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JOHN CLARKE'S

CASEBOOK

HOME AGAIN

NIE land of his birth gave some of his

T Alastair

virtues.

He was a Scol, and owed to Scotland that air for getting oat of ruts that so many of his race porgess and use to the ad- vantage of the world in general and the Empire in particular.

Alustade was an secedundant. and if that profession seems ut sight to be remoter from Jirat

others, it romaore than some neer not be

as Alastair 50, quickly proved.

XWHEN

W

PROMISE

WHS

properly

he sailed away from Scotland to a distant part

of the Empire where

there is

for a young bun to flex the muscles of his ambition

He did well in his work, mar-

ril. and grow to be regarded

as one of the most promising of the younger men in his com munity.

Then two

Ulings happeravi: his marriage broke up, and the emintry Alastair veri in was pleased 10 given what it was

Alastair consider its freedom.

erated his belongings and salled for home.

HE

BREAKDOWN

E had money, and was of

urgent need of a jub when he arrived back in Scol- land. What he did feel he need od was relaxation.

cured.

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and

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MONDAY, JULY 18, 1955.

No, this car is not trapped in a snowdrift as the photo might suggest, but became bogged down last night in mud more than a foot deep when an embank- ment collapsed at the corner of Kennedy Rund and Queen's Road East, opposite the Later this morning T.B. sapitorium following yesterday afternoon's heavy rains.

Alleged By

workmen' cleared away the mud,

Fraud: Evidence Complainant

Evidence of the giving of a cheque to a Chinese whom he later identified as the accused was given by Mr S. Chopra, complainant in the case against Joe Francis Gerver, alias Jean Franz Ang How, alias Chiu Wai-fat, 39, of Mauritius, charged with fraud, at the Victoria District Court this morning.

Gerver stood accused before Judge J. Reynolds of obtaining on December 24 last year, with intent to defraud, from d. Kundan and Co., a cheque to the value of $2,000 by pretending together with M. Mirchumal Hotwani that he was the pro- prietor of an alleged firm called the Swan Garment Factory which manufactured rayon jackets.

Te told the Police at that

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dentidection parade: "This looks like the man, but i am not sure.” He was in Söuht because when the

to his office accused came to hr

in Europe:n-style clothes. But at the identification prada, he wore Chineze cloth- ing.

Hearing in conlisting.

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Things might have been better for him hud he prescribe

of "M. - the name otherwise for himself, thrown He was further charged with perdorned in himself straightaway into work. obtaining on January 8, 1955, Mir: hunnai".

After further enquiries, he Kurdan and Co., As It was he gave himself too from J

Police But jave | TTC cheque to the value of $58,000 notified the time for thinking.

serious by pretending together with them whatever documents he sently suffered

that nervous

breakdown,

was Holwani

quantity of could find on the matter.

On March 21, he went to Cen- months before he was rayon jackets of a description many discharged from hospital as and value specified in a bill of tral Police Station, where he the man Swan

Garment Factory, deli- identified accused as vered to. Messrs J. Kundan and who had received the cheque Co.. Alastair still had funds

had bren shipped to, at his oilee on January 8. the need to work was not yet Australia, pressing. Be thought he would Accused, who is on buil of Jake a Bitle holiday—and that | $5,000, I represented by Mr holiday lasted three years, for Y. B. Chan of Messrs Lau, Chan seemed somehow to have and Ko, Mr D. E. Greenleid, lost the desire even to try

to Crown Counsel, is prosecuting. pick up the threads of his

oldusmusted by US] H. C. Hul, of career.

the Commercial Crimes Branch, Garver 19 allegra 10 have shipped a quilty of rock pak The cargo to Australla should have been garments,

HILL AND RECEIPT *17is

morning, Chopra gove evidence that on

Janary accused came to his olive at 20 Bollywood Roth Howapi was prestpl. -Ju accordance On his first day here, he met with JFEVIORIS negollatious, M

Gromyko. Andrei

First with two more success than he accused ARVE Hotwani

Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister. azsch had in the north. At the end of

Hotwani recerpt,

A1: John Fester Dulles, the that day, he found himself at The documents. to witness,

American Secretary of State, King's Cross Station, wondering Holwant R

LATE accused what to do next.

