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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 1927.

THE MÜRDER OF MRS. MACKAY.

BOTH PRISONERS FOUND GUILTY.

CAREFUL AND IMPARTIAL SUMMING-UP,

SENTENCE. RECEIVED STOICALLY.

The two Chinese who were chariot with the murder of Mis Bo Marany on August 6th were und zuing at the Suphine Court, yesterday morning. The chief piers of ovllence against tfm was the half of the forged verdelar baudaste which was found in one of the prisoners, the other half, Wieso possession was clari; antved to Mrs. Mackay being found aras the stone &f the evine.

The two Jura

When the seatures of death was passed apon the two prisoners, bath showed complete stolidity, but as they were 3d away froņu the dick, the first pisener broke down and weg.

circumstantia were found,sulity paris evalensa, bus, as Mr. Justice J. H. Wood peated car, it was the Jury's duty 16 And whether there was any alyans lory hole, it the Jury found long after half an hoa's desheration. The case trat ,the Ujdan was strong and complete and the prisers had a very fair trial. Neither of them sive evidence, Har was any witness a valled on their behalf. The delene was tant the trowa had sent porated greje mase.. The Jung, thought otherwise, and to eng likely to disagree.

Unanimous Verdict.

HA Lordship addressing the

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The Tell Tale Note. The Crown sloud. them to find

IMPERSONATING" A POLICE

INSPECTOR.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST QUEEN'S SERGEANT.

NOCTURNAL VISIT TO

SAMPAN STREET,

All has rimpers instvá mj Pich Co Srerant Lunard i-, vans, of the Qu ei's, Regiment,) Fiestas "bons charge which was bybught against him by the mis trasses of taa Japanese houses of Inn at Sering Garden Lan

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It was stated in evidence that the at had been ta one of the

As out the text that, he was

X Police Tasporter.

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à la skort for the hon. • register, which hshund and, it is alleged, after

staying for shows two hoges, ho left, the lowes with sh, mopy Belanging i

an of the inmate a of the house. ! My Yamashita. the mistress of No. 2. Sampar Stigt, said she first saw the nerased ond nicht towards the end of last month. The whole!

Way asleep at 2 am, when“ the crime and knock on the dog. Ong of the girls opened the

| polsegers, wind: You have had a that the half and was 'Mrs. Mac The evidence has been ship's property albu imcatter it was carefully consider by the jury found at the see and pier and the accused came in. He

1. Iria

1,4 das as the wad of notes, and it

down that Mrs. Mackay, had pre

and they have recorded animos verdiet that you are both aniity. Therefore my duty a rovionsty had a wad & dotis in her handbag. - Also, found at the same pass septener of death noon yan

His Lordship then donned the file was the Wing On Ponfugio. hack cap.

The Coupon.

It was known that Mrs. Mackay THE JUDGE'S, SUMMING-UP.

tead purchases which entited her Beyond All Reasonable Doubts.

Ine sheh a cumpon either tite day Scamming-up varlier in the barn- ing His Lordship emphasised that lure the murder and also that the coupon" was issued as the counter Crown had to prove the pricher Mrs. Many nikde "plur Sans' guilt beyond all reaseable doubt for a verdict of Builty to be ret trued. The was

dy

the

bases. It was foi die jury to say whether, pattior all these facts together, aber was sufficient for Crown to prove iss eas and then to say that the begin found thuilty serdiet did not necessarily beas that the jury was satised of the latence of the prisonge prisniers, but merely that the were at balistied that the case had

Leen positively proved.

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TO-DAY

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THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL.

AUTUMN TERM IN FULL SWING

CLASS ROOM AND PLAYING FIELD ACTIVITIES.

A NASTY MOTOR ACCIDENT.

