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"In July, were you burning bank notes on the ground floor of the house 1

"I know nothing about such a thing."

The above question and answer eccurred during the cross-examina tion by Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro, jur., of a houseboy who appeared as A witness for the prosecution yes terday when Gurduit Singh, an indian guard. was charged before Mr. Justice Wood at the Criminal Sessions with rape against a Chiness woman named Chan Mui Sau in a house near Felix Villa.

Accused pleaded not guilty. Mr. H. K. Holmes conducted the case for the Crown.

Guards Constantly ́ Posted.

ROUND THE COURTS.

AT KOWLOON MAGISTRACY

AN UNATTENDED CAR.

A summons for leaving his car unattended for an hour, at the corner of Pakhoi Street and Nathan Road was brought against an ew- ployee of the Kowloon Tong Land Investment Company at the Kow. loon Magistracy yesterday,"

The defendant told Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith that he did not know of the offence until he received the summons, He could not recollect having left his car for the period alleged. The summons stating that the offence occurred on September 24, was not served until October 9. The Magistrate pointed out to Sub-Inspector MacWalter, the Tra fic Laapector, that he had during the hearing of a previous case re- summons commended that the should be served the next day. Inspector MacWalter replied that he had personally told the defen- dant two days later that an Indian constable had applied for a UM- mods against him. His Worship

BROTHERS' FATAL QUARREL.

TRAGEDY ON JUNK IN

"MIRS BAY.

ENDS IN MURDER CHARGE.

How 1 quarrel between two brothers ended in the death of the elder one and à charge o' wilful murder against the younger brother was revealed when Chan Kun Sing faced the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gollan, K.C.) and a jury at the Criminal Sessions yesterday pa trial for his life.

Mr. Somerset Fitzroy prosecuted for the Crown and Mr. C. G. Alabaster, R.C., instructed by Mr. J. T. Frior, appeared for accused who pleaded not guilty.

Throughout, the case, accused maintained an attitude of indiffer. ence, frequently grinning broadly at various statements made by witnesses.

Fitzroy eaid that deceased was the Outlining the case, Mr. Somerset owner of a Ashing junk and em- ployed accused as his assistant, They lived on Ping Chau island in Mirs Bay and evidence would be

Describing the house, Mr. Holman replied that the summous should called to show that the incidents

pointed out that adjoining it was Agarage, the root of which was just a little below the house roof which was flat. On the house roof there was aimall dome with a door. That door was connected with a fight of stairs to the first Boor of the house, where there were bed- rooms. Complainant, on the night in question, was sleeping in one of these rooms. With her lived her two daughters, aged 13 and 5 res- pectively and a son, aged 6,

In the house was also a houseboy named Kwok Wan Yeung, who usually slept on the front verandah but who, on the night of August 31, slept in a room adjoining that of complainant.

The husband was away and the woman's father in-law had been staying at the house but he went to Macao. The" result was that the woman was alone in the house, ex-1 cept for her children and the boy. Other servants slept in the base-

ment.

have been officially served.

The defendant alee remarked that ha understood that it was the usual procedure for the constable to in- form the driver at the time that he would be summoned, but on this occasion nobody had spoken to him about the alleged offence,

The summoze was dismissed.

PICKPOCKET CANED.

took place in British waters,

***I Pushed Him Over." On August the master of the junk went down to the beach to look for "the necused. Failing to find him he approached another man and asked if he "could supply him with an assistant for the fish- ing vessel. This man provided a small boy and the two set out on the boat.

Later another boat came along. A fifteen-year-old Chinese. was charged with stealing, 24.00 from board the fishing junk, joining the side with the prisoner who went on man in Canton Rond. The com- plainant said that he was standing master and the boy. The latter watching a fortune teller when he prepared the morning meal and found that his money was missing. then took charge of the rudder He seized the defendant, who was

while the owner smoked, standing next to him, and found nor sat on the port side of the the money under his arm pit. He boat with his feet over the side

and accused squatted handed the defendant over to the

thwarts. police.

The Magistrate ordered the boy to receive 19 strokes of the cane.

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accused about his idleness, there The master remonstrated with

Bas scuffle and the master went overboard. The boy would say that accused said "I pushed him over." The mastef of the craft could not village of Ping Chau. The boy MR. wanted to turn the junk round but accused refused to let him do this and the master of the craft coD- tinued to struggle in the water

Mr. Holmes went on to say that Two Chinese were before Myawim, a fact well known in the complainant's husband engaged Whyte Smith charged for crowd three Indian guards, who did touring se chickens into one erate, hours duty and eight off. the Questioned by the Magistrate the accused being one of those men. prosecuting officer said that it was They slept in quarters provided in not a case of serious crucity. The the garage.

chickens were very cramped but had no standing room.