Spent to 4 aboder in Chinese will also be present.

Britain's Sir Anthony Eden,

will take nis imten to dine the Russians

TO LONDON

HEN the day came, not lung ago. when he did need a Job, and he could not And one. either in his home town, or any where else in Scotland. where he Triel. Alastair Camr ia

Londen.

When

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Have

"Summit" Talks Open Today

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policeman saw him drifting | witness continued. Hetwan Prime Minister, aimlessly about the station, and then said something to tbeelded to krep bim under witness, le could

011

watch. He presently saw Alastair merger what knuse Hotwani Tuesday night at his Villa le

someone else.

Jindustunt.

pick up a sultense betonging toe, but it might have been

The policeman followed Alastair fron the station. arrested him.

I SHALL GO BACK

ᎪᎢ the

Alastair,

Rat Bulgania will return

Ja

the invliation with a lunch for Eventually. Chopra said, he Sir Anthony at his Villa wrote out a chque for $56,000 Pastorale the following day. and gave it to Hotwani, who Betwren tontorrow's sessions pared it to the necused,

of the "Summit" talks Sir Witness snid he placed some Anthony will entertain to lunch Cleritenwelt court, reliance on

Hotwani in this M. Faure and M. Pinay. thoughtful-transaction. *

He paid out

the The wives of visiting states- looking donnish man, 17 by cheque because he had been men here will begin their round

to stealing now. pleaded guilty

Raven the pression that 16ļut social functions tomorrow the ease. His story wig fold, and ensu

of garments had been when M. Faure entertains to the

Frank shipped to Sydney, magistrate, Mr

lunch Mrs Mamie Eisenhower, Powell, ordered a remand

Sometime in July. he went Lady Eden. Mrs Dulles and custody for n mediul report, with Inspector Hui to the Gov- Lady Dorothy Macmillan, wife The doctors reported Alastair M1 crtment godown at North Point of Britain's Foreign Secretary. ir body and mind. A probation

On Thursday the wives will offeer saldi: "He can't tell me

when

Max again why he did this. He wants to

Peliipierre gives a dinner in Ile still go back to Scotland.

honour of the wives of visiting has about £100 of his money

statesmen.Reuter, Jeft."

in

"Is this another case of a man going to pieces after a row with his wife?" the magistrate asked. "I really can't find out from lim," the

officer probation

to inspect 10 cases which had

been

en returned from Sydney. The racet cases

ises contained rock salt.

Swan

to

he

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SIGNED DOCUMENTS Replying to a question, Chopra sald the receipt and the invölçe given him documents which led him to on January 6 wers believe that garments from the Garment Fnatory had been sent to Australia. answered

6.03, Children's Hall Witness went on to say that The magistrate turned

by Bally Ann Alastair. "I felt almost com-

a number of docu- | (gludio); 5.30, Australian Magazine; signed pelled

connection with the 43. Accent un Rhythm: 7.10, "Bux to send you to prison," ments in

200 Jet Oillett at the Organ "However, what I'm transaction and gave them to (OB): 1.30. he said.

Announcer's Cholco The last time he saw presented going to do is to discharge you Holwani.

Carel

Cairne conditionally. What will you Hotwani won

vaa on January 15. (Studio): 7.89, Weather Report; 6. He believed ho went to India. Time Biznal and The News (London do?"

