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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

(OXFORE HIS HÓNOVA THE PRISNE JUDGE (MR. JUSTICE GOMPERTI).] ̧

THE LANTAO POISONING CASE,

The case in which a Lantao country woman is charged with having poisoned her husband, WILL continued yesterday morning at the Criminal Sessions,

Mr. Campbell Prosser," defending the prisoner, continued his cross-examination of Mr. E. & Dovey, the Government Analyst. He put several questions to him regarding the chemical reactions, expectable from variona alkaloids, warn. ing him to be careful in his replies the cause if necessary, Counsel threatened, be would spent every physiologist in this Colony in go into the hos

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY,

That is for the learned Judge to in- vestigate.

Cross-examined by Mr. Frösser, the witness said that the population of the village was between 20 and 30. The vil Juge, at the time when decensed died, was aut deserted, as villagers came back for their mid-day

ments.

a number of the

SMART DETECTIVE WORK.

WELL KNOWN CHARACTER

CONVICTED.

SPORT.

APRIL 2ND, 1924

THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

INTERESTING MIXED DOUBLES GAME,

Smart shadowing on the part of a European policeman (Sergeant Hallam)

Only three matches were played off you on Praya East on Mouday night resulted in the arrest and subsequent imprison terday on the Club ground and none of ment of a autorises prostitute who for these were in the opeü events, but specta Witurss denied Mr. Prosser's conten. some while has frequented the Wanchai tors nevertheless were provided with a aren. Between 9 and 16 o'clock on the very interesting Mixed Doubles match bes tion that it was the prisoner's custom to stay away from the house all day, witnessing in question Seret.. Hallum, who tween R. E. Worthington, partnered by was in plain clothes saw the womat, by Miss P. Gence (-0) and PA. Redmond R. Mitchell said that she came home regularly. He

Hame Mary Howard, who is of Spanish parttored by Mrs. E J. denied that his wife and the prisoner extraction, go up to a European. The 3/0. The first namet pair won by frequently quarrelled, adding that his

European walked away from her. The two sety to car. wife was not of a quarrelseras natare.

then approached an American sailor, outside the Seamen's 10stitute, and spoke to him. The sailer, too, walked

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To the first, which went to the lasers, Mt. Mitchell played really bright tennis and it was chiefly day to her splendid,

The wife of the last witness said that the deceased was treated as her sou She emphasised this by adding that sheaway Shi theu came up to the police back-hand driving that they won the set. Mr. Bovey said the nuimal test of had paid for him, which was all the more sergeant, caught hold of his arm. and 10 the last so Mr. Mitchell lost that

Come to my howe." As the alkaloids was beset with many pitfalls, reason why she should treat him well said, ons of which was the diferity of ad. (Laughter.) Titere my have been occa geau was releasing his arm, the woran

sional quarrels between witness and hand brushed against his hip. and appar- decensed but these were happily settledently she realised that he was carrying and they were on friendly terms ROOM

revolver. She turned to a Chittes, amah Why should I ill-treat who was with her aut told her that the him she asked, I wanted him to look man was a policeman. The Sergeant

aministratiu.

Mr. Prosser suggested that Mr. Davey was not a competent judge of relative toxicity because he possessed, no know ledge of physiology, "nevertheless, Mr. Dovey's opinion was the opinion upon

afterwards.

after me when I am ok."

Since, the death of the child by the pri

rnicety of judgment which had marked the earlier ones and frequently drove over the base line. This wet was keenly con- tested and at one stage it looked as if Ritmont and Mrs. Mitchel: were going to make it five all, but after many deures had been called, the set and the match went

nutted it and said he would arrest Mary

Howard on a charge of soliciting. The

which the verdict at the Jury--if they Isover and deceased, over a year ago, ther "mah thereopen struck the Sergeant in

brought in a verdict of ** (huilty"--must.

be founded.

inference which

His Lordship said. he should tell the Jury that it was might be drawn by a layman and that it was for them to find on that point and

for no one else,"

Mr. Prosser: We should have a phy Biologist here on that point. I should fike to know what is his idea of these toxic experiments.

