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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1952.

An Objector To Death Penalty

Free Pound Excused Jury Service

A Main Objective

(Colinned from page 1)

of the Sterling Area will have freer access to the output of Nurl America and other im- portant regions and to adequate of externaİ capital resources

for development,

Dat

LS accordingly necessary for some years to come the Sterling Area should be in lus with ine rent at the world (including a surplus with

and dollar area)

that

worl the

af er taking account of available Sterling assets and long-term in- ves.ment from abroad all mem- should balance countries

bec

their exterval accounts.

EARNING EXPANSION

To do this in the face of the

need for national security and higher standards of living clearly

Living Language

Why we say To get your dander up.

The word "dander" comes from the sugar trade of the West In- dies for it in the fer.

of ment used instead yeast in the manufac ture of molasses. "To get your dander up" is therefore to fly into a ferment of rage and passion.

requires the maximum possible Farmer

expansion of earning power. By

of the

the development of their produc- Live power members Sterling Area

will not only

strengthen their own economies

but will also help to meet the

Charged

CROWN EVIDENCE IN

GRENADE CASE

An objection to the Jury by the accused on the ground that its members were not all Chinese was over-ruled when the trial of To Lam-sin, alias Lai Chai, alias To Tsat, alias To San-lam, 25, charged with the unlawful possession of four hand grenades opened before the Senior Puisne Judge, Mr Justice Gould, in the Criminal Sessions this morning.

His Lordship told the accused that juries were empanelled according to law and his objection therefore could not be sustained.

Earlier, asked by the Clerk

of the Court whelber he

guilty or not

suid he was

Counsel not

was

guilty, accused advised by his bis to recognise Lordship's jurisdiction by pleading. Mr Justice Gould circum- that under the sistices the Court would enter the

10 pm. on September 30 when they parted.

In the meantime, the Police, Roberts, visited under Inep.

house

in accused's

Queen's Road on the evening of Septem- ber 29. They detained a man in the second cubicle, Insp. Roberts bottom drawer of found the the cabinet locked and next a plea of not guilty and

day, with the aid of a key from trial was to proceed.

of one

the Police Officers Conducting the Prosecution is

Crown present, succeeded in opening Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr,

said

inevitably growing world demand With Murder Counsel, assisted by Det. Insp. F

for

food, raw

materials and

other essential goods.

10

A 27-year-old farmer, Ma Chan-yang, charged with mur

woman, appeared der

Mr James Wicks before Kowloon this morning.

of a

Roberts and Det. Sub-Insp. K. S. Accused is defended by Mr Van. Brook A. Bernacchi, instructed by

Mr Peter Mo.

at

was

That

Insp. Roberts also examined a safe in the first cubicie, open- ed it with a key produced by a woman in the cubicle and found a rent receipt which So Ah-fol would say was made out during with her and the the meeting rent collector on September 20. CABINET FİND

"For some time to come the Commonwealth will not be able

The Court sat at 10.10 am. Mr Berriacchi informed the Court meet this growing demand entirely from its own resources,

that, through no cause of his, he with additional served and developing countries will,

evidence at 10 minutes to 10 this therefore, need to rely in varying

The case, for committal, re-morning. His Lordship said he Insp. Roberts would say, the degrees on investment from out-

called the murder of a women took

Prosecutor went on, that he dis- side the Sterling Area.

strong exception. Her evidence.

he added, should have lodged a panel from the floor of "We

that such identified as Ng Mel-fan. are agreed investment is be welcomed body was discovered in the hilt-been served long ago. Mr Blair-the bottom drawer and found

or October Kerr tendered his apologies to several parcels concealed in it. and that all necessary steps side at Laichikok should be taken to encourage it. "We feel that the production of essential TW materiala within the Sterling Area would he

by encouraged greatly regularity in purchases of such materials by countries outside the Area as this would con- tribute materially to the long-clothing. term stability of the Area and, indeed, of the free world as a whole.

ย

Ma was alleged to have mur- dered her on October 6.

Det. Sub-Insp. Scragg said body at first could that the

be identified. Later, not woman whom the Police inter-

identified it by viewed,

Evidence would be produced to prove that the dead woman was alabbed and strangled be- fure she finally died.

the

There

the Counsel

ex-

A Scottish

Fashion

Refreshment headquarters

HMS ALACRITY MEN GIVEN GAOL SENTENCES

Bringing a touch of colour to the Perth Drag Hunt Ball last week in Scotland was this fashion note in male dinner dress. On the left is Major James Drummond-Hay, and wearing a tartan dinner jacket is of Abercairney. Major James Drummond-Moray,

(Central Press)

Meeting Of Eden Salah el Din And

Denied In Paris

Paris, Jan. 21.

