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LATE GENERAL LUI FORGED NOTE CASE

WOON IM.

FUNERAL AT CANTON.

FROM OUR OWN, CORRESPONDENT. }

CANTON, July 13, The funeral of General Lui Woon Im, Governor of Kwangsi, and concurreally Vice-Commander-in- Chief of the 8th Military Route, who was assassinated in the New Asia Hotel during the latter part

of last month, teck place at noon to-day.

It was by far the most elaborate

And impressive of its kind la the history of Canton. The cortège extended from Wai Oi Rond down the Wai Sun and thence to the South Bund, & distance of several long blocks. Exquisite floral designs representing triumphal arches.. brocaded silk banners and state canopies bearing inscriptions wete

arried through the streets.

A large number of picked troops from the 8th Military Route, the Canton Police force, the Marines and the city Gendarmies formed, a part of the procession. A number of bands, both Western and Chi- nese, from the different Government organs added further colour to the

scene.

The procession represented a con- Auence of Oriental and Occidental civilization as far as funeral rite" was concerned. The Western bands, the forms of wreaths, and the hearse were typically Western, while the burning of incense, the murmuring of the nuns, Buddist and Taoist priests, the young maidens in pretty white dresses carrying Bilvor baskets and the thousands of scrolls and couplets written on strips of white cloth represented Oriental, rite which originated from time iminemorial.

The cortepe started out from the Medical College of Sun Yat Sao

"University of Pei Tze Road, and wended its way through the prin cipal thoroughfares to Pooh Fook Road, where the remains of the were temporarily laid to rest. They will be removed to s grave on Yellow Flower Hill among

General

the 72 National Horoes.

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CANTON'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST KWANGSI..

AT SESSIONS.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1930.

HUNG TAK BANK TRAGEDY.

CHINESE YOUTH FOUND

NOT GUILTY.

CHINESE ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.

TRAFFIC IN WOMEN.

TAILOR FINED.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST | RIVAL WORRIED BY 'PHONE

TWO CHINESE,

Serious charges concerning-the- decoying of a girl, aged 21 years,

CALLS.

STRANGE CASE. IN COURT.

An unanimous verdict of not NO ADEQUATE MOTIVE FOR from her home with the intention No Tailor's shop, of Bridges Street,

guilty was brought in by the jury yesterday at the close of the Criminal Sessions trial of Wong Kama, a Chinese youth, who was charged with intent to defraud by forged $100 bank note uttering a and of obtaining 870 by means of it at the Tum Toi Hotel in Kow

koon.

At the resumed bearing, accused continued his story from the wit

ess-box and maintained in his defence that the note was given to him by the man who had given evidence against him. He was ask ed to book a room, and did ag, but he was never aware that the note was a forgery. Accused said that this was proved by the fact that

he had been to the hotel the day

after cashing the note, and again the following day. He would further not have written on the back of the note

if he had known it was a forgery, nor would have have taken it to a big hotel like the Kum Toi, where, they would be constantly handling $100 notes, and therefore would discover a forgery sooner than the smaller. hotels.

In answer to Crown Counsel, ac- cused said that he had engaged rooms for his friends before He was formerly employed in a hotel and could rent a room cheaper than his friends:

Mr. Justice Wood, in his sum ming-up. pointed out that the only point for the jury to decide was whether the accused knew at the time he passed the note that it was forged.

A verdict as stated abore was brought in by the jury after an ab. sence of about fifteen minutes, and the accused was discharged.

THE CRIME.

The Supreme Court was packed with Chinese yesterday when the trial of Li Man Pun on a charge of

murder was opened in the afternoon before the Chief Justic (Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C.) and a jury."

of selling her as a prostitute, wer preferred against two Chinese, man and a woman, at the Kowloon Magistracy, yesterday before. Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith.

Inspector J. Murphy of the S.C., said that the young woman, previous to the alleged offences by the defendants, was" living with her husband as a concubine in No. 131, Parkes Street, first floor.

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The complainant made the ac

The Chinese master of the Fook

was summoned before Mr. R. E Lindsell yesterday for the following offences

1.-Making or permitting to be made, a noise by ringing the complainant's telephone bell, thereby causing annoyance;

and

-Permitting the telephone at his premises to be used for causing annoyance to the com- plainant.

The complainant was Mr. C. N. Brown who lived in Rutton Build- ing.

Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy (Assiat- ant Attorney-General) conducted the Crown case. Mr. Leo d'Almada; inr., instructed by Mr. F. X. d'Almada, jar, defended the pris-quaintance of the female defendant, oner. Mr. Hin Shing Lo, instructed at whose house she also came to by Mr. J. M. Hall, watched pro- know the first defendant. The girl ceedings on behalf of the Hung Tak and the female defendant became Bank.

intimate, and the older woman sug-On gested that they should go to a certain temple in Canton to go through the ceremonies as sworn sisters.

