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TRADER

UADER OF

TRAVELLING Ho did not take much

deceaand

JUDGMENT SUSPENDED

WITNESS FINED FOR NON- ATTENDANCE

At the Supreme Court, i post before the acting Chief Justice (ME)

.. Comperish the hearing was reanmed in the case in which Hùng Taiwanda charged with the murder of a travelling trader...

"The Attorney-Geharni

H. Kemp, K.0.) prosecuted

10. Jenkin (instructed by Mr. defended,

(ash)

par

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In cross-examination, prisoner said that ian, guards on the ship did not take the Agit It was unfortunate that person who was able to

that

tairs to Prisoner he ished to siste that had tried to get other witnesses to the incident. but had not acceeded.

Prisoner further admitted that he never tald anyone about, the attack on himself and dressed by the throw men co the day of the murder.

* Mr. Jenkin addressing the jury, said that the Attorney-General was sure to If The following was the jury-Mar MT. Johnstono, F, A Chopard, Wenphasise the subquent conduct

Whitely, C. Edgenmbe, T. Oliphant, Chan Kas and S. Greenfield.

prisoner after the incident, and would them to come to a conchason ba it. There

was, however, an entire absence of mativi

COCAINE IN COURT, CHINESE CH

THURSDAY

UNDST

ALL YARDS

COMPLETION OF PROGRAMME

Police Station

All the naval dockyards

with preparations

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and Saub

"private

Inspector Willi charges two Chinese at the yesterday, with the uniwful poss

tion of a numbe 35 grains of copsine (or 10% official Uplo

aval proc and two syringes which were all found on parines to be baile under

the special the first floor of No. 4, Leung Yeo Fonggramme, which was passed,

Ittis expected that The first defendant said that he know ion of the Dick nothing about the drug and syringes while many orders will be placed the ascend defendant said he went to first shipyards and this prospect defendant's house to buy some cocaino.

the shipbuilding industry which, word the | with shipping- Sub-Inspector, A. Clar

about | pressed ns far. defondanta, said he wen

Hth some cliantment is con

Under the naval programme four battle. the first floor be found the defendants. The ships and ar many drug and syringes were on the floor. As other auxiliary soon as second defendant saw the police, should be built by the end of the

detocivas In #areer, cub

the

The prisoner defence was that the mus for the crime, although the Crown; yenu" he put one of the syringen in his pocket. † 1927. This is difficult unl der was the result of a quarrel between setting up an interesting theory that of First riefendant was painted out to him work is delegated

Fatal At present the Kure nava robbery, Mr. Jenkin referred to the as the occupier of the cubicle. The Inspec recent came at Home, known as the Light to sald that he was convinced that Recond tting out, the battl

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Travelling-traders and riigrant brokers and to substantiate that statement wit

Bess were called, who, however, denia for the Green blaycle murder caso, and said defendant and nothing to do with thy / tapa ( and is building the

seeing too fight.

WITNESS'S NON-ATTENDANCE,

that although the subsequent conduct of the prisoner in that, cane was damming, he had been acquitted. Counsel said be was putting up much the same line of

k

matter. All he had against him was the fact that he hid one of the syringes,

The Magistrate (Mr. Hutchison) suggest ed that as weond defendant had now ad

One witness, Wong Bang, a caterer, on the On Lee was subparned, but failed to attend the previous day and his arrest defence regarding prisoner's subse bent mitted that he went to the house to buy ordered by the Chief Justice,

He Was produced in court, yesterday, and the Caber said that he had served notice of attendance on the man.

conduct, and he submitted, that, na amative had been proved, subar quent conduct could not be weighed against the prisoner. As regards the statement that the murder had boou deli- berately planned by prisoner, who had induced deceased to leave his baskets in

ordship: You were not here Court, yesterday, although asked to da

Wang Sang: I thought that as some of muy fake were present it would

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pg, 30,000 tons. All the other naval dockyards at Sascho, Yokos and Maid. zurn are busy either with the construction of new ships or with the repairing of old ones. They have not much capacity left, for the time being, to build mazy, new cocaine, the Inspector might withdraw the ships, and increover, the naval dockyards charge against him, and use him as a wit are rather short of bands. The fact th nes for the proscention. The Inspector Aa Japan contemporary, that during the war boom in the carrying trade, the agreed.

private shipbuilders took away many able Evidence was then entored into against workers from the naval dockyards by rais Ing salaries – Since the peace slump, set fret defendant.

fin, some privato shipyards have, dismissed

kola certaine shop alongside of his own, bed Chinese constable deposed that he right

thought that if primer intended to robcompanied Inspector Clark to the house, Do entered the cubicle, ho saw the As I was buay. I went back to attend to my decayed he would not have suggested When

His Lordship; Well, you ought to have placing the baskets in a shop where both ben bere to give evidence,

business

And

Me Jenkin Ho was here yesterday morning.

