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JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK

A Letter To George

OBD her

husband,

Job.

BEDIENT to the orders from the government concern-

ed. sir, offering ma We're definitely going, sir, if you give me a chance and be fentent.

George's wife brought the letter to the Clerkenwell court. It scared her to do so, for the whole future for herself, her husband

and their five children seemed to her to depend upon that letter being kept safe.

If the should Jose it on the way to court, leave her hand- bag on the bus, have i snatch ed from her.....

10

the

She hardly dared to think of

might happen what future thes.

At the court, the wife stond In the public gallery, She watched without much interest while Mr Frank Powell, the magistrale, disposed of the early cases in his list

'OBLIGING'

called

THEN they

out the

of the

"I've got to think people you steal from."

"I definitely

mcant to go straight, then some foolishness come over me," George said, a desperation now in his voice,

**It isn't foollshress,

It's wickedness," the magistrate Fe- minded him.

saksi.

of

"Or right, sir, but think my five children.

"Why should I? You don't," Mr Powell

My wife can show you the Setter

otter, sir." George's

wife, pale And tenso now the future WDS Retually the balance, lifted up her handbag. The magistrate seemed not to want to see the letter from the Dominion gov- ernment,

W name of George, her bus-PAY

band, she did noi, AN women do, so placed, a little, or close her lind been through George had been twice.

some

THE NEW LIFE

£10

or go to prison the a month," said

cry oul magistrate, and you can con- eyes. She sider yourself lucky. I'm only this before.dealing with you that way be- in prison cause you have a good work record with your arm, and 50 no that

that you can take passage over- wife, Jut #338. I only hope that when never in the past had so much you get there, you will give up

to depend on what crime." seemed happened in court, as now.

Court

new

procedure

10 George's

WAR

George's

and

He discharged conditionally George, with two other inca,ane of

males, plended guilty to stealing Aned the other for their vary- 10ewi. of coal that they shoulding parts in the business. of a have delivered, as mari

Presently, George joined his Ave-ion load, iq nn East End wife outside the court. I saw Echool.

him say something to her that A London County Council caused her to look once again had caught them into her handbag. She nodded, coni, ofcer telling the 10ewt. for £4 to aj and then the two Frede off, "private" customer, en route to hurrying,

no the East End school. "Oblig-time to be lost, as if the new Ing" the customer, as a pollee-te for them and their children man put it. "There is often was waiting just around such laxity where big "orders, coluer of the street, such as Ave tons, are concern-

ed," he reported.

Pis

-FOOLISHT

WICKED

THIS man," said the poller-

as if there was

the

MAN LIVES IN

•

BOTTLE

officer, indicating George, 30 years old. There three previous convictions," All three were for stealing and all the thefts were from the rail- ways. Once it had been par- Raya's "Bottling"

+

(Continued from Page: 1)

More than 300 witnesses, In- cluding

police cilleials, suw a year ago, was lowered

boltle

cels, another time two cases of when the

um, and the third time serafover him and its bottom scaled

brass worth

£1,000.

is

"He's had a vast number of jobs" the cflcer went on, “and how he says he is contempini

His wife ing emigration. here, he says, and has some letter about this emigration

"Please,

that's right, sir," said George. "I know this was very foolish.

Wicked, not foolish,"

sir.

magistrate corrected.

th

the

I'LL GO STRAIGHT

CEORGE brushed the correc- tion aside. "Look, sir," he said, "a week or two ago I had

with melten. glass....

Bayo said the object of his experiment was scientifle-lo test the offeet of living on vitamin and glucose tablets and experiment in "Artificially induced hibernation."

to

The bottle was air conditioned and provided with an opening through which food, drink and air could be admitted and waste could be tipped expelled. It ever its side so that Rayo could sleep comfortably оп

an air filled mattress.

The three-foot poisonous Syrian snake has been his con- stant companion for the last

HOW MANY

SCHWEPPING DAYS

CHINA MAIL

Local Printing Press“ ·

Annual Meeting

Increase

In Dividend

The Board of Directors recommended an increase of 50 cents, bringing the divi- dend for the year to $2.50 free of tax, at the annual general meeting of the Local Printing Press, Ltd., held this morning.

At a subsequent extraordinary general meeting, approval was given to a resolution increasing the Issued capital of the company by the issue of bonus shores on a one to one basis.

