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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, * TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 1925

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

EBAYORE STE HENRY GOLLAN, THE CHIEF JUSTICE.]”

A MURDER CHARGE. Chin Shing was arraigned on a charge

of murder.

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PICKET ACTIVITY AT CANTON,

JAPANESE GOODS SEIZED.

[FROM OUR CHINEAS CORRESPONDENT.]

Strike pickets on duty along the Bund at Canton, on December 18th and 19th, zeized two large consignments of goods addressed to Japanese firms, the Strike

The Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, KC, Committee declaring them to be goods of Attorney-General, prosecuted on behalf British origin. which had been brought the Crown, and Mr. Elsley Zeitlyn into Canton waters contrary to boycott regulations. In one consigament there were more than 120 packages of woollens, alleged to have been imported from Hongkong.

MR. KAN KUM SHÈK DETAINED. On the isth also r. Kan Kum Shek, of the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Com.

defended,

The Attorney-General said that on July 8th last, an Indian constable named Yas Mohamed was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital suffering from He had been shot the some day at Ngau Shi Wan, and prisoner was his alleged murderer. The deceased)

bullet wounds.

Mr. Zeitlyn: I suggest to you' that it was twenty days after the death of the constable that you"spoke about it,—that was after the reward was offered?

Witness: It may be so.

MRS. DIANA WATTS. LECTURE ON BALANCE AND MOVEMENT."

An art which bas lain buried for twenty

The hearing was at this stage adjourn centuries and has now been revived by ed until this morning..

Mra Diana Watts, was demonstrated by tes at bo Theatre Royal last night, when she gave, a lecture on The Principles of Greek Balance." Mr Watts, who is on a world cur arrived in Hongkong yes- terday on the as Tenyo Maru.

[BOATORE THE EVISNÉ JUDGE, MR. JUSTICE WOOD.]

HOUSEBOYS AND ARMS.

Li Chun, pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of a revolver.

The Crown Solicitor (Mr. H. K. Holmes), said that on the night of Novem. ber 13th. Police-Sergeant B. J. Clark whilst patrolling Chatham Road, Kowloon, followed three Chinese who had croused his suspicions. Eventually he searched one of the men, who throw away something which was picked up by one of his com- also had five rounds of ammunition in his possession.

Mrs Watts explained the fundamental Principles of perfect balance, and showed The contrast between the movements of the modern human being and the ancient Greek.

mose-

The lecture demonstrated the ment" of statues in what have hitherto been considered as impossible positiona Her reedhstruction of the poise of such

pany, a newly appointed councillor of the with other constables had been sent out panions. It was a revolver, and the man masterpieces. as the "Discobolus," the

Kuchintang Government in Canton, was prevented frcia embarking on the ss. Fatshan" for Hongkong, the pickets ap- parently not being aware of his identity and connection with the efforts to settle the strike. Mr. Kan was taken to the Strike Committee Headquarters at East Garden, and made to remain there until heleased by order of the Kuomintang

Executive Commission.

THE ROAD FROM CANTON

TO WHAMPOA.

+

FEASTING THE WORKERS."

(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] The Chungshan (or Dr. Sun Yat Sen) Road, leading from Canton to Wharipon, being now nearly completed. the first gang of workers to finish was given a reception on the afternoon of December 19th at the Canton-Kowloon Railway

Station.

The workers are now organising a Whampon Development Association. In addition to calling upon the overseas Chinese in the Straits and in Ameries for support, a committee is trying to interest

"Americans and Germans in the scheme.

For the purpose of constructing more roads from other parts of Kwangtung to Whampoa, it is being proposed to have another surtLX on wine, - tebacco, and other luxuries. One important project contemplates a highway from Canton to Fahyun City.

to be on the look-out for persons who, in search of firewood, were destroying the Government plantations at Samchun, A man was caught and he was left in charge of Yas Mohamed while the other constables went further ahead. On their return they found the constable lying on the ground suffering from bullet wounds, His former prisoner had, it seemed, struggled with his captor and wrenching the revolver from his holster had fired twice at him from close range, and then decamped. The prosecution would state that prisoner in the dock was the person, who was captured and later got away after disabling his captor.

