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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd, 1929.

KOWLOON COURT CAMEOS.

[BY "HUMANIST"]

Mr. Whyte-Smith: Next case. Laconic Constable: Dog-no licence

SENTENCE DAY." ~ AVIATION CLUB FOR

FIVE YEARS HARD LABOUR FOR PTE. BOYLE

SEVEN YEARS FOR CHILD STEALING.

HONG KONG.

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CHINESE MEMBERS

WELCOME.M

Defendant: Shot-no dog!

Several prisoners who had been There is now "nothing to stop Magistrate: Fined $1.

convicted at this months Criminal the formation of a seaplane flying Clerk No money. Alagistrate: Then one day.

Ecssions were brought before club in Hong Kong. We can now proceed with the idea without com. Defendant: One minute, plessS. "Justice J. I. Wood, at the Supreme | ing up against" laws and regula Small Boy wriggles his way down Court yesterday afternoon to retions. to the front of the Court. Delend

It is my pleasant duty to assure ant peels off his greasy jacket and ceive their sentences. Among them

you that Chinese members will be bands it to the Small Boy who darts was Pte. James Boyle, of the End very welcome in the club. Aga off before the Court recovers from Batt: K.0.9.8., who was convicted | matter of fact, I refused to have its surprise. Ho returns in one minute clutching a dollar note but on a charge of maliciously wound-anything to do with it until we aged to have: Chinese members. minus the jacket. The coole de ing Sgt. Kerr, on board the troop Selection for membership will be fendant grabs the nate from the ship Somersetshire in October by ballos and will be decided by a Small Boy and hands it to the Clerk

Committee.

Curtain.

in payment of the fine. The Small last, whilst the ship was at sea Boy then gives his father a pawn-between Aden and Colombo. ticket

Boyle who was defended by Mr. HG. Sheldon, pleaded guilty to the charge and in extenuation, Counsel addressed the Court mying that Sgt. Kerr was a money-lender, charging exorbitant interest for may sum lent. He was also said to have run a "Housia" and " Crown and Anchor" boards using others as his agents on a commission basis Boyle was given the Crown and Anchor to run and as he had no capital, he beld it back for ten days. Kerr 'then accused him of down. Ou having let him October 20th, Boyle crept up to where Kerr was sleeping and stab. bed him with a knife.

Three coolies clad in very dirty rags were charged with stealing some very clean washing which had been hung out to dry. It was the spectacle of one of them wearing a filthy shirt and snow-white trousers which aroused the suspicions of an alert constable and led to the sub- sequent arrest of the trio,"

*** One of you must be guilty" de clared Mr. Whyte-Smith, Which one of you is the thief, "

Solemnly, and without the trace of a blush, each declared himself

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innocent

It was stated in evidence that two of the trio were lying on a bed in the third man's house when they were arrested. Some of the stolen clothing was at the foot of the bed. The owner of the bed could not no count for the presence of the cloth- ing nor could his visitors say how it got there.

True to her sex and relationship, however, the mother-in-law of the landlord gave the game away and told the Magistrate that her dutiful son-in-law knew the bundle of cloth

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Pte. Boyle was yesterday sen tenced to five years' hard labour.

Robbery and Child-stealing. Four Chinese were arraigned on a charge of having committed rob

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ing and pointed out that even Ho emphasised the safety of fy- bery at a matshed at Shatin, and engine failure need not entail more also with child-stealing. It was than a slightly damaged machine ing was stolen and had made a very alleged against them that, finding in the event of a forced landing,

profitable deal with his two com panions in the dock.

After a lengthy cross-examination, however, the ma-in-law admitted that he was in bed and asleep when the two other, defendants arrived separately and did not know any thing about the theft.

Two of the trio were discharged. The coblis with the dirty shirt and spotless trousers was sentenced to one month's" hard.".

no valuable lost, the robbers stole a boy and girl both 3 years of age.

When the case was being heard, the jury were rather confused by the points at Jesus. They at first found. two prisoners not guilty of robbery and child stealing.

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An energetic bluebottle which had been worrying the interpreter buzzed its way through an open window of the Gourt as the tramp

through the corridor outside.

The Magistrate gazed up in sur Prise from & number of official papers which he was signing with official ink from an official pen. Suddenly the dock was filled to overcrowding and still there were half a dozen or so prisoners trying to cram themselves into the small railed-off space in the well of the Court!

Mr. Whyte Smith blew his nose vigorously. Then he adjusted his glasses on his nose and glanced in quiringly at the clerk.

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"There are twenty prisoners and they are charged with gambling Your Worship, exclaimed that gen *tleman

the children were at time

and by the same gang. The Jury quite spectacular rise of over £6.10. retired for the second time, and London cables explained this as be returned a verdict of guilty against ing the result of "bull" activities the third prisoner by a vote of 8 adding that an attempt was to be against 1. The fourth prisoner was made to obtain American buil

support. At the same time they found guilty on both charges.

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The jury then added that if it was not too late, they would like to amend their verdict in respect to the first and second prisoners. They said that they found that al though the two men were not on the scene of the robbery at the time. they had at a later stage "received. the two children. A

His Lordship then informed the Crown Solicitor, Mr. H. K. Holmes. that he could charge the two men "We raided a house in Shanghai on a different count. Mr. Holmes Street last evening and caught this | said that in view of what had been lot, Your Worship," explained an said, other proceedings were being apologetic police inspector. Four considered:

of the men plead guilty.

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Then those four are fined $3 each decided the Magistrate, with out further parler.

The two prisoners who were cón ricted, Chan Hon and Lau Cheung, each received seven years' imprison Each of the others pleaded notment with hard labour on each guilty and offered to prince wite count the senteng to run coment nesses to prove they were not prerently is Lord said that as scat in the room at the time of one of the children was still miss- the raid. The first man to be intering, he would recommend to. HE. rogated pointed to his companions the Governor to get the sentence in the dock as his "witnesses "1 reduced if prisiers would give The remaining individuals all did information which would lead to the

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and To improve their morals memories, the Magistrato fined the whole $4 each with the exception of the landlord of the house who had been charging a commission of 3 cents in the dollar on all winnings, He was fined $50 or four weeks at His Majesty's expense,

He paid.

This is an intriguing : form "of gambling, Your Worship, explain- ed a detective,

The Magistrate looked interested. Go on," he commanded. "

5 Dominoes are used,” went on, the detective. Eight hands are dealt Then a dice is thrown and the highest thrower holds the bank. He keeps his dominoes covered The remainder expose their hands and the onlookers, place bets on what they consider to be the hands most likely to beat that of the banker

When all the money is placed, the banker exposes his hand. He rakes in all hands which do not equal the total of his own and pays out on all bands which exceed it.

Very interesting, murmured the Magistrate, but I thought dominoes were allowed

Lumber Yard Robbery.. Chak Tam Ching, who with two or more, carried out a raid at a lumber yard at Mongkok, wAS DEH- tenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour.

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