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HONG KONG DAILY PRES FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1935.

AROUND THE COURTS

ASSAULT CASE ADJOURNED

UNUSAL CASE

THEFT BY A TRICK

At the Kowloon Magistracy, 308-

A sequet to an unusual case interday morning, Li Luk, (35) un which a woman bit another woman employed, appeared before Mr. was heard at the Central Magis. I. Wynne-Jones, on a charge of tracy yesterday morning when stealing by a trick two packets o man, Chan Sam (48) seamstress of cigarettes, valued at ten cents appeared before Mr. Macfadyen from the stall of an old man nam- charged with inflicting grievous ed Leung Kul at Temple Street. bodily harm to La Ngan, who is

Hearing was continued at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, in the case in which six Chinese were summoned for assault, against Chairman of Lay 'Mo Lung. the the Chinese National Boxing As sociation on July 3 at Kowloon City:

now lying in the Government-Civil The defendants, Chung Ngal Hospital in a serious condition, Taal. Chan Shuen. Lam Mak Detective Sub-Inspector "O'Dono- Chun. Ching Lam Kun. Yeungvan stated that the present charge case which Lam Tal and Chan Kong. were was a sequel to a alleged to have assulted the com-came before his Worship on July when. defendant and two plainant with hammer heads and 23 scissor blades, inflicting wounds others, one of whom was Lo Ngan for which he had to have medical were charged with disorderly con-

duct. attention.

At the time it was alleged that Lo Ngan had been bitten in the left forearm by Chan Sam. Lo Ngan is now in hospital suffering from a septic arta,nat

Although the injured

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The case was heard before Mr. and the complainant Thomson was represerited by Mr. A. da-Sil- va, while the defendants were not legally represented.

subpoeaned Wong Fook Yu, a witress said that his son

3 was was instructed to go to the hos member of the boxing association, "pital for daily treatment she fall- with which complainant was con-ed to do so as she evidently, pre- nected. He knew nothing of the ferred Chinese medicine assault, but was acquainted with the first, and Afth defendants. whom he knew as a coolfè, and a carrier of sauce respectively.

Nobody at anytime made any threat to him regarding the ad- visability of making his son leave the association in question.

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Her condition at present is ser- lous and may result in the am- putation of her left arm.

Lo Ngan was the second defen- dant and Chan Sam the first de- tendant in the previous case of fighting.

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Inspector R. Shannon said dė- fendant went to complainant's stall and asked for two packets, of cigarettes. They were given him and he commenced to walk away. Complainant call- ed out and defendant, taking out two packets which appeared. to be the original cigarettes, hand- ed them to complainant, saying he did not want them.

In reality, the packets were stuffed with paper, and sealed to. resemble new packets."

Sentence of six weeks hard lab- our was imposed...

Mrs: Rapp was fined $10 by Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday when a re- presentative admitted a summons of allowing a brown dog to be abroad unmuzzled on the morning of August 3,

Leung Nun-pui, 20, was charged before Mr. Macfadyen at the Cen- tral Police Court. yesterday with loitering in Ice House Street, near"! Queen's Road. He had been warn-

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If the woman happens This completed his evidence as a result of the bite. the prose- and the Magistrate said that hecuting officer remarked that he could not see any point in it. If though he would be in order to on previous occasions. De- Mr. Silva made an application to bring a charge against the defendant was bound over for one treat the witness as a hostile wit- fendant. He admitted there was, year.

a certain amount of neglect on feel incline ness, he would grapt it. The prosecuting counsel the part of the complainant in whereupon thanked the Bench. failing to attend hospital when in- and proceeded with the case. structed to do so. Lo Ngan, hej

added, would not be able to at THREATS DENIED" . Witness dented that the second, tend Court for two weeks.

The magistrate remarked he defendants third and fourth threatened him with any bodily thought they must have some ad- case and Inspector harm if he did not withdrew his vice on the sen, from membership of the as- O'Donovan said he would seek it and added that there was very sociation.

little to say for either party, there was a general squabble be- Defendant was ac- tween them. cordingly remanded for one week.

Mr. Stiva: Can you give #ny reason therefore why the com- plainant subpoeaned you to give evidence?