An Egyptian spokesman, Mahmoud Azmi Bey, today emphatically denied reports that Salah el Din Bey, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, had been invited to talks in London with the British Foreign Minister, Mr Anthony Eden.

The spokesman also denied that Salah el Din was himself seeking such a meeting.

four hand The contents were grenades.

Subsequently they were amined by the Police Ballistics they Officer who found that

In reply to questions, he said number of British the were Milis bombs in fairly new that condition and could be exploded. troops in the Canal Zone, stated

previous by Mr Not knowing

their

sea.

Winston Churchill

Cairo, Jan. 21.

17 student Police arrested

today to here

demonstrators during the funeral of Sampir Abdu. Naga, a 15-year-old student who killed in clashes between students and police yesterday, police sources said.

for com- Was

Court and to Defence

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR

After the Jury of six men and one women had been calied, his Lordship said that he had before lam letter from a member of the Jury, addressed to the Chief Balilff, stating that the juror did history, the Officer deemed it total approximately 50,000, was

his

is no longer a matter

The hot believe in capital punish unsafe to retain them in

contravening be ex- custody and arranged with a

26 plaint ment and requested to

volving Police Officer to have cused from any case involving

them Anglo-Egyptian treaty arrange Evidence ments because the treaty itself One juror said that that.

the dumped in the "We are also agreed that an

was no longer in existence as letter was written by him and examination should be made as

were wounds on her chest, head i asked to be excused. His Lord. Would be called to say that the

grenades were dumped.

far as Egypt was concerned. quickly as possible of the op- and throat. A tape was around ship Baid that the present case Accused was arrested at about

Commenting on the week-end portunities for ап carly 10- the neck when

the body involved capital punishment and 10.45 pm. on September 30 when

tthe Ceruat Zone ves identical

clashes in Queen's Road. csease in the productive power found. The tape was

it was a question of whether he returned to

and The assassination of an of member

countries and

of to that

the Juror conscientiously was Searched at the Police Station, American nun, he said that the produced by the factory the possibilities of matching where defendant worked. available financial and technical

was and be Was directed to of a bunch of keys, one of which

by a Mixed Commission of enterprises resources with the

fendant eventually went to the

opened the bottom step down. 29. on October to achieve

Police Station that

Another Juror was called. The the cabinet. Another key opened Egyptian, American and British

officials to establish respon He made two statements.

new Jury comprised five men the safe Defendant was sald to have i

terms with the and two women. should been on good examination

Opening the case, Mr Blair- not only of the dead woman.

Kerr sold that accused was Hearing is continuing.

charged under section 116A (1) of the Emergency Regulations

stated which

that any person who, without lawful authority. had in his possession any bomb, grenade, etc. shall be guilty of the offence against these regula- tions. The issue was whether TELLIGENCE TEST SOLUTION Churchill's demand for or not accused in fact was in possession of the four hand- grenades on September 30.

most

purpose.

likely

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT This take account

general development require- ments of member countries and of their need for capital equip ment but also the possibilities of increasing their production

food, raw materials and

of

other essential goods.

to

"We have made arrangements for such

an examination begin forthwith.

"While steps

are thus being taken to overcome the immediate problems of the Sterling Aren and to accelerate its develop- ment, we agree that its re-

will covery

be not complete until the conditions have beest created in which Sterling can become and remain convertible.

"Accordingly, it is definite object to make Sterling convertible and to keep it Su We intend to work towards that goal by progressive steps aimed at creating the conditions under which convertibility cán

be reached and maintained.

our

Attack On Taxi-Driver On

A Peak Road

Pleading guilty before the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, at the Criminal Sessions this morn- ing to assaulting a taxi driver on November 20 last with intent to rob him, three sailors of HMS Alacrity were given terms of imprisonment,

AB Roydon Stacey, 26, of Pentre, Glamorgan- shire, received 18 months and AB Edward Bean, 22, of Aldershot, and AB William John Henry Toomey, aged 21, of Paddington, were each sen- tenced to one year,

In

passing sentence his assaulted the taxi driver rather Lordship told the ratings that violently, crimes of violence n this Colony could be mei

Lt Childe, RN, said the three with imprisonment for life with, or men bore very good records and without, corporal punishment he had looked after their in- and if they had committed the terests since they were arrested, full 'offence in this instance the sentence would have been very heavy and might have carried corporal punishment with it.

Accused swêre charged

His Lordship granted a re quest by Mr Chen that the sen- tences date from November 22 which was their first appearance originally at the Magistracy. with robbery with aggravation to which they

"You have excellent records.

pleaded not guilty on arraign. It is a pity that you have to spott your own records and ment before Mr Jusflee Gould

yesterday.

