March 25th, 1922.]
As regards the third point-mis-direc- tion in reply to questions by the Jury- I see no mis-direction whatever in it. My direction to the Jury was that if they accepted the evidence of Capt. Morgan as a whole they would be entitled to convict beyond reasonable doubt. They now ask me if they have any right to convict, irrespective of the fact of whether as he fired the shot fired
The Attorney-General: At this stage, I should like to refer to Capt. Morgan's evidence. He did not actually, see the prisoner fire the shot. He saw there; he saw the smoke.
a man
Mr. Jenkin : A wisp of smoke, and he never saw him throw away the revolver and there is evidence, contra, that some- body else fired the shot. Running away is
not murder.
The Chief Justice (continuing his reply to Mr. Jenkin): You have your remedy in a petition to His Majesty's Privy Council. I see no reason whatever for reserving the point.
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Mr. Jenkin: May I apply to your Lordship-I do not quite know what is the usual practice-that the judgment on this man be suspended while I make this application?
The Chief Justice: I see no reason
whatever to suspend it. I shall certainly
pass sentence upon him.
Mr. Jenkin Certainly my Lord; if that is your Lordship's opinion I shall sit down.
SENTENCE PASSED.
The prisoner was then asked, in the usual form, if he had anything to say why judgment should not be passed upon him. He said he had, but he wanted to make his statement from the witness-box.
No, you cannot do that," said the Judge. "What you wish to say you must say from there."
The prisoner then began to repeat the After evidence he had already given. some sentences of this, the Jndge said, You have told us all this before. Uu less you have anything to say in addition, it is a waste of time."
Prisoner: In that case I have nothing (6 act else to say, but I must ask you to on things by reason.'
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The Judge: Is that all?
Prisoner: I do not know how to say anything else. I must leave the matter in your hands, to have mercy on me and to do things according to reason.
The Judge then donned the black cap
and addressed the Prisoner :
Leung Wo.-The Jury, after a very patient hearing and after a very able defence on your behalf, have found you guilty of murder, and in that verdict I entirely concur. It was a dastardly crime and you took away the life of a man, for some motive best known to you, and, so far as we know, a man who had done you no harm. For the offence of murder there is only one punishment known to the law and it is my duty to pass sentence upon you. Sentence of death was then pronounced. I committed The Prisoner cried out, no offence: I must say something more
before I die."
The Chief Justice ordered him to be removed: he resisted violently and in spite of his small stature it took three or four burly policemen to remove him to the cells below the dock.
The Court rose at a few minutes past six o'clock.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT -
THE AMOY BOYCOTT WITHDRAWN.
DISPUTE THAT DRAGGED ON FOR FOUR MONTHS.
The N.-C. Daily News of March 4th says:-
We are pleased to announce that a settlement has been arrived at in the Amoy dispute. Yesterday a telegram was received by Messrs. Butterfield & Swire stating that the boycott had been com- pletely withdrawn. The terms of settle- ment have not yet been received. It would seem that much credit for the settlement is due to Mr. Eastes, who was recently appointed to Amoy as Consul in the place of Mr. Tours, who has gone on Home leave, and judging from the tone of a telegram despatched to Shanghai by the People's Association of Amoy, his manner of approaching the subject placated the more restless of the Chinese and smoothed the way for a settlement. Of course, Mr. Eastes had the advantage of coming absolutely new to the crisis, un- trammelled by all that had gone before.
The dispute has dragged on since about the middle of November last, when ob jection was taken to the construction of a pier connecting the B. & S. hulk and the Butterfield & Swire were perfectly within Bund. As we have already shown, Messrs.
their rights in undertaking this work, and it was not until some time afterwards that the discovery was made that the real cause of the agitation was the exist ence of walls constructed for purposes of defence on the boundary of the British concession and the Chinese city. Thus Messrs. Butterfield & Swire were made the victims of a dispute which really concerned only the British Consulate officials and the Chinese.