The constable died on July. 12th, but several weeks passed before the arrest of prisoner. He had gone over into Chinese territory until a woman named Lai Tai induced him to come over the border. He was then arrested, and on October 3rd charged with murder,

He had made several statements, which were contradictory. At first he said that Li Shan. (the husband of Lai Tai) had given him $100 and requested him to shoot the constable. The learned Attorney General suggested that prisoner kunwing full well that Lai Tai was responsible for his arrest, decided to have his revenge on the, woman and so said. ber husband was implicated in the affair. At the Magistracy, prisoner said I have never been to Court before und when I was arrested I naturally became silly and I was roughly handled and when thrową into a cell I did not know where Heaven or Earth was. I did not murder the con-

stable."

Sentence was deferred until to-day. The companion of the last prisoner who had picked up the revolver was then charged with shooting at Sergeant Clark with intent, and in order to resist ar rest.

The Crown Solicitor said that "after picking up the revolver, prisoner bolte whereupon Sergeant Clark fired into the air to frighten him. The man turned round and replied, and afterwards go away. He was later arrested at No. 2, Chatham Road, in the residence, of Capt. LD. Jall, by whom ooth prisoners were employed as bouseboys.

Prisoner was found not guilty on the charge of shooting with intent. He was, however, found guilty, on the charge of unlawful possession of arms.

In this case also, His Lordship ferred sentence until this morning.

DEFENDING HIS OWN HOUSE.

Archer of the Aegina Pediment and the "Charioteer" of the Capitol, was a brilliant piece of work,

A WONDERFUL BOW."

Watts explained that the double arched Greck bow she used in demon. strating the Archer" was believed by axperts to be 2,000 years old. It was of the period of the last days of Greece. I belonged to Shab of Persia, who about 25 years ago fell very ill, and believing his doctor had saved his life he, in Onental fashion, repaid what he considered a debt by giving the doctor a priceless possession which had been in his family 1,500 years.

This doctor, continued the lecturer, gave the bow to a friend of hie, a col- lector, who after seeing one of her de. monstrations, come to her and said: deReally I must give you this bow, it is yours by right of heritage." She had the bow strung, and it took two"men to do the operation. That was 14 years ago. With a co. I pull her own power- the bow shot a long acrow 200 yards. Withea 75 lb. pull at the present time........ 20 years after it was made it shot an arrow 500 yards, yet the strongest modern bow would only shoot 450 yards The bow was made of fine splicings of horn fitted together somehow, and bound with hide which was lacquered.

Another Chinese was charged" with shooting a Chinese constable with intent to do bodily harm. He was also charged with possession of arms.

The Crown Solicitor prosecuted. The case for the prosecution was that early in the morning of Oct. 27th a party of Chinese constables. in charge of a European sergeant called at defendant's house in a little village near Sha Tau Kok to search for arms. Following re- peated calls for admittance which were not replied to, they set about to force open the door.

Eventually one of the Chinese constables squeezed through. A shot was fired from inside and he fell. Prisoner was thereupon arrested.

Concluding, the Attorney General said that though there was no direct evidence that prisoner shot the constable, he's

Prisoner elected to make a statement the last man seen in his company. More. over, he had a motive for using violence from the dock He said that he wak in that he was under arrest. He certain awakened by his wife who told him that ly did not go out with the firm intention a gang of robbers were trying to break of killing the constable, but after the into the house. He heard the door being shooting, prisoner could not be found. He forced open, and thereupon seeing a man had hurried away over the border, away aqueeze through, he fred. He then heard The Kuomintang Executive Commission from his home and family, and it was the voice of a European and it was then has refused to accept the resignation of with great reluctance that he eventually that he realized that they were police returned. Were the murdered man not officers. He had been Ermly convinced MF. Sun Fo, son of the late Dr. Sun Yat constable it was probable that he would that he was defending himself against an Sen, as reconstruction commissar, and is be charged with manslaughter, but the attack of armed robbers. asking Mr. Sun to return from Shanghai law enacted that where an officer of nt once so as to function personally injustice is killed whilst carrying out his stead of through his secretary, Mr. S. Y. with then a prisoner must be charged Wu. Highway construction is one of his functions.

THE SIANG WO."

MEDICAL EVIDENCE.

He was found not guilty; but having pleaded guilty to possession of arms, sentence in this instance was deferred

until to-day.

LATE "JUROR.

"COULD NOT. LEAVE THE OFFICE."

