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EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS.

REQUISITION FROM CHINESE AUTHORITIES,

COUNSEL FOR DEFENCE ASKS

FOR DISCHARGE.

CORRESPONDENCE.

A DANGEROUS ROAD.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KONG

DAILY PREIS."]

Sin-About the end of last year A young Chinese woman was insan- taneously killed by plunging head- Extradition proceedings against long down the steps of Shriley a Chinese, who is wanted by the Street, the slope from the Fang Cantonese authorities on charges of Kong Mosque down to Caine Road., robbery and kidnapping, were be- The slope is most difficult to walk, gun yesterday at Central Magis especially in wet weather, as the tracy before Mr. E. W. Hamilton.middle is in grooves, and the two Mr. L. R. Andrews, Assistant sides are rounded and very lip Crown Solicitor, represented the pery. Almost every day people tall Crown and Mr. Hin Shing Lo. down this slope. instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson

I believe this is the only slope and Grist, appeared for the defen- in the Colony that is in grooves. dant,

in the middle, and do not know Mr. Lo observed that until the reason for its being so. The last year it had been a practice to slope down Shelley Street from the allow the defence to read the re- Cafe Boad-level is in stone labs, quisition, "but in a recent case in which, although difficult to "walk! the Supreme Court where he appli- is net so slippery as the upper ed for Habeas Corpus on behalf of two fugitive offenders, Mr. Justice

slope.. Wood had ruled otherwise. In a case that subsequently came up at the Magistracy before Mr. Lindsell, the Assistant Attorney General had asked the Magistrate not to allow the defence to read the requisition,, and since then, as far as he knew,

it had not been read.

Mr. Lo pointed out that when a robbery or kidnapping occurred in the interior of China, the aggrieved: party immediately made a report to the local Magistrate who then reported to the Canton authorities, and a record was made.

When a wanted man was arrested in Hong Kong, there should be no delay in sending down the requisition.

A Test of Accuracy. "My point is this " said Mr. Lo. "The requisition which I desire to read, is in itself, a test of the accuracy of the prosecution's story, of the origin of the crime with which my client is charged.".

of

Mr. Andrew The answer to that is contained in Section 8 Ordinance No. 7 of 1899. It saye there that a Magistrate may also isaue his warrant for the appre hension of a fugitive criminal, on such information or complaint as would, in his opinion, justify the

issue of a warrant if the crime bad

heen committed in the Colony." So we are really entitled to have defendant in the dock without any requisition being in existence" at all.

Cannot the P.W.D. alter the slope

slabs instead? It takes one to walk and take away the grooves and put down this slope fully five minutes, and in wet weather most people avoid it and take a longer route. Not a few children have received broken heads by falling down this slope I am sure it does not cost the P.W.D. much to alter this slope,

and earnestly trust that they will do ao at an early date.

Thanking you for the courtesy of Yours, etc., some space in your popular paper.-

S.C.L

Hong Kong: May 10.

is a genuine one there should be no Without reflection to those respon- "difficulty in getting the requisition, sible for the prosecution my w¤- tention is that this is a trumped ing His Worship to discharge the up charge." He concluded by isk- defendant on account of the day over the requisition.

Lo's point seemed rather involved. His Worship observed that Mr. It was within his power to sue a warrant exactly in the same way England. The procedure in this As a judge may issue a warrant in Colony had always been that the Court proceeded under Section 9 Sabsection of 7

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of: 1899, and subsequently, the re TRAGIC STORY FROM BUS DRIVER AND HIS

quisition was received from Can-

ton.

JAPAN.

SUICIDE.

AFTER HEARING STORY OF NATIONAL HERO.

It seems to me" His Wordip added that the requisition has "In fact, he went on, be is now

nothing whatever to do with this here on a warrant which was issued your seeing it except that it is.

case. I can't see any objection to SCHOOLBOYS' ATTEMPTED. by Major Wilson, on information irregular procedure. That requisi- given by Inspector Reynolds, who- tion is an order from His Excel- in turn received it from a witness lency the Governor to myself and who has come from the same place it has nothing to do with the de- as the defendant, and also on the fence. strength of a letter from the Com- missioner of Foreign Affairs at Canton. On the information con- tained in that letter, and as laid by Inspector Reynolds, the warrant was issued, so there is no question of a requisition in this case so far."

