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EX-CONSTABLE CHARGED At Council's Meeting Accused Acquitted In Dangerous Drugs

The questions to be asked are as follows:

(a) what

Det. Sub-Inspector, 'L prosecuted.

Case

The case against three Chinese- Chiu Kau, Lo Shing and i so. allas Tat Shing, and two wo

en charged with the possession of a large quantity of heroin' pills. and conspiracy to manufacture plis, was continued at the Central Magistracy yesterday before Mr.

W Schoñeld.

Crown Solleitor was for the prose- cution and Mr. S. Ng Quinn áp- when:peared on behalf of the first, sec

Yuen Kal, iron dealer, was yes- Charged with the theft of seven terday charged before Mr. E. I. cents from Lau Kwok, a shop fokij Questions regarding the adequacy, Wong "Blu, a 27-year-old' foki, Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Ma- | at Markes Street, Lee. Yuen (25)| or otherwise of motor parking | appeared on remand before Mr. gistracy with receiving 32 pieces an ar-Chinese constable, was con- spaces in Kowloon are to be asked E. I. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon of iron rails on January 4, 1936. victed and sentenced to four at to-day's meeting of the Legiala Magistracy yesterday charged with Mr. Hugh-Jones appeared for months' hard labour by Mr. Etive Counell bý thể Hon, Mr. J. P. the possession of 2, forged 350 of the defendant and Detective Sgt. | Wynne-Jones at

the Kowloon Braga,

the Chartered Bank of India Davis presecuted,

Magistracy yesterday.

Australia and China, and with In giving evidence Lui Lok said - Detective Sergeant Headridge

unlawfully, boarding the as. Pre that about 9 am, on January 4, stated that the complainant was 1. Will the Honourable the Ins-sident Cleveland on January 13. on information received he spoke sleeping on a stall at Market Street pector General of Police state- Defendant was discharged on the to the Inspector on duty at the when he was awakened by the

are the respective | first charge and was fined $10, or Yaumatt Police Station who gave defendant who said that he wanted him a chit to the Inspector at the to search him. This was done and Water Police Station. Witness when the complainant was replac- went to the Water Police Stationing his purse he found that seven and from there he went to the cents were missing. Kowloon Rallway Station at some of the iron, mais, From there accompanied by Sergh Davis he went to Fook Hing Kong tron dealer who were the purchasers and asked for the master. Defendant sald that he was the buyer and he showed them a heap of tron rails that wire stored in a godown. Sgt. Davis told defendant not to sell the rale and defendant said sentenced Yip Pak Wah to a total he had bought them from a man for twelve months hard labour the named Wong. To. Defendant took when he pleaded guilty to them to look for this man but charge of housebreaking and steal- could not find him,

ing a pair of imitation gold ear- rings from Yip Shui-ha, (25), a married woman residing at No. 65, Cheung On Street. He was also charged with returning from ban-, ishment.

numbers of motor cars, ex- | in default, 14 days' hard labour on Mr. J. A Prentis, Assistant- clusive of buses, trucks, and the second. lorries, registered for Kow- loon for the past three years -1933 to 1935-inclusive; (b) what are the facilities on Bullsbury Road near the Star Ferry pier for the parking of motor cars:

The defendant had up till two months ago been an officer in the Police force, and that nothing was known against him.

A BAD CHARACTER

Mr. EL Wynne-Jones at the

Magistracy Kowloon

yesterday

Mr. R. S. Beavon. Permanentway Inspector for the Kawloon Railway said that on January 4. Sgt. Davis rang him up about some rails. Some days later he was taken cy Sgt. Davis, to a place in Yaumati Defendant admitted that he had where he saw 32 rats in a godowa. been banished for ten years on Witness said that he inspected the | July 25, 1933 and pleaded that he rails and found them to be of the bad returned in order to get some same length but only one out money. the lot was marked KOR. The remainder, were unmarked.

In answer to his Worship wit- ness said that the Railway had sold scrapped ral's only by tender. the last sale was about 2

years

ago.

