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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

DAYORE HIS ROKOCH TER PRISNA JUDGE

(MR. JUSTICE DYEK BALL)

ABOURIOUS CHARGE.

RECENT POSSESSION *** DOCTRINE

HONGKONG_S.P.C.A.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY

A MONTH'S WORK.

Inspector Fisher reports for the informa- tion of the Committee that the joint work of the Inspectors for the past month was at fally

TILINYPORT.

"A" Miku" named "Wong Chung Kas in-

Poultry, crate Poultry, on tracks and lorries, dicted-for-stealing on the 13th April anlonds...... "envelope" anul a piece of paper stamped Poultry, in junk and ferries,

with stamponoka-alternative-charge of receiving was preferred...

The Attorney-General (the Hon Mr. 1 H Kemp KC) said the complainant was going along Wing Lok Street shortly after noon on April 25th. He had in his pocket an envelope containing an agrees ment and another containing a letter.) Da passing the Lung Kung ren-shop ha was jostled and on looking in his pocket Tound the two papers were missing. He could see no-one about. Ife reported the loss to the police and shortly afterwards

detective my two, mes opposite tho sane tea-shop looking at rent papers. He went up and arrested the prisoner who had the papers promited in Court. in his hand. The other mm

was also arrested but he had been released as the charge against him had been withdrawn. Fader the doctrine of recent passes. xion, continued "the Attorney-General, if

was found in possession

tan

of recently stalen property, mal if he could give ne explanation as to how he came by that property the Jury would be entitled to draw the inference that

it had been stolen by him,

The complainant said the agreement was a contract for the hire of sewing anwhine.

The defendant den stealing the papers. He said they were handed to him by a coolie.

The Jary returned a verdict of: Not Guity unanimously on the first count, and Not Guilty" by a majority of 4 za 3 on the second 'count,

After consultation with the Attorney-. General His Lordship said that he could not accept a verdict of Not Guilty"

a majority of 4 to 3. He asked the Jurors to re-consider their decision Auer a retirement of 10 minutes they returned a verdict of Not Guilts by

majority of 5, to

The prisoner was discharged." The Jurors empanelled were; Messrs. S. C. P. Amers, P. Wong, J. Landolt,

Eras, wo tracks and iry baskets --Pigw-in-junks and ferries

Cattle, in junks and ferries Cattle, ashore

لونیم

Sheep and goats, shore

Capes sulallards.

Puppies

SIN

260.

907

45

Poultry, crates

Poultry, by rail

Pigs....

3,118

*14* 11,709

Pies by rail

Cattle

-2.287

Sheep and goats

Cages small birds Wild cats

Charl

Puppies amt dogs Ponies

Monkeys

Baskets of shakes

Poultry, crates Pigs

Cattle

EXPORTS,

Sheep and goata Cat

Markets

Birdshops

Cattle, depots

VISITS.

Dealers shops at Mongkok.

'Dogs' horse

Landing place at Kennedy Town

Poultry depots

Pig pens. Yanati

Railway stations

MISCELLANEOUS,

Ignorant cruelty

rected

cases

Lore

Ferries watched, times Cautions given...... Cases investigated on reports

received

ARMS CASES.

233

PER 38 5797

19

BIG SEIZURE CONFISCATED,

An order was made by Mr. E. W.

SMART POLICE WORK.

ROBBER ARRESTED WITH #34817

DEATH OF SIR JOHN

HART DUNNE.

THE CAPTURE OF TAKU FORTS RECALLED.

TN BIS POSSESSION,

The police on Tuesilay blessed with a certain amount of "joss secured the General Sir John Hart Dunne died at arrest af maa xto, after committing his residence at Sidmouth, Devon, on rubbery along with another man at No. April wth, in the 20th year of his age. , Portland Street, Yaumati, was arrest titer Sir Hope Grant he served with ed on board a steamer in the Harbour the wath Regiment to which he trans. just before the vesser axiled-for-Shangferred-in 1800-throughout the campaign

