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CRIMINAL SESSIONS

BEFORE HIS Hovoru tas, Chier Justice (SIR WILLIAM Hans-Davins, K.C.), The October Criminal Sessions, which commenced Sesterday, will extend over fen days was to the record number of cases on the calendar In addition the usual armed robbery cages there Are four indictments for murder and one for manslaughter.

manner.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 187, 1915

the

RECURE.

Before the work of the Criminal Sessions commenced yesterday morning the Attorney-General (the Hon. M», «H E. Pollock, K.C.), made an application to the Chief Justice (Sir William Rees Davies, KTC.), for the admission of Mr. Dennis Heary Blake, to practice as a solicitar of the Supreme Court.

About an hour after the robbery Sergeant.. Cooper noticed the

A NEW SOLICITOR. prisoner walking along Hollywood Road in suspicions MR. D. E. BLAKE AND HIS WAR

The Sergeant spoke to him noticed him putting his hand into his left trouser-pocket."

Sergeant Comper asked him to produce what was in

bis pocket, and this turned out to be a pair of blood-stained socks belonging to Prisoner. When taken to the Police-sta tion the toan was discovered be wearing Wo suits--the suit that be had stolen from the restaurant being worn over another suit which was covered with blood stains.

Witnesses gave evidence bearing out the Attorney-General's statement. The in The Attorney tienern, stated was identify prisoner as the man who had

jured men.

were, however. unable to

them." His Lordship, in summing up, askeri the Landrs detention, to be followed by

end count.

RETURNING FROM BANISHMENT.

Leung So pleaded guilty to returning from banishment to file

Jummy lath 183. prisoner sell tenerd to 12 strokes of the urch and to

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CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB.

OPENING CRUISE

The opening ercise of the racing season was held in ideal weather on Sunday, a moderate N.E. breeze prevailing.

"

five years banishment, for breaking into Jury to eliminate from their minds the clerk of Gérant Earmouth Mr. Blakelend, followed by tren while Westwind

was admitted as a solicitorsia London in 1912, He also understood that Me. Blake neted as-Assistant Town Clerk at GreVLE

The cruise started at 10 am, from the the cruiser class entered for the race to line on the club-house. "Seven yachts of Doubtful Bay, hall-a-mile east of Channe! Rocks. After a cair start dyana (Mr. P. ward of the others, and rounding Kow al. Hodgson) drew well ahead to wind-

stated that Mr. Blake was articled toed in the order 5:ve. From this point loon Recks was stain, ahead of dilerr In doing so, the Attorney-General and smias. ahead of Festwind. Vorse- math, Helen, Beyukille and Mist follow- Mr. W. E. Stephens, solicitor, "Town to Lemua Beacon due inerea ed her a house. He returned and on January

drow away from Nonseruntze after leaving) Toth 1907 WAS

A verdict of Guilty was returned. was sentenced to tera

Kuidon Buck. Rounding Lyemu Ben- days hard labour for

His Lordship, addressing the prisoner, for attempting to megal

on yuma crossed the finishing line at and was agam banished for five years, on said You have been found guilty on

He returned a perfectly clear evidence: I look upon it Yarmouth. When war broke out he en

11.12.62 an easy test tollowed by litren September 5th, 1107,

12nen very bad robbery indeed. You go to listed in August, 1914, in the Bedford cap sem made up per just ground at 1.133 which out a place ou handi- third time and was sentenced to month

hard labour in January, 1911, for a house armed with revolvers

and & matter

kniveshire Regiment, obtaining a temporary extend as the Beacon and Pounded the Banishment Ordinance, and it is a

indifference to you He was again banished to Canton for Ave if you have to secure spoil by bringing commission as Lieutenitat In April. hrat and an exciting ruce ensued between 1013, he was promoted temporary Cap | anche two bolts to the line Torseman years on June 17th, 1912. but persisted about the death of other people. These

tain. In the course of his service he wassing at 11.24 and Westwind at in returning and was sentenced to trubberies with violence, I am sorry to sa inonths harit labour to banishment fur

furare very

#telan Linished at 11.2.2 wak- The object of the Court with the British Canadian Recruiting ing 2nd place en andens.

