ANOTHER "BANK HOLIDAY' AT THE MAGISTRACY.
* CRIMES GREAT AND SMALL.
THUSE WHO STRUGGLE AND THOSE
WHO STEAL FOR A LIVING,
Everyone whose business takes him to Libe Mistracy wonki bave liked to get
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 1922.
For two good reasons,' rejoins the "Magistrate, helpfully, one is she is a woman, and the other is, he had a child with her,"
The woman next door, has a grådge against me and got this woman to lodge a 'false charge," sags the man.
The police intimate that, as far as they
SPORT.
*CRICKET.
INTERPORT TRIAL
Major Matthews at mid-off saving many runa. The wicket bothered both wicket- keepers, The next trial is to be played on Saturday. Scores:-*
The third match was' played yesterday 12 between teams representing Probables. and Possibles. The game clearly demon- akrāted the glorious uncertainly of
least, time alone saved them from almost certain defeat.
away rarly to se, the Interport Cricket, are concerned, there is no woman in the Cricket for, although the frat-named side i trial match, yesterday, but the "riminal case, They found the man when making on paper were a ten-to-one on chance at alar" dacided otherwise. They attend ed in large numbers and kept both Courts going until well after mid day. Not that all the offenders came within the category; of "criminal classes." Legislatures spend
other arrest, he had pawn tickets for bugles in bis possession, people who had eatly lost bangles were sent for, and the prosecutrix con&dently identified the
m30.
is the sentence.
AN INSISTENT PORR (WER, I
.
The Possibles went in Best on a wicket
that played fairly well, but at the end of their inpings the ball was rising nastily, Twelve months and twelve strokes "especially at the Law Courts end and it good deal of tire manufactuëing
did not ping, well later, direptly the sriminals, and a London magistrate pro-
effects of the roller were off. Dat had fested against carrying this practice to!
Meanwhile, before Mr. Hamilton. in the wickets do fiat exquse dropped catches, excess when he declared, the other day..
maller court, a similar kaleidoscope of Everyone" drops catches at times but to that he refused to treat as a grimipul Chinese life was being turned. An amak, put it plainly people who drop entches grocef who sold cheese after 5 p.m. In
Final yed u; No. t. Queen's Gardes, don't get into Interport teams.. 1 i Bonghaug, you may shaffer with your
charged man from her village with the Burvival of the fittest.
The game follow man, in the street, over stocks and demanding money by tuenaces. He says illustrated the enormous impartanes of shares, but you may not sell him copges be only tried to borrow 20 and did not holding on to them in a very clear way. without a licence; for, having obtained a
use threats, The houseboy heard him. Wood was dropped early on and he got licence, may you use it within a retain threaten to stab so he goes to prison for 3 when the side was not going too well. distance of the Closermanent markets. If three months, the Magistrate remarking Olliver was dropped before he had scored your walk in life is so lowly that you that this kind of thing is far too commob, and he batted for over two hours for have to carry burdens along the roads,
AN ENSOPHISTICATED THES
73 and dived his side Fielding practices you must not carry so much that the ends
"Another case was only remarkable for do not seem to have started yet, but no scrape the road surface, and it does not!
the extreme simplicity of a defendaat, doubt they will shertly. It may be matter, whether the road is damaged or!
who defied the statements of the witnesses marked that the throwing in, with a lew not, the prohibition is just the same.
for the prosecution in such a way as notable exceptions, is pretty bad. The Perhaps a benevolent legislature was con-
actually to confirm them.
man who throws a yorker in to the cerned that enolies should not unduly tax their strength
LSS0SS 18 THE LAW.
These and other lessons wery inculcated for the first hour in. bqth Courts, the rule being small cases first,” which has thei advantage at only of letting minor offenders get 'thout their business but of! lessing the demand upon the oxygen supply in the Court-room. An ameually large number of women appeared before Mr. Lindsell," One attended with her baby on her back, and the infant sucked its thumb placidly 'and staped all-round the Court while its mother "argued the point" with the Magistrale.
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gling with him I tore his rout pocket,”
The defendant's coat pocket is torn, marks the 1pspector, driving this point
home.
WILS
„AL WOOD'S XIL. E. J. R. Mitchell, e Sayer, b Evans 14 F. J. de Rome, e L. J. Davies, d
Havelock-Davies
Major Matthews, Le Fleming..
& Evans...
