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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

[HE MORE THEN BE NOUR. THE CHIEF JUSTIES *×18 WILLIAM REES DAVIES, K.)].

MURDER OFF LAN TAO ISLAND,

Two Chinese" were indicted for the perder of a Chinese girl, aged 22 sears, of Lan Tho Eländ, on the night of Audust 27th.

The Acting ditorney-tieneral (the Hun. Mr. H..É. Pollack, K.1.1. prosented. The first prisoner way defended by Mr. R. E Belilios, instructed by Mr. C. F. "Mason; and the second prisoner was "de fended by the Hon Mr. C, 44. „Alabaster, in-tructed by Mr. C. H. son..

The following jury was empanelled: - Mesura E. Hara, J. B. Chapman, A. E. S. Alves, 8 E. (Frimstone, J. P Luane, Y. Alla and R. Nazario.

THE

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 1910.

DISTRICT COURT MARTIALA POLICF MAN'S CONSCIENCE SELLING GIRLS INTO SLAVERY

WARRANT OFFICER CHARGED

CHINESE MUSITANS DESCRIBED

AS NOISE-MAKERS.

PRISONER TO BE EXTRADITED TO CANTON,

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At the Magistracy, pesterday, the bearing was concluded of "the ease in which a Chinese was charged with assist- ing in the emigration of three girls to Bangkok for 'immoral purposes,

A District Court Martial was held, yesterday morning. in the Royal Artil A very interesting and amusing con lery Theatre, to hear. a charge of being versation took place at the Magistracy drunk and absent frum duty on Novem..yesterday, when Mr. M. K. Lo applied ler 4th against Schoolmaster T. C. Pugh, for the re-hearing of a case in which the M. Wakefield, D.S.O., R.G.., (Presidined 8100 for overcrowding

The Court was composed of Major. T. manager of the Ko Shing Theatre was

Mr Leo Longinotto. Assistant Crown eat), Captain G. F. D. Barrell, 1 G. B.

The Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, US. P. Solicitor, Prosecuted on behalf of the Manchester Regiment, and Lient. C. J.

Prosecuted.

Canton authorities, who are seeking the Cordon, 222 Punjabis..

Acting Inspector More stated that here's extradition, as the girls were kid visited the Ko Shing Theatre at .4d pan.napped from the province of Kwangtung. on October 25th. while a performance was The prosecution alleged that in the standing in the gangway at that time.according to Chinese reckoning, two About 30 persons were middle of the decade of the sixth moon.

the fact and received the reply that theyot Canton, to pay a visit to their aunt He drew the intention of the manager father, a villager living in the outskirts sisters were given permission by their wars' actors, waiting for their turn to go

Captain P. H. Davies, R.A.. prove cuted.

charges.

Accused pleaded not guilty to both Army Schoolmaster. P. Gallagher said that on November" 4th accused was absens from duty. Witness reported the matter to the Officer Commanding Schools

in.

PTORISS

on the stage

Mr. Lo: De gou think from the mum-

in Canton. As they failed to return the fächer grew alarmed and went in search at 10.15 am and also to the Inspector offer of people actually standing in the

of the At Canton teamed that the Army Schools. At about 11.30 G. S. gangway that the lives of people would

girls had not been to their sant's house. Westlake requested witness to go have been imperified in case of a fretail. In great agitation the old man acense's quarters. He did so, and Was the gangway completely blocked-muriated with the Canton autheri- there accused, who was drink,”

Witness: Not as that time; I only saw

ties and then rame te Hongkong in search one side.

of his childre

to

Questioned by accused, witness nimit ted that he had worked with accused for threes yours, during which time every thing had gone on satisfactorily and

After the charge had been read out to "the priser. Mr. Alabaster said that the prisoners had been charged on two ~comats one under a specipil Art (the Teritorial Waters Jurisdiction Act). and neither he nor the solicitor who in struted him had been stapplied with a copy of the dictent. There wa a little diffully when statutory, chargessticcessfully. were made; and he submitted that counsel' Accused: Did you live with me, for for the defeated should have been inform Cover one year before my wife came to the ed the indictment.

Colony Witness: Yes.

Mr. Pollock said the prisoners had been Besed with the indictment, but he agreed that Mr. Alabaster should also have been 80,plied with a copy. The praction; lg had been told, was that only the prisoner should be served with the indictment, but he must confess that he agrcel with Mr. Alabaster that the prae tice should be changed:

Can you give an apinion as to whether Fam a good or bad steeper? A bad sleeper."

Do you kniw of my troubles of hate-

Yes.

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Might But they cause me intense mental worry! Yes,

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31r. Wolfe: It that was so why did you draw the mannger's attention to the fact that people were standing there Did you not think there was danger Wit Dess replied that he wanted to know from the manager whether he had given people permission to stand there.

Mr. Wolfe: Were the people doing any thing wrong --Witness: No.

Does the law allow gangways to be blocked What does the Ordinance any? -No, according to the. Ordinance they are not allowed to block up the gangways.

