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END OF CHRISTIE

CASE

HEARING OF PROSECUTION OVER ARMS CONCLUDED:

DECISION RESERVED,

"The paso against Mr. James Christie, which commenced in H.. M. Police Court, Shanghai, on May 0, was concluded last Thurs day, the Registrar (Mr. GH. Hainos) reserving his decision,

Mr. M. Blumfield Brown, pro secuting on behalf of Mr. Lee Ching-kit, drill instructor to the Taishing (Kíaugṣu) Protection Corps, from whom it is alleged Mr. Christic obtained and converted to his own use about 828,000 after undertaking to deliver a consign ment of arms, asked that Mr. Christie be committed for trial by jury in H. M,|Supreme Court Mr. Tyche Wing, defending, said that the charges failed and request ed the acquittal of his client,

In the concluding stages of his ovidence, Mr. Christie said that the man Tayler, previously mentioned in the proceedings, had been de tained for about two and a half months by the Chinese authorities at Taishing after a failure to do liver the arms at Nantung abcut the end of February, and had been released only after a threat to make representations to H. M. Consulate General had been made.

"In this particular branch trade: there sooms to,

which that purchasing can be done. ho can purchase arms anywhere and at any time he likes. We have koop, no rescit Why that it in ovidence that he had a bueno should be so I cannot say, but I to purchase from Mossra Olathe and do say that it is unfortunate for Witt and that be wont wandering. Mr. Christic that he cannot pro. about in every

direction excopt duce a receipt or even a scrap of that of Messrs. Clathe, and Wits paper cf any kind to show where before he got down to business this money has gone Wo bave only with Mr Chrlatie.

Mr. Christie's bare word for it. I admit that we have no proof that Mr. Christie kept this money, How would we have! All we know is that wo have lost it and that Mr. Christie had it and had it, mor- over, under circumstances of the graveat suspicion. You are asked to believe that this little ship this achooner with the arms abeard has been lurking on the SCAS

high for the past four or five months. Is that a probable story! There

is no evidence that the exists at except Mr. Christie's baro

all word

Convenient neory," "There is a definite provision an these huchao, which requires them to be stamped by a Chinese envoy abroad when arms aro imported into China Mr. Lee did not get that done an tries to get out of it. by saying, "True, the huchas does say that, but if you shin from one port in China to another thore is no need to comply with that re quirement. That is a very con voniont theory, but there i is nothing to support it Again, these huchao are valid only for three months, when they must be returned for ex-a great deal of importance to the "The defence appears to attach tension cr cantellation; they can hucho or lack of them-hut I not and must not be used after

submit that that importance is that time. It is absurd to say, as

erronequs as the question of huchao the prosecutor in this case tries was never taken seriously, because to say, that the Chinese Govern ment formulates a requirement of Christie said there was po need of

when the

were produced Mr.

that kind with the object of jetting them as the arms were already in it be ignored or disregarded. In China," Mr. Christie, as the impor- brief, after three months a huchanter of the arms, was the man most is out of date; no huchao could, if they were necessary. If this had vitally concerned with the huchao,

as the prosecutor tries to make us been a fair and honest deal, I think believe, be used legitimately six These huchao are no good: I am Mr. Christie would have said, weeks after its expiry date. I con-

nct going on with this deal until tend, therefore, that the presecu you put them in order". But in- tor's failure to supply proper hu stead of that, for a period of about three months, we have Mr. chao provented delivery of the arms Lee or his men making vain jour by Mr. Christie.

neys to one place or another, al ways trying to lay their hands on the promised goods and always without result. And all these journeys, I would ask you to re- member, were made in the instruc- tions of Mr Christie himself.

To this statement Mr. Brown took strong exception en the "It is a matter for regret that ground that it was disparaging to there should have been no repre Mr. Tayler's reputation. He could sentativo of the Chinese Govern not, he said, let the statement passment here to learn with what cen unchallenged and requested partempt and exactly in what way the mission to have it refuted by Mr.

Lec.

permits which it issues are treated.

"I ask you to disbelieve the whale' Mr. Lee, re-called, said that he story of the prosecutor I ask you had soen Mr. Tayler in Shanghai to say that the formal document on cr about February 20, which issued in its discretion by the would be about one week after he Ministry of War does mean what (Mr. Lee) had left him in Nan-it says and has to be obeyed and

Two Chinese interpreters named Dau and Chau Tsang having given ovidence, Counsel made their clos ing speeches, as stated,

Speech for Defence.

▲ Man's Intentions, "It is admitted by everyone con- cerned that Mr. Lee wanted these arms. He spent about five months trying to get them. Yet you are asked to believe that he know those to get them corrected or extended. buchao were not good and yet failed

Inoidentally, no one has sour thenc

that any departure from its pre-arms except Mr. Christie himself; visions rendors on offender liable any witness or by writing of any

his evidence is not confirmed by·

to severe procution,

kind. A man's intentions canuct "It may be that all the details be observed and can only be esti of this story have not come before mated by his actions; we cannot sce in to a man's mind to find' as. After the expiry of these whether honest or dishonest things huchao there is no doubt that at

are stored thero. It is for... thot reason that I have brought out

tempts were being made to get hold of the goods-how I do not know-but I say that if the goods had been obtained in that way it would not have been regular and eculd only have been done by got ting some unusually obliging offi- cial or some credulous person to treat the huchao as good.