17
RE. A Webster, è Pearce, b Evans D A. E. Wood, 1,b.w, Sayer ..... 13. Lieut. Bacon, e Hancock, b Sayer... 84 Rev. H. S. Crole-Kees, é Le Flem
ing, b Arculli
A. I. Hiace, not out
E. G. Lammert, hit wicket, b Don-
nelly
1th เง
2
N. M. Omar, st. Davie, b Sayer... 19 E. B. Reed, è Owen Hughes, b
Sayer Capi. Spruks, e Havelock-Davies, b
Arculli
3
9
Extras
Total
.281
Fall of Wickets: --1-23, 2-46, 3-46, 475, 142, 8-165, 7-191, 8-929, 5-232, 10-265, 11-261.
Bowling Analysis.
0. ท. B. Capt. Havelock-Davies 14 4 +1 A. L. Arculli
B. D. Evang
0 1 30 2
0
0 33: 3
મ Q
13 0 35
11.5 0
3
47
0
H. Owen Hughes ................... 3 D. E. Donnelly
G. R. Hayer ......
Cupt. Le Fleming ....... 1
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MR. HANCOCK's it.
T. E. Pearce, e and b Reed
NEW BATH ROBES, DRESSING GOWNS, ETC.
BATH ROBES
SUPERIOR QUALITY TURKISH TOWELLING BATH ROBES IN PINK, BLUE, AND HELIO, WITH CON- TRASTING COLLAR AND CUFFS.
15:00 25.00
TO
DRESSING GOWNS
P
EXCEPTIONALLY SMART DRESSING GOWNS,
"JAEGER"
LIGHT IN WEIGHT, COSY TO WEAR, ALL SIZES.
#
30.00 TO 60.00
LUVISCA PYJAMAS
IN SMART BOLD PATTERNS, HAS THE APPEARANCE OF SILK YET WILL RETAIN ITS .COLOUR AND WEAR LONGER THAN ANY SILK YET MADE.
16.50 SUIT.
VIYELLA, CLYDELLA and AZA PYJAMAS,
THE THREE FLANNELS THAT WILL NOT SHRINK. THESE MAY
14.50 surr
13
Capt. Olliver, o Omar, b. Reed
73
Capt. Le Fleming, 1.b.w. Lammert: 10
G. R. Sayer, e Char, b Reed
R. Hancock, e and b Webster
8
行
BE HAD IN PLAIN COLOURS OR SMART BIOCK STRIPES.
Capt. Bavelock Davies, e Gaer, b
Ontar
11.50
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12
15
I
BEDROOM SLIPPERS IN LEATHER AND FELT.
· 10
C. J. Stapleton; 1.b.w. Reed
H. Owen Hughes, aot out
B. D. Evans, b Reed
A. L. Arculi, not out
Extras........
Total (for 8 wkts.)......178
1. J. Davies and D. E. Donnelly, did not but,"
Fall of Wickets-1-13, 2-, 3-51, 4-83,
5-113, 0-135, 7-182, 8-169. Bowling Analysis.
E. G. Lammert
0. X. 2. พ.
to the market to buy some wicket-keeper, would doubtless pick a # I went fah,” says in woman, "carrying this chill pocket; or so the wicket-keeper thinks (brought to Court, to carry conviction). 'I and his caplan often, agrees !, felt somebody get hold of the child's band, As regards the play the game opened which was on my shoulder, and the child quietly. Matthews hit well, getting cried. The "defendant' was taking away Havelock-Davies away three times for its bangle. He got away, but in strug four, but he was then caught in the deep by Le Fleming off Evans, who had gone on instund of Areulli, Webster did not settle down, but Wood and Bacou made a ine stand although the forumer A small boy takes up the tale. He dropped in the slips of Donnelly's second arrived as the pocket was being torn and over" and afterwards in the deep by saw the bangle drop from it and the Havelock-Daries. Saver finally effected a defendant pick it up. He followed the separation, getting Wood Lb.w. for a After lunch Bacon con- defendant to a latrine and saw him throw very nice c away the bangle there. Pointed him out sinued to collect runs though his style An old woman, with a wonderfully to & district watchman, who made the was not very convincing. Spinks was happy smile on an almorinally large face
| playing nicely when he hit inside one · Lieat. Bacón “........ 2 which wents to dwarf the rest of her has The defendant opened his case on the from Afculli apd' was taken in the slips, been “Man in “ for hawking without a fines that he was an innocent passer-by, Crole-Reas had previously hit out but Hernce. She says he is 2 years old. Identified by mistake. If he had left it lifted one to Le Fleming in the country **And never been arrested biore i there, he might have stood a chance of when his core was is. Gaes was in a inquires the Magistrate. "Mo." replies the acquittal. What must the stupid fellow long time for 15 not out, but was fortul dan, Not in 52 years?" Mo-ah," do but admit that the woman taxed him aate in that no appeal was made off his more emphatically. “Well, you can go with the theft and admit, also, that he first ball. He was clearly 1.b.v." Lap
went into the latrine..