EUROPEAN INJURELL

Mr. J. H. Perry employed at the A.D. installation at North Point is now in the viovernment. Civil Hospital as the result of a nasty motor car accident in Morri was not in uniform, but was wear

son Hill Road, near the Civil Hort The Diocesan Boys' School term

vice Crice: Club at o'elack, yes. white suit. The arrased ap;

The Centerday morning eared to be very angry and the! witress beard him say the word 'lean three "weeks agn.

mittee and the Headunster have! In making the bend, Mr. Perry ** Palveman.***

iskidded acress the road. It cold. Witness then becatur very scared Bust me time in adapting the Tem to share a turn and the cal and did not hear what was polary Premises at Mongkok for aed with the tram standard outsid Afterwards the accused asked for (th- Loan of $19, but the with so only gave him fire 81 notes. The wit, ness and this to keep" the arvused Accused stayed two hours in the house and then departed

Tsui "Fujikawa, an inasate of the house, then testified to the areas out's visitat és, on August ed. knocked rather loudly on the

the path was that belonging to Mrs. Mackay. If they came to that

mensionit immensurably strony thesd them in the conclusion that

he witness saw that he was drunk, mat, fret she scat ahnit him. Eventually she

the CS.C.C. with great fore

Mr. Perry was soruck on the jaw (by the steering wheel and rindfred

unconscious.

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Soon afterwards another car ap-

took Mr. Perry on board and re- pared, the occupants of which moved hith first to his house in L th- North Point, and later Chesecument Civil Hospital..

School. Grounds have been formed and a strong fende erected: therei are also two hard tennis courts. A covered playground my feet will he built at the corner of Nathan Road and Prince Edward Aveur during the next six werks. This term two ericket bets and cricket matting 1s is andersted that Mr. Perry's have beer purchased and in most of jaw was broken and his tongas Lad the evenings of the work passers byly injured. He is progressing as can's Tennis, Cricket and Foot well as can be expected,"

al being played. The standard of Cricket at the school was never bet-

Although there pliers,

are

weake

the half a forgidgite found on the it him in so as not to disturb the same path abo, came from Mrs. Lother people who weree sloop

There are 67 Boarders this off Mackay's handing.

Arenset was wearing white civilian suit. Accused was very and about 100 Day Boys The fi suggy when he came in and said to towing appointments have beca the witness: I am the No. made during the year Police aspecte and I want to see

The witheas Showed The Games Masters ar--Mr. E. Your buk seemed this book, nurt be signed it. Thause (Footbal), Mr. T. S. uspector Stinson explained that W. Chan (Tennis) and Mr. J. L.

Other Licks In The Chain. Additional evidenge which the

Referring to the case against the as being based entirely on vircumstantial evidence, His Lord ship said that there were a number of circumstances involving the pri-two alleged implicated these pri- soners was as follows. They were soners, any one of whies might not involve them very much by itself arrested in Shaukisan together I was for the jury to suit them duty-four hours after the murder. What the witness pferred to was Young Says (Cricket » and arrange them with a view of When arrested, they were wearing the house register. fitting them together to see if caltre chocking similar to that described! Lively they prodigal that feeling of Fertainty which was equivalent to the positive pro£ of eyewitnesse§.

No Obvious Loophole,”

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the only eyewitness of the in- edits dading up to the murder The two njen were known to have been together un the fight of the tuurder and to have slept on board

You Will Lose $200."

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CITY HALL FOR COLOMBO.

COMMITTEES INTERIM"

REPORT.

The Times of Crylon is authorita- tively informed that the Committer appointed by Ceylon Chwvernment to "work our a plan and perque a site

for a City tall for adombe has forwarded an interim report a Gievernment, strongly recommend ing the establishment of the pr pod Hall

The Committee state that Colon. |bo at present lacks à projet Con

Forthall Matches will begin next Proceeding, the witness said that Werk: trial matches," senior and rad said to her: To junior, having her held during morres you will go to the police the past week. In Cricket, and station nad you will lose som for Tennis the leans have already met

thing the door to the No I

the witness apologised, with several successes. With rements. The reces might be ted

certif Art Gaiery, Theatre and, a Hall for large meetings, and they are of opinion that the City Hal should combine all these requites

and said that she did not know his gard to work there have been very as public assembly, rooms and be let -

His Lordship emphasised that m greater degree.af certa.nty was her ndred in a capite charge than was required in any other case in which ahe sa vins of a jury might men had exactly the same foles in About two or three weeks after reading and speaking. f required and commented, that there possess.oh. Another point The critid ja prove things with "absolute "vegtainty. The only thing one could do was to be that there was ng obvious bepličje,

a boat when they were still wearing [ið acity. Arrised then said: "Next tow changes in the Staff. All boys The clothes in which they were ar-Line you don't open quick I will

take your living and elise No, must learn Chines" and several rested.

