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PLOT TO THROW BOMBS.

CASE FOR DEFENCE OF THE TWO

WOMEN.

ONE SENTENCED AND ONE

DISCHARGED..

MAGISTRATES. TO STATE A CASE ON ADMIS

BIBILITY OF EVIDENCE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 9TH, 1926

A $3,000 DEAL. "FRIVOLOUS PROSECUTION " FAILS AT MAGISTRACY.

WITNESS SHARPLY

REPRIMANDED.

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Sharp reprimand and rebuks meted out by Mr. R. E. Lindsell to a

of

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SHORTAGE..

It was defendant's duty to keep the books and to record all purchases and sales made. Witness came down from Canton to inspect the books, and defand- ant could only produce in cash 8978, there being a shortage of 22,630 shown. Witness asked him to account for this! shortage and defendant admitted that

Chinese witness at the Central Magis he had invested it in an enterprise of his tracy yesterday afternoon, who giving evidence in a case which His own, stating that this enterprise can. "frivolous cerned a deal in scaamun seeds Defend. Worship termed 000 prosecution." His Worship reprimand-ant stated that he had sold the greater ed him for evading direct answers to his part of these seeds on credit from his questions and threatened to commit him shop in Aberdeen and had not collected

the payment. for contempt if he did not reply pro- perly; while at the close of the case Mr. Lindsell expressed the hope that this case in which witness had lost enough face by bringing a charge against a man which he could not substantiate, would be a lesson to him.

Becds.

The case concerning the scheme formu lated by strikers at Shum' Chun to throw bombs of a powerful and dangerous type in Hongkong, following the fashire to bring about another strike in the Colony ut China Now Year, was continued at the Central Magistracy yesterday...

Yesterday the defence of the two Chinese women tone a young woman and the other an amab) who were charged with being in possession of two bombs was heard. After defendants' story, the magistrate (Mr. R. E Lindsell and Major C. Wilson) Wischarged the amah, but sentenced the other woman to four years The case concerned sesamun hard labour. However, on the applica-worth 83,000, which Fong Chak Man was. tion of Mr. H. J Armstrong, who ap charged, on remand, will unlawfully posted for the defence, their Worships receiving 200 bags as manager of the fixed to-morrow morning for stating a Tai Yau Brm, No. 123, Bonham Strand, case on the admissibility of the evidence East, from another firm. He was also of the man who was also charged in con- charged with converting the goods to his

nection with this case and was sentenced to five years hard labour when the case first came up.

CASE RECALLED),

It will be recalled that the man who was sentenced to imprisonment on the same charge as that preferred against the women, gave evidence at the first bear- ing of the case that arrangements were made at Shum Chan for the young woman

to bring the bombs to him in Hongkong and that the brought them to the World Boarding House on March 2nth, and was accompanied by the ama At the second hearing of the case ha denied that the young woman had anything to do with the case, nad said he made the

statement, which implicated her under compulsion. He added then that she had nothing what over to do with the bombs.

CASE TO ANSWER.

own use,

This case had been before the Court on a previous occasion, when the Captain Superintendent of Police refused per- mission for it to be withdrawn.

When the case came up for hearing yesterday, Mr. Leo d'Almada appeared for the defence.

A PRINCELY SALJET.

A joint proprietor with his brothers of the Tai Yau firm, No. 125. Bonham Strand. East, said defendant was the manager of the Hongkong shop. The firm had another shop in Canton. The defendant as manager wts paid a salary of $10 a month.

Mr. Lindsell That is a large salary for manager, 816 a month. Does he set commission?

yearly Witness: Yes, he receivca bonus. Witness explained that three cents was paid out on every 81 received for sales, and in reply to His Worship, At the opening of the case yesterday.said this was paid whether a profit was Mr. H. J. Armstrong said that he pro- made or not. posed to disclose his defence"ard to put (Continued un next Column.) ' the two defendants in the witness-box. He also proposed to address the Magia. trates on the admissibility of the evidence of the first defendant.

Mr. Lindsell said they were consider ing whether there was a case against the third defendant at all. Last time they had held that there was 1 case against the second. After consulting to- gether they decided that there was a case on to answer, against both women.

Mr. Lindsell: How did you come across the border l

Witness: I Arst took a chair and got cut at a place where there were strike pickets, and from there walked across after paying them some money.

Mr. King: How much did you pay them?

