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A Winter Coat

THE

THE lunch hour. The counters of the Oxford Street store were jammed with women and girls who worked in offices and shops and had to pack into their procious 60-minute break, the shopping - for- autumn those with

more leisure

would need a day to do.

At one counter, a tall, hatleas young woman named Maureen leant over a glass showense and plcked up from behind it a calf handbag.

She began to examine the bag. and suddenly felt with uncom- fortable certainty that she was being watched, She raised her eyes.

A middle-aged woman a Tow zde

away was staring at her

away from

AT THrned the counter, and made for the door B holding the bag.

In the street she began to run, She still clutched the calf hand- Vag She looked over her shoulder. The woman who hack watched her in the store was on her Heels. Maureen stopped, and thrust the bag into her pursuer's hanils, Hece, Lake

she made off again. panted, and

The store detective caught ber onl led her. back to the manager's office. Next morning Street, ot Great Marlborough Maureen pleaded guilty to steal- ing the bag.

"When she was told the police would be called," said counsel for the store to the magistrate, Mr Poul Bennett, VC, "she said:

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1953.`

Man Faces "Monty" Sees Military Manoeuvres

Opium Possession Charges

Opium paraphernalia, in- cluding several big brass pans, were brought before Judge W. A. Blair-Kerr at the Victoria District Court this morning in the case against Chau Poon, Chau Tsat, 40, unemployed. charged with possession of oplum and oplum pipes.

alias

Chau, who was represented by Mr R. W. S. Winter in- structed by Mr F. X. d'Almada. was alleged to have had in his possession 27 taels of prepared oplum, 13 laels of oplum dress, a quantity of fuld oplum solu tion and two opium pipes.

MY D. N. E. Rea, Crown Counsel, told the Court in his outline that at 3.50 a.m.

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July 17 last, Det Sub-inspector P. A. N Cattell and two detectives went to a but on the hillside of Kom Tol Hill, North Point, together with an in- former.

Upon reaching the place, à man was scen running away. Inspector Cattell tried to catchi him but failed. The accused was found inside the hut, which was searcheti. Opium equip- ment and gloss lamps, in addi- tion to the oplum, was found. There was also a Chinese-type

furnace in one corner,'

DPC 1000 Tam Ki, one of the detechves

taking part in the raid, gave corroborative evidence of the search,

CRO88-EXAMINATION

Cross-examined, he said the about |accused was handcuffed

'Oh, will they beat me, the 15 minutes after, his (witness's) police?'"

arrival in the hut. He person- "Really?" said Mr Bennett,ally handcuffed him after the raising his eyebrows. "Where other detective had administer- does she came from?"

ed the caution to accused,

"She comes from Hampshire," counsel cnswered.

woman

While awaiting the arrival of the police photographer, wit- ness went in, he himselt kept watch on an opium pot which was over the fire in the corner. He denied having stoked up

stirred the con- the fire and Tents of the pot.

Shown a photograph of a brass opium, pot containing some with

a wooden ladle which was taken at the View Police Station after accused's arrest, the witnese admitted Chat the ladle

in it,

Bay

the

police officer went into the witness-box, to tell the Maureen wished a magistrate theft from another shop on the same morning to be taken into consideration. She had stolen a mackintosh priced at £3 9s. Od. She cante up for a morning's shopping, did she?" the magis- trale asked, resisting the

Tempta tiens it must have been to suggest that Maureen had come up with a shoplifting-list in her pocket. "Did she buy anything?"

A WEEK VES, sir, she'd spent about £3, 10s. and had £1 12s,

witness if on her when she was arrested.

Drevious convic-he knew whether any member There are no

of the Police party had put the tions, sir. She's married ladle there, in order that it woman, with a son aged two. might get in the picture as well. Her husband allows her £6 a Witness said he did not know. week, out of which she pays the Hearing procceding. 235. rent for their unfurnished

£6

a

Mr Bennett asked Maureen what she wanted to say, Tears were rolling down her red country checks, but her voice was steady.

Was

not in the pot when ho first

aw it inside the hut.

Mr Winter asked

UN Election

Result

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery (centre) with, to his right, the Com- mander of the manoeuvres, Colonel-General Kosta Mad), during the Field Marshal's visit to the Headquarters of the Yugoslavian Army manoeuvres in Croatia.

