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CASEBOOK

That Night

NOWSLEY." Lancs.-- The sharp, harsh im pact of sudden, violence like. murder, upon a small com- munity, tends to make each member of that community retreat into himself defen- Bively,

In the village, that sprawls without pattern about-the walls of Knowsley Hall, a kind of shocked silence fell, when the filtered out the shoot-

of at the big house. The news

about three hours

ILCWS

pel the mile and a half from

the house to the village, where most people were on nodding terms at any rate, with the two And with their men killed.

jäller.

For the next 24 hours, when themselves. they were left to they

and not answering questions from curious outsiders, the villagers talked football,

ing. pheasant-sliouting,

sac- the

weather about anything ex- cept what is known locally as "That Night."

FTER the first 24 hours.

A they talked for tome days

of little else,

But they talked of what they miles read in papers printed away, of the tragedy that had happened on their doorstep. Zealously discreet, the indoor staff at the big house

kept walls.

did

งด

mostly within the park When they emerged they not speak of Tint Night,

A woman servant called Miss Margaret Whittley (ut 88 she is the oldest Knowsley- born inhabitant) at her aims- house home. The pair talked of many things concerning the big house and the family: the shoot- inst

was not mentioned.

Sald Misy Whittley, a scam- stress who used to make all the Knowsley maidservants' dresses; "Oh dear nu. It wouldn't do to "They' never talk about. it. talk."

that

the verdict is about Thal and Night has started again,

spicos the

Now, talk

inside information

tolk at last,

At the Derby Arms, the im poning, atat, village inn, Bob Hart, an old regular

soldier

known as "Barney," has for the time being lost his accustomed. audience for tales of campaigns in Rangoon in '04, 'South Afri

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|_'01 „__The_customers.concen.... trate on sig

stories told by men

like one I met whom I call Benjami

shall

Benjamin was up at the housa That Night. He talked to Win- stanley 10 minutes before the toy who had swapped u for a pair of trousers went into the hall and shot Lady.

Derby There is a small club for the staff of the Hall, a Low. huo- dred yards from the.

houso. That Night

Winstanley -come into the club at the same time Six

as Benjamin. He. bought.

packets of cigarettes, inquired

of the steword about a ramo

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CHINA MAIL

DAGGER FOR PRINCE CHARLES

The ruby, an emerald, and a diamond ornament this dagger which four-year-old Prince Hassan of Jordan is to present to Prince Charles,

**Gift, for Princo PRINCE CHARLES is to

receive a present from four-year-old Frince Hassan of Jordan, now in London with his mother, Queen Zeln.

It is an Arablan dagger, B. foot long, curved and costly. The blade la of steel; the handle-set with a ruby and an emerald-and the sheath are of gold. In the richly- chased scabbard isa diamond.

Prince Charles will be able to wear, the dagger. With it goes a waist-band of gold thread with-a-gold ·-clasp. Queen Zein told the Queen about the gift when they had lunch together at Bucking. ham Palace yesterday.

London Erpresa Saretoa

for a bottle of whisky, sald 37 Crewmen

good-night, and went to the Halt,

NAID Benjamin: "Harold

wasn't the drinking sort. I don't think I've ever seen him have above two bottles of beer. But I've seen him come in and offer, drinks all round, though he couldn't really have afford- ed to buy them. He seemed to

it for effect,"

સંવ

Rescued

Prison For

Arms

Possession

+

Four men were sentenced by Mr Justice E. H. Williams, Senio Puisme Judge, at the Criminal Sessions this morning on charges of armed robbery and possession of amme and ammunition.

The accused were Wong Shu- fal, 28, firherman, Chan Luk, 31, Cheng Lau, 31, and Wong Ming allas Wong Piu, 39. The first,

third and fourth accused were

charged with robbery with aggravation at Big Wave Bay, Stanley, on September 22, while the second, third and fourth were additionally charged with pas-. session of aims and camuniiion. The robbery took place at the Ham Fat Cheung grocery store, Big Wave Bay.

Mr Patrick Yu, Crown Counsel, who prosecuted, said it could not be ascertained whether the two weapons found in tho possession of the fourth accused the actual ones used in

were the robbery.

Mr

Justice Willians sentenced and third accused to

the first

seven years hard labour and 12

strokes of the cane on the rob- bery count, and the fourth hard accused to, eight years' labour and 12

of the strokes cane for the same offence.

Second accused was given four years hard labour for possession of arms.