-Talus possession was found all the of run in North China, meluding the stolón property amounting to $3,641 action at Sinho and the taking of The robber haul apparently made lis Tangku." He was attached to the Army arrangements well und up to a certain | Headquarters Staff in the advances on extent they worked, according to plan and capture of the Taku Forts, August After holding up the inmates of the house,ith th 27th. He carried and boisted the occupied by a Yunnanese Military Oficer Union Jack at the taking of the Inner- and his family they got away with the North Taku Fort fle was afterwards loot stated. One of the mbbers embarki ed on a steamer: which was due to leave with the advance guard at the notions Hongkong at 4 p.m. the same day. This of Chang-kin-Wan nad Palichino and was two hours after the robbery had taken surrender of Peking, receiving the medal [place." It was here that his plus went

wrong. The vessel was delayed owing to with two claspa.. engine trouble and did not leave Port until late the surae night Lu the mean time the police bail not been idlo and Sergt. Kirby and Det. Inspector Murphy (Yaumati) feed the man on to the ship where he was arrested at about 10 pm

The robber hails from Shanghai, and the fact that he could not speak word of Cantonese "nided his arrest.

LANDLORD, FINED.

A DEFECTIVE WALL.

Chan Liang of No: 72, Des Venix Road- West, appeared at the Kowloon Magis- tracy, yesterday morning in, answer to a suminoas' as the registered owner of 127, Kremer Street, for failing to remove a dangerous and main rear, wall. und stehen from the latter premises

· Mr. ` W.-J. Garvin," overscer of the P.W.D...proserated and stated that the house-was blown down during the last typhoon and the remaining walls were in a dangerous condition. Defendant failed to appear last week, and said that the summons reached him too late.

Mr. Hamilton in imposing a fine of $50, said that in fature when summousce, were served and the defendant did not appear, an extra fine would be imposed for con- tempt of Court.

In his book From Culcutta to Peking," published in 1861, Capt: Duune, in describing the hoisting of the Unipa. Jack at the capture of the Inner-North Taku For, says:

The French got in on the right, wiel... some difficulty, za little before as though Burslem of the 67th and another man were the two frst in the fort Colotel Knox, when he saw the French Flag coming into, the fort, seat one of his Colours up to the Cavalier, with Caplain of the 67th, but as the latter got to the top he was badly-wounded" We had a Union Jack all ready to be hoisted: but it was lost in the confusion... Luckily I had an other one belonging to the "Quarter: master-General's department, so when that there was more of ours. The in I saw French going in,

With mine, got un to a shed on the top of the Cavalier, and seeing that there was a high pole attached to the ronf climbed up, and with some trouble sent our fag Aying. Having rashly divested myself of my sword belt and, flask while doing this, a Frenchman, who eared, I suppose, more for brandy thari glory, quietly walked off with the Intter

He refers to the burial of poor Bowlby, The Times "Correspondent, who, with Parkes, Loch, and several Sowars, was

Hamilton for the confiscation of 10 Luger ALLEGED COUNTERFEITER. taken prisoner and executed. His body

pistols, 16 revolvers, 8 automatic pistola, to Luger magazines, 3 spare stocks and 1,075 rounds of anumunition, at the Row loon Magistracy, yesterday morning.

The application was made by Sergeant Simpson who said that on infonnation reveived, he boarded the sea. Phra Naing and on searching the forehold at 8.16 2.0. containing the arms and ammunition,. among the eargo. The contraband was zot claimedt..

SHIP'S PASSENGER CHARGED. At the Kowloon Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton Chinese passenger of the 5. Sung Shan Murn was charged with being in unlawful posses- sion of 1,006 counterfeit coins of various

kinds.

was afterwards given up to the British.

au interesting description of how he first In a letter in May, 1920, Dunne gore

met Morrison of Peking, the famous correspondent of The Trues. This meet- ug took place at Sidmouth, whither Morrison had gone to convalesce, às he thought, after his "illness, a few weeks

Yue Teng Chan, T. A. Martin, E. vn the 9th inst he discovered five sacks found concealed among defendant be before his death;

Lewis and W. D. B. Goodfellow.

OVER THE TOP. MOTOR-CAR CRASHES ON TO A JUNK.

EMPRESS BOAT PASSENGER. CHARGED.

It was stated that the corns were lougings on board the vessel on the pre- vious day.

