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JOHN CLARKE'S CASEBOOK
All
Joy Spent
question posed by "You go
TE into her the probe and have a talk with
in this:
CHINA
so what can be done, said What can cause, afthe magistrate in a voice full of
have lost, by the encouragement, age of 46, all zest for life,
man to
Christopher shrugged. and all hope, all ambition, all sloped away. A man who seemned joy?
Prolonged illness, or chronic diability might damp the fire
of a man's spirit, though nume aften than not those who muffer most have a post for living that
morr puts those
fortuite shame.
ter
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Extrane of Inneliness fear, or crushing poverty stwy temporarily rob a man of the
will to do anything but submit
so the aguny.
But Christopher is not sick att body or mind. There seeins be no reason why he should or Lunely, and thus way of sing doessi
hot suggest hal the shadow zt Teirt}izes yvgnt hm, Jo nor that he need suffer poverty.
SEVEN GOOD YEARS
T1
anh-
IJE may have been altu
the days when he was ways in and out of trouble fENT half-hearted
like little crimes Travelling on the ailway with- out a ticket, or litering internt.
afraid of the new horizons happiness tha!
bafore him.
puerily
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Birt seven years have passed since Christopher
Come out of
*w* prison Ame serving
12
month sener for his crime.
He tus riely. been out 1.t work in ze intervening time. though he has never slikk Cam long at one a la Ganaal labour- En hu be
and there
have been plenty of operdaga
So, he has lived, working for long enough to eam a week or two's respite from work. One of the crowd. who on the whole are not gloomy
who preter The Be and lodging houses down in one place,
of men
hstels
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TAKE ME IN
Christo- THE other morning.
pher's seven-year Blameless Two spoil came to nu end. policemen walched him. 09, 1 broad daylight, he tried the door-handles of for cars park- ed in the streets aland Adelphi When
the policeinen had watched Christopher for long
went nough, they
L arrest him. "All right," he said, when he was challenged, Take me iu, then."
PLEA OF GUILTY
NEXT ning
was
shown into
Christopher
the dock
at Bow Street He is a bulching.
bronzed man,
whose chin-line
las mischief in 11.
and whose brown
with edged eyes are lines that suggest he has known laughter in his time.
Christopher
(whose parents had given him a long string of splendid first names) pleaded gulity. The story was told to Mr K. Barraclough, the magia- trate, "How
have you been living since you last worked. several weeks ago?" Mr Barra- clough osited Christopher.
'SEND ME DOWN'
"JUST living."
said. "What do
to you now?
Christopher
you want me to do
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SHEAFFER'S
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN
The Children Had A Wonderful Time This Morning's Testimony
Thousands of children had a wonderful time al Caroline Hili stadium last night when they were in- vited to the full dress re- hearwal of the Military These two pic- Tattoo, tures by a staff photo- grapher show some of the cheered youngsters who
and applauded the exciting and colourful programme. The tattoo has its first offi. cial performance tonight, which will be repeated to- morrow and Saturday.
Governor
Visits Squatter Fire Scene
Burned
bluk t+*8 this
cheered and laughed morning s H.E. the Gov- ernor Sir Alexander Gran tham walked through the
remains of charred
their homes.
Left und right of the wide
ineffective but
tre lane werc
In Conspiracy Trial
A dealer in plastic bottle stoppers testified at the conspiracy trial at the Victoria District Court this morning that he delivered a quantity of stoppers to an address in Bonham Strand West and was paid by cheque by the first accused.
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The witness, Ho Kin, was giving evidence in the case against Cheung Kam-chiu, 42, medicine of the payments by the first ac- dealer, and Tuet Cho-leung, 47, printing broker.
the
Crimes
Questioned on the thres cripts he had signed in respect
cused, witness agreed that the Chinees charactors for "bor- were on theso rowing money" Commercial
documents.
Mr Leong suggested that that Yesterday, Ho Kim had given
that was exactly the position: evidence that the first accused
been borrowing had placed orders with him for witness had
money from first accused. Wit 30,000 plastic stoppers. He was
ness replied that those words told to collect the money
were written because he this job at 74
not have the goods on hand at West
the time the document WAS made out, and it was just as it he borrowed the money from Cheung.