This morning, Mr place a difficult task upon me," Percy Chen, instructed by Mremarked the Chief Justles in

imposing the sentences. AS.C. Comber, for the defence said that the accused had ex- Lo willingness pressed their plead guilty to assault with

tently

Mr

Counsel)

Patrick Yu (Crown was assisted by Det- Sub-Insp T. M. S. Chalmers for the prosecution and he accepted

the plea,

IN MITIGATION

In an address in mitigation, Mr Chen said that what the accused had committed was a very foolish

a reckless state under the in in as they had conceived fluence of drink. In fact they all had money on them especially Stacey who had $16.90.

Vietminhese Repulsed

Hanoi, Jan. 21. Following a short but bloody

battle, French forces repulsed

last night a Vietminli attempt to ragain control of terrain com manding access to Colonial Road reaching here today. No. 6, according to reports

The Vietminh attack was pre- ceded by a heavy artillery bar. rage. Many as yet uncounted All three had good records on Vietminh soldiers were killed in board ship and had served be-hand-to-hand fighting.

The

The funeral was attended by several thousand students, some of whom shouted slogans against the Government and against the tween Kores and Malays. British.

crime was committed on the first The two-day-old operation The funeral procession was occasion they had had shore launched by the Franco-Viet allowed to continue to the leave in eight months. It was namese forces in the Red River Moslem cemetery outside Cairo. Stacey who pulled the driver of delta was developing very fav

that the Franco-Vietnamese forces had won the first round

Inquiries were made and de- against that. The Juror said he he was found to be in possession 1 incident was being investigated When the police pounced on the the taxi into the back compart- jourably, a dispatch said, adding

BBC Man's

Home Ransacked!

on

The hand grenades were found in the top floor of No. 80,

Read

which the the

into

London, Jan. 21. Three men at Brentford today

for trial wire committed

rosecution contended was charges of breaking into the TwickenhamTI hong of Gilbert residence of accused Harding, radio and television The floor was divided broadcaster.

three cubicles, with a teng ter

room) They were John Bushell, 27, sitting

in front. Tho driver, Albert Hill,

25, first cubicle behind the teng Frederick Bell- and labourer, chargehand, allcupied by accused and

his wife. An smah, chambers

Lam Lai of Brentford.

yuk, slept in the teng, with a Harding told the Court that cused's two children.

In the when he left home at about teng was a cabinet used by his 12.30 p.m. on December 31 all master for keeping his clothing. and dooga The amah would be called to the windows and

Jay

FREQUENT CONSULTATIONS were fastened. When he returned give evidence for the Prosecu-

"It is primarily the respon later he found the front door tion, sibility of the members of the was aja. The bedrooms were Sterling Area

themselves

to in a state of disorder. The A

rent

RENT RECEIPT

collector, Cheung

Bay

that be issued

create these conditions (includ-value of the articles missing Chang, would ing

the achievement of adequate was £350. He identified two rent receipts for the premises gold reserves) but they cannot] muity - as. his property. The in the name of Li Ying up to be completely realised without value of the property recovered September last. He was in- the active cp-operation of other was about £85-Reater. countries, notably tries which are surplus with world.

those coun-

consistently in the rest of the

We have arranged for an investigation of the steps which should be taken along the zoad to convertibility to begin forth

Girl Guides' Gift

To Hospital

the

ut

vited

a meeting to a

a teahouse on September 20, at which the accused and a woman So Ah- tol were present,

months

Accused after paying two rent, asked him to make out the current month's receipt in the name of the woman who was present, t

His

She would be called to my Four of Ghri Guides with 'Mrs reaffam the need for Owen Hughes, the Colony Com- that she took over tenancy of drequcnt and comprehensive commissioner, will be visiting the the floor from accused who said sultation wither the Common- Netbersole Hospital tomorrow to that his mother was the original wealth on the problems of the present a cheque to Dr Alderton, tenant but bad diled Sterling Area. In particular, stepwo years ago the Girl-Gulde mother's name was Li Ying will be taken within the next). AT T Hongkong

·Association.”

the Prosecutor Branch, dey moules and from time to endowed a cot

children's mid

would give evidence mensures now being taken and childe and Brownie telen to earn

the effect that on Septem one dallar towards the annual ber 18, he met soused by ap

pointment of Accused who had (subscripilda). The amphants

carnlig homemade cakes him to look over a dat in some printed owloon told him that he was latings Cards and sold them; about, to dispose of Al Batat Rood. Later they west

thne do, reviewĄ progress on the word "and during the your cach Wah Town witress Ko

drawer of

siblity for the murder.

The

"The Prosecution says that on that evidence, accused was in possession of the four hand there grenades, and therefore he guilty of the offence against caused these Regulations," the Proseou- the tor concluded.