Concurrent sentences of one year's

hard labour for arms possession were imposed on the third and fourth accused, while the fourth accused was given

terin of five for

of arms years and ammunition,

The Court ordered conâsca- tion of all arms and ammunition seized by the Police,

concurson

Inquiry Into Death

Of Journalist

Established 1845.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER'

1952.

ANTI-COMMUNIST ARMS SMUGGLER SENT TO GAOL

"Here in Hongkong we cannot tolerate people collecting arms whether they are going to be used here or to be used elsewhere. Lam taking in -account that you had no hostile intentions against the inhabitants of Hongkong," declared the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, in the Criminal Sessions. this morning when he sentenced a man to two years and six months.

The man, Wong Hon, aged 38, unemployed, was re- presented by Mr A. J, Clifford, instructed by Mr J. C. Stewart, and he pleaded guilty to possession of two revolvers and 18 rounds of ammunition.

Mr Clifford, in mitigation, stressed that his client was engaged in smuggling arms out of the Colony for anti- Communist guerilla activities in China. Ho had no intention of using them here for robbery or any other unlawful purpose. In passlug sentence, his Lordship said that he accepted all that Mr Clifford, had said on behalf of the accused. -

Another man. Chan Chun- Coming back to Hongkong he chung. aged 30, unemployed, became personal servant to

Wod given six years and 12 military officer and had a good

strokes of the cane. He had record. He helped in smuggling earlier pleaded guilty to por-out several simy officers and he 'session of a revolver and six himself went to Chung Shan rounds of ammunition. It was village, where he organised a stated that he had betrayed band of guerillas. On retum Wong Hon to the Police.

here ho had the misfortune to take the second accused into his confidence.

It was tiisclosed by Mr G. R. Sneath, Crown Counsel, that the Colt revolver found in the second necused's possession had been used in a murder in Hong- kong. He was not saying that the accused was in any way responsible for that crime.

Crown Counsel said that on

a

Counsel wald, that first ́ag- used wag a very responsible family man supporting grandmother, aged 83, mother, 04, his wife and three children, aged, seven, five and two years

the evening of October 22, Sub- Concluding, Mr Clifford said, Insp. Indge-Buckingham was on **The first necused has not routine visit to hotels in Kow-wasted the time

On

of the Court

zo 'often

loon when he heard a commo- ¦ and -I cannot, refrain from rem tion.

Investigating he iterating the words found second accused on the used by Mr Hin-shing" Lo, ground struggling and when namely, he who picads guilty

leniently arrested he was found to have a must be dealt with Colt revolver fully loaded with

"After" "passing sentence on the first accused andt, making the remarks reported earlier, his Lordship

six rounds.

to the Police When taken Station and questioned, he gave

Living Language

Why we say. Coster- monger,

The Anglo-Saxon word mixture, mang meant a and a monger was ori ginally a man who sold a mixture of things. "Coster" is-a-corruption of "costard", a kind of apple. A "coster.nonger" was once a man who sold only apples but nowadays the word is used describe any kind street-hawker, but pecially one who sells fruit and vegetable.

Mail Notices

to of

C9-

The latest times of posting shown below are thoes for un- registered correspondenes ported at OP.9.. Kongkong. The latest porting times elsewhere which, In general, are earlier than the 0.30. Umes, can do ascertainad by_enquiry at the locsi› ameo. The latast - porting times" for registered articles are generally the hour earlier than the times shown below. Particulare, rés garding parcel maila can be 21+ rertained by enquiry at any port

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Christmas Arrangements On Thursday, December there will be one general de- livery commencing – 10 There will ba' no delivery on. Friday 16.

The public counters at the G.P.O, and Kowloon P.O: Will and Do open on December 25

20 for the sale of stamps. and delivering of parcels from 9 am

moon. All other Port Offices will be closed on these days.

to

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23-

+ By Al Indo-China Tratice, French North sold to the second | and West Africa, 4.30 9.m, Air Viet- that accused

ho could find | neni,

Information to the Police and no merit in his case at all. He Canada Cm. PAL.