The accused are chorged with of conspiring together with others Branch. uot in custody, between March 1 and July this year, to de fraud certain persons by pretend Ing they could supply patient medicines sold under the trude names of Riniton and Novalgin.
for Bonham StrandOL
4
Mr Lawrence Leong, instruct- This morning, witness suld be ed by Mr D. Szeló of Brutton | went to that address on May 16 Co, ta delending first De- and asked necued for $100 as a cused. Second accused is not deposit, The money was adven to him and he signed a receipt for it.
represented by Counsel.
Mr D. E. Greenfield, Crown Counsel, is prosecuting, assisted by Det-Sub-Inspector K. Y. Ma
h
usked to Introduce to him Home-
Ho sald hot accused
one who could make glass tubes, Later. he introduced to first accused a
a man called Hud Cho, Д glass tube maker.
Witness
cald
that when he Introduced Hul Cho to Choung,
did
"FORGOT TO DO SO” Counsel asked why, if that was the position, aid witness not get back these notes when to the stoppera he delivered Cheung. Wilness said he for- got to do so.
Questioned further, Ho said he reallad that if these three notes were not returned to him, the person
them who issued could very well demand money him as payment for a
the latter pald him another $100, He made out another receipt to Cheung for this sum. The next from time he saw Cheung was when debt Cheung brought a sample of the he had forgotten such an im- Leong told witrek that aloppers. First
Mr
accused examined the portant thing as collecting back sample and told him to go ahead these notes. And yet, some five months after the string of these with making the stoppers cording to that sample. Witness documents, he could
garding the
remember said he could not remember if everything that took place ro Cheung paid um on that parti cheque and the making out of payment of the
the receipts.
cular occasion, but he remem- bered that first accused event- ually paid him a further $100.
DELIVERED GOODS Subsequently, Ho continued,
the
Hearing is proceeding.
Witness said that WAS na- turally the ense since he had been referring from time to time to the staternente he made to the Police regarding the evidence ho saw frat accused three or he was far givă în Court. · four times. On one of those occasions, ho delivered finished goods to Cheung. The balance of $916, as well as the total of other expenses involved, were paid by first accused 40. him on the day he delivered the stoppers to
to Cheung's office at 74 Bonham Strand West. The Day- ment was in choque.
Cheung personally handed the cheque to him. A toki of (witness's), Wong Keung,
his
“Browned Off"
Sailor's Escapade
A 28-year-old Royal
Navy
***
was present when the cheque sick berth attendant, who fell was handed over. Wong Keung | "fed up" and "browned
a receipt and wrote out
[he ], with life, went out to seek All
(witness) signed it.
this metaling : -
Alleged Robbery: Murder Trial pan and spent the party bus confident at the
Crown Case Ends
men
their family possessions charred chamel wash basins, two destroyed sewing machines, twelve
to fifteen hundred cook- ing pots or old tins cans,
five young The Prosecution case against Since
fire, the
policu Ü
16-year-old schoolboy in charged with retion equipped with a battery
this morning at the Criminal Ses had Cox's Path closed kerosene searchlights guarded the area from looters,
accused sions after production of statements by the As Str Alexander walkcod
confessing to their part in the crime. through, looking here and there
uf The Queen; 1130, Clone
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REDIFFUSION
at relics in the black havoc,
robbing
Government workmen in unl Justice J. R. Gregg are Chan Ching-
form were knocking down the last standing, but dangerous, welis
that survived Tuesday's Interno that put 0,000 people
homes and burned
out of their four to death. by
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"Send me down. Send me to prison." Christopher answered.
"U almost sunda the best place for you. I can't think of anything better to do for you,” said the magistrate, with a sigh for Christopher's lack of inter- est in the future.
"Listen, would
do you proper Job of work,
the probation officer helped you to ind
one?" Mr Barraclough aslted.
諄
Christopher pulled a long tace. "I suppose I could try. he said.
His tone was dull, fint, of utter indifference.
AFTER THE "TATTOO"
Round off the evening
at the
Parisian Grill
NORBERT MATISSON
VIOLIN VOCAL
MICHAEL BODER
GRAND PIANO.