Relay); 11.00. Commentary (London "I shall go back to Scotland," On January 10, Chopra sald, Relay) or Special Announcements; Alastair sold,

he began to wonder where. Hot-8.30, Percy Pálth and his Orchestra, from Hollywood": 8.30. "Yes, I think you had better," wani was when he did not show unlo

Edmundo Hos and 81% Orchestra, A said the magistrate, "you'd up again as expected, Witness

Programme of Latin American better get back there."

searched his papers in his own Musle (DBCTS); D. Timo Bignal. and walked office, and found Alastair bowed

among other Concerto Grosio

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Tikr (Corell). the door, to-things a visiting card of slowly towards

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in 1 wards his freedom, towards, the Swan Garment Factory,

major (7, 8; Dach): 930. Eilza- He then went to the Mor-athan Thiantre. Written by Xí.A... land that had so richly endowed fim, the land where his roots cantile Bank and examined the Craig and R.D. Smith No. 10: The were, and where his native gifta cheques he had paid out in con

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Chinese Mother Charged

With Murder

A thirty-nine-year-old woman, Cheng Mei-mei, who recovered from an alleged attempted suicide, stood trial at the Criminal Sessions this morning charged with the murder of her nine-year-old son

Evidence was that on December 26 last year her co-tenants found the woman and her son lying on the floor of their cubicle. The boy, son by a previous marriage, had a chiffon scarf tied round his neck; the woman had her wrists slashed and a piece of rag round her neck. * The

accused pleaded not and lived with her

common died of asphyxia by strangula guilty before Mr Justice J. R. Jaw husband at West Streel.tion, Gregg and a male Jury. As The circumstances of the family He said thai a post-mortem cvidence was being led and were very poor and in addition examination showed blood stains exhibits

sho wept it would appear that both the produced

on the child's face and a linear softly. When her ex-husband, accused and her son were in bruise in the front of his neck. father of the

boy, appeared on poor physical and mental health

the time of this offence. Internally there was pin-point the witness stand, she hid her at

| haemorrhage of the tongue, air- Accordingly it might appear to passages and lungs. The small face in her hands.

proper verdict intestines showed a non-specific Cheng was represented by Mr you Oswald Cheung, instructed by might be guilty, but insone, inflammation, but

other Mr. R. Oliver.

Crown Counsel, Mr Desmond Mayne, assisted by Det, insp. He told Andrews

prosecuted.

when they had the Jury that heard the evidence they would have no doubt that the accused murdered her son and after- words attempted to commit suicide,

leide, "but they might well

satisfied that the

proper this cuse was

The

boy,

that the

ONUS OF PROOF

the

Dr. Yang said that the child could have been strangled with the coloured floral-patterned kerchief shown in Court,”

The

cried accused

as the doctor examined the kerchief.

When the next witness, Lam Kwok-fai, was - culled, she hid her face.

Lam testified that he was her former husbend and father of the boy, their fourth child.

To Wal-kwong, with whom the accused had been living as a common-law wife, was ten- dered for cross-examination,

Governor Visits Stanley

Prison

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, GCMG, spent an hour and a halt this morning Inspecting various sections

of Stanley Prison, He also visited the Tung

Tau Wan Training

Centre and the Stanicy Train-

ing Centre.

His Excellency was met on arrival at Stanley Prison by the Acting Commissioner, Mr G. R. Pickelt. Alter inspecting Guard of Honour mounted by locally recruited, warders under

the command of Principal Offi

G. L. Knight and Prison Class 1 Lo Kwok-kuen, Sir Alexander entered ຍາເວົ້ Prison, where he was met by the Superintendent, Mr L. J. McTavish, the Acting Superin- tendent,

Mr S, Rosen and tho Acting Chief Officer, Mr G., V. McGrath.

