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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1931.

COLONEL CHRISTIE

ACQUITTED.

DECISION IN ARMS DEAL

CASE.

NO PROOF OF FRAUD:

ATTEMPT.

BLACKGUARD OF HYDE PARK.

SENTENCED TO HARD LABOUR AT OLD BAILEY.

A young man described as a' dan gorous blackguard who frequented Hyde Park on the lookout for victims to blackmail or rob was sent to prison at the Old Bailey.

Mr. James Christie has been acquitted of the charges of false

Charged with demanding a cho pretences, fraud, and fraudulent que for £7, with inepaces from an conversion brought against him by uit, of clothes Frederick Alson, actor-student, and with stealing a Mr. Leo Ching Kiu, drill instructor aged 27, a sign writer; was on to the Taishing (Kiangsu) Protectoaced by Mr. Justice Chances to tion Corps, as the sequel to a deal twenty months hard labour. in arms involving a payment of about $28,000,3*DE

The Registrar of H.M. Police Court, in a lengthy explanation of his decision, aid that neither the main charge of false pretences nor the alternative charges had been substantiated. A civil claim for non-delivery of the nine might

* 1x have been substituted.

Mr. L A Byrne, prosecuting, said that just after midnight Mr. R the prosecutor, was in Piccadil" ly, and talked with Alson, who said he had lost his fast train to Wimbledon, Mr. R. offered to put him up for the night at his house at Fulham,

Alson asked Mr. R. to get him some cigarettes and water, and while he was absent looked through the drawers of the room and found some make-up ised by Mr. R. for atago: purposes.

After the decision was announe- ed Mr. Christie was contrahulduted by a host of friends. The first top shake his hood was his counsel, Mr. Tycho Wing. The prosecution had been conducted by Mr. M.

Blumfeld Brown,

Registrar's 'Decision. Dealing with the charge of false pretences, the Registrar said the prosecution hadi

*proved

that

Ronald St. Clair.”; Mr. Byrne said that when Mr. returned Moon told him he was a detective from Vine street, named Ronald St. Clair, and asked for a cheque for 7. saying he would return it to the theatre next day. He suggested there was evidence by which a charge could be brought against Mr. R. and the young actor was so terrified that he gave the cho que to Alica

Mr. Jessol put it to you that there was no suggestion by Aleon did say BC.

SUNDAY SHOWS BILL.

STAGE INFLUENCE MAY CHANGE MEASURE.

London, June 4-Amendments to tho Sunday Performances Regula tion Bill, which have the approval of organizations representing om ployers and workers in the then- within the next few days by the trical industry, will be considered

House of Commons minittee to which the Bill has been referred.

Subject to certain conditions, the Bill permita local authorities to licence halls for musical and cine matograph exhibitions of animals or of animate objects, and for debates on Sundays.

It has been opposed by those whó object to Sunday ontertainments of all kinds and by those who elaita that theatrical and variety enter tainments should be brought within the scope of the Bill.

A& It is believed the amendments now drafted, by satisfying the op position of the Stage, may have an important bearing on the future of the measurements when

Amendments which are put for ward in the names of some pro- minent Conservative and Labour members of the House of Cormons provide thing theatres, a well as cinemas, may be opened on Sun days: that District Councils with populations of more than 20,000 may decide the Sunday entertain-

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CHORUS GIRL'S DEATH.

MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT,

RETURNED.

William Henderson, ; aged 29,

ment question in their own areas; hotel fireman, of Leeds, was found that there shall be a six-day week not guilty, at Manchester. Assizes, for workers employed on Sundays before Mr. Justice Wright, of and no compulsory Sunday work; and that joint boards of equal nummurder bat guilty of manslaugh hera of employers and employeester by causing the death of Ger- shall regulate Sunday employment. (trude Collins, as known by the

morning that she was dead, and he left for Liverpool dazed by the sheck of his discovery. He had no intention of doing her

any

barm because they were on the most affectionate terms.

The jury were out fifty-five minutes considering their verdict.

Police Inspector Dunphy said. Henderson is born in Leeds, the. sca of a pensioned police constable there. He had been in the employ. ment of the Leeds and Bradford Corporations. In 1520 he visited the Argentino, but he and refused to state the way in which he went thers and the manner in which he returned. He obtained employ- ment as a stoker at a London hoto, and left thero on February cashier's office with a follow-worker and stole £220, and came to Man- chester.

828,000 was paid to Mr. Christie that bo was a police officer 1-He cheque, saying that it was a little 18, and he was sentenced to five 29 this year. He broke into the

for the purchase of arms, that those Arms were never received, and that a number of attempts had been made by the prosecutor or his agents to inspect the arms, which at Amoy. were supposed to be The defence admitted that the money had been paid to Mr. Chris tie and that the As had

been received.