Addressing the meeting the Choliman, Mr B. W. Bradbury, catd:

From the accounts before

for our flaancial

year you, ending June 1953 you will note, that although the figures aro still good they are not quite so good as those of the previous year. This is due to a decrease in business turnover and is in keeping with business COTI- ditions in the Colony generally. The net profit, Including pro- perty rentals is $985,602.24; which together with $99,813.55 carried forward from last year leaves $1,071,765.70 avalinble for appropriation.

The Dollar Directory continues to make headway. and is now, not only a valuable part of our business, but is proving very use- ful to the Community

At our est Annual Mecting I referred to our purchase of the "Caxion House" site at No. 1 Duddell Street. I now have pleasure in announcing that the new building on this site was completed by June 1st last, and is now fully occupies, this will of course odd considerably to our revenue in future and hast nade a valuable, contribution to the problem of office accommoda ticer in the town centre.

in

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for

to

nature

Established -1843

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1953.

SIDE

GLANCES By Galbraith KING CASE:

M

gelhard

9.10

7. M. Reg. U., Pat. Of. Capr, 1963 by NEA Baryton, S.

"I'd kind of like to make this trip in one of those jot planes that goes 700 miles an hour!".

Detectives Sued For Alleged Wrongful Arrest

"CLICKER

BALLPOINT PEN

RUBY tip/

SHEAFFER'S

CASE: MORE SUBMISSIONS

BY PROSECUTION

NEW

The Hon. Leo d'Almada, QC, leading Counsel for the Prosecution in the course of his reply to the Defence submission of no case to answer in the King case before Mr Poon Yan-hoi, submitted this morning that Mr M. W. H. Seymour, a member of, George Falconer and Co., Ltd. was fully entitled to lay information or complaint in the present case.

$16,50

Illegal Butter Factory

WOMAN FINED

$5,000

Mr George She and Mrs

R. Loseby, sitting in the Justices of Peace Court at Central yesterday imposed a

If it was argued that Seymour did not purport to act total of $5,000 in fines on behalf of Falconer's, he certainly purported to do this | against Wong Wah-hel, a on behalf of the Crown because he (Seymour) thought | Chinese woman of 95 Wong- this was a Crown prosecution but the position was not neichung Road, on charges uffected, because there was an informant before the Court that she illegally used her and information laid before it, and therefore the proceed-basement at Wongneichung. ings were not one whit affected, Counsel further sub mitted.

Road on November 10 as a

| food factory, making what The defendant, James Joseph there is no question but that purported to be butter, and making a false statement Osbourne King, merchant, is being properly briefed for tho

on the butter labels. She to have fraudulently Prosecution In this case, my alleged taken $8,305.54 for the use of his right to be heart is beyond was given 14 days to pay. wife from George Falconer and doubt." Mr d'Almada declared, Cautions were issued on Co., Ltd. while a Director of

STEPS TAKEN

alternative charges of adul Summarising the that firm in November, 1950.

steps that He is represented by Mr M.A. were taken in the present case, terating butter with mar- da Silva.

Counsel said that firstly there garine."

Health Inspector Lui Chi- Appearing for the Prosecution was a report made to the Police

prosecuted, Mr K. Y. are the Hon. Leo d'Almada, QC, Commercial Crimes Department. ond Mr A.J. Clifford, both in-

The Police charged defendant Yung represented the do

pleading gulity on structed by Hastings and Com-and arrested him by virtue of fendant,

their powers

under Chapter 232, her behalf and making a

no mitigating statement.

The story of Wong's appre- hension by the Urban Counell Health Officers, for which they received

pany.

quoted from Payla to in the [18, 1952

EUTI

rep was

commendation in

fold by Inspector

Continuing his argument in Section 45(1). There was reply to Defence submission of sworn information and defend- no case to answer, Mr d'Almada ant came before his Worship on and said the original charge on October that the cate

Defendant was then authority was authority for the

sented by Mr A, el Arculll who proposition that if proceedings sented were instituted

On November by someone pleaded not guilty on defend-

10, Inspector behalf. There was no Lui sald, Health Inspector who purported to act with the ant's

doubt whatsoever, Counsel sub-

a routine in- auhority of a corporation or a

pany

and in fact he had mitted, that defendant through Leung had made

his solicitor was then fully in- basement of

spection and penetrated to the so acted, nonetheless the

95 Wongneichung formed of and knew the nature Road, where he found the illegal proceedings were in no way A man who was arrested on the pavement rected.