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(c) what is "the approximate superficial ground ares in each of the above three

reare allotted for the public parking of ears in that "locality; and

(d) whether the ground area re- ferred to in Question (c)' re-' presents an increase during the past three years in pro- ...portion to the larger num- ber of privately owned cars in Kowloon?

Evidence was given by Mr. J. M. Pinnaclerk of the Chartered Bank who deposed that the note was a good forgery and pointed out the salient points of the forged pote...

and. fourth, and fifth defendants. while Mr. F. H. Loseby represented. the third defendant.

The charges against Chlu Kav. Lo Shing. La So and. Ho Ying are that they had in. their possession 35.500 heroin pills on the second Evidence of arrest was given by floor of No. 15 Caroline Road, on Firdos Khan and after hearing November 19, possession of soun- Captain. Thomas's evidence His ces of codeine phosphate and 1) Worship passed sentence as stated ounces of strychnine; and, thirdly, above.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Director of Ambulance has the honour to acknowledge with grateful appreciation and thanks the receipt of the folowing Dona- tions from:

2. Does the Government conal- der the authorised parking space on Salisbury Road sufficient for the number of registered motor cars for Kowloon?

3, Should such area not be dee Mr. Fung ed adequate, by what further pro- He was sentenced to six months vision, if any, and where does the hard, labour on the first chars Government contemplate increas-Anonymous. and to twelve months on the set-ing the accommodation to meet Per S.C.M. Post from E M ond, sentences to run concurrent-suitably the growing demand for Per

BOM Fost parking spaces within the afore- "Christmas Gu said area?

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HOTEL THIEF PUNISHED

4. Does the Government contem- After further evidence defend- Appearing before Mr. Macfadyen plate the use of the open space of arit, was discharged. His Worship at the Central Magistracy yester- Crown land lying between Middle ruled that the defendant had no day on a charge of larceny of a Road and Salisbury Road and the case to answer.

woollen cardigan. a pair of pliers open apace on Salisbury Road ad- and a pocket knife, Chan Pau. Jaining and to the east of the ex- aged 40, unemployed, was senten-isting car park? If not, could not ced to six weeks' hard labour. De- such spaces, or any other piece of tective Sergeant Shepherd stated Crown land in that neighbour that defendant arrived on board hood, be utilised, provisionally, for

to existing ear the steamer Hot Shun on passage adding observed by a taki of the Tat La

spaces at Kowloon Point? Boarding House, No. 97 Connaught Road Central, to go into the room of a boarder."Lau Yee, while the man was absent. The knife and

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BICYCLE THEFT

Shek Ngau, 21, unemployed was hard labour by Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones

the Kowloon Magistracy yester

for stealing a bicycle from To 1-fat (18), delivery coolie, on ecember 31.

Tem Annam to Swatow. He was

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possession of 17 ounces of heroin. 'Fung Chiu is charged with the possession of 35,500 heroin pills and 17 ounces of heroin.

The raid was cairied out by Re venue Officer Grimiit at 10 p.m. on the night of November 19, in the company of two Chinese de. tectives.

At the opening of resterday's hearing Mr. Quinn asked permis- sion to put the second and fourth defendants in the witness box.

8,50 parking

tective, and admitted stealing the cabbage, which was valued at $2.

Sergeant Goodwin stated that a eport was made to the Police on pliers wire found in defendant's DRUGS POSSESSION the night of December 31 and it hand and he had prised open a was only on Tuesday that the first leather suit-case

On admitting the possession of and extracted 6.575 heroin pills at No. 58 Woosung news of the stolen machine was the cardigan which was valued at Street, Arst floor. on January 7, received when a friend of the $4.30. Defendant was a banishee Au Shun, 60. unemployed, was complainant who was riding from Annam.

