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ATTEMPT TO BRIBE À

SHANGHAI COURT. CHARGE BROUGHT BY BRITISH

ASSENSOR AGAINST CHINESE. -

THE MAUISTRATE'S CONDEMNATION."

The Magistrate: 1 endorse the re marks which have been made by the learned Assessbrand desire to add a few words. The maizer bolore the court is A GRAVE WARNING,

a very serious one indeed, as it tends. to shake the people's belief in the jua- Acase which is said to„Es without Parallel in Shanghal came on in the ties and impartiality which have been Mixed Court, fast mouth, before guiding and always will guide the afficials of this court. There seems to Blackbara, senior British Assessor, and Magistrate Kuan,

exist a gang of irresponsible, people who, a billiard marker einployed at the Country Club being

under the false, pretebon, of being able| charged by Mr. Hutchison with attempt his coart. take money from interested to obtain certain favourable decisions in ing to bribe him. Mr. Hutchison, sasa parties, well knowing that they dare not the N.C. Daily News is the Assessor do anything and they convert to their engaged in the Pakhoi Road case. Then use the money they have obtained police live in custody a man who is re by cheating ignorant people. In this. ported to be the head of a dangerousgang case an attempt has really been made to of criminals, believed to be in asocia bribe one of our colleagues and the im tion with the Pakhoi Road gang, and mediate arrest of the suspected party some startling evidence was given na will show the public that we look upon to the efforts which have been made tu acquire this man's release.

Detective Sergeant Douglas anid that ho was called to the Country Club by Mr. Hutchison and took the accused into custody on the statement that he had tttempted to bribe the Assessor with Tļa. 5.000.

COUNTRY, CLUB INCIDENT.

Mr Hutchison gave evidence that, on a Saturday, his hoy spoke to him at considemble length regarding a man. named Ho Ah-tsu (or Top Ching-sung), arrested by the police. He told me," said Mr. Hutchison, "if Ho was allowed to go unpunished I should receive an expression of thanks. I told him I could not consider anything like that and sent the boy away. The next day the boy broached the subject again and told me that, if Ho Ah-tsu was acquitted, he would make me a present or send me the money if preferred it. I attempted to tie him down to a deluite offer, but I think my manner betrayed me, for he would make no further reference ton bribe, though he continued to talk about the man. Later on he denied that he had offered a bribe and said that be had only repeated what, bis friend had told him."

Witness said that he was content to reprimand the boy severely. On Sun- day, when sitting in the Country Club with Mr. Blackbarn and others; a boy in the Club uniform, with badge No., came up and whispered to him "Poo Ching-yung is now in prison. You pay him out of prison, his wife pay you $5,000. The boy was taken to the secretary's office, but the secretary was not in. Later witness saw the same boy wearing No. 6 badge. The head boy said defendant was his son. Witness

crime in the most serious way." Bu fortunately, the guilty party in this case has escaped and the charge against the accused must be dismissed, but I wish the public to know that they must be very careful in the future and they should be warned not to listen to promises which can never be performed.

AN ASOS YATOES LETTER.

The Assessor then referred again to the letter received by Mr., Faithfull. This was signed by. One of the Public" and stated that the Assessor and the Magistmte had both been bribed and that Pas would be let off. It gave the name of the man alleged to have worked the bribe and said that he would be in court at fl trial. It was further stated that . Penson Chu was involved and that be had given an assurance that Poo would get off, thanks to the bribes.

this is as untrue of you as it is of the Mr. Blackburn (10 Mr, Chu); I hope

British Assessor.

Mr. Chu Thank you.

Later, when the murder case came on for hearing. "Mr. K. E.. Newman drew, attention to the fact that Mr. Ponson Chu and himself were concerned in the consultation, consequent upon what had defence and they had decided, after a developed, that the proper course for them was not to withdraw from the case, because the man round whom the bribes centred had been in custody all the time and, therefore, it might be accepted that ho, was outside any at tempts to bribe anyone. However, they. both wished to disassociate themselves from anything in the nature of bribes.

was positive the defendant was the one DISTRESSING FATALITY AT who spoke to ipad that he had changed badges.