of the charge.

butter factory. He Later, 'n substituted or amend-ly made a report to Dr Cheung

Immediate outside China Building in Queen's Road Central,

way a complainanted charge was put in and copy (Health Officer

the of this was sent to Mr Arculli Senior Health Inspector Tang. Hongkong), to but who was subsequently released the same day that there brought a suit for damages against the two arrest-Court, and the proceedings there the day before it was made.

and to Inspector Lul, Sampling Again, Counsel contended, and Prosecutions Guicer ing detectives before Judge J. Reynolds at the furisdiction in any way touched, there was no doubt whatever that the defendant was fully Victoria District Court this morning..

as a ccm-informed of and knew the nature

On neither occasion was any request made as lo whether there Was any Information, which request could easily have been made, Counsel said.

The essence of the matter was

an informant before

not invalidated, nor were he submitted. He said that a The plaintiff, Tseung Ying-piu, of 45 Bonham Strand, corporation as well ground floor, alleged that while he was gazing at a window pany could day informatica or of this charge,

complaint. display, he felt someone flip his ear from behind. Turning round he saw the two detectives who asked him what he was doing,

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or

THE PROPER TIME Counsel said that if a de- fendant wished to object to

With or deflelency in

regard to informations any defect

it was clear that they generally regard to the information complaint, the proper time to need not be in writing nor on do so was when

he appeared oath, the oath being required or before he appeared before only where a warrant from the Court, and if he found it magistrate was sought. Lg lacking

Hearing is continuing. he_could a magis-

was

CI"

"M ̄n-W. 5. Winter, instructed), was then taken to the Cen-..otherwise defcoliver Zent

and machinery until the clothesTIVES'

In-

was

4

an

Was

WDs

Dr

by 118

t

this

to

10

40% MARGARINE

and

The four of them returned to the basement and took sam ples, scized apparatus

the scaled refrigerators basement and second

floor which contained genuine and adulterated butter.

They also obtained from Wong a list of the retallers which she had been supplying.

When the samples of the but- ter had been analysed it was found that the brands that Won had been selling contained 40% of margarine. Many

Jaber "found" in

basement, And

Girl" brand margarine and "Blue

Band" brand butter and unused ones with "Pasteurised Range Brand Pure Creamery Butler" and "Pasteurised Bull Brand Puro Creamery Butter." printed on them.

labels of SEN

1103

Inspector Lul said that he wished to press the case for the reason that offences of this

were very difficult to detect; that the conditicar of the basement in

manufacturing was

ASSET TO COLONY

Our architects Messrs Lelgh & Orange and contractors Messrs Slu Kin & Co., are to be congratulated оп good

Mak Hok-shing and Chan wanted to bring him

to the job well done; for we believe

Siu, both detective Police con- Police Station. One of the de- Caxton House" to be a fine

tectives remarked that he had building and

an asset to the stables cttached to Central Police Colony.

Station, are jointly being sued | never soch such a "snobbish Turning

for $5,000 and corls for alleged fellow" as him (plaintiff) be- the Balance

that wrongful arrest and faise more. zore, Sheet, you will notice Fixed Assets-show-an-increase

priorment, value of $701,107.09,

tral Police Station, where one of take an objection and a due chiefly to the new

by Messrs Ford, Kwar and Com-

his curtodians spoke to the

Lorry Driver's trate in those circumstances property already mentioned,

pany, is representing the plain spector On Duly in English, and

to the q D. F. tiff. Mr

might grant O'Reilly Mayne,

the latter repiled: "All right”

3 Offences if he Following this meeting there Crown Counsel, appeared on be- His handcuffs were removed, and will be held an Extraordinary half of the defendants, assisted he was fingerprinted, He

magument

thought the de General Meeting at which your by Det.-Inspecto: W. E. Thomas, also searched, and this personal such defect. That was a point noor, was fined a total of $200

was tendant

Twenty-year-old Ho Chu, of prejudiced Directors intend to propose in-

Des Voeux Road, second The plaintiff said in evidence belongings kept in a basket. with which

Counsel said he creasing the issued Capital of that he was Hongkong born

or 34 days' hard labour by Mr at greater in-shing Lo at Central would deal later our Company by issuing a bonus and had always lived here.

