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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

⠀⠀⠀ DRAFT PROGRAMME OF 1824

BACE MEETING,

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

ERFORM HIS BONOTE THE CRIEP JUSTICE (SIR WILLIAM BRES DAVIES)).

THE CANTON WHARF CRIME.

SHOT INTENDED FOR CHINESE MINISTER!?

NEW AVIDENCE.

ABSENT JURTMAN FINED.

DETAINED BY URGENT

BUSINESS.

Mr. S. M. Chern,,, manager of the Union Trading Company, was fined $50 in the Supreme Court yesterday morning by His Loriship the Chief Justice (Sir) William Rees Davies).

Ip Pat. a Chinese was arraigned ...Mr. Churn had been warned to attend yesterday for the murder of a woman as a juror in a murder trial which opened. nained Hui Wan. in the early morning yesterday. He failed to answer his name] of November 4th. The outrage' occurred } when the jury assembled to be sworn in, outside the Canton steamer wharf. Pri- when he eventually appeared he stat doner pleaded not guilty.

he had been detained in his office on urgent busines

Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, K.C. · (this Attorney-General) appeared for the Crown, whilst prisoner was defended by Mr. N. I. Brewer, instructed by Mr. A. el Arculli.

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His Lordship said he could not accept the excuse. He had never heard anything like it

"We are all called upon to do our duty in various spheres of life," he continued."yet you co

come here and deliberately tell me that you stayed in your office to do what you term 'urgent business"."

Mr. Churu stated that he did not

desire his action to express any intention on his part of ignoring the order of the Court. "

His Lordship, however, inflicted the above mentioned fine.

The Attorney-General; in outlining the enso for the prosecution, said the de- ceased woman was the wife of Chow Lo, a member of the Chinese Parliamaret and Finance Commissioner for Kwangtung. The couple came from Canton the se, Khushan, which arrived at Hongkong just after midnight of November 3rd: Prisoner was also a passenger on the steamer. It would perhaps secun straage that, presupposing prisoner to be the actual murderer, he did not commit the crime, either aboard the steamer or in Cantor. It should be kept in mind, therefore, that if he had made the at- tempt on board the vessel he would have had very great difficulty in getting away. He would have had to hide somewhere. Obviously the ship would not be a good. A case which only concerned the place. As regards Canton, prisone might balance of a promissory pote" for the have reflected that Hongkong would be matter of $199 odd,when it was outlined

saler place in which to do this act. The woman was the wife of a high off in the Summary Court yesterday took on cial, and the police of Canton would a romantic turn. The pirate chief of an naturally put all efforts into effecting the island in Chinese territory who

It was not unnatural

alleged to have levied tribute on fishing and other boats was introduced.

murderer's arrest.

therefore that the man should come down in the ship and commit the crime on arrival here.

In this case, added, the Attorney- General, the Crown was unable to say what the motive was. The whole point was whether the prisoner was the person who was seen near the woman immedi ately after the shot was fired.

Dr. Smalley gave evidence of the woman being admitted to "the Govern- ment Civil Hospital and of extracting a bullet from her stomach. The bullet, he anid, entered at the back, on the left hand side of the the spine. The woman was paralysed and pulseless when wit ness extracted the bullet with the aid of a local anesthetic. She died at 3.30 the same morning.

TALE OF A "PIRATE CRIEF”

QUEER SUMMARY COURT CASE.

WAS

Wag War-kai, a Chinese shipbuilder of Aberdeen, sued. Ho Kin-fu, the master of a fishing junk, for $199.48, being the balance of principal. and interest dae under a promissory note dated May, 1921.

Mr. R. E. A. Weister appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. C. A. S. Russ for the defendant.

Mr. Russ said that it would be alleged that the plaintiff used to be a pirato chief on an island is Chinese territory and levied tribute on fabing and other beats. The defendant refused to pay the consequence, tribute and he was, in pirated and robbed, being forced to put his finger prints to the promissory note.

Plaintiff, said Mr. Webster, was at the Sergt. Ernest.Carpenter, H.K.P., mus-time employed by a firm on the island, ketry instructor at the police training the defendant being a fisherman,

The school, deposed that the bullet extracted master of plaintiff's shop had loaned the from the woman's body was of the same defendant money and, according to the enlibre as the four live rounds found in usual sustom, defendant had to sell all the revolver which was picked up after his fish to the man from whom he had

received, the loan. Defendant did not the outrage.

do so, and so the lender seized a boat-load of fish. The story of piracy: had arisen. out of that. Both parties came in to Aberdeen and saw the police, as a result of which the fish were handed back. When this civil action came on the defendant had the plaintiff arrested, but the case broke down.