London Express.

Today's Demonstrations By South Koreans

Munsan, Oct. 6.

Thousands of South Koreans will stream into the streets of major cities today to denounce India as custodian of anti-Commünist Chinese and Korean war prisoners.

Stirred up by Government and patriotic leaders, they will demand the "immediate release" of anti-Communist POWs, even if at the risk of wrecking the delicate armis- tice.

ROK Army sources revealed on Monday that a plot to free 22,500 Chinese and Koreans from Indian custody is "under neilve consideration" and demonstrations will underline that bold threat.

the

While cautious unrest gripped the Indian camp, NOK oMelals prepared mass demonstrations

on the other.

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APPEAL IS ALLOWED

An appeal against con-

Ambassador To Peking Here

Mr Mononutu Of Indonesia

a

Sheaffer's "SNORKEL"

Magistrate Failed To Warn Himself

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COURT'S DECISION IN

'APPEAL CASE

George Lay, 84, manager of Nevlay Trading Co., sentenced to six months by Mr H. H. B. How on June 5 for receiving a stolen Army jeep, was freed by Mr Justice Recce in the Appeal Court this morning.

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TUESDAY, OCTONKA 6 By Air

Indo-China, France, French North and West Africa, p.m.

By Surface Macao, 0 pm.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 By Air

Filippipes, Guam, Hawaii, USA. and Canada, 8 a.m.

Indo-China, Molay, Indonesia.

Aulia, New Zealand, B. 2.m.

Formor. Зарап, U.S.A.

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Quashing Lay's conviction and ordering that a verdict of Not Guilty be entered, the Judge held.. that the Magistrate convicted Lay without having trie warned himself of the danger of convicting on the m uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice and there was not enough evidence without such corro- boration on which one could say a Jury would inevitably reach the same conclusion as the Magis- Great Belton and Europe, Noon. trate.

It was almost an accepted, he had given himself due waIN- rule of law and certainly the ing. But if the Court of Appeal, duty of a Judge to warn on looking through the evidence, Jury that they should not thought the conviction was un- convict on the uncorreberated duly unreasonable It could evidence of

an accomplice not quash the conviction. that they could not, because It was within

to their province

Mr Li argued that there was of MacLean's do so, said Mr Justice Recce, corroboration

fact that the adding that in Lay's case the evidenco in the Magistrate was sitting as Judge Any markings of the jeep and a low and Jury and

have were painted over should

price was paid for the vehicle. warned himself.

There need not be corroboration In every single detail,

this

that

was a

an

DC-

His

corrobo

Mr Justice Repco remarked that there was not a great deal of difference between the prices,

Crown Counsel submitted that the guilty knowledge

was proved Lay subsequently by his own evidence when he said that when he saw it was an Army jeep he knew it was stolen. Lay received the jeep 20 constructively on January and there was

of fresh act receiving on the following day, There was no substantial

mis- WOJ

'What's Her Line?' Solution WARD MAID. London Express Service.

By Aurtace

Macao, Dam.. China, People's Republic, 0.30 0. Malays, Ceylon, Aden, Middle East,

Formom, 1 p.m. Macao, pin. Philippines, Noon.

OCTOBER

THURSDAY, F

Formosa, 1 p.m. Japan, 1 p.1. Philippines, Guam, Hawail, U.S.A..

2 pm.

Philippines, N. Borneo, 6 pm, Thailand, Malaya, Indonesia, New Zealand," Indta, Australia, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain and Evrope, & pm.

Formosa, Okinawa, d p.m.

By Surface

Macao, 9 am.

China, People's Republic, 0,30 am, Pallippines, Noon. Korea, Noon.

Italy, France, 1 p.m. Malaya, India, 1 pm. Thailand, pim. Japan, Noon.

Taxi Driver

Lectured

Ting Kir-fan, a taxi driver, appeared before Mr Thomas Tom this morning summonsKİ with loitering. His defence was that he was on his way to visit garage where- he wis charge of the mechanics.

The

in

Mr Patrick Yu, instructed by M: F. Zimmern, appealing against Mr Arnold Manonutu. Arst the conviction on behalf of Lay, Ambassador of the Republic of submitted that the evidence was to Peking, accom- not proves and that the Magis- Indonesia panied by Embassy personnel.trate was wrong in finding that arrived hore this morning from the appellant now it was an Djakarta In the

my Tilawah Amy Jeep anal inferring from

that that he knew it en route to the Chinese capital.