Mr. Wolfe next read out the Theatre Regulations, and witness replied that he ried and ill on. November 4th as a resulting in the gangway as he was under the did not interfere with the people stand

impression that they would leave in a few minutes

Is it possible that I was mentally wor

His lordship observed that it was if my trouble 7-Yes bat practice.

As schoolmaster, if it were possible that I was it, there is a doubt as to whether I was drunk i

I think that is possible.

Sergeant Shifton stated that when he visited the theatre the stalls and pit were Did you make any effort to decide bygether. six gangways. He counted over blocked with people. There were, alto test whether I was drunk?

67 persons standing in

nne gangway. sides the noisemakers? There were about 54 persons on the staze.

The residest: That is not allowed. Yu must put it in a different way. Tests

re not allowed..

Accused:

Were any means taken to thecide whether I was drops or ill, other

an by appearance1-Witness: No.

Mr. Pullock, outlining the case for the pro ention, said the crime was copy mitte apparently, between 5 p.m. and midnight on August 17th The principal witness for the prosecution was a toy, thirteen years of age, who would any thas he dived in a boat at Tai with his motier and his sister, and; that he had know both the prisoners, who, lived at Tailor three or four years past. Oh the evening mn question, the boat in which he lived was tied to the bank at The two prisoners Tung Man Shan. Citaa on board and asked to be 'rowed to Po Chi Tau. His mother assented and both the prisoners-assisted in rowing the hot. When they were off Po Chi Wan, the ross examined by Captain Davies,

wtries said accused's duties were to t boy saw the first prisoner pa bi rather tend the Garrison School, Garden Road, pvärbenrik, and the second prisoner push from a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 5.10 his sister overboard. He shouted out.. to 6.45 p.in. In witness's opinion

Save life," and the first prisoner then accused was drunk on the occasion re

terzed to, pushed him overboard). Fortunately, the

buy could swim. He reached and safely and went to a relative's house, where be related the occurrences The Police were informed the next morning. The body of

Accused (addressing the President): should like to suggest, sir, that other deans should have been taken befure the courge was made

ane President: You can bring that in our defence,

Mr. Lindsell: Rather's hard description of the musicians!

Witness: am on my oath, your Wor- ship. and my conscience will not permit me to call it anything else.

In the meantime, the two sisters and other girl had been shipped to Siam it was alleged, defendant, who in- tended to sell them into a house of ill-

The fiovernment of Siam, nacer- aining the nature, of the employment to which the girls were 50 be put, took chargent them and sent them by another boat to Hongkong. The girls were taken to the Chinese Secretarias. where the father met them and took them in his charge. The defendant also paid à visit to the office with a view to claiming the and he was then arrested as a result of other girl, who, he alleged, was his wife,

a statement made by the girls,

The defendant "staid that, the gir whom he went to claim was his concubine by right of purchase. He bought her for time in Canton." He came to Hongkong 8160 and she lived with him for some

in search of employment, and on July sisters. He met them on the Fraya Cen 18th, his cancubine followed with, the two.

tral and asked them why they came to Hongkong. They replied that they came to see a procession. He scold them. and told them that the should not have come alone. The girl asked him to find a boarding place for them, as they "had been unable to find one themselves. He to a Chinese restaurant, where they, engaged rooms for the night. Book them Neptun veranda. The next morning informed h nr that they intended to ture to manten by the night boat and be left them. Fi

net one of thegr a few

Mr. Lindsell: That depends on taste." Witness. continuing. stated that he in- terviewed the annager, who said: "No they had not gone, back to Canton. She days later, b however, and asked her why man look see, he make no talkee; what asked him to accompany them to the for this hobbery No belong your pidgin."warding-house, and when he did so the taining certain figures dealing with the Mr. Le next produced a statement con receipts taken during this day and crcas examined the witness at length.

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The witness replied that the receipts. Captain Darics: In your evidence did not account for the number of you stated accused's condition might, pofficial not Witness: sibly be due to ilinem. Was he drunk or

visitors, meaning Revenue In my opinion he was Officers, Policemen, etc., who witnessed. drank.

the performance, Garrison Sergeant-Major H. Westlake

Mr. Lo: Is it not a fact that if that old

the mother and the sumpan from which said that at about 11.30 on November 4th | idiot of a fool, the manager, had not-

He took nu steps to as

hé received a report that accused was absent From his work. Witness was spoken pidgin English, which sounded ordered to ind him. He found. accused distasteful to your exulted ears, but had in his quarters," drunk, then placed under arrest,

Accused was spoken in Chiese and said: Please By accused:

excuse me this time that you would not have taken out a summons against hum 7-- Witness 1 cannot say what would have done under those circumstances. it he had spoken the right way I might have neglected my duty.

The manager of the theatre stated that kept "a running water account which subsequently transferred to the

the crime was committed were never found. The body of the sister was re- covered the next poing. Owing to the typhoon signals being up, the Police at Tai O were unable to bring the body to Kowloch for a post-mortem examination until two days had elapsed. Dr,, Smalleyquest been made. affirmed that the body was in an ad vane'd state of decomposition, and that

death was probably due to drowning.

train whether accused was ill or drunk. No request was made to see a Ductor That could have been done had the re- Acting-Sergt. Heads was also called for the prosecution.

