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SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1934

Around the Courts

'CASE AGAINST BUS

CONDUCTOR FAILS"

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No Incriminating Evidence

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"There is no actual evidence that the ticket was sold by the defendant and therefore I cannot hold that there is any case against him," remarked Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy yester-

DEAD MEN AS DEFENDANTS

Unusual Case In Summary Court

fathed him that She and the other i fnmates were young to the Taiping Theatre the following day. Just before the assault, and his accom- plice were seen by the former's sister outside Tal Ping Theatre.

During the Friday morning cases Case was called in There had never been anything yesterday a between the complainant and the which it was revealed that both

deferidants were dead men. accused and no robbery was com-

The case was one in which Mr. mitted although it was the ap. H. Kikhabhoy sued "Wong Tai parent motive of the assault.

Mr. C.

His Lordship:-How is it that you are suing two dead men?

Mr. D'Almada:-They were alive when the writ was issued.

Kickabhoy gald he knew one man was, dead.

Mr. J. Hall intervened to say that to his knowledge both men had died.

His Worship. They knocked her and other" for $408. day to Mr. W. M. Brown, when out and there was no robbery. It D'Almada appearing for Mr. M.-A. da Silva told Mr. Justice Jacks he discharged Lam Kwok, nan emseems an extraordinary thing.

that as the defendants were dead, Inspector Fender: Had ployee of the Kowloon Motorbus

the

Mr. Silva had no further instruc- Company who was charged with woman not cried out, murder and

tions. allegedly uttering a forged 10 cent robbery would probably have bear Bus ticket.

committed. The accused was ar- Mr. W. M. Brown appeared for the rested on board the sa Taishan prosecution on behalf of the Kow-on the folowing day. He was loon Motor Bus Company. hile pointed out by his sister.. Mr. M.A. da Silva represented the His Worship: It appears that the defendant.

men attempted armed robbery and It will be recalled that at the tried to get this woman out of the previous hearing a week ago, Mr. way. This is the first time that Wynne-Jones adjourned the case I heard such method was carried in order that expert evidence on out the printing of the tickets could After informal evidence had been be procured.

given. Dr. Augustus Wong of the Yesterday after the hearing had Government Civn Hospital said he proceeded through two wtinesses treated the complainant and found and while a Bus Inspector was in she was suffering from extensive the middle of cross-examination by multiple wounds in the head and Mr. da Silva. His Worship was upper limba "amazed to hear that the Inspector had falled to take the address and name of the Chinese woman to to whom the alleged forged c-].

ket was issued..

When His Worship asked the

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sentence

of

His Lordship adjourned the case *sine die."

H.K. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

12.

(ORDER BY LIEUT-COL, H. B. L. DOWBIGGIN. OBE .COM- MANDANT, HKV.DC)

Hong Kong, July 27, 1-PARADE

(ta),Corps Engineers¦---

Parade at Miniature Range at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, July 30, 1934,

Thursday, August 9, 1934——D, L Training at Beicher's Fort."

(b) Corps Machine Gun Battalion: ARMOURED "CAR" AND MOTOR

.

CYCLE SECTION

Car Section.-Parade at Head- quarters on Monday, July 30, 1934 at 5.30 p.m. for Machine Gun In- struction, Dress: Mufti

Cycle Section---Same as for Car Section Recruits only.

NO. 3 (ANZAC) COMPANY " Parade at the Miniature Range at 5.30 pm. on Thursday, August 2, 1934 when the Empire Test will be Bred.

2—APPOINTMENTS-OFFICERS/

Lleut, C. de S. Robertson, M.M..

attached · to Headquarters. Machine Gun Battalion, for "Q" duties with effect from August 1.

Magistracy yesterday, charged with driving through Chatham Road at 35 miles an hour, carrying a ton overload and with having inem-1934- cient brakes.

2/Lleut J. R. Way will ofclate

in Command No. 3 (Anzac) Com-

pany with effect from August 1, 1934.

3.-VOLUNTEER AIR ARM Pte. L, M. Roza Pereira has ob- tained his "A" Licence and is Licence Pilots) on Medical grounds. transferred to the Reserve

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eyesight). He remains an active member of the Portuguese Com- pany.