Witness replied that two men. whom he did not know and who certainly were not any of the de- fendants, approached him One day and asked him how much he was paying for the tuition fees for his son to learn boxing wit ness was very busy at the time, and did not question their pur- pose. He remembered though, the reason they gave for asking the question was because they wished tfix up the accounts of the as- sociation for the complainant...

When did the these men ap- proach you?-Witness: I do not remember the date. It was some time last month-before the first hearing in Court

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Chan Sam appeared before Mr. Macfadyen, yésterday at the Cen-. trai Police Court, charged with infleting grievous bodily harm to Ko Ngan, by biting, her in the left forearm. Complainant is now in the Government Civil Hospital. Det-Insp. O'Donovan, appearing. for the prosecution, stated com- plainant, did not go to hospital when told, and there is ΠΟΥ danger of amputation, Defendant was remanded for one week.

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Charged before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Central. Magistracy yester- day with possession of forty sticks-

Ho Shiu, married woman.

of dynamite and two colls of fuse. peared before Mr. W. Schofield, without permission from the IG.F.. at the Central Magistracy yester- at Island Road. yesterday, Cheung of (1) Sang. unemployed, was Aned $75, day charged on "counts possession of 163.4 taels of prepar- in default, six weeks hard labour, ed opium and 90 taels of raw Ngan Sang, unemployed, was also opium, and (2) 232 taels of des- charged, but the police accepted

oplum, at No. 79 sicated raw Queen's Road Central, second floor.

Revenue Officer Grimmitt said the place was apparently being kept as an opium depot. The wo- man's husband was apparently a seaman, and she informed him Questioned further, witness ad- that her husband's friends brought mitted that it was after the as- the opium to the house. In the house were also found five or six sault had taken place.

and other Wong Pax Huen, another sub-opium-carrying belts poeaned witness said that he was paraphernalia, away at the time when the case was called up for hearing, but his wife came to Court. She bad told him that two men called around at his house, but of whom he was unacquainted with

His wife had told him that the two inen in question were not any of the defendants.

THE ATTACK

Lau'Mun Kwong, a nephew of the complainant said that on the "day in question he and his uncle of were crossing a vacant plece ground when the latter was at tacked by a number of people who came out of a fire wood shop in the vicinity.

"He recognised all the defendants with the exception of the fifth as his uncle's assallants," while the fourth held his uncle so that the others could assault him, and they used hammer heads and scissor blades when attacking.

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A fine of $3,500, in default nine imposed the months, was charges of possession of prépared oplum, and $1,500, in default three months, on the other charge of the raw variety.

MURDER CHARGE

Hung Ko, aged 28, a tea-house waiter,

and Hung Yu, a cook appeared before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy yester~,, day charged with the murder of another Chinese male at Luk Lan Village in the Ting Kwan District, on May 18 last, and were remanded för one week.

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Acting Chief Detective-Inspector Elston, who appeared for the pro- secution, asked for a formal re- mand as the cases against the ac- cused were not complete. The murder was alleged to have taken place tra village which was All defendants denied the 28- within the jurisdiction of the Pro- sault The first said he is tell-vincial Government of Kwang- ing lies the second said" I WAS not there. I was at Shaukiwan," the third I did not assault him.

A charge of stealing two pine He (witness) says that I was there

trees from Government Plantation because he is complainant's re- No. 9a near Kap Sik Mi Village, Tation, the fourth. "I did not as- sault him. I am even afraid to was brought against Tang Kwan. do so, as he is a boxer," and the aged 35, unemployed, before Mr. aixth work in Telm Tsa TulWynne-Jones an the. Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. Defendant and only go to Kowloon City, four was sent to the hospital after his or five times a month."

Re-examined by Mr. Bilva, wit-arrest and had not yet been dis- charged yes erday. The case was ness pointed out scar on second

remanded. defendant's left hand which he alleged was incurred by the lat charge of theft, of fourteen ter during the assault

clocks was brought against Wong Tim, aged: 27, unemployed when he appeared before Mr.Wynne- Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. He was sentenced to two months imprisonme

Chung Ngar: Bal (first defend ant) then elected to go into the witness box to give his version of the affair. He said that on the might of the alleged assaulthe did not go out as his wife was lying in:The next day) he was called to the station wh went but he was subsequently re- leased.

At this stage the case was ad- journed."

his denial of possession. He stated he was carrying the basket con- taining the dynamite for the first defendant..

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