Mr. Prusser went on to say that he desired to put his ease is fairly as pos. sible before Mr. Dover left the Colony, He was proceeding to outline the de- fence when his Lordship interrupted, remarking that Mr. Proster's remarks kunounted to an address to the Jury.

M. Prosser: I hope I am not doing that, because if I did I should forfeit my right to address them later, which would be a calamity.

His Lordship: Then why are you, ad- dressing me now at such length?

Mr. Prosser want Dr. Minnett re elled on a point of physiology.

The acting Attorney-Geacral expressed his readiness to recali Dr. Minnest who

was sent for.

Giving gyideace, Tse Shing-fat said the deceased was his adopted son who

married the "prisoner two years One child was born but died when only a few days old.

350.

The Attorney-General: He was the ran who died towards the end of the last Chinese year.

had not been on good terms. They quar deceased that he was neither handsome relled frequently and the prisoner told

nor graceful and that she would like to see hita die. On the 24th January they quarrelled. The devensed recused his wife (the prisoner) in the following terms: You are too lazy to chop fire wood or to cook rice." She replied: "Are you very handsome or graceful? will poison you to death with one dose of medicine. On the sath January the deceased got up at daybreak, to firewood. His health was good. January 20th" after 19 o'clock her called her. to come and save him. went to his house and found him in pain and very pale.

Carry

On

son

She

At this point Me. Pollock experienced difficulty in his examination, of this witness.

His Lordship: I am afraid she bitterly resents being unable to say what the deceased told her.

Later she said that she ran to a neigh-¦ bouring village to get goat's blood which was believed by the Chinese to be an antidote to a maa beag poisoning. A quarter of an hour after the deceascil died, the prisoner came here with her cow, She was promptly accused of poi- soning her husband, but she did not reply to the accusation. She started to run away. Witness seized her by the wrist and said: "You must come, and see my She dragged the prisoner into the

304."

attempting to effect the release of Howard, whose arm the Sergeant ind securesi.

yesterday Mary Howard was

Before Mr. Lindell at the Magistrace

ncord ingly charged with policiting, and the

with disorderly conduct.. Both pleaded not guilty..

Howard, asked by His Worship how she obtained her living, said her daughter, who lived at Kowloon, kept her. When he was arrested, he alleged, she was ca bur way to Kowken to visit her daughter, who was sick "

The_amah_said she did not understanki

Worthington and Moss Grace, Redmond played good tennis throug out but the sauns" cannot be sand of Wor thington who is the first sng did not play up to his usual form. He improved as the match proccoded. Miss Grace in, the

second and third sets played very stenddy but shr, of coarsey found dificulty in returning Redmond's terrific services,"

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.

MIXED Dorites.-R. E. Worthington and Miss P. Grace (~70) beat F. A. Red- mond and Mrs. Mitchell (~3/6), 3-6, 6-3,

--.

HANDICAP SINGLES AR M. Hon-

.

derson (53) beat It S. Green (+3/6), 6-1, 8.0.

HANDICAP SINGLES "B.-W. "Wood- ward (-1/6) beat C. M. Wilson (1/6). 6-2, Gil,

TO-DAY'S MATCHES...

what Mary Howard said to any men that evening. She (the mah) had been in the employ of Howard for just over a month. She denied having struck the Sergeant,

Sub-Inspretor Aris said there was na record of any previous conviction, against Howard, but she was well known to the

OPES Sisates-Ng Sie Kwong . T. police at Wanchai as a prostitute. She Honda (land court): D. J. Alifres r was in fact, continued the Inspector.S. H. Ismail, party responsible for the trouble that

HANDICAP SINGLES A.-R. E Wor- 21 respectable occurred recently "when

thington (133) r. G. W. E. Sewell) European woman was assaulted on tha

*(-376). Praya by two American "sailors. At the

HANDICAP SINGLES B.A. H. Peon time Howard was eliciting.