HIS INTENTION issue of shares on a one to one one ume he had been a member

length.

morning for driving a

MITIGATION PLEA lorry H basis, utilising most of our of the Police Reserve. At the Plaintiff said he asked for Mr d'Almada said that Sey without a valid licence, without

In his plea of mitigation, Mr reserves for this purpose. In moment, he was not employed permission to telephone his mour, being a member of

Yung raid that the butter could consent and while a letter about this' emigration, three years.--China Mail Special. the opinion of your Directors by anyone, but be owned a brother, and this was allowed, | Facloner's, was fully entitled to the owner's

not be prejudicial to health, was, then placed in the lay information or complaint in not being covered by third party

being only & mixture of two this will bring the issued Capital house at 160 Yee Fuk Street, He of the Company more into keep

Shamshulpo. The title deeds detention cell for about 50 the present case. Counsel said Insurance.

The ing with the present assets.

accused admitted the recognised brands of butter and 3 after which shows that If It was argued

that were produced.

margarine and that the factory which took place at Our subidiary, "Ye Oldo Frin-

On August 22, a. Saturday

once mo

had not been operating for à more into the Seymour did not in this case offences terie Ltd", has shared some afternoon,

Road West near behalf of Connaught His personal be- purport to act on he was standing charge room.

very long time. what the general trade dopres outside the Kin Sing Department longings were returned to him, Falconer's, he certainly pur- Queen Street at 0.26 this morn- sion and together with a few Store in China Building, plain the fingerprint document was ported to do this on behalf of Ing.

Police, patrolling Connaught extraxedinary experilltures of auf went on. That was about destroyed, and he was allowed the Crown because he (Sey-

Unit Road in an to go free. That was

Emergency non-recurring

shows 4.20 p.m.

about mour) He was looking at 6.10 p.m..

thought this Crown

tho defendant prosecution but the car, spotted rather disappointing results for the window display, when he 1952,

be driving a lorry without front Replying to a question by Mr position was not affected. felt someone Alp his loft ear. Winter, focung said he had cause there

which the was an informant lights, and coiled on him

carried out was insanitary, and We have made provision for Turning round he saw the two been standing outside the shop before the Court and informa-stop. The accused did not obey,

that

In selling the and it was only after a chase window iri

tion laid before it, and there-

adulterated Queen's Road, ciated the book value of our defendants, who were in civilian wit

butter Weeg was cheating the Police managed the Cross-examined,

foro plant

present proceedings that the Terung sald QUESTIONS he had another brother working

since she had mixed some public, were not "one whit" affected.

stop him, at the Junction present figure of $489,733.45 is

of butter, which cost $3.20 per 1b One of them asked what he for the solicitors firm of Ford, conservative one,

CLEAR FOUNDATION

Queen Street.

and margarine which cost only Directors feel just was doing, and he said he was for the

Kwan and Company.

After Replying

quoting further cases,

$1,30 per lb and sold it at the fled in recommending a small looking at the things on display to a suggestion that his purpose foundation of these

Mr d'Almada eaid that the clear

price of butter. He also sald of 50 Asked his occupation, he told

cases was

that judging by the number of them that at the moment, he asking for the names of

labels found the offence must cents per share, making $2.80 had no fixed occupation, but two detectives in Pedder Build- that no matter whether per shire, free of tax for

have been going on for at least. the that he could

carry on fairlyng was to use them as evidence on who lay information pur- year.

i legal proceedings, ho said one else when in fact he had no Summary: 0.00, Jazz/Half Hour: pre-

to act on behalf of some- ported

6. Time Signal and well.

Programme, six months, On behalf of Shareholders

his intention

Mr She, passing sentence, and the Board I would like to

of the detectives, It was

authority so to do, nonetheless rented by Robin Day (Studio); 630, sald that his colleague (Mrd Express our thanks

Weather Report:

Time Managing

means do you carn your living? Director and

defendant to prison, but on his Picking pockets?",

affected, they were not a reason signal, World News" and "a Talk on PlanUff mid

London Relay): 7.15. hearing Mr-Yung's plea it was Staff for the successful results.