Phuippines Guam Hawall, U.S.A.,

?

little more

to

By Burface

Sheaffers TM SNORKEL

Alleged

Attack With Acid

Woman Disfigured

For Life

From The Filéi ~

100 Years Ago

age;

That

bill

We have had several.com- plaints lately of the bad An alleged attack by a appearance of our broad sheet. man upon the woman with The oldest of the three local whom he had co-habited for Journals, however, some excuse claimed on the sconc may some years and who was,

ald the mother of his two has not been the only cause of

the bad children was described by of. In future, and at least of Impressions complained Crown Counsel before Mr these causes will be remedied, Justice. E. H. Williamis, | in the use of new Chineso Senior Pulsne Judge, at the paper, Instead of the dry hard Criminal Sessions this material of foreign

ture hitherto morning, when Lam Hing-tur

printed on. In the year, too, course of next wing, 30, unemployed, was shall hope to improve appearance accused of throwing corro-silli more, by

us

manukuc

Wo

of new sive fluid with intent on a types: and we have some thought woman, Tse Sam-mul, 22, at old, of which we shall be enabled a now and larger press, by Kowloon on June 17 last. · to give our supporters a larger Mr W. A. Blair-Kerr, neling amount of readable matter than Senior Crown Counsel, who they have hitherto had for the prosecuted, said it was fortunato | amount of subscriptions. the woman did not lose her eye these are thoughts only; and, sight, but she' had been dis- | like Mr. Dizraeli's political pro- figured for life.

fections rest in the womb of Det: Sub-Insp. J. Hidden, GM, the future, was officer-in-charge of Invest- 'gations.

CRIMINAL CASES

But

Accused picaded not guilty It is indeed high time for a and a Jury of five men and two | change in the mode of Investi- women was empanelled.

Mr Blair-Kerr said tho

150

gating criminal cases prior to their being brought to the cused and, the woman met about Supreme Court for.... final judgment. Only a few months ago our pen was the sole means, in obtaining the release, from double. irons on the road 'of“ poor lad who had been sen-

to tenced

transportation: and

five years ago when the accused In the Paciile was working In Enamel Factory. They later lived together as husband wife and had two children, both boys, aged four and two. Some time in August, 1951, the no- cused lost his employment, and in April or May this year the woman decided to leave him and carn own..

some money. on her

Ichildren, lookin

ما

must have been ovidont to all at that time that Atle pata on the part of our police 4omcers would have saved tho Government from the peculiar position in which they were

*** SUPPLIED. MONEX

placed, in having to render bull She went to a boarding-house the solemn verdict of a sword in Nathan Rodd where she be jury. And now we have another which we are fully came: prostitute. Arrange caso, in

satisfied that ments wore-made by her with

treat injustico hard Irlends

after the two has been done to a poor and she maintained working fisherman, whose family them. Accused used to call

by his transportation-became "and her boarding-house

ask steeped, in greater poverty than they were before. The case to for

money, sald Crown Couwhich we allude is that of sel, and he did this continually. The woman gave him $10 every reported in our Issue No. 101 ns Chaong-fook-churn's, partially two or three days.

About. 1 p.m. on June 17, the of the jury sworn to

the the 18th instant. The writer WIS one of try complainant went with a friend

mat the two indictments, on which visit her younger son and mat the accused. She later accom the prisoner was arraigned, and panied him to where he lived in had not the case then broke down Kowloon City

City to fetch her cloth by reason of the flagrant

of one of the witness While she was bending Police Constable Boyle would down' packing her clothing, the

Europe, 6 pm. 8.0.4.C.

Marno. 9 minh; 8. pan., we Les 'Hiong/ Tak-6bing.

10

as a result, Det-Insp. Askew had started off by betraying his Malaya, Ceylon, Bla,Burma, with a party went to a hut friens and then he had picked | Pakistan, Middle East, Great Brkali. occupied the first accused

by

more courage by, en-. They found a brown paper deavouring commit: armed parcel which contained a Smith robbery in the street. and Wesson revolver, fully

His Lordship declared, "I will loaded. There was also a

eman envelope which had six roune's not tolerate people who carry drms on their person in the of ammunition.

streets of Hongkong.".

THROWS "GUN AWAY

Prior to entering the hut, Insp. Askew heard a splash in

nullah. the

The object was retrieved and it was a paper pared with another Smith and Wesson also fully loaded. When it was shown to him, first ac- cused "said "Yes, I threw. it out of the window."

1.

CORRUPTION CHARGE

ing:

Indo-Crane, 3 pum, as Bun On Philippines Indonesia, 3. p.m.; Elite Maersk

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER '14 By Ar Formoso, Japan, Dam via CA Biam. Malayang Indonesia, Australia, accused suddenly picked up a have been recalled and quar New Zealand, 6.30 p.m., C.P.A.