His Lordship Wore you here yesterday morning 7

Witness: Yes. I p.m. after the Court sat.

away

first defendant with a syringe in bis hand. He was injecting tocaine into the thigh of were well-known," more so as the baskota bore their names. Mr. Jenkin oplared the second defendant, the inability of getting witnesse stating i

that that was common "enaugh in Chinese

| The Attorney-General "said that the about Crown put the motive for the murder

that of robbery, which was bome out by

wy, Lordship: Did you ask the bailiff prisoner's subsequent conduct.

Witness: I did,, not know that I should have asked them before I left the

a number of men, bus they have retained

ther, there is now no order for the con the expert workers as far na possible. Fur struction of new merchantmen, and the

undertake Antal orders. As a matter of

private shipbuilders art in a positione fact, the hook forward to them as a means of relieving their difficulties due to the Defendant: That is not tub Another, oprema of the shipping market

4. The naval dockyards are devoting as man did the injecting. was having my large a percentage of their capacity as mcal when the Police raided the cubicleship," says an authority in the Navy to the construction of new - WBT-

Replying to the

the" con Department, but the progress of work stable said he was sure that it was slow as the building capacity is limited and there is a shortage of workers. We the defends vho did the injecting, an

must, of course, considerably rely on the

*-rickshot part from the vessels to be built by the navaldockyards, two ships of intermédiate puller, deposed that he went to the hotse az ill be ordered from the private buildis early next your, and after that to buy cocaine.

order will be given in anccess.on. Not only the Kawasaki and the Mitsubishi,

Uraga Dockyard, Yoko Ɛhiyards but tha

Dockyard: Ishikawajima Shipyard nið Foji-Nagata Shipyard are capable of Blong crisers... destroyers, azul

special

Going fato the witness box, the second privat "hipbanders, *** was

the Police officers if you could-P | stated in evidence that prisoner had lost,

way

money through gambling, which was a serious thing for a trader to do and had tried to borrow money from doccased. The motive was not one of business rivalry The prisoner's story of the fight was not corrimented Everyone had denied it

4'ourt,

His Lordship :- It is very seriony must ter. If you and not attended Cours et Calafell in my duty.

you had with you very severely, “Ak no right in sin and I fine on 610, and

caution you

Mr.Jenkin desired that the these wit-

tioned the gitack by the three men before 1 He submitted that prisoner committed the

morder, the motive being robbery.

defendant, who said he

sold the One of defendant's drug to him. When the drug was handed ected it to him, waid witness, he himself

ring the into his thight. On the,

poc

man

Jory 14 try the for the co There is ample

prospect

ct for

ht pidion of the naval programme, within the bought

pristifolsted times As only a few ships sze ged Chiang

dejo built in tho After the summing up, the jury return who had sings absconded.

first year the naval plan nay not be able to do much in the way of rieving unemployment, but it is believed, nesses he had subponard should be asked tua terdict of guilty”.

Inspector Clark had given evid- tut there will be sufficient work to keep

the present workers busy. anything more to say, and replied. “I

to main in Court, till the procedings is Lordship suspended judgment, pendence, the defend was asked if he had were aver and his Lordship mads an ordering the decision of & Full Court on the

THE DEFENCE.

paint rained by Mr. Joakin as regards the * þdmissibility of a dying deposition, whon wag' not given full Lung Tai, the prisoner, in the witness prisoner, it was

erosexamine deceased box, stated that he was a travelling trader. opportunity (n the day of the murder he met deceased cording

the wharf Deceased asked him if he

was going back that day and he said

to

to:

Taw,

Prisoner then asked deceased REVOLVER STOLEN FROM whether he had been to a certain Chinese doctor's house to see if he had any orders

STEAMER.

for the country and receiving a reply in CREPT THROUGH PORT HOLP

* DISASTROUS LANDSLIDE.