He admitted that the original for dismissing the charge, the the News ho told them, "No." He said claim was for $15,000, but ex-Jurisdiction was not affected and one esented as Alleen decided not to do that. All the Year's working and I am further that he owned property plained that as he understood the case, murt proceed and be Wood (studio) ft. Parade" same Mr She continued, the

the usual proviston

The Week's Ten Top" Tunes: pre- offchco was a for a Bonus to Staff will it in respect of which he collected that an O. 3. case usually lasted dealt with ou the merits.

serious one, One of his questioners over one year, he decided to

sented by Bernard Hicks (Studio); particularly Counsel said that in three of 50, Paince of Varieties An Old

considering the your warm support,

then used foul language, and arrange for the case to be heard the cases cited by him, there me Muse-Hall produced and con- potential.size of the market for Mr D. Benson seecuted the asked him if he thought he in the District Court. Но was Counsel who appeared on BBCTB) 9. Time Signal.

durted by

Longstanze ilegal butter. statement of accounts and report was Sir Robert Ho Tung."

ho had not lost "one behalf and cor the instructions Review by Brig Young (Studio);

Sports |-- which was unanimously approved Plaintiff went on to by the meeting,

as far as money Was of the Borough Council con- beat the Opers.Tales of Hoff Mr B. W. Bradbury was rt-

was no an Act 3 and Epilogue. (Ofen cerned. He said there Crown Counsel roturned banishee. He denied

bach) with Principals, Chorus” and elected Chairman of the Board this and offered to bring the plaintiff that he well knew that cil to institute the proceedings Arthur Rother; 23, Music of the put it to authority for the Borough Coun- orchestm of Radio Besista, cond. by of Directors, while Messrs. Peat, a

A total of four cases are in- detectives to b

bis

Century Concerto for cluded in the December Criminal who the vicinity of the place where Marwiak, Mitchell and Company

a. doctor at he was accosted by tho'defend the way of laying information, Twentieth

callo and Oreliestra, Opi were re-elected auditors/

eler nonetheless neither in the Kabalevsky).......Danjol Shafran Sosed on Pedder

the ants was, a neighbourhood for Court below. In each instance nor (cello), and Sixte Buliding. He took the pickpockets to operate, Fiolatis jo the Court of Appeal was 0.6.8.1. cond. by Dimitri Kabafova |

- calendar, plans Orch. of the which will be taken at 10 am two to Pedder Buliding..

While waiting for the eleva-ould he did not for alery of the WBBCC dem

• | submitted or oven 'hinted at that/aky: 10.15. This is London. D. Scholes, acting, Puisno Judge: tomorrow before Mr Justice A. second of three programines telling At this juncture, for, he asked the detectives “Woman Knocked

what their names were. They asked the Court interpreter to tan had no right of audience:erised through twenty-one years Fung Hol (1) robbery with Down By Car did

nos

reply. He told them: Impress on the plaintiff the fact Me d'Almada" #rid that he 1946. The Work of the BBC in

there was no suggestion friend had submitted that headersing to the world in the Ravation; (2) possession of

written by Martin Kasiin arms and ammunition.. A middle-aged Chinese woman mot, do this sort of thing You Whatsoever that the plaintiff (Counsel) hand no right of an Autan willen bod pond by wha was knocked down by a Buick, are not big shots." One or me whom he stood by the window ings which Mr Silva stated were Muller God Save The Queen), 1130 charges

the

(London any improper intentions audience because these proceed-Prath

0147) 1st Wong Tak-san alin's Wong Weather Report: 11.15, Goodnight:

and Wong Kin-mingwo driven by a Chinese in Nathan two h appeared

of conspiracy two Hord about 50 yards from furious, and wild

become play aloned, ho dening privato proseculion on behalf Cles Down. something

charpoo of poucasion of Waterloo Road just after 9

#9 English.

The other. whipped Further

of Falcanar had been come

dangerous drige. o'clock this moming...**

pair of handcuffs and that half the time, he was look-menced without their authority The woman appeared to have give it to the first detective, ing at the people that came in and that therefore Counsel

·1- " ; walked out from behind a bus who handcuffed him again and out of the shop, or that he could not be heard.

Treunganid further: that he stood there for about 15 minutes for submit it clear, on the fold the two-tone was no need altogether and qual

authority of. the cases - I have to use the handouts: 15 they Houring ir proceeding.

Just given your Worship: that.

TO CHRISTMAS?

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Schweppes

GINGERBER

SCHWEPPERVESCENCE LASTS THE WHOLE DRINK THROUGH.

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