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His Excellency was shown the new assembly and dining hall, 000 accommodate which prisoners dining in association. The hall also contains a stage for the performance of operas and other shows by the pri- soners' concert party,

The

Governor later visited the "G" Hall, where he saw work carried out to rehabilitate prisoners who are about to bo released.. This hall has accom- for between 70 and modation

80 prisoners who are serving out the last six months of their sentences,

Ho told the Jury that in law organs were normal, a stato Incanity did not mean of being eccentric or peculiar, or prone to do this or that,"

being in such a state at the time of the commission of on act that either you don't know what you are doing, or, if you dr. know what you are doing, that you don't know what you verdlet

are doing is wrong; that state of " produced by mind being "gully, but insane.'

of

discasé case, incia

of The

he The

mind." recording to Mr Mayne, were explained. that the accused and the her ren by a previous marriage. lived together with her Counsel said that the onus of common-law husband at

52D proof of insanity was upon the West Street, Cheungshawan accused, but it was not such n New Village in Kowloon high

of proof as re degree

the Prosecution December, 1954 and for quired of

accused

the were in very bud circumstances Funeral Of had to prove

on the only balance of probabililles that last Excember and that the boy she was insane at the time of had been very earlier that month. Although he received committing the

The ind offence.

he did not prosecution

had to prove bemedical treatment yond reasonable doubt that she recover fully. Later on the ac- murdered her son.

cused herself was 1, suffering from very high fever, In the second half of December, both the accused and her son had spasms of headache and vomit- ting and the, accused became very weak.

In

some time previously the family

*

was in very poor circumstances, About 6 p., cn December 26 certain occupants of the house returned and heard noises com- ing from the cubicle occupied by the accused and her family. They found the woman lying on the ground with blood pouring fren her wrists. Close to her right hand was a knife and a razor blade. Lying fairly close to her was the body of her son. Around his neck tied

very Ughtly

kerchief and around the neck of the woman was tied

a plece of rag. The went for assistance occupants and the Relice and an ambul- woman and her ance, took the

Attempts to boy to hospital. revive

failed. Thic the boy woman was detained in hospital for treatment and later dis charged.

was

NO DOUBT IN WORLD "Having heard the evidence

respect of guilt. The

in

Dr Yang Ching-po who ad- mitted the accused into Kow loon Hospital, said that sho was consclous, but alightly delirious. She had three lacerations on her right wrist and one on her left. These were consistent

with having beers caused by the knife

or razor-blade.

Dr Yang said that the accused was given realment and pro- gressed fairly well until January 2 when she became noisy and behaved

He unreasonably. transfered her to the Mental Hospital as he thought she was a mental case,

that the boy

In reply to Mr Cheung's questions, he agreed that they

"Her

in- speech became coherent and her behaviour unreasonable. She would get up in the middle of the night to cook a meal and would tell me 10 to work. She complained

go of noises in her car like those made by a ship and she asked me whether she was on a voyage. Sho lost her appeule some days before December 26," said To of the accused,

Hearing is continuing.

Two Children Killed

Police Surgeon, Dr Teoh Ten- and the statements made by the {ming, declared accused after this event you will have no doubt in the world that the accused murdered her son! and afterwards attempted to commit suicide, but failed. This is borne out by the condition of the son and by the condition of the unfortunate woman in this case," Mr Mayne told the Jury.

He defined murder n3 "the intentional killing without legal justincution of another human

being."

Counsel, went on: "In this

case it will be given, in evidence that the accused has had un un- fortunate und unhappy history. She

have had appears to previous marriage by which she hnd four children, three of whom died at very early ages due to diseases incumbent upon child-birth and childhood, Four Iyears

she obtained ago

a

divorce from her first husband

By Galbraith

"You've been repeating a twenty-cont: mistake in my balance for three months) Why are your auditors so

stubborn?"

In Landslide

Two children were killed when a wooden hut in Li Cheng Uk Village, Kowloon, collapsed early this morning in one of several landslides" early this morning.

The two children, Li Yee-pui, eight, boy, and Wong Yuk-mui, five a girl, were in the hut when the top of the wooden structure gave way and collapsed on them at When extricated from the debris they were found to have been seriously Injured and died shortly afterwards.

8.35 a.m.

A three-year-old infant girl was seriously injured on the head when a hut in Homuntin collapsed at I am. today. The heavy shower had washed away part of the soil beneath the hut. The baby was taken to Kowloon Hospital.