Prisoner was charged, with the murder of Fung Sik Cheuk, who was one of five persons who were killed in the early morning of May

24 at the premises of the Hung Tak Bank in Queen's Road Central. Several choppers alleged to have been used in the attack were pro- duced in Court, and it was stated that the prisoner himself had a severe wound in his throat.

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Prisoner Allowed to Sit After a plea of not guilty bad been tendered by the prisoner, his Lordship permitted him to sit down on the bench inside the dock.

In his outline of the Crown case, Mr. Fitzroy explained the lay-out of the Bank premises by means of plan, and also produced photo- graphs of the three upper floors where the employees slept, among whom was the prisoner..

Dealing with the facts of the tragedy, Counsel said that a man named Ching Cho Wui was sleeping. on a chair. The first thing known was that this man received aralash At the close of the case Wong across his face, and, he saw the Kam" asked the police to return prisoner running away. Later, the him, his money and property. Hs- Prisoner was seen to slit his own was directed to go to the Yaumati Station for them, but he then point. ed out that he had no money to cross the harbour, and he asked the police to help him. The police officer told him to ask his friends to help him.

SUMMONS DISMISSED.

COXSWAIN STICKS TO HIS STORY,

(PRUM GUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, July 15. General Chen Tsai Tong is agaio leaving Canton with his 'staff for

When Li Ng, coxswain of the steam launch Taikoo Kom, was Wuchow to-morrow (Wednesday) summoned at the Marine Court to finish his campaign against the yesterday for failing to exhibit à Kwangsi troops and the Iron-green light on the starboard side sides there. He had planned to leave last Sunday morning, but postponed his departure on account of his desire to be present at the funeral of the late General, Lui Woon Im, which took place this

to-morrow.

Admiral Chen Chak is dispatch ing the gunboat Mo Fung to Samuhui to convey the General and

bit

party to Wachow

The Canton-Samshui Railway has been ordered to get a special train ready to take the party to Samshui

to-morrow. *

Most probably Admiral Chen Chak will accompany General Chen Tani Tong to Kwangsi, ag ho desires to inspect the gunboats operating in the upper parts of the West River.

The Canton Higher Command held a military conference in the

· After obtaining the consent of her husband, the complainant joined the two defendants and another man with the object of going to Canton. The ship on which they left, how ever, did not go to Canton, and the 'complainant was surprised to find herself arriving at Kongmoon.

At this place, continued Inspector Murphy, the complainantwas sold to the mistress of a brothel."

The complainant communicated by correspondence with her people in Hong Kong, and. she was finally taken out of the brothel by her mother and the Chinese police.

Inspector Murphy also mentioned that the girl was sold for $240, and

there appeared that

to be

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quarrel between the two defendants over the price fetched on the alleged Bale of the complainant.

It was stated in the course of the

that the annoyance had been Friday last the annoyance start- going on for the past two months."

ed at 1.30 p.m. and lasted half an

hour. The person ringing up would

ask if Mr. Brown was speaking, and then he would laugh and repeat. the question.

In due course Mr. Brown made a gineer of the Telephone Company, report to Mr. A. Brande, an en-

who lived in a flat next to Mr. Brown's.

were taken by the Telephone Com- As a result of the report, steps pany to discover who was causing the nuisance, when it was found No. 2009. A summons was then that the offending subscriber was taken out.

It was also stated that two jokis Mr. Brown on Monday offering to from the defendant's shop called or settle the case. outside" but with out success.

He said

ant admitted having telephoned Mr.

A foki employed by the defend- İ

Brown on one occasion. he was merely asking for a job. Mr. Brown confirmed the fact that the defendant had once asked to be taken on as an apprentice but since Mr. Brown did not train away. Mr. Brown told the Court epprentices, he turned the

that the voice on the telephone was that of the -defendant's-fot-who had asked to be employed as an apprentice.

man

Complainant proceeded to de. scribe how she consented to go to. Canton with the female defendant, in company with the first defend- ant and another man. She was kept in confinement in a house for over 20 days. She was then taken to an- other house, which was made use of as

a residence by prostitutes. At this second house, complainant saw money being banded over to

Chinese who had come with them the first defendant and the other DINNER ON THE

from Hong Kong.

Defendant claimed that he had no knowledge that his telephone was being used by anyone to annoy Mr. Brown.

throat. He was next seen to fall A man then went up the stairs and wrenched the chopper from bim. Apparently accused was not badly burt, for he ran to the kitchen on other chopper which he again used the top floor and got hold of an-

on his throat. The second chopper was snatched away by 'n cook.

The girl told the Court how she Counsel added that the Crown sent three letters to Hong Kong, could adduce no adequate motive as a result of which she was set for the attack, but the extra-free. ordinary thing was that all the The principal tenant of the house people killed were relatives of the in which the second defendant management of the bank.

Formerly lived was then called, and she stated that on May 27 she heard the two defendants and a man named Mak Yee mention that

Kongmoon, complainant was sold to a brothel is

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Medical Opinions. -

Asked if she had anything to say, the second defendant said that she would like to call her aunt to testify that she was in Canton on April 19.