Commission to the U.S.A., where he re- possible

The tiael aga ayward Hugs classes In the racing together ou nandicap started at course of Mr. Blake's services with cheia on the opted tule epurse to Doubtful,

Pay Six yachts entered. This was 2 as many as eight in a day. The Attorney Boy weet, rous speeches; and, on one occasion, made close contest, tidel winning trip Juan General next referred to the usual tech-read place to on by if inches. The ipebes, and urns losing atea! formalities which would have to be second half of this event was sailed as settle and which would be done later. La faul race-back to the C.YC in the He had no doubt that when the necessary afternoon, the best aggregate of times Papers wire produced His Lordship counting. it resulted in a win for would find them in order.

Gork with reala second

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tears in 1915. Subsequently he was present moment in the Colony at the wounded and was then seconded for duty."

tru

19 to put them

Many

of

Innished for life. On the last occasion he

You Happear to be mained until December 1916. returned to the Colony in August, 1919, was arrested by attempted store-breaking served sentence of five weeks' hard What you do not like in sormen Recruiting Commission be made nume

Court

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as far as

different

to ordinary

and to endure some of the

tc

corporal

Famtr. ad was charged with returning

He was then punishment that you inflict upon other frim manishment for hre committed top trint before the Supreme le The laws of the Colony have been amended recently to enable the Court to order Prisoner had nothing to say.

corporal punishment to inflicted nd His Lordship remarked that, according

on men of your stamp. regard this as to the statement which the prisoner made to the Magistrate, he, appeared to have

IL bad

Went

very case, because you not only, to the place for the purpose of rebbing. lineea bark In Hongkong

but you used both firearms and knives The Attorney-Lieneral replied that the "The sentence of the Court is that you be man had been banished so many times,prisoned and kept to hard labour for seven years and that you receive fourteen that

one might take.

Lordship:

Has the case been in

strokes of the "cat" vestigated

AL

Two races were held at Doubtful Bay-- one before, and one after tifia, the latter being open to yachts not registered in the LFC.

During if a boys single-handed race took place or a 3-mile course and ended in a win for read with Duma

condi

Bi Lordship stated he had had the Opportunity of perusing the papers in regard to the application and had great pleasure in admitting Mr. Blake to prue bie in that Court, subject to the produc A PRISONER DISCHARGED. tion further documents. He observed that Mr. Blake had performed good Wang Hing, a Chinese detective. whe military service during the war, and he was committed for trial for being an Whe sure that his work here would be accessory after the fact in connection equally successful. The Attorney-Gene with the murder of a Chinese at Aberral had told them that Mr Blake had was discharged, as the Attorney-made eight speeches on one day. He teneral entered a wolle proxrque,

trusted that when Mr. Blake practised in that Court he would not subject them to o grrat a number of speeches. Sube The indictment against Bahadar Singh,ject to that condition, he Fäd pleasure included, the Vice-Commnodure called for

Adniicting him.

The Attorney-General: 1 think ught assume that that has been done on previous occasions. Ho did say, towards the end of his deposition, that he wanted his mather to be called to say he was born bere, but as investigation it was dis covered that his mother was dead, Befdeen, bus an adopted mother, but I presume she wai not be able to throw. any light BJY matter.

L'

mer: My mother is dead."

THE BARRACKS MURDER.

This Lordship: You have been banished

ny times, but you always return to na Indian trouper of the Hongkong- this Colony. The Police of the Colony Singapore Battalion R.C.A. for murder- “Tegurd you' as a dangerous character, anging d' comrade in the same regiment has they

do not want you here. You entirely teen postponed to the next Sessions. set the law at defiance, and the only Vou Te open to me 19 to pass a lung ern- tence with the certainty that you will be banished gato. The wintence o the Court is that you be imprisoned with hard labour or five years.

BORN IN "HONGKONG)

Wong Chun Fuk pleaded guilty to re- tura.ng froin banishment for life.

Prisoner: I was born in this Colony my birth registered in the S. L.A. office. How can I be banished for lite I must come back to my place of birth for one occasion of eten half an occasion. I did Bot return to this Colony to commit any- thing against the law; came here on a

vis. t.

BAFORE HIS HONOUR, THE PUISNE JUDGE (MR. JUSTICE C. D. MELBOURNE). HOBEERY WITH VIOLENCE.

Man Woo, Taung Wa, Tsang Tsz Pui. 20 Put and sui San were indicted for armed robbery 11 d

for wounding with intent to kill

The

Mr. Blake bowed his thanks.

"

INTRUDER AT KINGSCLERE HOTEL.

WAS HE A ROGUE AND A VAGA- BAND.