The case was afterwards ad-

"It is an exceptionally bad case, journed until Tuesday, July 31.

your Worship." said Inspector Saunders, and alleged that at 9.25 STUDENT SENT TO PRISON..

p.m. on July 5, he saw defendant

total

three driving along Chatham Road at 35 Defendant con- ence he hoped to convict the ac- Mr. Hamilton at Central Magiswal Road, and then slowed down prosecuting counsel on what evid-months" hard labour was passed by miles an hour.

tinued at this "au

Speed Into Matau cused, Mr. Brown said On the tracy yesterday on Henry Wong. count of uttering.

18, a stadent, on six charges, two to 30 mlies an hour at Torwawan of breach of the traffic regulations, Road There was a large number and four of obtaining goods by of people on the road at the time.

When defendant was stopped," his larry was found to be carry- nga ton overload.. The brakes were tested and found to be de- fective. »

Fines of $25 were imposed for dangerous drying. $15 for over- Annual Inspection. loading and -$10, for defective brakes.

Mr. Wynne-Jones:-But there is no evidence that the accused did

Issue that' ticket.

Mr. Brown: Then how did the Chinese woman happen to be in possession of it.

him.

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WOMAN ATTACKED WITH CHOPPER

fraud and false pretences,

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Wong was fined $10, or 14 days' hard labour on the first charge of having driven car No. 293 without She may have had a whole book a licence in Island Road, and $100, full of tickets and may have pass-or two months' for having driven ed them off as genuine, no, I am the car without the permission of afraid that the accused has no case the owner, Mr. M. T. Fung. to answer and I must discharge received three months for obtain- ing a pair of shoes from Gordon &Company by false pretences; four оде month for obtaining gramophone records from Arider- son & Company by false pretences, and another, month for obtaining. alx records from the same Com- pany on May 24, and three months' How a young Chinese woman for theft by bailee of two watches was suddenly attacked with a and a clock from Messrs. Alex chopper by a man with whom she Ross & Company. The prison sen- FUTY concurrently, was engaging in conversation, was tences are to related to Mr. Hamilton at Cen-giving a total of three months. tral Magistracy yesterday when a It will be recalled that the case Chinese youth named Chan Chaulagainst Wong,, was remanded from

last Saturday, for defendant was cha ged "with wounding married woman named Ng Hing at produce a driver

Chinese Youth Faced Serlons Charge

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to whom

be

No. 363 Des Voeux Road West, sec-alleged he had received from Alex and floor, on June 28.

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Outlining the facts of the case, Detective Inspector J. Fender said that the "accused, was the brother of the complainant's amah The complainant had known the

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cused for about a year, and about one month before the assault the accused came to visit her with an- other man named Ah Yuen.

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Inspector Saunders further" ap- piled for defendant's licence to be.

suspended.

His Worship agréed and made à recommendation to this effect.

CAME BACK TO SEE CHILD

3

few

4. RIFLES AND BAYONETS The undermentioned N.C.0.5 and men will return their Ries and Bayonets to the Corps Armourey Shop at once for the Armourer's

Corps 1st Battery: No. 96 Ger, J

W. Duffield.

Corps 1st Battery: No. 241, Gnr.

J. B. Gardiner,

Corps Engineers: No. 234, 8pr. J.

M. Purvis.

Corps Signals: No. 353, Sgn. Y. J. ·

Khan. No. 2 (Scottish) Company: No.

134, Cpl. C. R. Logan. No. 2 (Scottish) Company: No

413, Piper G, Nisbet. No. 2 (Scottish) Company: No.

188. Drm. F. C. Andrews, No. 2 (Scottish) Company: 'No.

336. L/Opl® À. D. Wyllie.. No. 1 Company (M.G.): No. 215,

Pia, G. H. Owen) i

No. 1. Company (MG) No. BI1,

L/Opl P. L Leefe.

No. 1 Company (M.G.): No. 390.

C.Q.M.S, C. E. Terry,

No. 3 (Anzac) Company: No. 105,

Pte L, Mclnness.

No. 8 (Anzac) Company No. 283,

COMS, G." E. Dudley. No. 3 (Anna) Company: No. 425,

Pte. F. J. Mill.

Corps Infantry (Portuguese): Na.

15. Pte. J. M. Siiva Corps Infantry (Portuguese): No

69 Pie. V. Bernardo.. "Corps Infantry (Portuguese): No;

423, 1/Op. I. O. Bulva

3-LEAVE

Capt. À. H. Potts granted one morith's leave as from 19.7.34 to 18.8.34.

Lieut. E G. Stewart granted one month's leave as from 21.7.34 50 20.8.34.