Witness: 820 for the two of us.

The third defendant was also called to give evidence detailing how she was engaged as amah to the younger woman, house, she was sent out to buy a tin of

Witness produced two orders chopped with his firm's chop, which showed that to purchases of sesamam seeds had been

made on credit. In one case 81 bag

LOGAL SPORT.

BILLIARDS.

AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL'S POOR DISPLAY.

DEFEATED BY LOCAL PLAYKE.

WOMEN AND CANCER.

SUFFERING' - WHICH · IS

NEEDLESS.".

LAWN TENNIS.

MANY MATCHES, YESTERDAY. The I.R.C. youngest colt". Cassum

A further report on the subject of bhoy, met his Waterloo yesterday when

cancer of the breast is published to-day he lost to E.-C. Fincher in three close by the British Ministry of Health, and sets in the second round of the Openis described in a prefatory note by Sir George Newman, Chist Medical Ofer Singles. The young Indian player used of the Ministry, as a useful and per- the greater variety of strokes and was manent addition to our knowledge of an obscure subject." A provious report, playing in form, but badly needed match prepared, like the present one, under the experience. He was very often played direction of Dr. Janet E. Lane Claypon, deals with the results obtained after oper This out of position by bis more experienced ation, and it was decided to follow this

histories of 500 women who either wore opponent who drew him up to the net up by an investigation into the antecedent and either passed him with nice side line or who had been victims of the disease.

and Glasgow. placements or returned difficult lobs. The inquiry was carried out in Londer With a little mere knowledge in court- craft be should turn out to be a very formidable player.

[BY CADOFYDD.] "It is the worst experience I have ever had in my life. I do not really like to blame the billiard table, but there was something radically wrong. table" made all the science of billiards as I know it upside down. I don't want to make excuses, but I have never done worse than this in my life."

So spoke Mr. George Gray, of Aus- tralia, a professions! billiard player, at

one time one of the world's champions

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ware ordered and in another case 200 and holder of the highest break in the games ran very close in the first two sets, treatment could be consider likely. "It

bagy. Both lots were from different firms. The value of each bag would be between 890 and 830, according to sixe The total value of the orders would amount to something over 84,000.

WHY A DEFICIENCY ↑

Mr. Lindsell: If the orders were on

credit and the sales were on credit and no money had passed at all, how is there a deficiency in the accounts to the extent of $2,6001

Witness: Defendant said he had in- vested the money in his own business.

Mr. Lindsell On your own showing there was no money involved?

Witness: I don't know what he did. He was in business himself.

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world, at the conclusion of a billiard's match at the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders last night, when he was defeated by Mr. W. Brown, a member of the Institution. The game was 800 up, Brown receiving 300, Brown reached 600 against Gray's 265, thereby defeating him by 33 points, from scratch,

The game

mediocre, and was very Gray's exhibition was particularly' lamentable. He failed at the simplest "shots, and was in fact very amateurish in every way. He had chances galore, and even then, more often than not, failed to reach double figures. He essayed

several all-round table cannons, and was

The now volume show's that only is per cent. of the patients in hospital had effered themselves for treatment at o stage at which real hope of prolonged The match was well contested, and the relief or a possible cure by surgical the report points Casenmbboy did most of the running and has long been known,' succeeded in saving his opponent's well out that unmarried woman suffer from It is now proved" that ting was very accurate, and he scored married ones." placed shots. Fincher's bank hand cut cancer of the breast at a higher rate than Casumbhoy led 3-3 in the second set and fertilo are at a disadvantage. The com- many points by Hilling at the net. among married women those who are less needed one more point in the ninth game mon belief that lactation at repeated to win the set, but failed to convert an Pregnancies is & cause is shown to be cagy kill." The Kowloon player gave baseless. Finally, this inquiry has con- no more ebances after this, and very soon fired and placed on a basis of statis- round play. Fincher is playing very the occurrence of cancer of the breast and

u previous injury. controlled the game by very good all tical measurement the connection between

well this season and. bis further progress will undoubtedly be watched with much

interesti

Conway met and defeated Mawatari in the other Open Singles match, and, now" meets Yow Man Kit in the third round. Conway played a more consistent game and his short chops to the Japanese bank-band won him many points. Mawa tari played a baseline game throughout and put in many good drives, but faileu in the critical stages of the sets.