A Chinese sergeant, police interpreter said that prisoner, when charged, made a statement as follows:-"I am sure did not do that. I came to Hongkong on the as Kinshasa on Saturday night.

Evidence was then given as to the absence of a chair coolie who could, said the Attorney-General, have proved an important witness for the prosecution, The man had left the Colony, but he had left a signed statement regarding what he saw on the night of the tragedy.

Mr. Chow Lo, a member of the Chi nese Parliament," said that at the time his wife was shot he was Finance Com missioner at Kwangtung. He described how he left the steamer with his wife, who was on his right side and a little ahead of him Suddenly, he heard two shots, and his wife fell. He did not see the assailant Ricksha coolies, chair bearers, and passengers commenced to run away when the shots were fired. Witness stayed and lifted his wife's head. He did not look bebird. He recognised the revolver shown him, as the one which was picked up about a foot from the hody of his wife.

Cross-examined, witness said he did not ace any of the passengers searched for arma at Hongkong; three were searched at Canton.

Questioned by the Chief Justice wit

Explaining how the money was loaned, Mr. Webster aaid that on the feast day of the Goddess of Heaven-the fisher- men's great festival-n party of men on the island went to the temple to worship. Defendant and plaintiff were among them. Some of the men started gambling, and defendant, who was a cerfried gambler, lost heavily. Plaintiff, who had not gambled, lent him money, but defendant again became "cleaned out and as he could not pay he was followed by an angry mob. Plaintiff again loaned the man money to give him an opportunity Certain sums were of settling his debts. lent and some were later repaid. The amount claimed was for the balance' of principal and interest due..

It was submitted by Mr. Russ for the defence that the tale told by plaintiff was not true-it had been contradicted Antly by his own witnesses. Evidence went to prove that the defendant had signed the note under duress, although they would probably never get to the bottom of the

ness could suggest no reason why anyone Fo

should shoot at his wife. So far as he knew, she had no serious quarrels

Further questioned, witness admitted that he, personally, had had a number of quarrels with different people.

His Lordship: Then would it not be more likely that the hot was intended for you, and not for your wife?

plaintiff it was argued by Mr. Webster that it was extraordinary for the "defendant to state that he knew nothing. about the island er about the firm. Mr. Webster thought it was quite true that they would never ind out just what hap pened, but he submitted that the promis

oured.

note. was one that should be hóa.

His Lordship said he was not called upon to express any opinion about the plaintiff's character, but he accepted the story that the note was signed under dures and not given in exchange for a loan relating to gambling. "He would have to give judgment for the defendant.

Witness: That is what I thought Witness then described how in August last a shot was fired at his motor car in Canton whilst his wife, himself and child ten were in it. He was unable to identify the assailant, and could not say at whom the firearm was actually pointed; in his estimation it was simply bred at the car In any event, the shot missed the occu pants. His bodyguard chased a suspect immediately after the occurrence, but Indian Police Sergeant B.118, who was could not untch him. One of the body ty outside the wharf at the time of guard had attended an identification the shooting, deposed to seeing the pri Parade in Hongkong and informed witsoner holding a revolver in his hand. The Last Sentence should read as follows:-ness that he (the bodyguard) thought Ip This was after the shots had been fired,

"Ponies that bave started and never Pat was most likely the man who fired BEEN PLACED in an Official Race the shot at Canton.

A chair coolie" said the colour of the clothes worn by the man who ran away was the same as that of those worn by the man who was put up for identifica tion by the police. Witness remembered secing, a revolver. It was lying on the

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Witness ran towards him to arrest him Prisoner dropped the revolver and ran away along the middle of the road in ab easterly direction Witness then blow his whistle and chased prisoner to the Harbour Office, near which he was captured. The actual detaining of Pr ecner was accomplished by a Chinese Harbour Department oficial, who banded the coolie said he saw the man who fired | Ip-Pat over to witness. Prisoner strug the shot drop the revolver.

gled when arrested. Witness, was quite Witness was cross-examined at length sure that it was prisoner who dropped Gigas on BATURDAY 978 by Mr. Brewer, particularly in regard to the revolver. ETANT, 1t 3 7.374 and must be sent to the the point of whether Chow Lo was carry Cross-examinatica of this witness con FOCKEY Live Rooms, 3a, Chater Road, on ing any parcalis just before the occur cluded the day's tearing, This Date

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