Hard Up.

the story at great lengths that after considering the whole of the story Your Honour can form s better estimate of the honesty er otherwise of Mr. Christie's actions in this deal. One broken promise or failure to deliver might be easily explained, but when we have broken promise after broken pre- miss and failure after failure over a period of four months we› aro is net well. alum forced to the conclusion that all

In his speech for the defence. Mr. Wing said that he saw no necessity to refer to the three charges against Mr. Christie in detail. The first, alleging false pretences, was en tirely unsubstantiated, except for a swooping generalization on the part of Mr. Les to the effect that everything Mr. Christie said or did was untrue, there had been no

"What is Mr. Christie's position allegation

no evidence that any We know that he was hard up at On the question of Mr. Loy one statement of Mr. Christie's the time these proceedings, were whether or not he is an officer in was definitely false. As regarded brought. We know that this sum the Chinese army, I must say at the two other charges, relating to little sum of money came into his not caro Hisstatus is entirely of 808,000 after all, a comfortable once, that I do not know and I do conversion of the money which Mr, hands, some time, I think, in immaterial to this case. But I de Leo had admittedly paid, thore January and that shortly before his say this: If Mr. Les has made was no ovidence that Mr. Christie this money for himself that ho ne-implicily in what Mr. Christio arrest so little had he retained of any mistake, it was in belloving had retained any part of it for tually had his overcoat in pawn said with the result that he has himself, or, in other words, co-ance, to dispose of 823,000 in three brought from Taishing, and more. Even with the greatest extravag been deprived of every dollar he vorted any of it to his own us or monthe docs indicato a lavish scalo to the use of other people. All | of expenditure, I submit it is three charges, therefore, failed in his submission..

Sense of Suspicion,

"Much of the history of these arma is shrouded in dark mystery:

Attempt to invent history for and explain the non-appearance of of criminality lurking in the back- the arms. There is an atmosphere ground. The inevitable.result of all this is that we are left with thick and so dark is this auspicion the gravest sense of suspicion; sc that any ordinary person must agree that this transaction was not conceived in honesty,

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clear that Mr. Christio never had any cf this money for himsel£ There was nothing to keep Mr. if they exist at all. The whole There are some facts in this Christio here if he had got all or story of the defence is bolstered case about which there is ne dis any part of this money he could up with secrecy strange and in- pute," Mr. Wing continued. cd out of town so to speak. It is Directly we got to any really in certainly have taken a train, walk-explicable oorcoy-the time. There is no doubt that some money preposterque to suppose that, on formative or important point we not the whole of th

the purchase

the other hand, he went to meet the were told, I cannot tell you that; man he had robbed at that man's promised not to say. That at price of the arms was paid to Mr hotel with the cbject of putting uptitude is, I feel, only a desperate Christie by Mr. Lee and that that, an absurd bluffage money is not now in Mr. Christie's

"Inak you to say that there is possession. There is also the fact for trial. To dispose of this case no case upon which to commit hit that both Mr. Christie and Mr. the court has spent a good many Leo "sither personally or through days and my client has been in an, agent or agents, at different would be only just that the pro prison for a good many weeks it times did embark upon various excoodings should go no farther here peditions with the cbject of obtain or anywhere else, and ing possession of the arm If this

Prosecnation's Reply.. were a civil casp-and, I. contend

Replying. Mr. Brown

Brown said he that that is all it really is-there was glad to see that the case would would be a cinim for failure to do, he decided on the evidence and liver goods" which had boon, sold. not on the eloquages of counsel. In that event, I should put forward. The question before the court was the defence that the failure to de- whothar the transaction was an

Fer absenting himself from the liver" was very largely, if not en honest or dishonësinë. One thing tirely, the fault of Mr. Leo himself. ho must ask was there had the We have listened to many days House of Detention on June 3, We have heard some ex money the 228,000-actually gond? now to this case, and if it while degotiations were au pro travagant stories about the bucano "Mr. Christio says how paid comes to a question of putting the involved in this case. We know practically all the money away in evidence of Mr Christie against Bra for securing employment, they are issued by the Chinese Gov shipping exconses and so forth, that of the prosecutor. I ask you Harry Greenwood, a chartered ae grament to pecpic secking legitiMz. Brown continued, but we to rem amber the cation of the countant, was brought before Mr: mately to purchase army. They are have 'de proof of that. Is it likely, twe taon. Mr. Christie had this EH VIHams at Central Ma official documents, and while off in any case, that such a large sum money he was being worried and gistracy on Saturday for a breach dial documents may not always be as is involved here would be paid harried, other for the same or the of the regulations.

to understand, their form in out for shipping expenses when wo niongy--he must have been in the MT. GL Buchanan, easy! this one is as simple as any docteknow that the ship in question is there a desperate predicament, not Warder, stated that ment, could possibly be "The pre- | definitaly

Ocean-going being able to return eith. On had promised to write secutor cheerfully takes up the at steamer bnta Sumooner with an the other hand, Mr. Lo has no thorifies regarding the titude that their provi

which was offered to t dant, but had not done so.

The offiber continued that defend any had boon given

be ignored an

ever they, limitate pure wer or prescribe the ?",per

829,000 poschooner, outright, and

en thing left over!

"There are three charges before the court: One of false pretences and two, in the alternative, of con- verting this money to his own uses

If the facts as you find them fit any of these charges then I ask you to frame & charge in accord anco, with the law.

MANU

The particular rosson for bringing, such a falso charge, which would certain

some ly not help him to get his arms or

money back!!!!!

CASE OF A CHARTERED:

ACCOUNTANT

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consideration. He had been

ed by the Superintendent of Fri- sons on June 2 for being late, and he then promised faithfully to ob servo the rules of the House, but on June 3 he had been absent from 4 p.m. until he was found sleeping put at 4 o'clock the next morning, The defendant's excuse was that is had been making arrangements for obtaining employment and his. interview extended after pro In fact he had not intended to return to the House as arrange meats had been made for him to take a room outside after having secured the promise of a job, Principal His Worship remarked that the aín party: usuel: penalty was a finu of 850 or

the au four wecky hard labour, and in,

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