Defendant's excase was that he did not Enow the coins were apurious.

The case was remanded.

THE

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ERRONEOUS REPORTS OF. DR. SUN'S DEATH.

At the same Court a third-class Chi- Bese passenger from Canada, by the ss. prea of Itussin, was charged with being in possession of 50 rounds of ammunition

was stated that the police found the HOW THEY WERE RECEIVED IN box containing the ammunition among defendant's clothing on board the vessel

A motor-car accident of a novel kind has 6ccurred at Aberdeen ou the Hong-It kong Island. The car ou passing through the village swerved over the sea wall and crashed on to a junk anchored close to the wall. Nobody was injured but the owner of the junk estimatesthe damage to his vessel·£t-8:00.-

It appears that the car, which belonged 10 Mr. L. Loung of the Tay Bank, was being driven by the 'chauffeur, who was accompanied by several of jus friends. At Bram. on Tuesday the junk master was aroused by a loud crash and on rushing out of his cabin found that the car had landed on to the boat: A he emerged from the cahin he saw several men running away from the scene of the accident. The chauffeur

has not since been seen.

The case was remanded, bail of $1,000 being granted.

THE "TITANIA'S" ASHES.

LICENSED COLLECTOR CAUTIONED,

PERING.

Peking not more details of the alleged "death at Dr. Sun Yat Sen than did Hong

kong, The following extract is from the Peking Day News of May 15th:

Dr. Sun Yat Sen died of brain. fever yesterday morning at 3 o'clock, accord ing to two telegrams from Canton Hongkong received by the Peking Ne Auency.

LARGE OPIUM SEIZURE AT KOBE.

WORTH OVER FIVE MILLION YENT

ما

The largest seizure of opium eter made, the steamer Fovinguts Mara. 6 in Japan, was inde recently at Kobe ou

The Kobo Shimbun reports:-The

bad

resiel (of 2,062 tons) was chartered by November last through the Sato firm, of Yamasaki at Wakamatsu, in Kyushu, in Naniwa-machi, Kole. Yamasaki had for- merly lived in China. The charter was for a single trip to Europe and bark, and the steamer left Wakamatsu on December 4th with a crew of thirty-three. On her way home she touched at Con- The case, in which a Chinese was charged at the Marine Magistraesen

The Chengchou News Agency in also stantinople, Port Said, Sue and other remand with being on board H.M.S. in receipt of a telegram from a promin porta. On March 21st she put in at fanta without permission, came up for ent inember of the Kuomingtang at Samarang, Dutch East Indies, for coal hearing yesterday morning.

Shanghai confirming the news The tele- and sailed from there for Fusan and When the case was first mentioned, last gran states that on the 12th and 13th Kobe. Her cargo was described at 2,000 week, Lieut-Comdr. Conway Fake, R.N., Dr. Sun's illness became very critical and tons of salt, but included ten large boxes adjourned the bearing in order that exi- in the evening of the with be became of opium, valued at Y.5,500,000. It dence could be called beating out the unconscious. The doctors in attendance seems that a quantity of opiam The car was not badly damaged, and defendant's statement that be was on gave him injections, and he came to con already been singgled into India and was later bauled back on to the road.board for the express purpose of evllect sciousness again. He finally succiunted China at very considerable risk. Yamaanki

ing ashes.

et ofclock yesterday morning. The was on board when she reached Kobo Yesterday, the oan produced a licence Koningtang members at Shanghai are He is said to have been interested in Collect ashes, but for the prosecution leaving far: Canton at the special tele shipping for some years and to have it was pointed out that he was not in

graphic summons of Mr. Liao Chung-kai. played the part of medister when the possession of the usual tally, giving per- The death of Dr. Sun will have a very crew of a vessel chartered by the "Bato mission to

board. 50 on

great bearing upon the political situation firm went on strike at Kechung, some The Magistrate and although he found of the country. In the first place, Can years. This served him as an introduc the case proved against the defendant ton loses a lender. As there are about on to the firm, which was accordingly there was no evidence to show that he 200,000 soldiers in Kwangtung under yari- willing to accept his proposal for the was there with intent to commit a felony ous commanders, who are not in agree

charter of the Kamagatā-Moen last year. and as he had been in custody for five went with Dach other, it is feared that The charter expired on the sth lost days a caution would be registered. flis parties in Canton will split undisto different factions. Owing to financial stringency and the high cost of living, bandits have been very setive in their nefarious operations in the districts there. "Added to these, the various armies in Kwangtung are fighting each ofber for funds with nobody to control them. Can ton would he rendered is a most precast ne position