ENTIRE JAPANESE VILLAGE BURIED

had better not say any mora

strate enquired if there were snything known about the defendant, and Inspector Willis said that he had been cont victed sometime ago for carrying

the drug

A very disastrous yama-tsunami, in the streets!

crumbling of mountainside, has been re- The Magistrate imposed a fine of $600, ported from Omatuzawa, Ashigars Kami- or three months bara labour, and ordered g, hoagawa prefecture, near the source wof the Sakanagawa, which runs into the the drug and syringos to be confiscated sea at Odawara, resulting in the destruc tion of the whole village containing more * ski than 100 dwellings. The heavy rain during the negative, offeredato introduce him. Tro Chinese youths, aged 50 and 14, res

the last few days, says the Japan Adver of August 8th, loosened the mountain Un arrival at the yard of the house delectively, were charged before Mr, R. O. He then noticedutchison, yesterday, at the instance of

ARRESTED.

side under which the village nestled and as extensive landslide to the extent of several cansod preceded hin three men coming in their direction Frab-Inspector Ogg, of the Yaumati Police

NOT A BAD CH HACTER hundred yards has occurred, burying under the debris the entire village containing 108 opposite house and heard them station, with the theft of a rovelver, the

Chinesa naval officer was arrested on dwellings and several saw milla. Immedi- Theses are the two

property of Mr. Van Der Werff, an

ately on receipt of the report, a party of Warning engineer of the Dutch as Board Tuesday by the Police on charg

police officers with a band of about 200. He also call The Inspector said thas a Chinese conceping wword without permit. ¡resoners left for the acetin of the estas- allowed ball Yesterday when ophe. Up to yesterday mording only: 10 to the doctor to save life. Witable received information on Tuesday He

bodies had been, recovered, though more than 50 persons are missing and believed to er baried under the earth. Many of those

men,"

He immediately ran away, WE censed to run: Į

that the second defendant was trying to

CHINESE

NAVAL OFFICER

W to the Central Market and hid all the revolver at Yaumati. He went out the cass was called before Mr. N. L. Smith, ine for several hours, thinking and arrested him-From information given a representative of the defendant appeared, the men attacked him he could obtem, the first defendant was arrested a Cassistance from the market coolies. WE Arked what they, kád "to"sny; the firm and informed the Magistrate that the de- ured.

Refendant said that he knew nothing about fendant had gone to Canton to get identi

Aga bad quistered de he matter. The second defendant said festion papers from the Naval Minister wal to the wharf and was arren that he was told by fat defendant to go there. Unfortunately, the latter had left Inspector: Ogg said that as the station, Union for Swatow on the cruiser Zolches why he was arrested and was afraides the second defendent said the first defend and would not be back until the week-end. three men who ran in their direction, at gave him the revolver to sell. He re The Magistrate remarked the the men with whom deceased and he used to say where the first defendant

They were immigrant, bro the weapon from, and it was not until Mr. use remanding, as he did not think the the Van Der Work made a report that his defendant was a bad character. He dir 1 when at the boat st Kongmoon the cabin had been broken into “during his

charged him quarrel over, some luggage, and tabsance" and a revolver and two pipes stolen, that the Police discovered where the the traders jokis were essalted.

weupon had come from. The piper did not interfered at the time.

form part of the charge because their low was not discovered until yesterday..

"He gave a wrong name as be did not F 499 the onbin and steal the SUVOSTOK SA will my DÁMS

quarre

made to the compradore's departm board and two of the witnesses, they knew nothing

the ma prosent and arrested two of the

On the boat leaving for

mate to

and deccased gave m

to sleep on, but when

Long

bout rea urned

wharf those were not. and the other travelling trader claim the mata and a Eght ens

edoub

The

raders bad the better of soms of the crowd

decessed wara

The second defendant said, that first de fendant holpod him through the port hole, and he stole the things

Firat defendant: I did not help him to stand the thing

The Magistrate But you admitted to the Magistrate yesterday that you helped him through the part hole, did

Witness I did

Ogg said that

about the first ded

defendant.

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