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NAM HING LOONG SUMMONED!

ALLEGATIONS. AGAINST WELL-KNOWN CHINESE WINE DEALERS.

VIGOROUS CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. F. C. "JENKIN

A very interesting prosecution was commenced yesterday by the Imports and Exports' Department against the licensee of Messrs. Nam Hing Loong, the latter being summoned for making A structural alteration in their licensed warehouse without per mission in writing of the Superintendent of the Import and Export Office, and for possession of 143 liquor labels which were alleged to be colourable imitations of the labels used by the Super intendent of 1mport and Export Department. There was original- ly a charge of keeping their warehouse open at certain hours without the permission of the Superintendent of the Import and Export Department, but this chargd was withdrawn,

Mr. H. A Taylor prosecuted, while Mr. F. C, Jenkin, instruct ed by Mr. F. X, D'Almada was for the defence...

REVENUE OFFICER'S EVIDENCE.

Can you tell me who supervised the work on this occasion I can with it. Hot. I have had nothing to do

IN BANKRUPTCY.

HEAVY LIABILITIES OF AN

INSURANCE CLERK,

SPECULATION IN SHARES.

Liabilities ammuting to 878,000 were disclosed at the public exaini- nation of Chan Shia Tsun at the Bankruptcy Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Wood. Debtor attribut- nd his present position to the in- fluence of brokers in tempting him` undertake extensive share sncculations.

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In reply to the Official Receiver (Mr. E. L. Agassiz), dobtor said that he started work as a clerk at a wage of 835 a month 30 years ago, and later joined Mensrs. Shewan, Tenins & Co, where ho started with a salary of 800 month, which eventually rose to $350 a month. He then worked for the China Underwriters, where he earned $450 a month.

Mr. Agnaiz: The whole of your liabilities are due to share transac tions 1-Yea,

you have no debts whatever -Not Apart from these share liabilities, before 1920, but after 1999 I was in You do not know that in fact shara transactions were my only debt of another kind. The loses on Chief Revenue Officer Clark investinbilities when I filled my petition. tigated it I don't know,"

If it had not been for these losses, intendent of the Fire Brigade-curred.

Do you know Mr. Moss, a Super my bankruptcy would not have oe- Yea

Is he here now-No, he is on leave,

Assuming that that plate had been put there originally in the condition in which you had found it, would you have said that, in your opinion there was any breach of the permit given by that plan

can't any, sir,, I had nothing to do with the permit.

In outlining the case against the defendait, Mr. Tayior said that the frm of Nan Hag Loong was a large concern dealing in European liquor both fer local sale and for export To meet their export busi- ner they had a certain portion of their shop martitioned off to store liquor either in band or duty free Up to 1997 they had the first floor specially partitioned off for this purpoad Burly that year, Mr. Lloyd (head of the Linport and Ex- port Office) devided that he wanted something more substantial on structed and be refused to rege the licence until special place had bean constructed for it In July.I plane were submitted to the Import and Export Office which showed iron partitions on steel frames-OR a certain portion of 07, Queen's Road, Central. The plans showed quite clearly that the ceiling above was to be of re-inforced concrete And that the partition was to have one window and one door, the latter to be of collapsible steel and sheet iron.

Regarding the rivet marks which you found, are the marks consistent with this, that at one time it was intended to rivet the sheet but later there was a change made in the method of fixing it-No.

it

(No answer). Not Give me another theory of

Iron Sheet Substituted ?

Speaking of money he had made, debtor said he bought two houses, Nox. 309 and 310, Reclamation Street for 84,400, each and eight years later he sold them for 88,130 ench,

shares, debtor said he had a little Referring to his dealings in money invested, but it was due to the suggestions of brokers that he' did. invested to the extent he eventually

reference to his list of expenses,

The axamination was closed 'after' deltor stating that he was living us economically as possible with dus regard to maintaining his social position in order to obtain business,

Weaving, Factory, Falluró, After a certain amount of dis-

Wong Shun Wo, of 37. Portland cussion, the proposal was approved been a rivetted sheet there original-ness as the Cheung Shu weaving Are you suggesting that there, had Street, Yaumati, carrying on busi- and a letter was signed by Mr. ly and that it had been substituted and spinning factory: came up for Carrie to that effect. Mr. Taylory this muted sheet -Yes. had attempted to ascertain when the

public examination construction was completed and who examined the work on its com- pletion, but he had been unable to find out. Ha thought, however, that the examination must have been carried out by Mr. Clark, whose that we were supposed to keep If you look at the plan you will has since retired, or by Mr. Grim- an open window, but we have not witt, who was on leave.

done. Did you realise that, be fore-Nor

You don't know that, when this work was first taken in hand, the fire brigade wanted to have a through ventilation 7-1 know.

don't

judication, and appointment of a After an application for ad trustee, had been granted, debtor said, in reply to Mr. Agassiz, that Ire saved the sum of $400 on which machines and eventually borrowed be started the factory. He hirod 813,000 for the purpose of putting it into the business and buying his own machines.