Commenting, in conclusion, upon the low percentage of patients who presented themselves for treatment as a sufficiently "It is early stage, Sir George addai well to emphasise this paint, and once. more to insist tha: there are many right and useful things that ought to be done now without waiting for the solution of cancer problems to which may look forward in the near future. It is all to the good that the resources of labora tories and research are being concentrat ed-more and more hopefully on the ulti logy, and that 'feld inquiries, such as those set out in the present report, are with those of the countries in the being pursued and their result compared search for a clearer knowledge of the epidemiology of cancer. But the pro-

In reply to further questions by Moften miles from the mark. He continu- Portuguese pair, Sousa and Riberio, and mate causation of cancer and its patho-

Lindsell, witness said that the business, of the Tai You firm was bamboo ware. Asked if defendant had any authority to pledge the credit of the firm in con- nection with his own business, witness anid that his (witness's) elder brother had given defendant permission to start

in business on a small account...

WITNESS DEPRIMANDED.

Unable to obtain a direct answer to several questions he had asked witness, Mr. Lindsell said to witness: 'Ansyor my questions. If you don't I shall com- mit you to guol for contempt. I do not say you are telling lies, but you are evading the answers. If you do not an swer my questions.properly you will be committed.

Asked again whether defendant had any authority to pledge the credit of their firm, in connection with his own business, witness said: Yes, he had

losing

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Major Pratt and Major Stevenson had little difficulty in accounting for the only ally tried to follow through are now the first pair to enter the third round of the Open Doubles. The losers hazards, and did not succeed once.

played placikly, but found the steadiness sionally be had hard luck, but for the and combination of the Military pair

much too good for them. most part he was very poor.

Hancock made another appearance Handicap Doubles against Newton and such a thing in most games. as being off yesterday and partnered Grimble in t colour, but champions and professionals Broom, who were defeated in two straight can al all times put up an appreciably sets. Habeock showed good form again, winning many shots by good placing good show. George Gray failed lament along the side line.. ably to do so, and disappointed the large number of persons who had gone to see hin plas. He scored the highest break of the evening, but that was only 28, and be often went to the table without scoring anything Hundreds of mediocre amateurs could have put up a finer exhibition.

Detailed scores of all the matches

follow:-

OPEN SINGLES.-E. C. Fincher beat J. Cassumbhay. B-4, 8-6, 6-3; H. R. OPEN DOUBLES.-Major Pratt and Major Coaway beat K.Maratari, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Stevenson beat E. de Souss and. F. Riberic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1; R. M. Henderson and A Brearley boat Hung Husi Chen and Wong Boon, Hin, 6-4, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2

fires was by no means brilliant, but

HANDICAP SINGLES B.-A. K. Mac- he played a good, consistent game, and although 17 was his highest break, he very kenzie (owe 5/8) boat P. W. Greene (rec. often reached double figures. He, too, 3/8), 6-4, 6-3; M Bose (rec. 15) beat R. however, missed some easy shots at times.. Sutherland (zer.). 6-2, 6-2; W. L.

THE GAME DESCRIBED.

Mr. Armstrong then outlined his de- and bow, when she was at the boarding suthority from my elder brother to and left the balls in a fine position, but

icucé and called the second defendant, the younger, to give evidence.

TO DEFENDANT'S STORY.

oatmeal.

SEARCH OF THE TRAIN

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The question of the search on the train She said she bad been living in Can- was raised at this point, and Mr. King ton recently and had been employed as a

said he bad made inquiries and found singing girl. Owing to slackness of husithat on the morning there was no re- ness the decided to go to Macao, and gular police search on the train. Some engaged the third defendant as her amah, trains had to be missed, the most likely iler usual amah was employed by other ones being taken. girls and could not go.

Mr. Armstrong said this could not be Witness said she arrived at Sum Chun accepted unless evidence was called to

prove it. about four o'clock in the afterndon and Mr. Lindsell: What about the Cus stayed the night at a boarding house,

toms search at Kowloon! knowing that she could not eatch the Mr. King pointed out that passengers Macao boat if she went straight on to

arriving there were not searched. Hongkong.

Coming down in the train ber luggage was inspected. When she arrived Hongkong she was met by a man who told her that the first defendant was stay ing at a boarding house and invited her to go and see him..