Indo-China (Tonkin only), 4.30 p.m. bowl from underneath the bed toned particularly as to his Formoss, Okinawa, USA. New and allegedly poured some hot Identification of the Prisoner. in

over her face, York? Canada. p.m. 8.A corrosive fluid

P. C. Boyle, when giving NWALA

Japan, 0 p.m. D‚O.A.C."

the dtchen and obtained more his evidence, swore, to that Surface

which we now, and was purely

CPA

army and neck. He then enter/question. Sulico it. here to state'

Macno. 9 gmni & pm, me Lee Hong/ | Buid which he again' throw over | imaginary.

Taople's Republic, 2.30 sm. train via Canton,

the woman.

Accused disappe Phappines, 11 a.m.. Toulouse. and was Blam, il .m., as Horyu Maru.

A Police

China, Corporal, Ling Chun-pong, 27, was remanded for five days In custody by Mr When charged, first accused, in R. W. S. Winter at Central this a statement, admitted the offence morning on a charge of corrup- and said he hoped the Inspector tion in office. would ask the Judge to dest

leniently with him as he had an aged grandmother, mother and young wife to support...

Second accused, in his late ment, said that although he was responsible for the offence the guns were not taken out for any unlawful purpose. He had reported to the Police at Kow-

sing on condition that he would Ling is accused of corruptly receiving $50 from Wong Wai-

not take Police action against Wong and his friend · Leung Yuk-kal,

►

Defendant la represented by Mr F. X. D'Almada,

low City three days previously. Gold Smugglers

He had removed, stuns

57, Woosung Street, Brst floor, to the hut off Castle Penk Road. His original Intention was "to" assist the Police.

Detected

Arrested while attempting jo import gold from Macao with out a permit, Wang Su-kit, 27. Chan So, 24. Chan Hoi-sing 80, and. Yu Chut-yal, 33. mlled to appear in court this morning and hand their $100 bail estreated and the 34 gold, bars,, weighing

taels each, confronted. Defendants were arrested on the Tai Yip Wharf on: Monday

D between

a.m. and 10 am. The Arst

three defendants wero

Honolulu, Dec. 22.

London, Dec. 22, The widow of Mr Ralph Thirty-seven crewmen were

mid-Pacific today Deakin, Imperial and foreign rescued in

In mitigation, Mr Cufford from the American. freighter news editor of the London Times, Quartelte as rolling seas pour- told u coroner here today she said that the revolvers were not locked the door of her bedroom for any purpose of robbery: His ed into the ship's ripped hill.

the night before her husband | client collected guns to take The crew were taken aboard died because "I had reason to over That Night," said Benjamin,

the border for aziti. The looked no more strange the American ship Frontenac suspect he might kill me." Communist guerilla activities.

Victory, which headed imme- than you or me."

Mr Deakin, aged 64, was found Counsel said that, he was not Prosently,

that ovaning, diately for Midway, 90 miles to dead in bed last Friday morning. going on any surmise.

He had been foreign news Domeone ran into the club cry the west. Captain C. Catham-

bis

officers and three

were editor of the Times for more "Harold's running ing:

amok transferred to a Navy patrol with a gun." Benjamin joined, boat, and will wait for instruc-

than 30 year

The Corone: adjourned the The Bret accused was a leader searched and each was found tions concerning possible saly-inquest on him until tomorrow the occupation.

of anti-Japanese guerlifas daring to be carrying eight gold bars.

There was A Yu, the fourth defendant hod Go that pathologist could picture of him in an American 10. gold bars hidden on his pez- examine a box of tablets and a magazine showing him proudly son, bottle found in Mr Deakin's surrounded by arms which he barend had collected to take back to Mrs Deakin testified that last

China. August her husband told her he was going to commit suicide.

in the hunt.

And in the stable yard, around which are the

where the two murdered

lived, a

man ran calling

houses

men

out:

5 run- * The

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The Quartette carried a cargo of wheat, destined for Korea.--- United Press.

TOOL.