Complainant would say that en¦ the night in question she retired The Magistrate remarked that if at about ball. past eleven and, as they had to landing room, they was her practice, she kept the perhaps has sitting room and cau electric light burning all night and tioned the defendants, the houseboy did the same. Before she retired all the doors were locked with the exception of the door on the dome on the roof which could be gained from the garage.

A Rude Awakening. Early in the morning she awoke

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The boy was later taken off by another juck, there being no sign of the victim at this time. The body was never recoveréd.

Accused's Escape.

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TWO THIEVES SENTENCED.

HARD LABOUR AND THE BIRCH.

DAGGER THREAT IN DAYLIGHT RAID,

Sentences of three years' hard.

at that time, to the Police! The and the proceedings included a accused later found public opinion | mahjongg tournament, the prizes

were in the village against him and he for which given by Mrs, labour and 18 strokes with the birch swam from the Island to a boat. | Stapleton. The first prize, a were imposed by Mr. Justice Wood and amethyst at the Crimioni Sessions upon Ling A. fine of 815 was imposed by Mr. He then went into Chinese terri-magnificent gold A. W. G. H. Grantham on T. Gib. tory but returned to local waters bracelet, was won by Miss A. Wi-Ng and Chan Yau who pleaded iams. The second prize, a hand-gurky to daylight robbery at Mong- to see accused standing at the foot bison, a ship engineer, who was and was arrested in Hong Kong, of her bed with a carbine. She ex- charged with being drunk and in brothers were âghting and I struck by Mrs. E. K. Seyer.

When arrested he said We two some gold and pearl ring, was woa kok. They had robbed two women, Chung Yee Man and Tsang Sau claimed: Why have you come in capable. He was absolutely speech him with my hands and by mistake here i "

Mr. and Mrs. Stapleton have bad Tuen of jewellery in their home in less," said Inspector J. Murphy caused him to fall into the sea."

Inspector He then caught her by the throat prosecuting.

two sons, the youngest, Howell, broad daylight. Murphy

Captain RJ. Nunn, of the .s. being killed in action during the with one band and placed the other stated that defendant had been Kau Sing, stated that he took the War. The surviving son, Cecil, is over her mouth. She was forced fined 815 by the Kowloon Magis. Rau Sing out to Mirs Bay where at down and accused placed his carbine trate only two weeks ago for across her throat to keep her down. damaging a rickshaw,

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He then committed the offence with which he is charged,

Complainant would state that prisoner was in the room for about

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half an hour and after the offence A Chinese who was convicted on had been committed be apparently a charge of loitering with intent to made, some demand for ten gold commit a felony was Fentenced to cols. The woman said she had no three months hard labour, by Mr. such coins. Then then both went E. W. Hamilton. downstairs, accused holding com- It was stated that the mistresa plainant by the back of the neck of No. 43, Jardine Bazaar,

house.

Sat With Houseboy.

on

Mr. Alabaster: How long after the two pen came on board the Kau Sing was it before they point ed out the spot-About twenty minutes. We manœuvred until we were in a position with which the two men were satisfied.

Young Lad's Story,

Mr. Stapleton, we understand,

Mr. H. K. Holmes, who pro secuted for the Crown, explained in the morning, three men, two of that on September 3, at 10 o'clock whom were the accused, obtained entrance to the second floor of 681. Nathan Road, Mongkoktrui, on the letter. pretence of delivering The third man did not appear to have taken an active part and he had not been arrested.

The door was opened by a maid- eervant who took the letter to her has been nearly 40 years in the mistress. The mistress was just Far East and enjoye remarkably about to sign for the letter when good health. His conversation the accused, who had entered, made

and reminiscences.

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The first man said "Don't move. I have come to enrich myself.”.

Screams for Help.

The servant screamed for help' and the first man produced a dag- ger which he pointed at the mis tress's niece.

Li Fat, F fifteen-year-old boy, with his hand. It appeared. that learning that her amah had been said he did not see accused before proves a perfect mine of anecdotes their object known. they went downstairs to get a key offered tempting employment in they left Ping Chau. Accused join. in order to let accused out of the Shanghai, became suspicious. whened them later from another boat. she found the defendant loitering After the morning meal, the master on her stairs. Putting two and two of the craft reprimanded accused At the foot of the stairs accused clusion that the amah was being him to look elsewhere for a job,

together she arrived at the confor not being on board and told squatted down while complainant duped. She summoned a Police went to get the key. When she re- Reservist friend, and bad, the man but accused adopted a loud tone. The master spoke in a low voice turned apparently accused stroked arrested. or, patted her cheek and said some- In the Court the amah declared thing to the effect that she ought that she did not know the defen to marry him,

dant and prisoner also said that he The woman, continued Mr. did not know the amah. Holmes, appeared to be terrified. She would say that on more than one occasion she vomited. Shortly afterwards she wakened the house boy and made a complaint to him, anying that the offender was one of the Indian gyards.

the services of a lady doctor. The vomiting to which she had referred might have been the result of any nervor emotion and not necessarily She was so distressed that the caused by the alleged incident.