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Mr. Armstrong said there evidence to show that the bombs were ever in the suitcase carried by the second defendant. Mr. Lindsell pointed out that there was the first defendant's evidence.

FIRST DEFENDANT'S SYIDENCE This concluded the case for the defence, She had no reason to visit the man, and point was then raised of the admis- but she went to the boarding house and sibility of the evidence of the male defen sat in room 10 with the first defendant. | dant. Mr. Armstrong suggested that the He went out for a few moments, return- man was competent to give evidence but ed and went out again. Witness said that no credibility could be attached to that her suitcase contained some male it. The whole case for the prosecution clothing, and explained that it had been relied on the evidence of the first defen- left behind by a man who used to keep dazt, and submitted that no credence her in Canton. She had about 10 in ought to be given to it. money when she arrived in Hongkong,

Mr. Lindsall: Did the man who met you come down on the same train as yourself!

Witness: No, he was there to meet the

train

Mr. Lindsell: Whyt

Witness: Because he knew I was coming, down.

Replying to further questions, witness' said she told the man about the middle of February that the coming to Hong- koag

Mr. Lindsell: How did he know which train to meet!

Witness By arrangement. Mr. Lindsoll: You fund arranged to come on, that particular train ten days previously 1

Mr. Lindsell pointed out that they were not debarred from convicting on that evidence alone.

Mr. Armstrong said the man had been in the box and had denied what he said

at the first hearog

He quoted Archbold on the veracity of witnesses, and discussion took place on the point raised

Mr. Lindsell said that as regarded the amah there was no evidence, and she was accordingly discharged. "It was quite possible that she knew nothing whatever about the bombs until she got to the hoarding bouse.

pledge the 5rm's credit in connection with his own private business.

Dunbar, (scr.) beat T. J. Price (scr.),

4-6, 6-1, 6-0.

HANDICAP DOUBLES.-W. B. Conway

and A. Piercy (owa 2/8)" beat G. W. Sewell and E. J. R. Mitchell (owe 3/8), 1-0, 6-4, 6-4; E. Grimble and E. Hancock (owe 18.2) beat J. Newton and J. C. Brocme (owe 15), 6-3, B-1.-

BUMJAHNE TO. PLAY TO-DAY.

Brown started off and brought his ball in baulk. Gray essayed a cannon and failed. His opponent scored nothing at the second time, of going to the table, Gray only aggregated e, failing at s simple red losing hazard. Brown, play- ing cautiously, potted his opponent's ball, and gave him a "double baulk. OPEN DOUBLES.-H. D. and S. A. Rum- Oray's attempt for a cannon was fruit-jahn w. I. Owen Hughes and G. W. less. He left the balls in a fine position, Sewell, E. Grimble and A. S. Hett e. but Brown could only score 3, and later K. Mawatari and H. Unotora. added. 8, only to give his opponent a CLUB BISOLES.-H. J Armstrong. very fine opening. Grey played care. Major W. B. Stevenson. fully and knocked up 15, but he should have done better, having failed to in

case his break by a follow through red losing hazard. Brown replied with 7,

THE SHIELD FINAL and again gave his opponent an opening Very ordinary whereby he added 17.

The following team has been selected play followed, both players being very to represent Kowloon in the match weak. Brown eventually got in a break against the Surreys in the Shield Fizal of 10, leaving the red on the top of a on Saturday, 10th instant, on Hongkong pocket. Gray could only score 8, and Club ground- once again a run through from the red was his downfall. Brown added another 10 and failed at an easy white loser. Before Gray added another point he got another break of ten.

ELDER BROTHER'S AUTHORITY. Mr. d'Almada interposed that the brothers kept a business in Canton, and defendant was left in sole charge of the shop in Hongkong. So far as he under stood, the elder brother of the witness gave defendant fully authority to pledge the credit of the firm in business of his own. When this witness came to Hong kong to examine the books and found a shortage, defendant told him about the elder brother. Defendant seeing that witness was dissatisfied, suggested that they go to the police station and thrash the matter out. Later proceedings were taken against defendant, and when it was found out that the elder brother had given authority for defendant to, pledge the credit of the firm, an attempt to withdraw the case was made. It was then that the police brought the second charge of converting the goods to his own

Mr. Lindsell to witness; If defendant, Brown continued to be consistent, and had this authority why did you progot breaks of 13, 12 and 10, and seldom went to the table without securing a few points. Except for breaks of 17 and 13 Gray was playing poorly. pecasionally of which an ordinary player would at missing easy abots. Given a leave out least have made 10, he only scored 4.