No. 1528, Sergt. A. C. Beck, No.. 4 Matoon, No. 1 Coy. granted 12 months' leave as from 25.7.34 to 24.7.35.

6-STRENGTH No. 2139 Pt. 3. J. de Figueiredo.. Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels, No. 10 Platoon, 34.7.34.

(8d.) P. S. M. WILKINSON.

·Captain... Adjutant, H.K.V.D. Corps,

AFTER ORDERS

...

Corps Machine Battalion:- Troop: There will be no parade on next Tuesday, July 31, 1934.

NOTICE

The Swimming Sports will be held at the Victoria Recreation. -Corps Signals: No, 186, Sgn. F. KClub on Saturday, July 28, 1934

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SHEK-O ROAD INCIDENT

STRONGER DYKES

For The Yellow River

Pleading that he returned to not the slightest doubt that every- the Colony in order to see

com- his thing happened exactly as sick child, Ketero Hasuda (47) a plainant has said. If it is proved barber, was yesterday bound over that you do anything like that in a persorial bond of six months, again. I shall ask the police when he appeared before Mr. B.W. take away your licence. Hamilton at the Central Magis Ip Ching-wah, driver of private to tracy to answer

to a charge of car No. 3797, was fined $20 for having entered the Colony with having overtaken a moving tram-

car in the controlled out a valid passport.

Tientsin, July 17. Ross & Company.

Detective Sergeant Mottram Whiteheld

The work of reinforcing the huge. Inspector J. Murphy said that he said he saw defendan: on the

dykes on both sides of the Yellow had got a driver to go up to the Chichibu Maru. Defendant had

River in, southern Hoper has now Central Police Station, but defen- been a resident.. of Hongkong for

been completed: Thick". walls dant said he was not the man. the last 20 years, and

stretching for a distance of 129 Defendant was also taken to the months ago had returned to Yoko- "I suppose you are so much in kilometers, for the building of firm's Kowloon branch and the hama to recover his health, lea- the habit of taking corners on the which a total of 1,700,000 labour- employees were paraded before ving his wife and child behind wrong side that you do not remem-ers has been recruited at different him, but he had failed to pick out He received a letter from his wife ber them. The summons is pro- times, protect the districts of anybody. He then, sald, he could stating that his child was sick, ved and I fine you $30. Let me Changyuan, Tunghaien and Po- and the man at Wanchai, but re- and she also enclosed a letter from On June 26. the day of the as-fused to go. Defendant was ap- the local Japan Consul stating on the wrong side on Shek-O

warn you that if you take corners nsten from the danger of flood. A sault, the wife of the principal

sum of $700,000 has been expended tenant and the inmates went to parently telling" llès.

that he was a resident of Hong-Road, the chances are three to on the work.. the Taiping Theatre leaving the

In answer to the charge, Wong kong: As it would take about one against you being killed, "re- three weeks for him to have taken marked Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the complaint and her two-year old said he had nothing to say. daughter. the only occupants of

Magistrate's Remarks out a passport; and as he was an-Central Magistracy yesterday when the floor. About twenty minutes His Worship: "You are con- xious to return to Honkong. Im addressing Ho Fook-shing who was later the accused and the man victed on four charges of fraad mediately, he took the Chichibu summused for laking a bend on named ah Yuen, knocked at the or stealing

and two charged Mari The case was not à serious | the wrong side of Shek-O Road on door and was admitted by the against the traffic requistions or one, and the police were not pres- July 10 tud which nearly resulted complainant. Ah Yuen sat on the Df which in very' sinhaus in that sing for a fine.

in a collision with a car driven by bed of the anth (the accused's you took someone else's car, and

Mr. Hamilton" remarked that Miss Beryl Fair.. sister), while accused went into smashed it up. Had your offences under the circumstances he would complainant's cubicle and took up only been against the time regt, bind defendant over, as it was not her child who was lying on thelations, I should have taken 4 á câte of brimary careleeșniess. bed. Ah Yuen later went to the more lenient view of your be- Page 1. cúbicle, helped himself to a cup or haviour. As far as possible I hate for y tea and went out again."