Continuing, Mr. Taylor said that up till February this year, the You had better summon us for system of working this licenced that because that is

During the first five years he warehouse was that the Import and from the plan. That was in fact he began to lose money, finally.bo

a departure made 810,000 profit, but after 1927 Export Office kept the key and blocked up at the same time as that coming bankrupt. Debtor explain. opened the place every day at about sheet was xed You don't knowed that he used the $10,000 profit

or o'clock. The place was closed that 1-No. at about 4 or 5 o'clock in the after-

for the purpose of paying off that The reason for that was that Mr. amount of the 815,000 borrowed. noon. As a result of certain hap-Moss of the Fire Brigade wanted penings in January this year, Mr.this warehouse to have a certain

The examination was closed: Lloyd altered the arrangement and amount of ventilation and therefore only allowed the warehouse to be he required that the opening which opened in the presence of Revenue you found blocked with that sheet

Officers.

Detachable Iron Sheet,

On March 7 in the afternoon, Mr. Taylor went to the premises with Ravenue. Officer Ward and a search party and found that at the font of the stairway at the back of the retail portion of the shop, behind stack of shutters, one of the iron -sheets-could-be-removed from the autside. Mr. Taylor went on to give details of how the sheet could

should be maintained as an open- ing so that you can get a draught?

I have no idea of that.

Then Mr. Clark who was super- vising this work, wanted, the holi ciused 1-I don't know that.

Do you now stil say that that plate was originally rivetted and us now been supplanted by the plate you found Nu answer).

It rather shakes your evidence, doesn't it? Now, was there any evidence of the door having been

1.

March 7 with Mr. Ward Yes,

You went to, the premises on

In fact you went there with Mr. Lloyd on Afärgh 51-Yea

You did not meation that --No, You went round on that occasion sounding or hammering the plates?

-Yes.

Ward there were three cases right

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WANTED" IN RANGOON.

AN EXTRADITION: PROBLEM

A Chinese who is wanted at Rangoon for the alleged disappear-

11, ICE HOUSE STREET.

TRAFFICKER IN GIRLS.

SENTENCED TO YEAR'S HARD LABOUR.

Convicted as a trafficker in girls,

What instrument did you use?auce of Rupees 75,000 from a for- Wu Chi Lam was sentenced by Just a screwdriver.

eign firm there,, appeared before Taylor said that on the day when Court yesterday, when he expressed tracy yesterday to a total of twelve Answering further questions, Mr. Mr. Schofield at the Central Police Mr. Schofield at the Central Magis he removed the plate with R his readiness to waive all extradi-months' hard labour.

tion formalities and return to Rau- goon of his own free will.,

He was charged with having Delective Sub-Inspector Elston taken a girl to Kwong Chow Wan stated that the fugitive was a free where she was sold to a brothel, man until the arrival of the reafter he induced her to live with him Your whole case is that if that whether the fugitive was willing to quisition. He wanted to know

on a promise of marriage; he was plate had been rivettdd, thin case go back voluntarily now, or wait also charged with taking another Certainly not. would never have been brought until the arrival of the documents, girl to Indo-Chind for immoral pur

he removed, explaining that al-unserowed quite recently 7-Yes, up against the hole, so that nobody though it appeared, to be rivetted, Then why is the, charge of keep-uld have got into the storeroom. it was in fact not so and was helding, the plate open dropped 1-I

In

A Sliding Door.

Not Elvetted.

in position by a couple of auta can't say. which could be screwed off from the outside after which the task of re- moving the iron sheet was a simple matter. Further, instead of dove be a sliding door. Do you know On the plan there is supposed to tailing with the adjoining sheet, that since this plan was submitted it merely overlapped.

regard to the charge of false door has been opened up so as to it is not a proper sheet-iron par

and passed, the top of this sliding because

What on earth is your complaint is sot rivalled? Because Inbels possession. Mr. Taylor said give ventilation and that gauze has tition. hu found these, Jalals on the pre-been substituted 1-No.

uises on March 9 and 10. He would call the engraver from the firm which printed the labels for the Government to express an opinion about them

The

first witness called

WAS

Who would be able to check up these things I think Mr. Taylor can tell more than I can.

Do you think, Mir, Lloyd would

know Yes.

been considerable trouble in get

Appearing for what he descrilled poses. as the private prosecuted H. C. Maenamara said there had

from

in a very serious light. Inspector taken separately after which Mr. The evidence on both cases was Schofield said he regarded the cases.

Murphy, of the S.C.A., said the defendant was always concerned.in cages of this nature.