Howard was ined 850 or three weeks? | (1/0) » G. D. Fillings (+976) imprisonment, and the amah $10 or tea days imprisonment. The files were not OPEN BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP paid.

OF THE COLONY

STORY OF A GOLD CHAIN.

A

"CONSPIRACY CHARGE.

Two Chiarsa ihan and a woman betere Mr. Hamilton with attempted were charged at the Magistracy yesterday conspiracy. A. E Hull appeared for the man..

The withers: Yes, he was murdered by house and there said:"Look at my son." given for the money, The next day. it!

.

his wife.

Continuing, witness said the prisoner and his wife lived near to the house where he lived. The prisoner was a ways quarrelling with her husbcod. She used to say to him: "Are you very band- some and very graceful I will poison you with a dose of poison."

On January 26th when be arrived back at p.. he found the deceased in pain. Be appeared stunned and was relting on the floor. He put new clothes on de- ceased and he died at 3 p.m.

Mr. Pollock: It is the custom among Chinese to put new clothes on a person about to die? •

The witness: Yes.

At this stage Dr. Minnett arrived in Court and he was placed in the witness

box.

Mr. Prosser: Do you agree that one of the qualities of an alkaloid is its toxigity

Witness scarebed the prisoner and found a purse contaialog small pieces of the poisonous leaves. These leaves had been boiled. They were damp and their colour had changed..

The case was later adjourned.

[BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP THE CHIEF JUSTICE

(SIR WILLIAM REES, DAYTES).]

A MENACE TO THE PEACE OF THE COLONY,

+

S. C. KWOK v. P. S. LEONG. The above match in the Open Billiards Championship of the Colony was played at night when Kwok defeated Leong highest breaks were: S 6 Kwok, 38. by 3 points in a game of 800 up. The P. S. 22, 32. 30, 25, 33, 22, 30, 25. Leong, 13, 27, 20, 33, 25, 2, 27, 43.

CRICKET.

CARIFISON CRICKET LEMQUE FINAL

R.E., v. S CO., R.GIA,

According to the story for the prosecu tion, the male defendant went to a firm of Chinese goldsmiths and purchased gold chain for $70 odd. A receipt was was alleged, the woman defendant went to the shop and asked the jeweller to buy the chain back again. On examination

The final tie in the Garrison Cricket it was discovered that the chain rendered League between The Royal Engineers and by the woman was not the one sold to sard Co., R.G.A. will be played at Happy the man the previous day and was not Valley, next Saturday, sommerging at 2 with the exception of the last link, gold p.m. prompt. The umpires will be Capt, at all. This last link, the jeweller state, W. G. Kent and 2nd-Lienz. T. Buccle, had been removed from the chain which 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment. Lady he had seld. He was able to identify it Fowler has kindly consented to present. breve it was the custom of Chinese gold the Cup and Medals to the winters after smiths to stamp with their name the last the match. Tea will be provided for the link of gold chains. The woman was given in charge, and then took the police players and other members of the Garri to Yaumati, where the malo defendant was also arrested. The woman, in her statement to the polier, asserted that the mun gave her the chain to sell. In the the chain. At this stage the case was adjourned until Friday next.

TWICE SENTENCED IN ONE SESSION.dock yesterday both denied ownership of

Two Chinese, named Lau Ching and Liu Siu Cho, who have already been sentenced to seven years' hard labour and 15 strokes of the "eat" each this Sessions, for participating in an armed robbery as Sham Shui Po, were yesterday morning sentenced to further terms of imprisonment, five years and four years

LOCAL ACCIDENTS. Three accidents were reported to "the police yesterday. In the first instance a Chinese boy of ten years of age was knocked down, near Tai Hang village by a car said to belong to a firm of local medical practitioners; in the second an cideris Chinese female was injured on dust cart, and in the third a Chiness received outs whilst a bamboo fight was proceeding near the Hok. Lo coolie quarters.