FATAL BLASTING ACCIDENT. COOLIE KILLED NEAR THE PO

HING THEATRE

During blasting operations near the Po Hing Theatre, Nathan Road, Kow- loos, & coolie was accidentally killed

yesterday morning,

A charge of dynamite. was being rammed into a drill when it exploded. The iron par which the coolie was using for ramming the charge flew back and hit the unfortunate man full in the chest with terrific force. He was killed in- minitaneously."

Axtone drozser had two ingers of his right hand shattered by an accidental “explosion • of a dynamite charge at Morrison Hill Road on Tuesday. He was removed to the Government Civil Hos pital.

ARMED ROBBERY ON A JUNK.

CARGO OF SALT STOLEN IN MIRS BAY

THE CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY.

AMERICAN LEGATION'S WARNING NOTE TO CHINA.

CINEMA NOTES.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

The Chefalo, and Palermo troupe of magicians at the Queen's Theatre, will perform to-day and, finally, to-morrow, The American Legation set a note to

at 5 and 0.15. They are always With the death Dr. Sun, General springing a surprise on the audience and the Waichizopa on May 3rd, drawing Chen Chiung-ming may make his in- they have the kick of knowing just how the Chinese Government's attention to Acence feit down in the South, and it to keep & house tu a happy mood" all resolution 13 of the Washington Treaty may, mon reunification of the country | through."

io which the Polers preserve the right through General Chen. But what is the At the 5:15 and: B-18.⠀⠀ shown | to insist upon "China's responsibility for real attitudy of General Chen Chiung #Determination," a film dealing with the performance or non-performance of ning towards the Central Government is London slura life and Apache gangs in obligations towards foreign stockholders, problematical With regard to Mukden Paris will be put on. It may be bond hollers and creditors of the and Chekiang it might seem that the said that too much is attempted in the Chinese - Eastern Railway, which "the situation je Lucilitated for coming to brief compants of the picture but this Powers deem to result from the contracts terms of peace under which the railway was built.

is more than offset by the picturesquo 2** "pets" and elaborato starings of Tarinun

If is pointed out that, the United PEKING GOVERNMENT HONOURS. night, he, boxing match and a horse The story of an armed robbery on a Staten standa for the prescivation of the motor.

DEWAY CAR race Mistaken identity necounts for the junk in British waters was "reported to legitimate interests in the Chinese, Easte The chaupe) (Shanghai) stated that upon thrills, a mission worker with a strong the Police last night by the muster of era Railway of the nations of all coun-recciof of the report of Dr. Sun's death, I will is wrongly pointed out as & hibitgeo the vessel. On the 18th inst, he was sail, trica, including: Jussia, and it is clearly the whole of Peking went into mourning of a night-club, the man responsible being ing in Mirs Bay with a cargo of salt, defined that there was no intention to The two Houses of Parliament paseod, a his twin brather, whom he has never mot. valued at $500. Just off Nam O seven-interfere with Sino-Russiate negotiations. Bill for a national lying in state, and for In the climax brother meets brother and mon, three of whom were armed with Chica was warned against entering the erection of a bronze tablet in bis the malice of interested partics is clear- rider boarded the junk-nad held up the into any agreement which would invali honmar The Government contemplated ed away satisfactorily. As the film name master and his crew. They had the salt date foreign interests in the railway, the inclusion of Dr. Sun's name in the depotes, the work brother is converted transferred to author junk, and after The French Legation, sent a somewhat | Book of History as well as the issuance by strong will and jolts the noble work. robbing the pister of $21 in money they smaller Note to the Waichizosu bo ny of a mandate is praise of his Republican Al. Lincoln gives a strong dual portrayst altsappeared in the direction of Nult O 17th:

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