On the charge of harbouring the first, girl, the defendant was given Aix months' hard labour, while on the two charges of sending the girls away, he was given three month

each, bringing the total up to. A

lea

It is sheet iron 1-Yes.

ting hold of the fugitive, and And that of, course was at the request of a Government, Depart-tion because it is bolted and not sent back

Why is it not a sheot-iron, parti-' argued that the man should not be ment-I have no idea,

to Burma without a at the back of this charge (No the first port of call, rivetted? Tell me honestly what is proper escort. He might escape at

newer).

The Magistrate asked if it could this charge-The whole thing is met at Singapore by a police officer, What on earth is at the back of be arranged for the fugitive to be

held in position, it was possible to little benefit would result that, having that sheet so lightly Inspector Elston replied that give unknown access to the licensed that, as Warehouse,

a police escort from year. Burna would have to go through", charges It is that there has been sign from the Singapore police!

That is not the point of this the formality of securing permis

read that plan literally you would manded

structural alteration.

If you The fugitive was formally, re- have one big iron slicet round the, enable the.. police, to...consider the for another work to partition 7-Year the manner in which you found it, If that sheet had been fixed up in

do you say that there should still I should. have been conviction 1-Of course,

Revenus Officer Ward, who gave datailed evidence of the finding of the iron sheet which was detachable The Nam Hing Loong, like all from the outside, Before cross other liquor dealers, are subject to examining witness. Mr. Jenkin inorders from three Government De quired if he was the only witness partments. They are subject to for the prosecution in connection instructions from the Fire Depart with the first charge. He was ment, from the Dangerous Goods assured by Mr. Taylor that that Department and from the Import

Mr. Jenkin (to witness): Do you, but I can't say.

and Export Department I believe understand that the complaint is that this particular plate is notquired structural alterations to the You don't know if Mr. Brooks re- shown in the plan? Do you know sliding door in 1926 -No. how many plates fact were used is the construction of this iron sheet partition ?—I don't know,

WAR SO.

How Many #heets?

Will you take it from me that there are at least 38 sheets 7-Yes.

Is there any indication on that plan of the number of sheets at All-No.

about the finding of the alleged Mr. Taylor then gave evidence frise labels on the premises.

Mr. Jenkin, referring to the plate or-which-R. O, Ward had given evidence, naked: Is there anything on the plan to show that there are a certain nunter of sheets which are to be fixed in a particular way 1-Na

position.

ECHO OF 1925 STRIKE. CHINESE CONSTABLE WHO DESERTED,

1

There was an echo of the 1925. F AVIATION CHIEF IN U.S.strike at Central Magistrney yester- day when a Chinese constable was. on the charge of desertion from the brounght before Mr. E. H. Williams Foren after less than year's sor-- tice on five-year contract.

But why Where does the altera- tion come in-Because this sheet CHINESE OFFICIAL RECEIVED was different from other aheste.

But if it was put in originally, where does the alteration como inf Wall, there would then be no al- teration.

Mr. L. V. H. Booth appeared for the prosecution and defendant plunded guilty to the charge.

IN WASHINGTON,

Washington March 31-General Wang Ping Han, Director of Ayin The onus is upon you to show the tion for the Chinese National Gov. Mr. Booth said that altogether- alteration. You have got to show ornment nt Nanking, to-day was some lo constables deserted. De- that it was put in afterwards. Da received by prominent officials of fendant joined on August 13, 1924. you suggest that you have any the American Government and deserted on July 3, 1925, and 8. R. O. Clarke's report of the ex-evidence that that was put in after: General Wang-conferred with Mr. the officer-asked for a severesen amination of the completed work.. wards-No, I sugpose I can't F Trubee Davison, the Assistant tence as a deterrent to others.

I suppose, it will come as a surreally, may.

Secretary of War. He visited, also The delendast bocavery asked

Answering further quations, wit nese said that he could not find anything of the written record of

How inny sheets do you suggest we should be confined to by that plan -I èan't eny, sir.

You are not responsible for the bringing of this charge 1-No.

When a licensed warehouse like. this is sanctioned by the Import ipsise to you that the DangerousAfter further questions about the General Douglas MacArthur, the for the option of a fine and Lin and Export Department, the con- Goods affice called upon the defen inbols, the case was adjourned. Mr. Chlef of Staff of the "United States granting this, the Magistrate said struction of it is supervised by that. dant to make some structural al Taylor stated that in connection. Army. department-Yes..

In order to see that the work were carried out without your, per no record, of the types of labels that all possible assistance be given might have been some influence ...that it was at an extraordinary turation to these premises which with the labels, his department kopt Government officials have ordered the when he deserted and there carried out is in acordance with 'mission 1-No the permission given 1-Yes.

asued in the past although the to General Wang in his American brought to bear on him. The op- (Continued

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