Dr D. J. Valentine, deposed that he was in charge of the Government Civil Hospital on July 8th last when early in the morning the Indian constable was DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL TO BE wounds, one on the left side of the face; admitted, suffering from two "bullet LAUNCHED TO-MORROW.

which was not serious, and the other

Mr. H. L. Stainfield when called to take in the left side of the abdomen. He was his seat on the jury, at the Criminal in a very weak condition, and he could Sessions, yesterday, did not appear, put not be operated upon. He died on July Derived two hours after the Court had 12th. The deceased was a small man, begun and informed Mr. Justice Wood and not of very good physique.

the office.

The launching takes place to-morrow afternoon at five o'clock at the Kowloon Docks, of the Sing. 16, which has been constructed by the Hongkong and Wham- pos Dock Company for the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.

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that he was late,

Mrs Watts will give a lecture in the Theatre Royal this afternoon at 3.15 on The Science and Art of Perfect Move ment." All the profits to be devoted to the Ministering Children's League,

AN EXPENSIVE PASSPORT.

INTERESTING CASE AT THE -MAGISTRACY. Walking along Des Voeux Road Central on Saturday, near the Sincere Company's Stores, a Chinese saw a Peruvians, named Augusto Gonzales, who, be alleges, duped him about twelve months ago by selling him a false passport for America, obtain ing from him by false pretences the sum of $710; The Chinese blew.

police whistle and had the man arrested.

From details related at the "Central

Magistracy yesterday, when Gonzales was charged before Major C. Willson, with obtaining 8710 by false pretences, it ap- peared that about a year ago Gonzales sold the Chinese & passport which pur- ported to enable him to enter America. The Chinese states that he paid Gonzales 8710 down as part payment for it, having agreed to pay a further sum when be had actually entered the States, making the total payment for the passport over On reaching America, however, 33,000, the Chinese was subjected to An examination by the emigration author- tics, who seeing that the passport was

Replying to the Attorney-General, wit to get away froming to being unable made out for a Filipino, asked the holder

ness said that the prisoner's physique, was about the same as that of deceased.

In answer to Mr. Zeitlyn witness said

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He was ined 810 and ordered to stay in Court throughout the tearing.

ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. JAPANESE COAL MERCHANT DISCHARGED.

The case in "which

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Japanese was

He was the Remedios prosecuted, M. A, E.

appeared for defendant, and Mr, another party interested.

of it whether he was

a Filipino. The duped one replied that he was a Chinese, whereupon he was taken into custody and underwent a sentence of six months" hard labour for attempting to enter by means of a false passport.

When Gonzales appeared before Major Willson yesterday, Detective Sub-Inspeç- tor Dorling, who has charge of the case, applied for a remand for a week, which was granted.

DISTRICT COURT "MARTIAL INSOLENCE AND LOSS OF EQUIPMENT.

At a District Court Martial held at Private Murray Barracks yesterday, Frank Borns, 1st Battalion, The East charged with (a) Surrey Regiment, was insolence to a non-commissioned officer and (b) losing by neglect his kit and equipment to the value of over £4

Accused pleaded guilty,

The Court was presided over by Major W. P, A. Hattersley-Smith, D.B. O., R.A., Captain G. E Swinton, MO, 1st Batta and the other members of the Court were lion, The East Surrey Regiment, and Lieut. A. JL. Whyte, RE

Captain J. O. Carpenter, MC., 1st prosecuted.

A brief description of the new vessel,that deceased was for the most part con" which is designed for the middle Yangtze River service, may prove cscious and intelligent.

In response to a question by His Lord Her length over all is 285 feet; length ship, witccas said that no dying deposi between perpendiculars 975 feet; breadth tions were taken. moulded 46 feut; depth moulded. 11. fuct that deccused accompanied him and two Yusel Khar, an Indian constable, said She has a goal-post foremast and car Chinese constables on patrol duty from

two Samson posts for carrying Kowloon City police station. They were charged with obtaining 30,000 by means derricks for the after-hold, with machi-told to go to. Ngau Shi Wan and arrest of false pretences, again came before Mr. nery space amidships,

The Siang Wo will be able to carry They eventually followed a path leading tracy yesterday.