Further Powers,

should not be disclosed."

I therefore Hold that it

Counsel Not Satisfled.

BADGE.

GIVEN BENEFIT OF DOUBT.

Summoned at Central Magis- tracy yesterday; for not exhibiting his badge in a visible position, the driver of a Hong Kong Tramway bus declared that the charge had

heen trumped up by an Indian Sergeant, who was vexed with him. Giving evidence, a Sikh Sergeant, said he was on patrel duty in Con- naught Road Central at 0.25 on the night of April 30, when he saw a bu's in the charge of the defendant

CORPORAL HENDRY'S

TRIAL.

COURT-MARTIAL FINDINGS

ANNOUNCED.

GUILTY ON TWO CHARGES,

The District Court Martial gave their findings yesterday in connec Charles Hendry, of the 0.8.B., tion with the trial of Corporal against whom there were 18 charges of alleged embezzlement.

first and third charges only, theso Accused was found guilty on the being that while acting a checke to the P.R.I. he received a cheque

Two primary school boys attempt

end of last year the defence was school room a week ago from in- Mr. Lo observed that until the ed to commit Heppuku in their allowed to read the requisition and the document had to be proved in

tease emotion aroused by seeing the witness box. He asked the

a print of Masashige Kusunoki's Magistrate if he had the requisi- suicide following the defeat of the "Sub-section 2 of section 8 of the tion from the Governor before him. Imperial Army. One child is in a Ordinance No. 7 of 1500 was then His Worship replied in the afirma critical condition, but the other drive up to the Star Ferry Wharf. cheque for 8115.88 drawn by the cited by Mr. Andrews, as giving tive. His Worship further powers. The

Mr. Andrews then outlined the will probably recover. aub-section rend: A fugitive case against the fugitive. The de The fifth Grade of the Sakae criminal apprehended on a warrant fendant, he said, robbed one Lo so issued shall be discharged by a Bau Sun of property to the value mura Primary School had been Magistrate, unless the Magistrate, of 82,840. There were partieulers shown the picture that morning and which should have been worn on within such time as, with reference of another charge of kidnapping told the heroic story which con- the outside of his jacket,... to the circumstances of the case he and robbery. All offences took may think reasonable, receives place on May 4, 1926 at the. Stek ceras the time, 700 years ago, when from the Governor order. Ma Kok Village.

42 signifying that a requisition has been raade for the surrender of such fugitive criminal."

Japan was divided between the

At witness' request, defendant pro- duced his licence, and in doing so, also brought out from his inner breast pocket his driver's badge,

Mr. Horace Lo put it to witness

for 830.57 drawn by the P.R.I. and used the proceeds; and that a payable to the N.A.A.F.L, and

Machine Gun Company in favour of the P.R.I., was not passed by the accused into the proper hands and that he used the money for in evidence that once during the his own purposes.

Capt. Perfect, E.0.8.B., stated

last twelve months. the accused bad been charged with drunkenness, but

Hamilton: He seems to have Southern Dynasty and the Northern that no less than 11 persone board here was no previous conviction.

had a busy time! (Laughter).

Dynasty,

Almost all the Daimyo supported the Northern faction. Godaigo Tenno, the true Emperor and first of the Southern Dynasty, was sup ported by but few clans, led by

Mr. Andrews: We have five "That sub-section," said Mr. witnesses who have come down Andrews, allows us to proceed on from Shek Ma Kok, which I under- the warrant on which the defendant stand is twenty days journey from is brought before the Court, until Hong Kong. They have come down your Worship comes to a. decision

at their own expense and have which is pointed out in the sub-sec. been in Hong Kong for some time Masashige Kusunoki. tion. I submit that the proceed. Evidence will be given to show that waiting for this case to open. ings are perfectly regular and there is no question of denying any the defendant was a leader of privilege to my friend."

gang of about seventy or eighty Mr. Hin Shing to maintained bandits. They engaged in a band that, although His Worship might to plunder, at any rate on this issue a warrant on sworn informe-articular day, and they went to tion, the requisition was precedent to the actual hearing of the case"

As far as the justification of the detention of his client was concern ed there was no dispute, but be submitted that in the absence of the requisition, it was quite irre Kular for the Court to go on with the hearing of the case,

An Overwhelming Defeat. The two armies met in battle and

ed the 'bus, and suggested that wit- ness' evidence was not to be relied on.