SHANGHAI

Mr. Faithfull inentioned that "ho hail received a letter, but the Assessor asked | FATHER LOSES HIS LIFE AMUSING him to keep it back for a while...'

Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. W. G. Dove and Mr. A. M. Cobbett, who were in the party, could not identify the defendant' for certains

Mr. E. Brook, the secretary, said that, from inquiries he had made, he thought) there was a mistake. Boy No. 2 had disappeared.

An office clerk said that the defendant was not the one Mr. Hutchison took to

the office.

REPLEXION ON ASSESSOR HONOUR, Mr. Blackburn: 'I don't think it is worth going on. My own opinion is that this is not the boy, but there is

CHILD.

An extraordinary and very distressing. accident occurred on the evening of May 91st, reulting in the death of Mr. Alfred Theresius Robinson, aged 38, a Nor wegian, employed at the Old Dock. While Bubbling Well Road, about 8.30 p.m., his Alr. Robinson was at home, at 22, little boy, aged two years, began to cry and. hoping to laugh his troubles away, the father went to play with him indulg ing in various (atica

Unfortunately, Mr. Robinson, picking up a long, sharp Japanese dagger. no doubt whatever that an attempt was flourished it about as he danced round made to bribe Mr. Hutchison. The the room. In his contortions he allowed. charge will be dismissed. Astor the point of the dagger to fall on to his British Assessor in this Court, I cannot left thigh, with the result that it movered but take the most serious view of this the main artery, about six inches below offence, which constitutes a very grave the groin. The police received a tele reflexion, not only on the personal phone call for assistance and Detective. honour of the British Assessors, but on house, only to find that Mr. Robinson Sergeant Kiloh immediately went to the the general administration of justice by bad airendy bed to death, a Japane British officials....

save him. There is no suggestion that it doctor having been called in too late to was anything but a pure accident, and apparently Mr. Robinson only lived for been cut avers few minutes after the artery had

That such offer of a bribe should have been mads shows that there are persone who believe, that British Assessor are open to corruption, though how such an impression can have obtained currency I am at a loss to understand; for I be lieve that this is the Arst,occasion on which a British Assessor has received a HONGKONG direct offer of a bribe. As a rule we are helpless in bringing to justice caser

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accepted bribes which the parties con

corned are made to believe have gone

into the pockets of the Assessors. As Dress: Plain clothes.

far as publicity can avail, I intend to All members of the Corps who can do

ensure that this is last Inst case in which an offer is made to an Assessor and that all persons who came into this court shall clearly understand the dis gust and horror with which these un- clean practices fill our minds.

THE HABIT OF BENDING LETTERS. There

are other persons who may consider themselves extremely fortunate that they do not stand in the dock op A somewhat similar charge. I hold here in my hand a letter addressed to us by

No.

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KRYPTOK LENSES

& number of Chinese shopkeepers and othere, which reads as follows: We are the most perfect double focus glasses the undersigned, merchants of Shanghai, undertand that Poo Ching-yung bas been for both reading and distant. In the arrested and detained by the Inter ordinary, bifocal lens, the segment or national police authorities on an alleged part for reading 18 cemented to the dis- charge of being the chief of a band of tant lens, raising the segment above the bad characters. We hereby declaro that.

we know Poo Ching-yung well and guar surface of the main lens. The segment antee that he is a law-abiding citizen and the line of union are always more and merchant. We also declare: that

the above large made against him in or less noticable. In Kryptok lens, no false and that it must have been framed cement is used, but the reading segment up by some enemy of hu

is electrically fused in a depression in

As a rulo such documenta go straight into the wastepaper basket, - but, as I the main lens, while the whole lens is have now a favourable opportunity to ground smootir on both sides to the refer to this matter, I want to point desired locus. Kryptok lenses of any out that the writing of such letters to prescription in either regular or Toric any person connected with the court is a form are manufactued by the Hongkong direct interference, with the course of Opt cal Co., successors to Clark & Co.. justice. It is most irregular and, is Optical Prescription Specialists, located liable to result in a heavy fine or a term in 53, Queen's Roud Central Apvr of imprisonment for all concerned,

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