"Bolt your doors: Harold's

ping amok with a gun, two wives of the murdered men

were among the Ave familica said he was quite happy as he He pretended he was not in

to warned. They bolted their doors. They did not know they were already świdowed.",

THE

his

was,"

Someone else "said: ""He,

good health to get steeping tablets from the doctor" she said, al-"He had been collecting them,” ways, dressed, very, smart, didn't | A doctor testified that Mc ho?" "All" who had known him Deakin had advanced coronery TUE village reckon Winstan- slightly, agreed,

disease and appeared to have ley made

aled, rabidly. If he had taken from Knowsley by taking a 97 The talk went on." Buses anything had merely - bus from Sugar Lang, close to rolled by the Derby. Arms for celerated his natural disease. the village police houses; and every-de by spreading towns

Knowsley Park is besleged Reister. he rode into Liverpool by bus, with

aprawling housing catates. the run

in luck down, trouver lett

Came In tho talk once enough to

(for long INTELLIGENCE TEST BOLUTION

get yourself a better job? For kindly of the men who were

man. his return spend the one he was doing, wasn't killet and much spoken kind- much more than a boy's Helly of their killer

"I "gald)

his

Lo Harold one.

BODORE said, "Why Don't

you

and.

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WAR-TIME LEADER

Counsel raid that the acqu was a victim of war in more ways than one.. He was a person from a. poor start who had worked himself, up to positions of trust only to be shattered by

Radio Hongkong

HKT

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(Lon don,falar): 790, Christīnas „Carole He started life as an office boy, 1st dovernment House mang by the then became salesman in Me Yük Sathedral Sporlaken, 19019, 790. San and then returned to his "Unusual There by 10%" vAIN New Accelerator" native village to try and better and The Stolen Bacute(BBC/0}}- himself.

He took to milliary 730. Weather Report: Dent training and in spare time work ture. Nancie pluper

Madame «Nɛd" (by:

ed at night school and Infer

carrio a land office surveyor in Hympianty: Oushertram BAS, the government. He returned to mortaram ons t

46 Bertoni Ciristmas Ma Hongkong and worked as a shroff oudersi «joy: Chiton)

at the Hong Lok Bakery where cordedstage Carole

his honesty was proved to be bumit Maging from the

Com

a hundred per cent. Next he Todd Bwin and Bward with Bénikus turned to the lorry business bár - Kägu 1510 m, 24Weather Report. with the war lasiging betwemy, zadio Hawa Zes) Bevor Macao and China cearod.rapide

Sang

not

woman,

after that arrested untif

the

NOT HIS CASTLE

A Chinaman's house is not his · castle as in. Aberdeen; nna so Malaya. Burms, 1-9.m., Chun (aust 40% entlowing

The attack, was taken to Kowloon when the door' was not opened. Horial. M: Blair-Kerr said it readily, P. C. Beyle broke it was Korimate she did not lose down with his foot, rushed up back door

It

Formose, 9 am, as Wing Sang.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

THURSDAY, DECERIDER

Formoes, 3. a.m.ivE CAT eyesight, but she had been stairs and found Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, USA)gured for life. Analysis of open he proceeded through (Ran Francisco), Noon, PA Are vessels containing the fuld and found, three men-one of

Burma, India, Paket hat had been used revealed that them, Staro, Middle". Engl. „Adelon, Great · Hrithi

They had contained pure sul ho said" was phairic acid, he added.

any 46, 4.50 3 Philippines, N. Borneo, 4.50 5.m. C.P.A.

SIDE GLANCES

"The trial is proceeding.

By Galbraith

from Ralph really mlist be love, mothör boy friend who didn't run out on me before

Christrasi..

Chương loài chuồn, who

twenty yards (whether towards the

Pollice

where towards the cast end.

he landed was not stated ---but we hoár hé⠀ says it was towards the Police Station)-he took him in custody, and the Prisoner was afterwards sworn to as having assisted in a pi ath of Octobe

a piracy. 0731-8th F on the 7 "No other doors: The hill where he s Bar Cus opened out ten

and h

fid

have

found,

Kallelsed

kit's house. Now, this assertion, which has most to de with the prisoner's conviction,

is as gross a pieca of perjury as

way and Committed path-

was ever. way,

pf the eleventh house eart of the one from which it was made to

the appear prisonery Ascapest,

to the

runs right to

and

@docentinitës:/

ing oyer à malce TERES

to the public

noma-houses about two hundred

fect further on; and at twenty

yards expctly, west of the

Couso there is n

direct

thle

from

the mala

Kanid

the Prisoner Was ́arrested. We shall,rofurn to this subject shortly, and, may tell u little of what we hieve tourd; su now state what we know.

Juror Fined

to; answer, hlasnamaj service yerlerday, walɛfre ty; the Chief Justic

Howe, at the":

he was think

he' arrived in tou

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