At the interval the scores were Brown 472, Gray 127. -

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Witness: I did not know.

Mr. Lindsell: Why did you come down to Hongkong if you knew nothing about the business?

Witness made answer to this question.

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CHARGE MUST GO.. Mr. Lindsell: It is clear that the

charge must go.

A BAD MISTAKE..

Gray, went to the table and secured red winners twice with the white in baulk. He secured a red loser, and double baglked himself, and missed with

the resultant stroke.

·THE HIGHEST BREAK”-“

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FOOTBALL.

Avery; Wheeler and/or Guest Read;

Turner, Caveille and McKelvie; Duncan, Spary, Sims, G. Duncan and Hayes. Reserves: Sibley and Millard.

PORTUGUESE, THE REST.・・ The following team has been chosen to represcat, the Portugese a. the Rest of the Colony in a match at Happy Valley to-day:

Allanson (5); H. Faracho (S) and P. M. Xavier (H); H. Collaco (8), A. A Remedios (H), and C. F. Remedios (H); A Fuertes (H), F. Favacho (S), L. Marcel (8), L Rocha (H), and A. Guterres (H).

CRICKET.

The following will represent the Volun- teers against Mr. A. A. Rumjahn's XI. at 11 am at the University ground on Bunday, April 11th (but leaves H.K.C.C. pavilica at 10.45 a.m. sharp):-E. J. RB, Gray started off after the interval and Mitchell (captain), H. V. Parker, J. C. decided to have this man charged and when in a good position. Brown having O. Burgess, F. E. Lawrence, S. Jez, C. To Witness, Mr. Lindsell said: You added four, and later only put on five Lyal, A. W. Ramsey, E. C. Fincher, H. you engaged a solicitor to prosecute him left the balls near each other, Gray D. Wales, H. E. Standage and G. R.

Mr. d'Almada interposed that he did started of with a cannon, and kept the Vallack. not think witness knew about the per- halls together until he reached 10. He mission given by his elder brother when then played several losing hazards and he laid the charge-against defendant. IL 28, failed at a simple while loser. Mr. Lindsell. He ought to have He later essayed a cannon and missed the object ball completely. Brown, although TRIVOLOUS PROSECUTION."

not in any way spectacular was fairly consistent and when he reached 500, Cray was only 172.

Mr. Lindsell intimated that they ac cepted the original evidence of the first defendant as being substantially correct. and they proposed to convict the second | kuown. :defendant...

Mr. Armstrong said he would ask the Magistrates to state a case or the ad on ahead in a rieska and did not accommissibility of the man's evidence. paay ber.

Witness: Yes We met in Canton Further questioned about the man who met her, witness said he told her to go

Referring to the incidents in the board. ing house, she said she never noticed the amah leave the room Neither did the notice the packet of oatmeal or the handkerchief.

HOW CHOSSED THE BORDER.

Cross examined by Mr. T. H. King (Director of Criminal Intelligence) who prosecuted: Did you have any difficulty in getting from Chinese territory to British territory 1 Witness: No.

(Continued on next Column.)

WOMAN SENTENCED,

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Mr Almada Really they are liable to an action for heavy damages

Mr. Lindsell I am prepared to con fendant for frivolous prosecution.

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Mr. Lindsell said the Magistrates were prepared to consider Mr. Armstrong's application, and intimated that they pro- for that. He had no instructions to deflater sent his ball off the table in trying removes long-standing bronchitis, sethms and hacking, straining, spazmodis cough, posed to sentence the second defendants, and apart from that, prior to this to make a white loser. Soon after, aided to four years hard labour. He would matter defendant and witness had been with a fluke, be accured 18, but Brown replied with 16 and later added 10. make a note that Mr. Armstrong desired on very good terms. to apply for a case to be stated.

bir Lindsell then said that they would grant Mr. Armstrong's application and fixed to-morrow for the case. The sen tence imposed on the second defendant would run from the day of its imposi tion.

Mr. Lindsell to witness: I hope this Brown only needed one for game, and case will be a leason to you. You have went to the table, four times before he got. lost enough face by bringing a charge it Grey left the red on the top of the against this man which you cannot pocket and Brown easily potted it. aubstantiate

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