Why didn't you ging up Vine streat when you had done nothing wrong-I though he was building up evidence on the fact that I asked him to my place.

Dumbfounded.

Alson declared that Mr. R's story was fiction. He never pre- pevertended that he was a police, officer, nor did he threaten him in any

Buruame of Collier, at her home, 12, Stamford Street, Old Traf Mr. R., he said, gave him the ford, on the morning of March present. He was mystified and years' penal servitude dumbfounded about it all.

Counsel in the case were E. G. Elan (cross-examining).-Hemmerde, K.C., and Mr. Leslie ware, you mystified and dumt Wath, for the Crown, and Mr. foundou when you cashed it next Harry Allan, for the defence. day was rather delighted:

Alson added that he took the name of St. Clair as the result of family dispute.

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The plus fours and the overocat, he said, were given to him by Mr, H., who aid that a policeman had. seen him come in in a lounge suit, and would not recognise him if he went out in a suit of plus fours.

Det.-inspector Bands said that Alson came from a family highly respected in Wimbledon district, He had three provious convictions, and since his last had nosed as an "undergraduato of Cambridge with. an allowance of £400 a year from bis father.

way. In order to establish falan pre-Alson then said he had to play tences howeyer it was necessary to golf with another police officer in the morning and put on a suit of prave that a knowingly false state. Mr. B's plus-fours. He also took nient had been made, or that the an overcoat saying it was a cold accused person had fraudulently night. The cheque was cashed by Alson next day, and he pawned the represented as existing something overcoat for five shillings. that did not exist with the object of benefiting thereby, and it had also to be shown that money had been paid on the basis of such falso or fraudulent representation.

No Proof.

As far as he could gather, there was no proof that Mr. Christie's' statement that the arms did exist was false or that he had not had arms to deliver or sell,

Although 34. Christic's actions were open to doubt, it could not be held that he had made false representations to the prosecutor, While it had been jiroved that the promised arms had not yet been delivered, such failure to deliver, in the circumstances, could at most

TEN be considered a matter for evi proceedings. In criminal proceed- ings in British law it was the rule that, a. prosecution must prove its case up to the hilt; in the alterna- tive, "the benefit of the doubt must be given to an accused. Therefore he would not feel justified in.com. mitting Mr. Christie-for, trial,

Alternative Charger. The first of alternative charges-- alleging that Mr. Christie, had been

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entrasted with certain money in order to buy arms which he did fraudulently convert to his own uses "--called for. 1

proof, that (1). certain money was entrusted to Mr. Christie for a certain purpose, and (2) that he converted such money to his own use or to the uses of other people

Mr. Christie bad admittedly re- ceived the money, but it appeared that he must have acted as the agent for the prosecutor ag) had received the money as an agent to do cortain thing. The prosecu tion had throughout maintained that he was neting" es à principal "It could not be held that he per.

sonally had been entrusted with the- money.

The second alternativo ofiprge that Mr. Christie' had received certain money, on recount of Mr. Lee Ching Kiu and did fraudulent ly convert the said money, to his own uso find benefit did not stand proved. It had not been shown that Mr. Christie had ever received the money, Mon account fof" Mr. Les Ching Kin or any other person. It was clear that the money had been paid to him for certain goods which he promised to havo delivered

Mr. It gave evidence, and in re ply to Mr Jessel (defending), agreed that he told Alson that his grandfather had died, and that he had £250 a year.

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He was an associate of men.who frequented streets near Hyde Park on the look-out for victims to blackmail or rob.

The Judge: Was that the money T The Witness: Yes.

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The case for the Crown was that Mr. Hemmerdo said prisoner was Henderson made the acquaintance found with £14 138, 51, of this of Collier and for a time stayed money in his possession, and the with her. On the night of March owners would like to have return 17 they were drinking together,ed to them what little they could. visited a dance hall and a night The Judge: I have no jurisdic cafe in Manchester, and returned tion. to the girl'e homo in- the early heura. At eight o'clock the next morning Gertrude Collier was found dead in bed strangled, and the prisoner had gone to Liver pool, where he made the acquaint anco of another woman and stayed with her.

has The story that this case disclosed," said the Judge in pass- ing Bontence, is most revolting and degrading. I wondered, what was the source of the money which you were squandering in this way of vico, You have taken the life of. this woman in circumstanees of Henderson's defence was that great Brutality and without any when in bod the girl had words apparent motive. The jury have with him and pulled his ear and no doubt taken the view, and, if hair. In trying to release her hold I may say so, very properly, that housed some force against her what you did was done in a mo- neck, but no more than was newsment of anrage temper and probab sary. He did not know until they under some provocation."

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