The houseboy corroborated the houseboy sat up with her until dawn when it was ascertained that story of complainant. thero were marks on her throat Me d'Almada: In July. were which might have been caused by you burning banknotes on the someone gripping her,

ground floor of the house 7

Witness: I know nothing about auch a thing.

In conclusion, Mr. Holmes said accused made a statement in which he had said he did not know any thing about it,

Medical Evidenco,

Constant Friction." Were you on good terms with accused --We had quarrelled on one occasion because the Indian the quarrel, constant friction occur was always asking for things. After

FLOOD RELIEF FUND.

The women were hustled into one The Hon. Secretary of the Siod of the bedroom where one man Continuing the boy said that s Feed Relief Committee acknow- removed bangles from ong woman ledges the following donations to and the other man ordered the the Sind Flood Relief Fund, and other to remove a ring, which she offers his sincere thanks to the did. generous donors:-

after this conversation he heard a splash and then saw the master of the craft in the water.

The master of another junk which was following that of deceased, said he saw a disturbance in the water at the stern of deceased's junk and went to investigate. De- ceased's boat was not put back to where the disturbance occurred,

Witness had known deceased for over 30 years and knew that he had never learned to swim,

A 14-year-old son of witness cor- roborated his father's evidence and

added that when his father asked Accused why he had pushed his master overboard, accused replied," "Pushed overboard;

go over- board!"

Accused's Evidence, A police officer read out the fol- towing statement made by accused when he was formally charged:-

"We two brothers were fighting and I struck him with my hand and

The screams of the servant, how. Hon. Sir H. E. Pollock,

ever, appeared to have attracted K.0.

$ 100.00 the attention of the neighbours. Messrs. S. Narain

100.00 Whistles were blown and police ar Previously acknowledged 2,603.33 rived on the scene, before the men

had left the premises.

Grand total II.K. 83,003,39

The first accused was caught as he was running down the stairs "From the above amount 3,500 and the rings were found in his rupees has been remitted by T.T. girdle. The second man was caught to the S.FR. Committee in Bombay on the landing of the second floor.

on the 13th inst.

He threw away a bundle of string, but something which flashed caught the eye of a policeman who found the ring among the string.

gays.

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HARBOUR MASTER'S

stern, partly on the gunwale of the hont and partly on a plank. Act

On the premises, were found two cused went to get a drink of tes daggers, a pair of pliers, and pieces from amidships and asked his bra-: ther to shift his position so that he of wood specially made to use ne Dr. G. H. Thomas, Medical Officer

could pass him. At the same time, of the Government Civil Hospital,

accused "brushed him with hi left hand and he fell overboard. said he examined complainant and rcd...

He did not intend to push him found faint marks of bruises on In the course of further cross-caused him to fall into the zes by overboard, cach side of her neck which were examination, witness denied having mistake."

Accused then went on to say that compatible with her throat having said, during the police court pro Before putting accused into the he snatched the tiller from the been gripped by fingers. The marks seedings, that his mistress had told witness box, Mr. Alabaster sub- small boy and tried to untia some were apparently caused within two him that the Indian had asked hermitted that the body had not been rope which was tied to it. He or three days before the examins- for money. It was not true that produced by the Crown and, there wanted to turn the boat back but tion. Witness did not think a witness and his mistress had con- fore, the charge of murder was was unable to do this because it Carbine could have caused the cocted the story between them, nor open to argument. Ilis Lordship entailed sailing dead against the

did he suggest the charge to his did not agree, however, and cited wind...

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In reply to His Lordship, witness- mistrena. She had told him that several precedents. He said that People on the island wanted to said that complainant could have the Indian asked her to marry him there was sufficient evidence before hang him so he thought he had produced the marks herself as very" with her mouey" and threatened the jury to aubetantiate the better get away out of it. little force would be required. Com to kill her and the children if she validity of the charge.

**I did not intend to kill my plainant declined to be further did not do so,

Giving evidence on oath, accused brother at all." he concluded. examined. Witness did not offer The case was adjourned until this said his brother was sitting in the The case was adjourned until (Continued at foot of next column), I morning.

· (Continued at foot of next column).10.20 this morning..

RECOVERY.

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LEAVES HOSPITAL ON WEDNESDAY ·

We have much pleasure in ao- nouncing that, the Harbour Master, Commander G. F. Hole, R.N. (re- tired), who was taken ill last mooth with typhoid, has now completely recovered and will leave Victoria Hospital, the Peak, on Wednesday, Commander Hole will return to his duties at the Harbour Office some time next month,