Accused then handed in a statement, on

be

went to

urged him to find another place for for some time the 5.3ld went away, and them to stay. After being in Hos cabine,ith a friend." ron: also disappeared and, while searching for her. he met the sisters agnin and

asked then whether they knew wher concubine was at the Po Ling Kok and she was staying. The tuld him that his when he went there he was arrested.

Mr. Lindsell ordered the defendant to be detained at Victoria Gool, pending extradition to Canton.

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DUTY.

Mr. Crockatt, of the Peak, sunmoned two enanooltes for wing unlawfully abrent from dat

stated

although they were private chair coolies.

The Captain-Superintendent of Police that the men had public licences There was nothing to prevent thay, but it was a case or gross neglect of duty, as obviously tre con.d not periorm private

paid And public work at the same time. Mrs.

The lirect evidence of the boy in regard mestic trouble he was reduced to a very for 1,500 persons and planks for about them to come to her nous at a certain

to identification was such that there could be no room for doubt. Evidence

low mental state and was not responsible for his actions on the morning of Novem bor 4th.

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Mr. Lo: The planks were in a sort of

state. lot of fat patrons.

Mr. Lindsell: To accommodate quite

Mr. Log in that case I shall call it "F an elastic state.

Continuing, the

manager stated that

accommodated

hour. The men Failed to ob

obey the order, and Mrs. Crackutt was obliged to take another ebair. While she was coming down to the city she noticed her chair-

is conveying somebody else up to the Defendants stated that they were not to live some considerable distance away provided with quarters and were obliged from the house. employment, and when your mistress Mr. Lindsell: You were not in public else. So each. wanted you you were carrying somebody

slightly corroborative would be given by another witness, who would say that on the evening of August 27th. he saw the

Dr. J. T. Smalley deposed that when there might have been about 20 persons two prisoners together. The prisoners denied the murder, though, the second he examined the body it was not possible in excess of the regulation number, due prisoner, before the Magistrate, admit death had taken place. In reply to Mr.ha Lo urged that the penalt, which

to say for certain how long previously to the

Marelessness of the ticket-collectors. ted that he was with the first prisoner on Alabaster, he said that bodies, whensive. Apart from making allowances for

previously imposed, was exces the evening of the day in question. An. drowned, did get rigor mortis in the the Lasses." Chinese constables not on water, but he was not prepared to say other point against the second prisoner how long the rigor mortis would remain. duty, etc., the theatre could not have was that a quantity of clothing-which It all depended on the temperature of

No doubt if the UNION CHURCH THREE-QUARTER. had been stolen from the sampan and examined the body, there was no sign ledge of English the summons would not

the water and the atmosphere. When he manager had not tried to

to air his know-

CENTURY FUND. might have supplied the motive for the whatever of rigor mortis. The body was have been taken out. He asked the murder-was found by the Police outside so decomposed, that it was not possible magistrate to reduce the fine the matshed which he occupied.

to say when death had taken place. He The

Mr. Lindsell was of the opinion that it must have been evidence that stated that, in view of the ling) has received the following dona | body of the mother, not having been re three days before." covered, the charge was limited to the body found. One charge was under the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction. Act,

A Chinese detective who was attached occurred and who is now serving & term to the Taipo Police when the murder of imprisonment for having neglected under which the prisoners might be found Police the information he received from his duty in not buying reported to the guilty of murder under the three-mile the boy on the night of the murder, gave

evidence.

persons as alleged.

anything like 400 excesa

The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. C. C. Hick

there were actually over 300tions:- persons in excess of the regulation num her, he saw no reason why the fine of $100 should be reduced.

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area. As a matter of fact, the murder said that at about 12.30 ara. the boy possession of a quantity of iron.

In reply to Mr. Pollock beträcy, yesterday, with being in unlawful A Chinese was charged at the Magis was committed within a few hundred came to

and his sister had been killed. He did engaged him to take the iron to the

him and said that his mother yards of Lan Too Island.

Defendant stated that a marine hawker Ile had not mention any names. obtained the permission of H.E. the Questioned by H Lordship, the wit Central Market, and promised to meet Governor to prosecute under the provi- ness said the boy stated that his mother him there.

One of them was called Tai Tak Pong was arrested near the King Edward Hotel is as follows: and his sister were killed by two men. Inspector Davits stated that the man the cold pres objected to the admising two baskets, containing the iron,

second prisoner).

by a Chinese constable. He was carry- sion of this evidence on the ground. that evered with sacks. Witness believed the it was hearsay evidence, and was only adman's story. missible in offences against women

Mr. Lindell remarked that the man You This Viver evidently speaking the truth and Ire discharged him.

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sion of the Territorial Waters Jurisdie tion Act. In the other charge, the prisoners were indicted for having com mitted the crime within the waters of the Colony,

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