Dr. A. Y. Greaves, medical officer in charge of Victoria Mortuary, of his launch, the Magistrate re-. marked that there was no evidence the deceased's body. Witness de. gave evidence of his examination of

by the prosecution as to where the offence was committee and accord. scribed, the wound on the man's throat which caused his death. It ingly dismissed the case. said that he was on duty at about

Sergt. Mattinson, who prosecuted, was his opinion that the deceased 8.40 p.m. on July B, when he saw

was struck on the neck with a down- the launch Taikoo Kom approaching ward blow by means of a chopper. Central Fairway, towing two light. Would you say that the wound was the Southern Fairway from the Mr. d'Almada (cross-examining): these vessels crossed the bow of not caused by drawing the chopper fendant to call the witness in ques- his launch that he noticed that de across the neck 7-I would not say fendant's vessel had no starboard it is impossible. light. He then called out to them. to stop, after which he noticed two Jokin on the Taikoo Kom putting on the starboard light.

ers one on each side. It was when

"The Sergeant's evidence was cor- roborated by a Chinese scaman who was on duty with him at the time.

The Magistrate then adjourned the case to enable the second de-

tion.

Witness stated in answer to other

Wounded Man's Story. questions that he examined three other dead bodies, and the wounded, then gave evidence. He said Ching Cho Wai, the wounded were almost the same.

that on the night in question he slept on the second floor, where prisoner alse slept. At about 12.30 floor as he could not sleep and lay

Mr. d'Almada: Do you think the broken edges on the chopper (pro-

a.m. witness went down to the 'first

had hia starboard light on from the Defend at told the Court that he time he left West Point for, the duced) were caused by an assault Taikoo Sugar Refinery. The police on a human being -It is very un-down in a camp chair. The deceas launch was behind him when the likely. I probed the wound, but officer called out to him to stop, and he said that was probably why did not find any pieces of metal.

Mr. Fitzroy (ex-examining): Was they (the police) did not see his

ed. Fung Sik Cheuk, was lying on a divan on this floor. There were, four persons, including witness, in this part of the floor. Two of wit-

while in the other cubicle were, his two younger brothers.

"។.

Mr. Lindsell dismissed the first summons but imposed a fine of $10 on the second, pointing out that the defendant was occupier of the premises from which the nuisance arose.

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The Shanghai Muicipal Council has confirmed the recommendationa starboard light. In answer to the any bong pierced In this case itness cousins slept in one cubicle, in respect of the pay of oficers in Military Headquarters yesterday Magistrate, defendant said he could

the Russian Detachment, B.V.C., as concerning the campaign in Kwang bring a witness to bear out his was not, but in one of the others

submitted to the Staff Committee. si, but their decisions have not been story, and the master of the lighter a bone was cut.

Witness agreed with a photo on July 4 by Mr. A. C. Clear. The Dr. G. H. Thomas gave evidence graph showing the bodies of his improved terms of service brought divulged, though it is learned that who was on the starboard side of

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for a cut which extended several pointed out on another photograph Details of the recommendations out delay, now that all anxieties in Witness went on to state that inches across the neck Several the body of one of his brothers. The follow Hunan are over.

when the defendant's launch was muscles and tissues had been sever-other brother had been wounded' Officer Commanding: Tls. 450 The regiment under Li Chan Kui stopped, she was already past the ed, but the weapon had just missed and taken to hospitel. has been advancing towards Hong- Naval Anchorage and was ́near the wind-pipe. Witness was of the Witness continued that all of a kong, along the upper reaches of Wanchai Bay, Inspector Muaro at the West River above Wuchow. this stage pointed out that witness Over 40 junks, big sampans, and might have been confused regarding steam launches have been coryman- the date of the offence and the date deered for the purposedly

anwhich the enzmons wag served i This troops of General Liauto the durandanty oderwandz 201 King, who have been following on the offence, when his launch was deep cut on the nose and across the the heels of the retreating Kwangsi near Wanchai Day. Witness, how face. The cut entered the cavity troops and their allies, are report over, persisted that the Police atop of the mouth, and there were also ed to be approaching Kweilin. On ped defendant's launch on July 8 at cut marks on the left shoulder, Witness raid that the wound was account of these new developments, Wanchai Bay, any

serious one, but the patient made General Chen Tai Tong considered Passing the comments

a good recovery. that his presence in Kwangai is above, the Magistrato dismissed the badly needed at this time.

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opinion that the wound could have been caused with chopper and further it was self-inflicted.

Dr. Thomas continued that he

sudden while he was sleeping in the chair someone cut him across the face with a chopper. He immedi ately called out Save life," and to see that, the prisoner whe th man who attacked him. Witness saw the accused running away and he also saw two of the inmates get up and run in the direction of the back part of the floor.

At this stage the case was ad- journed until 10.30 this morning

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