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It is now understood that an agreement to remove the offending walle paved the way to a compromise, and it is to be hoped that the matter has been settled
once and for all. Messrs. Butterfield & Swire's shipments of goods to Amoy will be resumed at the end of the present
week.
ESTIMATE OF JAPAN S WEALTH.
PREPARED FOR LEAGUE OF
NATIONS.
The Asahi says that the Japanese Gov- eernment, in compliance with a request
from the Board of Council'ors of the League of Nations at Geneva, appointed a special Commission to fix the standard valuation of the wealth of Japan and make a report to the League.
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Some time agi Sir Erio Drummond, of the Board of Councillors of the League, through Viscount Ishii, Japanese Ambassador in Paris, asked the Tokyo Government to present statistics showing the wealth of Japan, and accordingly the Government instructed the Census Bureau to make investigations.
JAPAN'S ATTITUDE IN CHINA.
GENERAL HIGASHI'S
STATEMENT.
STRICT NEUTRALITY IN CHINESE POLITICS.
PEKING, March 9th.
the following statement by General Higa- Router has been requested to circulate shi, Japanese Military Attache
Peking:-
in
Since Marshal Tuan Chih-jui re- moved his residence to Tientsin some time ago there have been in circulation all sorts of rumours regarding his motive and activities, and some of the Chinese papers from to time circulated reports purporting to show that some Japanes Militarists were behind the alleged activities of Marshal Tuan and his followers. In some instances my name Japanese support of one party or the was mentioned as being in the alleged other.
"
It was reported by a Shanghai paper that Colonel Honjo, of Mukden, came to Peking some time ago to act as inter- mediary between Marshal Tuan Chi-jui, Marshal Chang Tso-lin and Mr. Liang secure Japanese Shih-yi and myself to mi'itary assistance in an alliance to be formed against General Wu Pei-fu and his party. It was also reported in an- other paper that I was involved in a scheme to transport Chinese arms kept in Shanghai to Hunan with a view to giving assistance to General Chao Hung-ti.
"These are only a few examples of the astounding stories that have been circulated by some interested party to alienate Japan from one party or the other. The fallacy of these reports is fully proved by the fact that Colonel Honjo has never been in Peking during the last seven or eight years, and that I have never been asked by anybody to assist in the alleged transport of arms to Hunan. Apparently there is a force at work all the time, which is trying to benefit itself by circulating these baseless reports.
that the attitude of the Janane e Govern- "It is hardly necessary to point out
ment on the political situation in that When the reports of strict neutrality.
of Marsha! Tuan Chih-jui's removal to Tientsin reached Tokio the Japanese Government semi-officially announced its intention to remain strictly neutral on
the situation.
SA"T
Inve tigations made by the Census Bureau last year show that the wealth of Japan is valued at Y.86.077,070,000.
increase of
This step was taken in view of the the figures showing Y.54,034,140,000 as compared with the possibility of various ground'ess rum.
the
before ours being started by an interested party, year valuation in 1913,
outbreak of the war. Of the ready to avail itself of the situation to
its Own
the purpose at
cost above_ total, the land in Japan Pro- per. Formosa and other over-seas terri- of the name and prestige of another.
"Friendly neutrality towards the tories is valued as Y.33,085.660.000, the mines at Y.6.412.820.000 and buildings at political situation in China is not only Y.8.560,060.000, while the lake, rivers, the declared attitude of the Japanese gulfs, etc., are valued at Y.4,598,980,000. Government but is also the unanimous Hold and silver coins and bullion are put demand of public opinion in Japan, and at Y.2.359,910,000. The property of the it is ne dless to repeat here that the
Court Imperial
is estimated at Japane^e
in Military Representatives Y.345,942.900, of which the land is valued China are acting strictly in accordance at Y.307,510.100, buildings at Y.14,440.300. with instructions from their Home Gov- furnture. etc., at Y.7,220,100, and live-ernment. In fact it is impossible for stock at Y.298,800.
them to act otherwise."
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