At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chi- nese contractor was charged with being a rogue and a vagabond and with enter

Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster appear- ed for the Crown, instructed by Mr. Leng Kingwlere Hotel on Saturday." for Longinotte.

ite jury was composed of Messrs & E. Wetton, C. Wallace, C. H. Osmand, J. U.

ainu,

Feretra, ... Է.

de

an unlawful purpose.

Vice-Commodore, Mr.

On returning to the Club-house the in short speech reterred to the arrange-

P. M. Hodgson taunts for the season, which promised to we very successful," Sleigh gracefully presented the prizes to After this Mrs. winners of the various events This con-

three cheers for Mrs, Sleigh and presented her with a bouquet of roses in a silver holder fes and refre howents brought an, enjoyable day to a ploce,

GRUINER RACK,

Course: CY.C.,, Kowloon Rock (S), Lye mun Beacon (Py to Doubtful Bay Did tonew, i miles.

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that defendant way discovered in room Brynhilde

Mrs. Sachse, "the proprietress, stated No. 17, where three drawers of a wardrobe Queen Bee and D. B. de Carvalho..

had been ransacked. Ar Alabaster stated that prisoners

Brenda Defendant stated that he went to the Ma Iris Lordship:be you have mously wounding with intent to disableing the room.

were charged with unlawfully and hotel to and a friend. He denied enter banished twice befor. Did you tell the

Ethel authorities that you were born in Hong-

Prisener; I did.

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out"

beard about it

His Lordsip: I will put back this case till to-morrow morning. If prisoner was represented by counsel and it was proved that he was a British subject there would be an end to it. I desire inquiries to be made to see if his statement is true-

ARMED ROBBERY, -

wo persons, a mother and son, and with.

set sail for las Chau Island, where they were eventually captured. wer were on board at the time, so that there All five men was very little doubt as to their identity. when charged, the prisoners made state- ments which were

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stated that he bred two shots but had no intention or njuring anybody. He had tried to en gage the boat to take him to Po Tai, and when the women refused he took the boat

The first po "ertainly incriminat

tion.

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Heter

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tange, 3.3 miles.

Cour: Doubtful Bay in C.1.C. Dix

the robbery uz 16 in money and a jade attended court and told the Magistrate

angle.

Ade inother would tell the Court that he had been instructed to appear for Attorney-General: In your state

ut on the night of July when her the defence, nent to the Police you did not make

coat was lying at Apic

Coppich.Le any mention of it. You said: "I came berdeen, she was

The Magistrate agreed to re-open the suddenly awakened by "back to Hongkong for un night as. Ieing shot in the thigh. Five men came

case, and a coolie employed in the hotel wanted to

was called as a witness. He stated that ory boara, armed with revolvers, and they he saw defendant go to another part by steamer, did not know the steamer on which mynd

led at her son, who jumped overtingard followed

enter friend wanted to take sirable to find

A room and Dorothea and swam to another boat.

hig He noticed This His Lornship: It is

boy

bim pull out, Ayesh raised an alarm and assisted the Police the drawers of a wardrobe and seized the boato ut if his statement is correct.

in tracing the robbers.

olice man, who informed him that he was a The prisoners, contractor,

Ailsa Lord, but this is the Brst time I have

stated that defendan: entered the pre-awn The Attorney-General: Certainly, my after wounding the woman and her 800. Cross-examined by, Mr. Hall, witness in

Bapline

mises by ascending the scaffolding.

Ol that his client had no right to enter the t

Mr. Hail said he was ready to admit raula premises for any purpose, hut it was not right to charge him with being a rogueinette charged only with and a vagabond. He should have been

Thfils ... trespassing. Defend engaged in repairing the premises. He

climbed

the scaffolding as be was Loung So was indicter for armed robby force. The second prisoner stated that large shop. at West Point, and it was not an important business man with a bery with two or more persons, and for he went to the boat, but had no revolver likely that he had opened the drawers. assault with intent to disable.

with bina.