10 Hung Hom said that be saw the defendant riding the

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When the fourth defendant was put into the box, Mr. Quinn ex- tracted evidence of her move- ments on the days of 17, 18 and 19 of November, last year. She was then subjected to a

very searching cross-examination, by Mr. Prentis which lasted well over two hours. Defendant was abo unable to give her exact move ments on the day of her arrest. 5.00 At this stage hearing was ad-

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Mr. Cheung' Wing Fong Messrs. Sing Sang". Messrs. Sun Yung Kee fined $2,500, with the alternative Messrs. Ta! Yick of nine months' hard labour, by Mr. Kwok Kum Fook Mr. E. L. Wynne-Jones at the Mr. Kwu Kal Tak (Tun

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ROBBED FRIEND machine which he recognised Hung Kun-ming, 25, shop coolle. | Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. 35 that lost by hts friend. was sentenced to six weeks" hard Revenue-Officer O'Neil stated that He accosted the defendant who fabour by Mr. E. L. Wynne-Jone. defendant was a retafer of the said that the machine was his and at the Kowloon Magistracy yester- drug. The plls were found wrap that he had paid for it from a day for stealing two pairs of hair ped in packets for sal friend at the end of the month clippers from No. 72 Bai Kung out of his wages.

| Road on Monday. Inspector Ches- The defendant said that the ter-Woods stated that about 7.30 cycle had been given to him by m. on Monday complainant, Pun a man named Lam who had asked, barber, who was a friend of him to sell it for him.

the defendant, asked the man to look after his shop while he went across the road. When be retin-- Sir Chinese married women

ed he found the defendant had pleaded guilty before Mr. Schofield gone and the cuppers were miss at the Central Magistracy yester-ing Defendant was subsequently day to trespassing in Government arrested and it was found that the plantation No. 2 D above Wong-clippers had been pawned.. netchung district. They were al

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TRESPASSERS, PROSECUTED

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CONFISCATION GRANTED

Mr. J. R. Carr, of the Botanical An application was måde by the and Forestry Department, stated Police before Mr. Macfadyen at that gangs of women from Wan- the Central Magistracy yesterday, chal were at present engaged in for the confiscation of 190 cattles collecting wood in preparation for of sugar found unmanifested and the Chinese New Year. The Da-unclaimed on board the steamer partment had tried to discourage Geisten, lying at the Douglas It because of the danger of gross Wharf, on January 8. The appl- fres. The defendants were in the cation was granted.. thick of the forest when arrested.

The Magtrate: There have been. very few of such prosecutions late.

Mr. Carr: We usually chase them

FOUND IN HOUSE

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... CREDIT BY FRAUD

Kwok King-wan, aged 34 un- employed, appeared before Mr. Macfadyen at the Central Magir-

off but this is on the increase at tracy. yesterday, charged with hav- the present time and we are trying obtainca credit by fraud, name- ing to discourage this soft or the sum of $5.26, the price of thing

a meal," from the Tai Tung Re Kautant, No. 234, Des Voeux Road Central Sub-Inspector J. J.” Walsh "He climbed the drain pipe, ze said defendant was in the restaur- he is no amateur"" commented De-ant from 5 pm 9 p.m. during tective Sergeant D. Etches, at the which time he ordered wine and Central Police yesterday, when Acigarettes; "Défendent just said he Cheung, 27, unemployed, pleaded find no work and must get filled": guilty, before Mr. W. Schoñeld, to *dded: the prosecuting officer. "De charges of being found on the fendant was remanded tax one, first floor, of 64 Gloucester Roads were for medical examination, ast Wanchai, for an unlawful purpose, the opinion was expressed that" b and the possession of a clasp knife. was a little insane.

It was stated by the prosecuting omcer that the premises were a Japanese social club. The manag

CABBAGE THEFT

A fine of $10, or two weeks hard

er was, a Chinese who spoke labour in default, was imposed on Japanese. The defendant was Ling, aged 30, unemployed. found in the verandah criching when he pleaded guilty to a charge behind a large flower pot He had or theft of 17 cabbages from the the knife in his possession. There Canton Wort, by Mr. Macfadyen was no criminát” record “spatrist the Cenffaf Magiskracy

day Sub-Inspector J. Wa's Twelve weeks hart labode was er that defendant was Imposed By the King strāvējs early yesterday morni

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