This time I will fix it up so that English and Eurasian boys are A smaller jedni was that phe two ¦ you will have to pay mily S654,"

making teady" progress forwriting, the affair, the witness went to the

! Lonship suggested that the key factor was whether the note, tart, of which was found on the path aid part on the first prisoner, was it was not on that evening in the handbag of Mrs. Mackay.

picked hini out at oner.

out for entertaininents, ele

The Committee have gone further And have proposed that with the same schente provision should i made for an Aquarium, a Gyun» sium and a winning Bath. The intention of the Committen is that the Bath should be used specialy by students, both boys and girls, Such a project will give a fill to swig- ming in Ceylon

Question Of Sile.

The Committee outsider that about a dozen acres of hul will be necessary for the whole Aroject, but considerable dificulty appears to

acerted the wound on the band Military, Hospital and there picked Mr. Law Lok" Tin, Senior Ver |of the ground prismer and the find the need out of eight or wheaterlar Master and Mr. Tse Tiu

ing of bed insite the rifled hood.

She Tseung late of the Fondun Mis- bag of the murdered woman. The ers standing in a row,

sion, and a Teacher who knows": jury must not, however, ignore the

At this stage the mase was ad

Mandarin and Japan in addition Pibility, that the murdered wo saan before her death herself open (uarund until 11.36 on Monday morn- led-rise hag të see what was taken.

ing next

to Cantonese, have been revising the sy Halus. Next year, it is honed to Ch the other hand," blood had also Jen funud, on a note in the posses- sien of the first prisoner and a ten

not to attach importance to thisntroduar Mandarin into the two

Senior classes.

exist over the question of ite jos piece in the pussession of mint, ther: On the ground that

For Science, Chemistry

It is chiefly on Recouns of the prey, scond prisutn

it was possible to say definitely that the sond prisoner had not Physics, Classes 1 to 4 go to the sent lack of unanimity in this a

ter that the Committen dreided ru Selence room which was fitted, up Leut his hand with a knife. It is Lord- There was a good deal to be said ship also asked the jury not to at-

the prisoner's point of view, tach to much importance to the B.Sc. and Mr. A. G. Per depend on the site which is asad

at the New Scot, now the General forward an Interim Report. Hospital. Mr. Mr. J. Young working out of a plag will farany were certain factors in the evidence which had been given show A Loth Old Boys and Graduates a its number. It would, again. be Crown case which he did not wanting that it was unlikely that i proof if, for instance, one half the jury su regard with undue i could have been dona in sharpen Bad Teen found on the prisoner, and

There was no definite evidence, 'said His Lordship, that this note

was in Mrs. Mackay's possession. It from was not, for instance, identified by

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Points For The Defence.

and

of the Hong Kong University, are

the Sulence Masters.

FEAST OF OUR LADY,

THE ORDER OF THE PROCESSION.

The

Ameng the other proposals nude by the Committee is that 100143 should be provided in the main building which, right be used by various Associations, when they require it.

HEALTH BULLETIN OF. EASTERN PORTS.

the other in Mrs. Mackay's hand-tance. The first was that whening prisoner's nails..