mert, hit bis wicket in trying to hit to long leg. Omar bit hard for 18 and the Innings closed-for 261,
EIGHTY-TWO, AND NEVER BEEN--ARRESTED,
this tim
The old lady gets the tip from some kindly dispored constable," or she detects
arrest,
#
As a police officer murmured, his shares went down with a rich, and he was sen.
a sympathetic nemusphere, for she is back tenced to six months' imprisonment and again in a few moments, asking for a free twelve strokes with the birch. Hísruce. Subjeét tó inquiries she is to have one, aid will make a new start in
fat eighty two.
FISHING ON DAY LAND.
How a man went fishing on dry land is next related. The case has only come into the list since the Court opened so no one has had time to sort out the witnesses and see which are essential and which are
E. B. Reed
U. M. Omar
R. E. A. Webster
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HK.C.C. 25 XI. ». K.C.C. 289 XI
A match was played yesterday between Kowloon C.C. and XI. and the Hongkong C.C 2nd XI at King's Park. The home side "won by 40 runs. Most of the Kow- loon batsmen made double-figures and four of them scored over 30 runs. For the visitors . H. Piercy headed the arom with 42 runs, not out. Hongkong coth menced well but railed off badly towards | the end. Piercy, bowling for the visitors inet with success, taking six wickets for
Havelock-Davies bowled with very poor luck, but no one else was impressive, except Sayer, who seems to have the knack of breaking up a partnership, »
Pearce and Ollive, opened for the 55. The scores were:~ Probables to Lammiert and Reed. How-
ever, after the former had cut Lammert for four and pulled Reed twice, he mis- timed a slowes ball from the latter howler
BUSINESS WOMAN'S 20,000 DEAL. A Business woman next ntiends, to presente. She has bought 20,000 catties of wood from the Government; it is chopped into convenient chunks and is not. So the Court gets the salient evi-and was c and b. Sexs over"Olliver cut "ying on the hillside to dry, near Conduit box to way he owns the premises, but he a ball straight to point and was dropped. Road. Naturally, such an exhibition knows nothing about the charge. Then, He added after this. templation to depredators, and one of foki relates how he was, wakened in was soon bw. to Lammert and a long Le Flemming them is in the dock. Seven days" 15 house in Staunton Street by the sound:
dence last. First, man goes into thei
the sentence and the business woman of tapping and opened his eyes to see a spell of quirt play "ensued, Sayen, was leves the Court with the pièce de convic Amboo stick being poked through the caught by Omar and Hancock and Lion-one of her 20,000 pieces of wood-window, evidently with intent to get a Olliver seemed to find it hard to get runs. finder her aro.
watch and chain off, the shelf. He rushed A TRIFLER
cut and saw the defendant under arrest. Then the former returned the ball to Havelock- A man denies that he sold chickens with. A policeman says he saw a man jump Webster and was out for 8.
from window sill in the sanal hours, Davies scored a 5 (four from an over out a licence. Proved-that he had a erateful, was provided with a pair of and arrested him. He had a bamboo, stick
in his hand. The bamboo stick was thas throw) but with his score at 14 was seales, cried." Chickens for sale cnd, when a woman called from an upper the one connecting link which associated Heautifully taken at the wicket by Gace off window, Where?" he replied, "Here." the defendant with the affair and his mid. Omar, who was bowling from the Naval night wanderings are over for three Yard end. Stapleton joined Olliver who You what do you say?" asks the monthe. Magistrate:
Prisoners, to Victoria Gaol quick had completed his fifty in beautiful style, barring bix initial mistake, but after this he seemed to go to pieces and lifted the ball badly, though nothing went to hand, Stapleton thought one of "Reed's (who had resumed "at the Law Courts' end) was outside his leg-stump, missed it and was out Lb... Olliver was risely caught by Omar at short third ́man, of Reed and
I was wolketing chickens," says the march; mainder, for the cricket match: man, and adds, inconsequently, I am a dismiss. Such are life's contrasts. broker, but the shop is kept by a druggist
who sends his foif out to sell bananas.”