Mr Mononutu, former Minister stolen jeep. The Magistrate was of Information, told the Press also wrong in relying on the un-

corroborated evidence of of policy that the foreign

accomplice, a witness for the Indonesia is one of friendship and goodwill with all states of Crown, in finding Lay guilly.

Mr Yu said that the charge the world, especially with her neighbouring otates. The Am-

accused Lay of having received bassador to be held throughout the na- Viction by three men for andor added that Indonesia the jeep on January 28 know- carriage of justice. Time

People's ing it was stelen The onus of no essence in the charge. Government of China.since the tion to support their demands alleged attempt to export has recognised the

was on the Prosecution to prove Provided a man who received. which could cause

that had received it at the approx open war- 200 pieces of steel bars was beginning of the establishment fare between India and the UN allowed by Mr Justice C. W. of the Republic

guilty knowledge on of Indonesia, day when the jeep was received. mate date and at the time of

charge was dismissed, on one side and the ROK Army Reece, Puisne Judge, in the but because of technical matters On all the evidence there could receiving did so with

guilty

thero being not enough until now not have been that guilty know- knowledge the case for the

but Mr evidence,

Tam sup- OMENOUS IIINTS Court of Appeal this morn. It was not allowed

to send an ambassador

to ledge

until January-30 when Crown was proved.

a lecture in place of a pilled Mr Justice Resse quoting you must Banners of mass parades were ing.

self said he saw the Peking.

Lay himself

case stated

stated that time was of being painted last night. They

The appellants--Lam Shing,

remember that Mr Mononutu, who speaks Jeep for the Arst time. Lay was curried ominous hints, One read: 26, unemployed; Hau Wing, 37, flawless English, studied in

essence and if a person receiving you are only the not present when the jeep was

driver "of a we demand the withdrawal of farmer; and Ko Chung-yim, 28, Dutch college in Djakarta fol-dollvered to his garage at 17

an article Innocently, and Public vehicle, no moro Its Indian troops who have violated coolie-were found guilty of the lowed by a period in Holland Belfran Road. Even MacLean, changed his mind five seconds owner than a bus driver is of his

ho studied the armistice agreement."

for the later, that did not make him vehicle. What would you say if charge by Mr P. V. Dodge. in where

Western the principal, witness ther Another announced: "We de- the Tolpo Magistracy on July 2literature. He

attended Crown, admitted that he did not guilty of receiving.

you were in a bus and the driver mand the immediate release of First and second appellants were the School for Political Science see Lay there

material

In his Anding the Magistrate decided he would go off and visit month and in Paris. He was Minister prisoners who refuse repatria- fined $300 or one

did not even mention he had 2 garage in which he was Super-, of evening. tion."

Intendent? You would not like $30 or seven Informatium in three Indoncaian third appellant

warned himself against convlet- SOLE EVIDENCE

оп the cabinets before his appointment

that would you? You are given, days. Although South Korean

uncorroborated

tho. by Mr Y. H. Chan appeared on as first Ambassador to China.

owners, a car with a flag. Cabinet officer has frankly warn-

convicted evidence of an accomplice. MacLean Was Д This is his first dielomatic post,

ameter, and a coloured plate on take behalf of the appellants. ed that his country may

criminal and obviously an

the back, but, that doesn't mean armed action against the Indians, Crown Counsel, Mr Simon Li

AUNT AS HOSTESS

complice, said Mr Yu.

that you can use it as you like American cfficers would not said that after careful considera-

The Ambassador, 55, who is a evidence was the sole evidence

to your own advantage and predict how for South Korea Lion he was not supporting the bachelor, is accompanied in his on the issue of guilty knowledge

profit," dare

go, Observers conviction. may

mission by his aunt, Mrs Tam- and therefore must be corn pointed out that an aimed ROK In allowing the appeal his bagong (nee Mononutu) who rated.