any Chinese they saw cutting, trees there. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magis between 800 tons and 1,000 tons of cargo to the hills and there saw a man with but in addition she also has a certain amount of passenger accommodation. a tree on his shoulder. Twelve first class passengers can be prisoner. On aeir approach he fled, and L. D. Turner held a watching brief for carried in six two-berth cabins; and only when a skot had been fired in the there is accommodation for 56 second air did he stop. He then showed witness

When the case was resumed Mr. Bali class passengers in fourteen four-berth and his companions some other trees put defendant into the witness box. He which had been cut. The deceased ang stated that he was expecting 3,000 tons ,cabins. The passenger accommodation

is situated on the upper deck..

gested that he should take prisoner back of coal on the Tai Sho Maru. He On the upper deck there is also to the police station, while witcess should approached complainant for a sum of baggage-room and sanoke-room, while aft search of further tree-cutters. He money to pay the freight. He (witness) there is a Chinese saloon, which will seat thereupon turned back with his prisoner, was to act as agent. He denied ever pro- complainant the bill of lading. twenty-four. The floors and enclosed who was carrying a tree trunk. deck space are of pine and the exposed panions were returning ey found deceas

Some time later as he and his com- The bill of lading was endorsed by docks of teak..

She is metal built. She will not be ed lying on the ground. Hound deccas ness's wife, because he himself happened completed until about the end of wounded. His turban was found some February, and will proceed to the Yangtze thirty yards away. He still retained his Immediately after her speed trials have holater, but his revolver was missing. defendant said that complainant was try Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, been carried out in Hongkong The He identified prisoner as the Chinese who

Mr. Hall: Why did complainant try to vessel will be electrically lighted through had accompanied deceased.

Replying to Mr. Zeitly, witness said evade it-It must have been some en Captain Carpenter mentioned in, con- Following defendant's plea of guilty, that he had been in Hongkong for 18 thought he had in him. years. He reiterated his former asser- In answer to further questions witness nection with the second charge, that there was an item regarding the loss of two tions with regard to seeing the man, the said he was not willing to hand over the

pairs of pyjamas. He said accused had chase which followed, and the eventual coal until the contract was signed. departure of prisoner with the deceased. In reply to the Magistrate, he said not previously admitted the loss of the Mr. Zeitlyn: You took no rest, while he made no promise to sign the contract pyjamas, as he had stated they were

nover issued to him. at the Great Eastern Hotel, Hongkong Mr. Jono Jeronymo Gomes, a very old chasing the man?

Defendant admitted going to the The Fresident replied that this would and respected member of the Portuguese Witness: The Police never take a rest. godown with the complainant, but denied make little difference, but in the case of community in Hongkong, passed away yes (Laughter.) · terday morning at his residence, No. 8, Further questioned, he said that he that he gave instructions, to the godown the equipment he would have to pay. Humphroy's Avenue, Kowloon. The late knew that a $1,000 reward had been keeper to let complaintat take delivery The accused was entitled to draw two Mr. Gomes had been in the employ of the offered for the arrest of the man who of the coal. The keeper was not present pairs of pyjamas, but that was a regi Captain Carpenter stated that be be Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Ca, for had killed Yas Mohamed. He knew that at the godown at the time. If the agenty mental matter. the past years. The late Mr. Gomes it was printed in the Gazette, uut he could

to allow complainant, to take delieved the accused could produce evidence of the coal. He admitted he either to show that the pyjamas had not been Recreio of Kowloon, and took a leading companions were informed of it by an had to give complainant the coal, or repay

issued to him: itorest in its activitica The deceased interpreter a week. after the death of

$9,000.

The President said that he was entitled leaves a widow and a family of nins the Indian" "constable, He agreed that

A Japanese gave evidence to the effect to do so if he wished. children for whom much sympathy will they spoke about it amongst themselves that the coal was sent from Japan to be folt in their bereavement, The funeral and he described the alleged murderer defendant. will take place at the Roman Catholic to other members of the force, and also On the ground that there were no false Cemetery to day, passing the Monument to those persons, with whom he was ac- pretences, His Worship dismissed the atb.30.p.m.

quainted in Kowloon City,

charge,

out.

OBITUARY...

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to be in Canton,

Asked why the agreement for his ap not signed, pointment as agent was ing to evade it.

was one of the Iounders of the Club de not read Chinese. He and four tent was signed to-day, he wa

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Barne, however, refused to make any statement or to give evidence,

No evidence was called and the Court. found sccused guilty. Sentence will be promulgated in due course.

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