The defendant said that he was wearing his badge, which the In- dianinsisted he should unpin. When he took a long time over it, the Indian was vexed, and now trumped up this accusation of his having kept the badge in his pos

Major Willson observed that, as there was only one man's word against another, he would dismiss

The Court then adjourned to consider the sentence, which will be announced later,

POWER, PAPER AND THE PRESS. NEWSPAPER'S INDEBTED- NESS TO ELECTRICAL CONCERN.

New York-Mr. Fraak Gannet, head of the Gannet chain of news- papers, gave Mr. Archibald R Graustein, president of the Inter- national Paper & Power intereste a cheque for 82,700,000 retiring the entire indebtedness of the Brooklyn. Eagle, one of Mr. Gannet's publications..

Masashige was overwhelmingly de- feated. He committed the hero's suicide, saying, "I leave seven ket. generations to fight for the true Mr. Hamilton: Where is this! Shek Mo Kok.

Emperors. When these are gone I will return again to fight for them." district in Kwangtung province.

Mr. Andrews: It is in Isz Kau Masashige's son was also defeat

ed and fell by his own hand, as Mr. Andrews continuing his did his son after him. It was the ed the village at six o'clock in the maintained the life of the Southern They looked at the picture in story, said that the bandits enter work of this family, however, that. morning with the defendant at Dynasty until it united with the silence for a few minutes. Then lished an editorial, announcement their head, and stole property and Northern to form a single line Kenshiro took the picture and prop-in all his newspapers, asserting money to the value of 83,800. They again.

the summons.

Bimultaneously Mr. Gannet pub-

With regard to the letter from kidnapped nine persons of whom The Kusunoki family are regard. ped it against the desk. He drew that their editorial policy with the Commissioner of

Foreign three were women. The prisoters ed as symbolic of supreme loyalty. knelt before the picture. He open electrical power concerns had not Affairs, Mr. Lo said that it only were subsequently ransomed for General Nogi, hero of Port Arthured his kimono and plunged the knife been influenced by the loans he had out his jacknife, opened it, and regard to the private ownership of concerned the detention of the $2,500, fugitive, but when the prosecution

who followed the Emperor. Meiji desired to proceed with the case.

incarnation of Maspashige.. in death, was said to be the seventh into his abdomen. It hurt, but he received from the I.P. & P. His Worship should have at least

kept his position and pulled the

The editorial, explained the re knife across. the requisition before him, and

lationship between the Gannet pub- Kamen knelt beside him. "Does Heations and the power interests. that the defence should not be de prived of the privilege of reading

never asked for nor was it granted any control in the Two-Year Old Charge.

Brooklyn Eagle. Gaanet newspapers, including the

it.w.

Mr. Lo went on to say: 1 understand, that my client has Geen in custody for two months, and, that the alleged crime was committed over two years ago not far from Hong Kong, if the case (Certinued on next Column).

that he offered a reward of $1,000 One of the witnesses would my for the defendant. The gang w broken up last year by some Cai- tonese troops and it was reported The class was profoundly impress-it hurt awfully-cutting yourself and declared that the I.P. & P. that ten of them were killed and ed. They had known it well, but like that!

"Does It Hurt?" ..

concern

the defendant's house destroyed, it was reverently told, and there was "No," said Kenshiro, nearly The defendant was reputed to be the actual picture of Masashige's | £ainting. very rich man. He was arrested death. Recess was called. Class Kameo took the knife and plung in the Au Tau district, New Te and teacher left the room. But ed it even deeper into himself. The paper and power concern, ritories.

Kenshiro Kishi, 11 years old and | They were found unconscious Mr. Gannet said, merely offered Evidence of arrest and of identi- Kameo Inoyye, 10 years old, re- few moments later by other child him loans, when he was purchasing. fication was then taken after which mained. They went up to the desk ren. The teacher was called, and various newspapers, at better terms the hearing was adjourned unt and looked again at the picture. the boys taken immediately to a than he could obtain them else Monday.

(Continued on next Volume).

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