In the absenco smash attempt to

Into the

Lordship said that the Magistrate will act as his hostess in the corroboration the Magistrate, sit- WAS camp and

wrong when he said he Chinese capital.

ting as Judge and Jury should United Nations Economic And release the anti-Reds wouill had no jurisdiction to consider Other members of his mission have wamed himself agains; the Social Cosinell on the fifth bal-force. UN

troops, including whether the Police officers who

danger of convicting. The Americans, to defend the In-seized the goods had written

Magistrate misdirected himself us dians. Such an outbreak

authority or not to do so.

to the existence of corroboration He The charge alleged that the

MacLean's evidener. of ubly would lead the UN to de-

On board the Tjkuwah to sert South Korea, them obser- three appellants on March 12 last

found as a fact that Lay knew it vers

President in a paddy field in Kam Tsin Tect the Ambassador and his

was an Army jeep, and went on and an- Sympnan

Undoubtedly Village, Fanling, attempted to party were Mr. Tarbidin Suria-

to infer that Lay must also have winato, Indonesian Consul-

That known it was a stolen jeep. realises.

export the 200 pieces of steel

Gemoral In Hongkong, Mrs

Unicas The eary June 18 "beration" bars from the Colony without a

conclusion was wrong. Suriawinata,

Lack, Lay had seen the jeep he could 27. of 27,000 ard-Red North Korean licence.

Marine Officer, senting Mr POWs ordered by President Rhee

not have known it was an Army: I was frightened and ran away."

W. Sprague,

Director of on the could not be duplicated in the

jeep and he did not see it when With the stolen mackintosh in

Marine, Mr R. "Tjiptodarsono, it zone, observera

it was delivered. Lay had given her shopping-bag, her

her conscience

Third Secretary, who South Korean troops

came evidence that when he paid over would be extra-sensitive. Fere

down from Peking recently to the money he had not seen the Indonesia 17, the Philippines guarded the compounds liberated

meet the envoy;

voy: Vice-Consuls jeep. Even if he knew it was haps

she did

not mean to

in June, but the non-Communists one, and Afghanistan one.

d. Turn Signal and Proms Karis Moermattias, Achadi and an perhaps, having the handbag:

India and Haiti were elected held today are guarded by Indians Summary: 0.01, Palace of Varieties

Alamsjah, of Hongkong. found it easy to steal for her to the Trusteeship

duced andy. child, she decided to risk the three-year terms, beginning in i

conducted by Ernest

A Longataffe (BUCTS): 6.30, Twilight self-indulgence of stealing on her January.

The chairman of the Neutral Harmony 700, icke Studioli Me Suriawinato at his Stanley Ambassador will be given by own behalf.

India received $5 votes, Halli Nations Repatriation Commis-sented by Bernard Hicks

7.30.

Demi-Haure Francs residence on Thursday. The "Pay £10 or go to prison for $1.

sion Gen. K. S. Thimayya,Studioj;, 158, Weather Report: 8.00,

Newa

CROWN'S REFLY diplomat and

and his party are one month," the magistrate Other voles cast were: Indone- ordered.

tamen cheduled a Press Time Bigail World

for Allied and Com- United Nations Report (London Re: expected to leave for the north

boy): 6.15. Piano Playtime-Kenziet?i

Mr Simon Li, Crown Counsel, munist newsmen in Panmunjom Dinsley, Concert Hall: 050, Forced by train in about a week, at 11 am, the first joint" Favourites (London Relay): 0.00.

Also arriving in the Tilluwah said that the Magistrato in his Bfuadení Notebook* [resented by the were Megers Press meeting since the Korean Rev. Father T. Ryan, B.

asanding did not commit himselt Daromars

to the specific date of receiving Consula to bo at- war' started-United Press.

[Btudio: 9.00, Rendezvous in Crete Supharjo,

with gulity knowledge. Tise Story of An Exploit during tached to the Indonesian Come the Becond World War. Written by sulate-General in Tokyo. Cafford Willing and Tom Fallon. Produced by Tom Waldron

Ballet. "Cinderella“ (Prokofiev)...........Royal Opera House Orch. Covent Garden cond. by Harwick Braitirwaite: -10.00. Weather Report; 11.00, Radio Nawa Reel London stay)! 11.18. Good- night Music Music by Mozart and

Queen Schubert: Cod Bave The 11.40. Close Down.

"Picase, my little boy hadn't gol a mackintosh or any sort of overcoat for the winter," she Bald,

"I see," said the magistrate. "You spend £3 105. on yourself, then as your

cost, you stoy hasn't got a lot,

"TEN POUNDS........'