Dr. Minuet: Yes, but there are non-respectively, and five more strokes of the posunous alkaloids

"cat" each for their share in another First Street by Mr. Prosser: If two alkaloids showed armed robbery at Portland Street, Yau- the same chemical re-actions," do you agree that one might be toxic and one mati, when six or seven armed robbers not?--I couldn't say. The chemistry of atole jewellery and money of a total value alkaloids is extremely complicated. If of about $166. given two specimens of alkaloid whose

Both prisoners pleaded

Guilty" to"

chemical re-nctions were the same the charge, and Mr. A. Dyer Ball for he was asked to test for toxity, he would the Crown briefy related the circum try them on animals.

stances surrounding the robbery, which

You say that every care was taken

with the three animals when the text was, tried, but supposing you made the test

tered.

WHAT MISCHIEF DOES.

AMUSING COLONET THEATRE PICTURE."

occurred at a pig dealer's shop on "Febru. Mischief-pure boyish mischief-is the

mischief

but I should want to go further into a that the fifteen, strokes ordered in the bly ve

case like that."

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YOUNG MAN'S ADVENTURE IN A

TAXICAB.

The following is taken for the Vernacu- Lar Press:

It is stated that on the night of March

ary 4th. The first prisoner was arrested Keynote of Bags to Riches," the big 20th a man, who is said to be the son a feast at Luen Shing Restau- on February 20th and the second three feature attraction now showing at the of a proprietor of a Chinese shop, after en six animals, three of which died and days later. An accomplice of the rob Coronet Theatre, Mischief it is that attending three recovered what would you do hers, still held by the police, had given leads a wealthy youngster to throw in his rent, West Point, hired a taxi in which should look at the doses I had adminis evidence at the Magistracy that the first lot with a burglar and desert his quiet, to return home. The taxi, when near The chauffeur alighted prisoner was the ringleader, and that the respectable home for the

However, this is to a standstill. -Mr. Prosser repeated the question and second prisoner was on guard at the door tures of tho under perils and adved the Sailors' Home, was suddenly brought everyone can enjoy, for it in the and went towards the Praya. Having was not out of Dr. Minnett replied: "I should come to during the robbery. ̧* no other conclusion than that one of the

In reply to his Lordship it was stated mischief that lurks in every spirited child observed that the car

Tags to Riches

was speci- order, the curiosity of the fare was alkaloids was toxic and the other was not,

made for the kiddies and the picture aroused when he saw the driver return- previous case had already been adminis is her healthy, good fun and excitement ing with two other men. He inimédiate. tered.

from start to finish. most cinema-ly put his hand into his pocket, as if

ish For Tse Shing fat, recalled, said that he His Lordship, in sentencing prisoners, gers it is enough to mention that Wesley taking out a pistol, and demanded of the was very fond of the deceased, If he said that they were both most dangerous Barrie, the famous "Freckles" of the chauffeur the reason for this sudden and was not he would not have bought him. characters. You are a menace to the screen, plays the leading rete, for he is be unexpected stoppage The driver then Now they had no son, and were left alone peace of the Colony On the evidence loved of old and young alike. Natur- got on to the taxi again and drove to in the world. He denied the suggestion he would draw a slight distinction in all the picture would not be complete Torsien Street. There were four other made by the prisoner that he and his imposing sentences on the two men.“, without its thrill, and this is forthcoming men standing by, and they called on the

the His Lordship then delivered sentence in a. Perilli, burglar friend from a mov-taxi to pay no heed to them af to young scallywag stop, but the fare directed the „death. "There is no such thing in this and asked Police Inspector Murphy to makes

world," added the witness, as a par arrange that the five stroken of the "cat".

train into a lake in order to avoid cap- ing ent who does not want a child.**·

ture by a gang of crocks who are affer him speed up, threatening his life should be Afr. Pollock: It is also suggested that sible, as he thought that would be the right in the end, but the intervening is, and informed his friends the next day should be administered as soon as pos for ranson. Everything, of coures, come disobey. Finally, he reached home safe- you then tried to put the blame on to the most humand course in the circum- prisoner 1.

evende make a story at once amusing and of his nocturnal experience but neglected

to report the matter to the Police. exciting,

wife were responsible for the young, man's

stances.

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