Printed and published by WhĹIÁÁG ALJON GHINIAM for and on behalf of Bouth China Morning Post Limited at 1-8 «Birvet, City of Victoria," in the Colony of Hongkong.
The accused on trial before Mr wab, Ham Shanghai Chan, 28; Nip Wah-chi, alias Luk Chai, 20: Leo Tax, alias Ng Tak-chtung, 21; ond
21.
Chan Shul chung, nhau Chung Chùa
The second
accured Nip, te represented by Me R. W. B. Winter. insurected by Mr M. Y. Toig.
Crown Counsel, Mr G. ft. Anesth la prosecuting, nusisted by Det, Insp, W. Watson.
They were alleged to have robbed Cheung Pak-hel of wrist watch
the pretence that he was taking out
A
Makes Castle His Home
London, Nov. 2.
Evidence
Evidence that
he
SOVI Away
crowd
EMONA
look place
of Peak,
in the cockloft the ground floor premises.
Shown a stopper used as a Court
witness exhibit,
sald that it did not look the same as the type of stopper he had made for the first accused. The of ones
bad he made, he said,
from some strands hanging the top part.
the
BOO
accused throw articits people was given by Poon Tin- kban, a farm fokl, when hear- ing of the murder tinued before Mr Justico A. D. Boholes at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
Acc
CALO
con-
Arber having a few debuks, Peter Thomas Taylor wanted to drive to fit quarters in the Royal Niaga Hosplisi, in ■ car. But Taylor did Dot have vehiclé no two got into a private car belonging to a- bie Coffer of Government Stores out- side the Park Cafe,
Tafjor "switched on the lights but could not start the cae so he just released the handbrake and thus car rolled down Pokfulam Reservoir When first accused placed the Foso for about 200 yards before it
himm orders with
for
the swerved off the road and overturned. At Jest Taylor panicked studiesm stoppers, he did not tedd for, and forget about the whole antif
tell him wanted to you back to his qui LADEN what they were to be
car
He found Mr. Cottier and apoto- ged to him for taking his away and overturning it.
Cross-examined, witness said but his conscience made him walk
back up the road towards the on tal is Poon Sag. 40, ula employed, who le alleged to have the stopper which had just been cate to try and find the owner pi
33-year-oki woman to chown him had not been made the or. death with an axe on the hillside by him. at Ngau Tam Mei, Ping Shan, on
be the evening of July 24
He is represented by Mr Percy Police that he was illiterate, Chen. Instructed by Mr R. W. Dyer, Ho said he had. He added. of Memra Descue
prosecuting.
Asked if
had told
the
Mr Samon Ll, Crown Counsel, is however, that he could fairly understand what he read in the Foon Tin-TAN, M farm Baki of
newspapers, but he could not the Yu Yuen Tarin, Ngau Tam Mat The Earl of Lucan today Village. tortified that at
his about write anything but 6 pm on July 24, he heard a com“ | name. Air
motion near the barbed fence of
that
AWAIT SIGNAL
The crowd of watchers, who
and #4 on June 22, while he was on invited a surprised US had lost their miserable homes way to the Hung Hau Middle Force captain to the House the arm. When he approached tr and had almost everything else school in Austin Road. they owned blackened and According to the Prosecution the of Lords to celebrate there he saw a crowd of his owa: destroyed in the fire, waited accused stopped the schoolboy on fact
the
Lucans was cheerfully for the signal that the mister of one of them. They then family castle was to become later brought them swarming ( made him go to alonoty spot in over the debris.
Cox's Path where they robbed him, the captain's family home. Sir
Arrests Described Alexander's
The guest, Captain Robert visit was part of a tour of squatter and
Det. Bub-imp. Kwong Chun-ming Foster of Elsinore, California, Into Lord Lucon's resettlement areas in Kowloon, testified as to the arrest of all four wandered
accused. The first two were arrosted estate in Essex looking for an: Apart from the burnt out area, in the Bo Shing Dance Hall in apartment for himself, his wife ho also visited shanty factories Nathan Road on the night of the
and a shanty school, Govern arrested later in Ashley Road on the Lucan offered him
robbery. The fird RecuNG WILE and their seven children. Lord
mant
fourth accured.
the whole
fokis, Police and the accused. There a conversation between the Police and the accused.