Ten dollars," snaps the Magistrate,
cutting short this tarradiddle
DAVID AND GOLIATH IN WANCHAL.
REVELATIONS BY A TOKYO PAPER
A "David and Goliath" story is next ALLEGED SCHEME TO ESTABLISH re-told in a Boogkong setting, only "David" hardly figures 18
'Goliath,"
boro.
BUFFER STATE.
ones.
. G. Thompson, b Piercy
G. Hall, b Piercy...........
KOWLOON C.0.
3 16
+91
31-
36
5. Jex, b Crawford
·F. Lawrence, b-Pierdy
Russell, 1.b.w. Piery
C Dance, e Lawrence, b Piercy
E. J. Edwards, e Humphreys,
Piercy
N. L. Reilton, c Lawrence, ↳ Dor
kins
E. F. Spinks, o Humphreys, c
Crawford
H.. Overy, e and b Crawford
A. 0..Brown, not out ................................
Extras
Tatal
906
Bowling Analysis.
0. M.
IL.
W.
H. Benson...
G. H. Piercy... 6. M. Dorking J. D. Grawford -D. B; Peate
H. F. Hollands
8 .0 45
17 Z
# 0 20
D 21
4 0 93
0 10
HONGKONG C.C. D. B. Peate, c Dance, b Brown M. M. Watson, c' Brawn, b Hall ... F. C. Miller, 1b.w. Overy an
H. E. Hollands, e Dance, b Spinks. 20 G. K. Piercy, not out
J. D. Humphreys, 5 Spinks
J. D. Crawford, run out
CJ. Tacchi, b Lawrence
H. H. Benson, b Overy
motor
8.
H. Spicer, e Brawn, b Overy. 19
G. M. Dorking, c Lawrence, b Overy, O
Extras
24
Total
.160
Bowling Analysis.
0.
A, O. Brown G. Bussell; H; Overy
11 2
10
G. Hall
1
E. F. Spinks
10
12 3 24
2 colour-sergeant of great
| Evans' was "bowled by one from the same Revelations of the alleged intrigues re-bowler, which he made no attempt to stature from the Anibrote, relates that he was in Wanchai on Saturday when he was garding the disposal of arms are con struck on the forehead by a stone. Look-tinged by the Kokumin (Tokyo), which play, evidently thinking it was outside ing round, he saw small boy apparently so alleges that Japanese militarists have the leg-stump. Owen Hughes batted in aiming at random with a catapuit, and in conjunction with General Chang To- was dropped by Lammert of Reed. He completed plans to establish a buffer a more restrained style than usual but handed him over to a constable.
The small boy says, It wasn't me, itlin and General Dieterichs and for the was the other fellows." He had this organization of a financial syndicate to was 15 not out at the close. Roed, with collection of granite chips in his pockets both partpers The paper further for 51, bowled finely and had three alleges that the General Staff has sent when arrested says the Inspector (prs eight additional attaches otsibly to the Cichos dropped into the bargain. He, ducing "adme," as they say in business Kwantung Army but really to assist however, bowled rather too many short letters).
| General Cheng. "If you spoke the truth and owned up
Lammert (one for thirty-two) A War Office spokesman denics any plan like & man, declares the Magistrate, for the establishment of a buffer state, but bowled much better than on Saturday would let you off lightly. As it is, you admits the disappearance of part of the lost when he had a better analysis. No will have to be whipped-eight strokes."
confiscated arme and ammunition, the one else seemed impressive with the ball.”“ · "WBY WAS 1` NOT ARBESTED BEFORE?"destination of which is now being investi- It cannot be denied that the day's. Lawrence. "I am dissatisfed," announces a man gated by the Foreign Office. charged with snatching a búngle from a The alleged military activities are cal. cricket left rather a pessimistic feeling. Chinese woman in Queen's Road Central culated to create a serious clash between behind it. Besides Road and Barelock- on September 27th. Really, the fellow the military and civilian elements of the Davies there are no really good bowlers, was hard to please. Why was I not fovernment, which well-informed persons arrested before?" was his first complaint, believe will settle ones and for all the if there are they have not come of acting by the principale ensure the suscem Lof Handle, with Care-the-delicious and his next, addressed to Un woman, yutation of daar diptozy a rosek! The patching was poor. The comedy that is delighting Coronet and
Why did you not arrest me?
gards China.
ground fielding. By a whole was good, lence just now,
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