The trial is proceeding.

of

ringleaders, no one was injured,ment. police sources added,

Counsel said that Stacey join- Earlier today the funeral took

the hide-and-seek game thily place quietly of another studented the Royal Navy at the age of were playing with the Vielmiina said spokesman

that

killed

demonstrations24 and had worked as a miner and had killed 100 of them 15 in the

when 14. In the last war he idometres southeast of Nam- was a strong belief

in yesterday. Reuter.

served in the Territorials as a ! dinh near was Egypt that the death had been

Doquan-Franek. INVESTIGATION by bullet from

Pressc- qualified gunner. Washington, Jan. 21. rifle of a British

A State Department spokes-

Born in Aldershot, Bean went soldier. He implied that the man sald today that the United with his father to Egypt at the incident might have provoked by Britain to provide out who was responsible for the Owing to disturbances, he had a pretext for further interven-shooting of the American nun, only two weeks' schooling. tion and, above all, back Mr Sister Anthony, at Ismailia.

- Bo, odd challenger, dust wis 16 an Eram of Charles Lat widge Dodgson, whose pseudonym was Lewis Carroll

London Tren Service.

SIDE GLANCES

a

been States was still trying to and age of ten and then to Palestine. Danish Consul

four- He said that the

the British Toomey, said Mr Cher, was Power Intervention in the Zone. authorities contended that an nine years old when war broke British correspondents walked eyewitness had seen her shot at out. Like all other children he

Guft Press.

By Galbraith

Robbed

in protest. ---- Associated close range by an Egyptian was evacuated to the country The Danish Consul, Mr E terrorist while the Egyptian and it was only years later that Huttemeler, was one of three authorities claimed that she was his mother was able to have him complainants at Centred this with the family and to give morning in a case in which Man hit by a stray British bullet.

The American Ambassador him the care which a mother Chi-hung, 23, pleaded guilty to in Cairo, Mr. Jefferson Caffery, could give. Owing to domestic stealing clothing from perkat had not succeeded in obtaining differences between his parents vehicles at Ewo Street* Daten- details trom the Egyptian he lacked the care of his father. dant was sentenced to 18 months Foreign Office and the acting He joined the Navy in Septem-by Mr W. N. Thomas Tam.

Foreign Egyptian

Minister,ber, 1948. Ibrahim

Farog Pasha, has expressed his, "deep regret" and promised an Immediate investi- gation-Reuter,

Cairo, Jan 21, The Egyptian Government,

a special communique to night, asserted that it had been proved beyond doubt that American-born Sister Anthony was killed by, a Britlah bullet.

Reuter.

- NO BRUTAL WEAPON In their favour, said Counsel,

Det Sub-Inspector W. Thomas said defendant, acting in a susplelous, manner st Zwo Street on January – 17, at about

it could be said that no brutal 10 p.m. was.ANZA ba that. from cars belon 40

he had. Rielen, some

weapon was used and the driver rective, Enquiries was not seriously injured.

Counsel asked his Lordship. In Messrs

the circumstances, and as a man Williamson of the world and a father, to

Street on January

give the men sentences which uary 15, Man also stole à Indy's would be just and merciful, overcoat from "Leung. Pule car,

-to

the

DEBATE, POSTPONED

also parked in Ego... Street, Cairo, Jan. 21.

Mr. Chen brought-

Nineteen pawntickets MERDA affairs debate In Court's notice a case of similar blue canvas bag were found and

The

foreign

the Egyptian

Parliament was nature last year in which Mr

time unit the return of the British railors to eight month complainants/ sonight postponed for the fourth Hin-shing Lo sentenced to articles recovered from the

pawnshop were identifiedE

Foreign Minister. Salah El In that case, the accused had

Diri

month from Paris early next

the hente have en put Radio Hongkong Chatham Bus

and been press-

ing the Govertiment for the debate since it abrogated the 1930 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty on October 16-Reuter,

Airport Mishap:

Arm Severed

SILK.T.-

Calamity Trial

John Seman

0, Programme Bummary: 6.0g, kon= don Budio Melodies KEBETS) Ech Robinson, and Hal Orchestra,, Zyle Whitey & Maureen Stringer (Vocal): 650, Cantoria alis. Hadió given by bus conremedi Mite Frosswal, kan and BAX which 21 Royal [Btudio):): 0.50; Amparoskandia Jose

Iturbi on two Plano) ST. Tikde signal-Wern killed, dend and World New...London, abejingas box at t

LOM Down Memory

Rome, Jan, 21. The propeller of en, airliner 100 Weather: Happ loped on the arm of an ffalian Kitorang "driver" "Oballo, Cartoni, in the guy po landing held of Ciampino Air-MULEJOY port here

down hill using only:

He pleaded not guilty charge

of driving a bus