dahing, but of late his catch was by Johann Strauss: 10.30, Nat dood win and Another--A. Hambobvenc voiced, then heard the

impersonating

very poor. He was a poor man by Bir. Max Beerboins-introduces

Wynford Vaughan-Thomas obtaining money and had to make a living some false pretendered to

and larceny. how. After consultation with ridera); 11.08. Palladior Memo

11.18, Goodnight tion: He was niso under

LETTERS TO

THE EDITOR

Kerosene Shortage : | P

Sir. Your journal

on

bo

motion convictions

grievances of the populace and not on a In that Volving

sired redresses have not always been achieved, still the public by your public-

reversed the decision of the Tenancy. Tribunal.

bo

of

Muric",

Police supervision for two / the owners, ho was advised 29, Weather Report, Goa-Bar)

bencil trout tion of readers | Mr Justice Scholes had done was sentence,

Counsel submitted that what years after he has gerved his ferry the cattle to Hongkong. a complete mullity. There was After defendant had been no difference between a judge convicted yesterday, sentence

who was already under surveillance.d Defendant was arrested

on

Damaged A Signboard

shortage of kerosene for The legitimate consumers, especially

who ignored rown order and was deferred until this morning for residents of the New Ter the order of some other person, for the police to check up the terke, have been well known. he submitted, A. Judge could

supplies in Un Long not change the law. If the Tava book 'in',respect of Kerosene and Fanling area were reported bearing was a nullity, there

ere police The victim of a deer horn" by a vernacular paper as prácould be redress on the ground

for some- oxdebito Justili (failure of December 3 at Johnston Hond trick found he had to pay $44tically non-existent

For breach for his own watch which he left time, except at the blackmarket justice), and Counsel asked that near Li Chit Street while

of an expulsion Arrests and prosecu- he be allowed leave to appeal.

and bergsining with two, European order

for maliciously as security with two tricksters prices.

of oil have

TWO ASPECTS who had asked him to sell some ions of

sellors in matters relating to the damaging a signboard, a 15- smugglers

Mr. Bernacchi, replying, said offence. been hoard very often, by the ““valuable doar hora" for them.

Earlier, Tavares for them.

police and in court proceedings there were two aspects to the ecm langing and feel lol-year-old boy was sentenced to 10 weeks by Mr Thomas Tam In view of rising price for case (1), was there in any way for about 20 minutes. at Control this « morning. At itowloon ¦ this: morning fire wood, kerosene has been a substantial suggestion that

Inspector IL E. J. Brown when Yu Chouk-wah was charg- the daily necessity for a great the decision of the Court was for the prosecution. ed before Mr d'Almada with

many

supplies, to- | caso had the Full Court

ta.

to entertain aug Jurisdiction. Special

At the soquest of t immedlete attention and draatio Court,

Berbicoal ha

| fraud). Inspector Orein waid that, sont gkongites. The pro- a nullity and (3) in auch

he was recognised by the coment shortage

gether with

phinant, Ching Chung, on

-ImB

and

of the men who End tricked him come toga, | appeal from that decisions.

"In Nam Ching Direct ad one

and

Full the

of, bis watch on November 23. a tewas shop where it had been Dawned for $30; It was valued the embargo onder did not aun in the Homaron

fortunes of Protears. Government should arts to support thi

tint the Court had Mr" d'Amada, soolepõed the pUDIKE STEM Mach" permatten dlotion to hear defoodwat to four months and who bethen on the pods con- tanta motion. He

The watch was redeemed from Bion of the home that of quoted / hartement : contained i

At anhancing

wan

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According to the prosecution, at about.:10.15 a.m. yesterday, while patrolling sleng Johnston Road near Tal Yuen Brest, FCs

fendant** who was carrying =

of

the King: 11.30,. Close' Down/"

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