The fact remained that if rested stains which the medical

Prisoner's Silence. evidence. went to show were of they came to the conclusion that the human blood were found on their

Continuing, the judge laid stress note was the same as that found they would have come to it without seemed to him that it was almost

clothing. In this

connection it on the net that prisoners had made no statement on arrest although definit evidence. The evidence on impossible for blood to have spurted the first prisoner had contended which the Crown invited the jury

find that the note was one pre from the murdered woman.

on to the glothing of her assailants that he endeavoured to make a The statement and was debarred from viously, in the possession of Mrs. first prisoner had stated that he had doing. The police evidence on Mackay was as follows:

been suffering from bleeding boils this point had, however, been em Half of the note was found on a and it was quite possible in view phatic It was peculiar that the fact that the celebration of the path which was on the direct route of the habits, of men of his class these men were guilty of the attack, Feast of Our Lady of the Holy ports for the week ending Septem- from the scene of the crime to the that he had not changed his clothes they should have made no attempt-Rosary is inking place at thi direction of Shaukiwan. It was for some time.

having money in their possession Rosary Church, Kowloon, to-mor found at 2 a.m. on the..day follow-

to get away from the vicinity of rows The procestion feaves Regarding the suggestion of the the murder and to change the Church shortly after 4.20 p.m., and ing the attack and as it had not Crown that, the wounds on the clothes they were wearing at the will be as under:-

en picked up before it was duir deceased and the wound on the time of the murder. Finally, His

Reference was made yesterday to

The health bulletin for Eastern

ber 4th, was as follows:-

Plague,

the

C cases at Bassein.

..

1 ease at Barabay.

to say that it had been dropped second prisoner's hand had been in Lordship said that it was not a The Banner of Our Lady. Girls where it was found sometime after Bicted with a blunt instrument, mscessary inference has because scattering flowers, Knights of the dusk--and the murder had taken therefore the instrument used had the second prisoner had deposed Blessed Sacrament. St. Joseph's place just before dark. Blood was been the same, the Lordship em to an early knowledge of the nur College Apostleship of Study, on the half note found in the pri-phasised that there were numerous therefore he taust have taken Apostleship of Prayer, Chinese soner's pocket and blood was also such blunt instruments and he did in the handbag. Further evidence

past in it.

tached to this point.

Another point was

ment

Catholic Young Men's Society, in support of the contention that not think importance should be at-

Finally, His Lordship comment St. Joseph's Confraternity, St. the note was dra. Mackay's lay in

ed on the, decision of the defence Margaret Banner, Bearers of the the fact that it was a forged note

the state not to give evidence and on the Mysteries of the Rosary, Cross of and that Mrs. Mackay was known of the first prisone on absence of corroborative evidence the Confraternity of the Rosary, to have retained in her possession arrest that the blood, or some of the of their having played tin kau" Confraternity of the Holy Rosary, two such forged notes, one of which blood, on his trousers was fish biod, on the night in question. Connal Chinese Catholic Young Women's was actually left in the handiag a statement which had proved false bad concentrated not on establish Society, Congregation of St. Aloy It was also in evidence that Mr. The Crown has put forward the ing prisoners innocence, but in sus, The Childres of Mary, Girls Mackay had slit one of these notes suggestion that prisoner had lied holding that the Crown had failed scattering flowers, The Clergy, The with a pair of scisst's and that from a guilty mind but, from a to prove their case-aeree which Statue of Our Lady, Guard of" the two parts of the note found on considerable knowledge of the be he was perfectly entitled to follow. Honour, The Bishop, The Consuls the path and in the possession of aviour of Chinese prisons on The jury retired for thirty-five and the Knights, Ladies' Apostle- ship of Prayer, The Band, follow. arrest, His Lordship asked the jury minutes and returned a verdict as the Erst prisoner had also appar-

stated above. (Continued on mext Colun.)

ed by The Faithful. ently been cut with scissors.

1 rase at Colombo.

Cholera.

1 cases at Bagra., 11cases at. Calcutta. 7 cases at Madras

1 ensent Tuticorin, 1 cake at Singapore.

2 cases at Bangkok.

3 cases at Tourane.

6 cases at Shanghai.

4 cases at Amoy.

cases at Canton.

17 cases at Tientsin. 1 case at Dairen,

Small-pox..

1 case at Bombay.

2 cases at Calcutta:

cases at Madras.

6 cases at Rangoon.

5 cases at Balikpapan. 33 cases at Bandjermasin,