"ONLY BUS TICKETS"
Poon wald he then saw the accused the act of throwing away Home thing and he tried' 10 štop the accused. The accused wid that thase were merely bus tickets and threw them away.
On the following day, witoom was present when the". Police conducted
search in the area and found cer tain articles.
rcoottlemen! blocks information of the first accused and housing many of the families
he in turn took the Police to 55 place.
Captain Foster said that burned out by other fires, and Peking Road where they found the
after he looked over the in-
Loo Man-chi, a store Loki at NgwKI an area at Hon Lok village Caution statesmenta by the third Inld
Tum Mei, tesisted that at about i floors, the Chippendale p.m. on July 34, he saw a man where squatters with money of and fourth soused in which they
tho edmasted the robbery, said that one chairs,
Crown
Derby darkisti in complexing, and carrying their own bave built illegal but of them had und comb in china and Persian rugs he told door bear comparatively sumptuous homes both as "dagger to scare the the Earl at their Arst meeting away and began to rettsor his steps, He stopped however, some 30 yards on agricultural land.**
wohoolboy, and disclosed the that it might not be a watch was pawned for $30, wECH
good A ittle later, woman whom he Showing him over this nges, read out to the Jury, The Jified
ripe | identified as the dacmască, approach him
returned and the womani grested walked
to
Fema
Hearing la continuing.
a police officer pointed out one. Wamed the Jury that these stala sa DOT HIS PAULove in, atter ad the porn. At that time, the man
with ment, werp evidenco only But the Earl and his wife him, The decon e place where, an old farm wall the person who made them and not had turned overnight, into and other accused implicated took a walk on the lens court in the direction of Yu Yum roofed, walled, and windowed, in them concreto home for five familiesdence of the charging of the endused could have the whole place he Det. Inep. W. Watson mive evt and then come back and mid we with their dogs, chickens, and and Interpreter Yuan King-lewo added. "Was 1 garden.
mad out their answers to the charts So Foster is now the tenant of
surprised." of robbery with
The Accused and fit the four of Wakes Colne Place, a man of
14 rooms, three, bathrooms
Stabs Boyfriend
Manila, Nov. 3.
A love-sick youth three days
ego izpressed his love for a girl.
by klaking her on the nape of bae neck and thouudors while.
them went to rob the boy of a wri
And
watch and 14 and the watch was two acres of land, Including pri pawned by the first soojeed for $39 and they had spent some of the vate money.
Teriak la.contiraring.
DEFECTIVE WIRE CAUSES FIRE
A mall fire broke out short='
Frond
tennis courts-United
FILM FINISHING
1
RECORD RUN
New York, Nov. 2.
The prize winning film “Gatu
He Was Living: On of He will end 16% record
Borrowed Time:
showing at the Guild Thestra hew on Bunday,"bringing to a close one of the longest engage Boston, Nov. 2, monds, In élnema history of vialling her in k/bearby villagu' ly after 3 o'clock, this morning Aman Uring on borrowed "Gate of Heli,”. a. ·Dalej pło- north of heregle
at Ma. Po Ban & Co. Ltd, of time was killed in the Coloracio duction starring Machiko Kyo [![The youth found out last - 293 Dem ¿Voeux, Road- Central. plane crash' fisk, right,
them will have completed night that the all resented this the fire druped by a dated James Dorey, 80, puffered consecutive weeks at the cinema. shows of affection when abe, tive electric wire, was : dis- from "a grave, heart' condition when it opened (on', December stabbed, and seriously wounded ('costered by a fok pipped and vowranted, to me his won 19,9/1086. The previous record him on the head and neck with the fire was extinguished Robert once more, before beat side, Gulld Theatre two 37 aknie wien che vialed her before the arrival of the fire oleh: Robert lyns in Portland,
brigada. NERID=
Owni
At Central Magistrany this morn- ing. Taylor was fined $150 by Mi in-shing Lo for driving without licence, without, third party in murenco and taking a' moltor vehicla without the owners consent,
Taylor was also ordered not to hold any typo of driving Ucence In Hongkong for one year.
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