sending youngsters to prison. In SPEEDING AT WINDY GAP The accused then went to the your case. however, it seems to me verandah with the Complainants you are so entirely depraved that child in his arms. The complain the only thing which may do you ant followed him to the verandah good is a sentence of imprison and sat down, facing the street ment. You come of a respectable and with her back towards the and well-to-do family, and there door. She commenced sewing, and

is no excuse. MA JEZ accused asked her if she was mak "I am in deep sympathy with ing a jacket for her daughter, your family, but I think it would She replied in the negative and be very unkind to them if I did Ta few minutes later she was at not give you a smart sentence of tacked with a chopped for no ap-imprisonment. I have taken al! parent reason few pieces of the these charge o as to try and chopper were knocked out, some of clear everything on against you, which were later found embedded and when you come out of prison, in her wounds. She cried out and

I trust you will make a fresh These sentences will run then fainted. She recovered short start.

chaturrently, that is to say, you

house. Her daughter was found sitting in the passage way, and an other chopper was found on the bed where Ab Yuen had been at

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The Yungting River yesterday showed a slight drop. As a pre- cautionary measure, however, the Hopel Provincial Department of Reconstruction has ordered the various River Afairs Bureaux submalt dally reports on the situa- tlon along the different waterways. Officials employed in these bureaux Miss Fair, in evidence, stated are forbidden to leave their posts that on July 16 about 5.05 p.m. during the present energency. she was driving, towards Shek-D. It is learnt at the Peiping-Bu-' She took the first bend before fuan Raway Administration, that Windy Gap on the correct side of parts of eastern Charhar are also the road and very slowly, sudden-dunad as resuit of heavy the defendant's car came round downpours. General Fu 180-1, the bend completely on the wrong Chairman of the suruan Provin aide. She had to jam on her li Gövérament, wils was threll- brakes. The other car must have missed her by about one inch. The driver pulled, up on the other side Mr. Hamiton These T num-1 the road, but as soon as he saw bers are always getting into trou- her getting out of her car. he drove ble, and I shall double the fine away

Mis Pamela Scott Harston, whe against them.

Mr. B. H. C. Hallowes., of the at the time of the incident wṣa P.W.D. in evidence hud that od seated beside Miss Fair in the July 14 about sadam, he was front seat said they were driving coming from Bhek-O, He was the well on their own side of the road,

F. Y. Shun, driver of private car T216, was also oned $25 for dan gerous driving in Shek-O Foad at Windy Can when he came before Mr. Hamilton.

by rath on his way back to velfuá, capital of Suiruan, is hela, pb dear Singlehuar, west of Kweling, where the food Fas extended over an area of 100 indes A the milway zone - Kau Min.

ANTI-MANCHUKUO ACTIVITIES:

Allegations By Japanese

and in a line of about four when suddenly, defendant's car card, As they approached the came round the corner on the tútkpin bena dh Windy Gap, the wrong side. Miss Fair applied Japanese reports state that one

ly afterwards and raised an alarm wat only go to prison for three car behind.sounded the hom. He her brakes, very hard, and pulled | Lit Te-pel, Counsellor of the but the men had already left the months; I hope you will turn did not beckon it on, because it up. The other car just missed Branch Commission, and is one

was dangerous. A couple of yards theirs, and swerved out. There Euang Tian-sheng, befote he got to the corner, de was a bad camber on the road fendant passed him, and went there. around the corner between his car and the preceding one on the tong side. Had any other ca come from the opposite direction, they would all have been involved in a mişatı

ting.

a new lear, possibly in some other place, and make good.

Addressing Inspector Nicol, Mr. Hamilton, remarked that it was different case to that of Francis Lee; da Lee was not arrested for any fraud charges.

LOBBY DRIVER FINED

A Peculär, Method Inspector Fender added that evidence would be given that these choppers were used by the accus ed and his accomplice in their

Defendant said that he passed work which was cutting ash Fines totalling $50 were imposed. I complainant car before reaching sineur of the night before the ca 1118815ing, driver of "brr)] the běha - B attachó thể lccided, wint to the No. 1 5hnif he appeared 1, foré - M., Aszustoß Every dad house to visit her sister who in- Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Central gerous bit of driving, and I have

Defendant said he could not re- collect the incident.

'member „ öf the Advisory Department” of Branch Commission, have arrived in the North-east to car "anti-Manchukuo”, activities The spokesman – said the

of these alleged rep Lau Kwan, aged 23, unemployed. Lives of the Branch Com who pleaded guilty before Mr. not to be found in the pers Macfadyen in the Central Magis“ (at the Commission. tracy yesterday morning to steal- there is no "Advisor ing an electrica table, fan from No, in the Commileston 59 Bonham, Strand East; was fined reports are therefore,

ly fictitions ——Kuo $30, or three weeks' hard labour