Another

was injured when

a wooden hut in Shek Kip Mei Village collapsed early this morning. He was treated at the Kowloon Hospindes cecurred

man

Seven other

on the Istand and in Kowloon between midnight last night and early this morning. In severnk cases the roads were blocked by the falling debris but by am. most of the roads had been cleared by FWD labourers,

nerics

Landalidbe occurred at Castle Peak Road almost road was the

closed to the trame

and entirely

this morning.

Landslides milestone the rood

of

ncar

the 10% completely blocked At 19 milestone, the. rond itself collapsed.

PAPERS RESUME

Sydney, July 18, Sydney's two morning news« papers, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telograph, Tecum ad normal publication today,

The afternoon papers, the Sun and the Daily Mirror, 'woro lator to- expected to resumo day following roettlement of the strike preventing their publica- tions Individual. papers, United Prom

Reservoirs Overflowing

sro

All of the Colony's reser- vairs with the exception of Tytam Tuk

now overflowing, it was officially reported this morning by the Water Authority,

The Tylam Tuk level is now 10 inches below over- Dow.

The

reservoirs, which are overflowing are: Tytam, Tylam Bywash; Tylam Ju- termediate, Jubilee, How- Josh, Wongndichong, Aber- deen Upper and Lower, and Pokfulam.

At B

the km. today Colony's water storage was 5.914.03 million gallons 66 million gallóns short of total capaolly.

During the 24-hour period-ending 8'am, today, the intake from streams and catchment areas wAR 589.15 million gallons, and for the previous 24 hours, it was 12.00 tsillion gallous. Beginning this morning the daily dorncella 'supply of water has been increased to 11 hours a

Am to 11 and 4

pm to 10 pm. Between

N, and noon today, the Royal Ob- servatory registered 11 Inches of rain, betoging the total for the last. 18 hours;

to 6.58 inches.

F/Lt Willis

Tho

funeral of F/Lt Willis, was held at the Colonial Ceme-

tary at 11.30a.m. with full milltory honour.

The Rev. P. S. Grimwood, Chaplain

Alr the Royal Force,

service Was Commodore Officer

of

The

omciated. funeral

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attended by Air A.D. Messenger, Alr Commanding, Commi

Group Caploiri Squadron Leader Welsh, and officers and men of

Newman,

the 28th Squadron.

Jack

Draped with the Union and his cap. the coffin of the late F/Lt, Willis was placed on when it arrived at a corrlage

the Colonial Cemetery.

The coffin was then borne by six officers of the 28th Squadron to the graveyard.

A contingent of the 28th Squadron Aired three volleys following which two buglers from the same squadron sound- the Last Post and the Revellle.

ed

MEMORIAL SERVICE

impressive

A short and memorial service was held at Kal Tak this morning.

The service was attended by Group Captain J. F. Newman, Officer in Charge, Kai Tak, and fellow officers,

The service was conducted by

the Rev. P. S. Grimwood, RAF.

Train Crash:

34 Dead

Santiago, July 17. Thirty-four people died and many others were seriously in- in jured today

a collision between two trains at San Bernardo railway station, about 12 miles south of Santiago.

First reports from the disaster said more than 70 people were believed icilled, but the extent of the crasht proved less severe than originally indicated.

The death toll is expected to rise as many of the seriously in- jured are not expected to survive

Rallway authorities sald fog' caused the collision when a passenger train ran into the rear coaches of a train standing In the railway station.

More people were injured when a railing collapsed under their weight after they climbert to it to see the rescue operations-Reuter,

on

POLICE KILL BURGLAR

Miami, July 17, Polico bullets leilled one burglar and three captured in a wild shooling meloe on Sunday,

mens) were

The dead man was Charles Edward Porter, 33, who police sald had a criminal record back to 1930..

Police surrounded the bulld ing after two boys paming by

Sinio Financo Corpor

Con

suported they saw* four mes' attempting to enter it. The men were trapped, inside Zand hundrede. "öf, bulfate with fried in an hour-long affray (1980- olated Frend.