First prisoner The following were the jury:-Messrs.

revolvers.

ner carried two Mr. Alabaster pointed out

The Magistrate imposed a fine of $5- Abbas B. Chapman, J. Young, at one prisoner's evidence against Ezra, A. A Alves, and other had no weight. The third pri- Wong

Ping Chuen

soner stated that he went to the boat but The Attorney-General, who prosecuted. had no intention of rubbing anybody. statled the robbery took place at the

He merely wanted to enjoy the fourth Wah Yued restaurant, Des Veux Road To

bont. The prisoner admitted that. he went on Central, in the early morning of Septem- the bunt, but said he did not sheet anyone ber 6th,

or assault anyone; while the fifth prisoner It appeared tour and ad interstated that what happened did not con *men vhis, in couldred food.

restaurant at

vern him. He went to seize opium. His and, seating themselves

At 2.15

Honour would tell the jury that so long they were still there and what happened the men went on to the beat for pirati was hest, described by the manager, who purposes they all had one common stated thatshe was at the counter when object, and, no matter who shot the pen-

in peeter Brazil said that, among other suddenly the men produced revolvers and pile, they were all knives and seized him and his fuis revolvers were thrown overboard when Mr. Shelton Hopper complaining Holeyon

equally guilty.

The cumpaints, a letter had been received Ail They

were all bound and gagged, except the the Police boarded the boat,

of the continual disturbance caused by Joan accountant, who complained that, he

streetsgamblets. They were many, casu Theela suffering from an injured.

recently and each of the defendants had red hand.

be fed 2 on conviction. He did not think it had much effect on them. asked the Magistrate to deal with such offenders more seriously.

t tables,

entered

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The

After hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts. His Honour sentenced cach prisoner to even years's hard labour and to sixteen strokes of the cat."

A WOMAN KIDNAPPER, Cheung Fung, Chinese woman, was indicted for kidnapping a female child for kidnapping with intent to sell; and tor harbouring an unmarried girl.

"The same jury were empannelled as in the previous case.

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GAMBLING IN THE STREETS APPEAL BY INSPECTOR FOR SEVERE PUNISHMENT.

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Sr. No E. Smith fined each defendant miles.

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A TRUCULENT HOUSE BOY..

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Handicap Corrected Posi- tion. Time, “ Scratch 'I 59 65

Course

NAMES.

Ailsa Mr. Alabaster stated that the child in fully disobeying the orders of his mis question was one who had been bought tress-

Craula from her parents by complainant these Mrs, Silva said that the defendant had Cael

Halcyon

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2m, 03. 1.6 87

Dawn

2m. 03. 1 59 482

2m. 24. 2 02 553

men were imprisoned in the kitchen and an armed guard was placed at the door The robbery attempted to break open the safe, and, failing, demanded the key from ger who handed it to them. The

$710, When they the acconstant released the foris. the robbers and thus

did not resist fuanager

s escaped bodily harm Two of the

the fukis,, however, were stabbed by the robbers, and this woundin subject

of the second indictment was the One of the fukia who was wounded would tell the Court that he was making up the account. the floor above when two men books on the came in and

him. Lized

One dragged years ago. The child would state that her been in her employment for six months, Gael bim by the wrists, while the other came mistress was very kind to her. On August at a wage of a month On Saturday Thecla from behind and stabbed him in the left 17th the child went to the Western Market morning. he asked fogad advance of $5,

after

which Juki, nere boy, would state that while t

bound. Another and was accosted by prisoner, who offered which idrs, Silva ras

take her

As she knew he Course:-Channel Rocks (P): mark boat he was in bed a man came into the room bring her back. The child refused to go she rang the bell, but nobody, answered Quarry Bay (P), Lyemun, Benson (5). Dis

to Yaumati for & trip and, intended to

Sunday morning rad ordered him to get up. He complied, and was dragged off by force. She was and the man pointed a revolver at him, taken to Yaumati, and prisoner arranged

it. She went to these and found defendant lyints, quartera. Later, another man stabbed him on the with a woman to sell her for 800.

bed. When

·leg and

pushed bém into

The asked why be did not answer the bell, he the kitchen. A weman bought the child, and two days replied t foki would give very important evidence

later was

that he wanted to leave and arrested

"de Aibes manded his wages Witness then tele- in connection with the identification of After hearing the evidence, the jury phoned to the Polite and had him Halcyon the prisoner. This foki would tell them returned a verdict of Guilty"! that he lost a pair of trousers and a

Arrested in your bat

Ursula jackot The connection between the mich two years hard fabour on each count, the alternative of Torfteen daya hard Jon His Honour sentenced the prisoner. Mr. Lindsel fined defendant $10, with Dawn ing clothing and prisoner was as follows the sentences to run concurrently.

arm,

be was

2m. 24. 2 02 68

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EVENT NO. 5.

tance, 3.5 miles.

NAMES.

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Course Time.

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