DIDN'T spend anything on perself: sir." she said des

મ "I bought gillowcases and a blanket for the boy's cat,

I and I get him a little suit. I was only looking at

bag. at the

Then

I saw the lady watching me, and

New York, Oct. 6.

Pakistan was clocted to the

On the second ballot, Pakis- ton received 32 and Indonesia 28 votes. Both, therefore, full ed to obtain the necessary two thirds majority of 40, other ballot was taken.

At the next ballot, Pakistán received 33 and Indonesia Another vote was called. Pakistan was elected

Afth ballot.

bed wire Indian barbed

Baich A fate

Pakistan obtained 38 volca ciliarised

Rhee-

prob

Radio Hongkong

included First Secretary Among pradja, First Secretary Sudibjo and Chancellor Suharjō,

Council for backed by a UN pledge to protect an old Time Minic-Hall; Pro~" | Alam cocktail party for the

sla 12, Thailand one, Dominican

Maureen left, She looked Republic one, Ecuador

with

onc,

bleakly miserable, alck

Norway one, and the Philippines despite her healthy one-Reuter. anxiety colour.

Winter lay ahead, her child still had no coat, and now "It would be a greater strugglo

than ever to find the price of

one.

ALLEGATIONS DENIED

Cairo, Oct. 5.

Indian Unionists On Visit To Peking

London, Oct. 6. Khandubhai Desai and S. R. Vasavda, representatives of the All-India Trade Union CongreRA visiting China, arrived in Peking

them.

Death Of Union Prokonevi

President

Johannesburg, Oct. 8. Me Johannes Jacobus Venter, President of the South African

by train on a tour of the coun- Trades and Labour Counell, the try, the New China (Communist) co-ordinating body for: South News Agency reported today, African trades unions, died to

Welcoming them at

hem at the all-day aged 87. way station were members of

who had been ill

Mr Venter

600 CHILDREN: TO BE FREED

Athon's, Ost, 5. Six hundred Greek children,

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Army jeep, which dended, as a civilian he would not know the Army regulations that Army Jeeps were riot for snie.

1.

As to the question of accomplice's corroboration, an evidence, If believed, could sup- port a conviction. In the pre- rant case the Magistrate, quail- fied in law, was sitting as a Judge of fact as well as of law [and must have realized, tho

danger of convicting solely on the evidence" ot an accomplice. who have been living in Hungary I was not in every instance since they were abducted by that a Court of Appeal would Communist guerilias during the ATE

an

Ting said he understood.

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

T.K

回

“I know you only made $12 a wook when you were my age, sirimbut L'want to be sure that when I'm

I'll be where you are wakes

The British Embassy tonight

Knowland Against denied an allegation in the

Pact Proposal Egyptians press tikt pienes carry

Washington, OctaBi

querilla ward of 1940-19 will quash a conviction when after ing is Zionist military mission has

4: Judge of fact

landed recently at Britain's base

to convict on the un Senator William Knowland, hotly return to Greece, it was due warning

choso announced tonight, of Fayid, in the Suez Canal zone. the Secretariat of the All-China, about month, represented the Republican leader in the

Chart December, the United corroborated evidence of The ambassy. Diso: denied a

glat of the Federation of Trade Unions, South African workers, several Sanobe, today condemned Nations General Assembly, as accomplice. The

the Magie report that Royal Air Force representatives of the Ciling times at International labour proposal for a. non-ggression pressed deep rerol that nono matter was whether airerary had been carrying sup-mars mandhip Association conferences and was a delegate pact with the Soviet Union as of the East European states except tate was convinced or not the

ledy by LWILLIAM AKCE pilos to Tel-AVYMENÍZE, EPIG

tolend to another Yugoslavia had repatriated Greek Yond reasonable doubt that

Printed and publ The allegations were published and the staff of the Indian to the Commonwealds Trades likely

"another Yalla. chidren, saducted dvering the decompiles was Aniling the and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limi in the Arab mewAPADENG LAKAS bay in Peking China Unions conference at Geneva Munich" or

trutdim.It maît be nasumed that "Wyndham, Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony, 16 border fighting.)---Ragatareja MAIL Special,

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