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Forged Note Case Fails

Appearing BL the Criminal Bessions yesterday before Mr.

Around the Courts

THEFTS OF CLOTHING

A total of 8 weeks hard labour was imposed on Chan Fook, £

metal

asferent persons

FISHY BUSINESS

Lui Wai-aum, aged 18, unem-

ployed, appeared before Mr. Mac- tadyen yesterday charged with stealing 23 tins of shell fish and

stated that detective C270 WES DI

Justice R E. Lindsell on a charge. ] 24-year-old unemployed, when he six tins of fish from, No. 36," Wng of possession of a, forged $10 bank was convicted by Mr. QAA, MBC- (Lok Street, ground floor, the pro- "note of the Chartered Bank of Judyen at the Central Magistracy (perty of Tam Yeung, shopkeeper. India, Australis and Chind know yesterday on four charges of Acting Sub-Inspector 8. G. Smith ing the same to be forged, Cheung ceny of clothing and a Kin. Pul, accountant of the On Lok watch from. Yven Cafe, was adjudged not they being Au Tai, married wo duty, at Cleverly Street a 4.10 yes- man and two men, Coan Kwan terday morning and saw defendant guilty by the jury.

Honed defendant, who admitted and Li Wai-ki, al residing at. No. Carrying a wooden box. He ques- 28. Possession Street, third Boor.

stealing the tins from complainant's, Detective Sergeant C. T. Byron shop. The tins were kept locked prosecuted. He stated that at in a showcase, and defendant had 245 alta. on Wednesday, defen

apparently used a "duplicate` key dant was stopped by detective

to open the case. Ri passing sen-

Mr. B. H. Williams was for the prosecution and the prisoner was undefended.

The Jury empanelled were! Messrs. G. E. F. Thomson (fore- man), C. & Lopes, F. J. M.

Rodrigues. Thu Ho-toeung, Le C438 near the Central Theatre.tence. his Worship remarked that

e-yen. Ng Chi-man, and A. At was then carrying a bundle there' seemed to have been a con- !

Dand

Mr. Will outlining the facts of the case sald that on November 24, last year. Inspector Andrew ac- companied by P.C.563 and another

man Pun Shu went to the On Lok Yuen Cafe to make inquiries into s statement made. by Pun. Shu that he and

certain received montes from the accused in pay-

containing three' pieces of woman's siderable amount of preparation chthing. Questioned by the de- by defendant to have a duplicate the key. Three weeks' hard labour tective, defendant told him clothes were given him by his

was imposed. sister, living, at No. 9. Upper Las- car Row. When brought to that address, the inmates denied knowledge of defendant. Defendant was then

to taken

HEROIN, PILLS · AGAIN Yu Chun, widow, aged 24 years, was fined $2,000, or in default one

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INGRATE PUNISHED

Assaulted MotherTM

SAYINGS OF THE WEEK.

We young people of the U.S.S.R.. led by our Party, led by the great

·Stalin, commanded by Marshal Voroshiloff, have an extraordinar- tyl arduous and most important historic task--to decide who shall destroy whom in the whole world.

Disarmament 19 8 retrograde means Disablement.

Charged with assaulting his aged-M. Kosareft. mother at Sa Po village on Wed- nesday evening, La Yuen was fined step which $25 or in-default I month's hard-George Bernard Shaw. labour by Mr. E. I Wynne-Jones said

at the Kowloon Magistracy yes terday.

the Central Police Station and it year's hard labour, when she ap- Schoneld, ment of a debt. On arriving at was found, that a number of per-peared before Mr. · W.

sons had made a report an hour at the Central Magistracy yester- the house the secused was asleep earlier that clothing and other day, on remand, on a charge nt and upon being aroused, was found articles had been stolen from possession of 28.941 heroin pills to be wearing only a cotton singlet

their flat. The detective took de in Hennessy Road on January 21. and 篷 pair of trousers. The

fendant to that address and on

Acting-Inspector Carey Inspector stated the mission of the the way he admitted stealing the that the defendant was arrested visit and searched the accused bus clothing and took h's Escort to

when she was about to board a -nothing was found on him.

No 150 Hollywood Road, where

tramear in Hennessy Road near She was carrying Tin Lok Lane, two baskets of clothing which when searched were

to contain the beroin pills.

In answer to the charge. de- asleep. he fendant stated were

she had

The Inspector and accused went

into the next room where his bed

was searched but nothing was found. They returned to the other room and here the Inspector left the accused in the custody of PC.583. The Chinese constable charge of the accused noticed the man put his hand behind his back

and moved them about in a man- ner that aroused suspielons. The constable searched the accused to find out what he was trying to hide and found a „purse. tucked under the singlet at the back. The constable called out to the Inspec. tor who looked through the wallet and found therein a $10 note which was suspected to be forgery. The accused said that the note was given to him by a friend Tse To Wai who lived at No. 21. Hing Lung Street as a loan.

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The Inspector and the accused went to the address and there Sze To Waf denied having known the accused or having loaned him the money. Sze To Wai was searched and on him was found three notes which were subsequently found to

additional property was discover-

ed.

Apparently, defendant had been smoking oplum at No. 28. Posses slon Street, and while the rest of the household

found

took the articles and went out.. given the two baskets to The total value of the property by a man in Queen's Road. was about $8.

His Worship passed sentence of two weeks' hard labour on each charge.

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Even earthworms can be taught to take the right turning. --DI. David Katz.

You cannot eat, another fellow's lunch, as well as your own and feel better for It-tard Downs..

When his Worship asked the old lady what she wanted the Court to do with her son, she promptly replied, that he should be sent to prison. She explained that they were poor people, earning just been enough for their food, but defen- carry dant was in the habit of taking thirty years ago. Sir Jostab

As there was no confirmation of the complainant's story, Mr. W Schofield, at the Central Magis- tracy yesterday, discharged Chang CAULIFLOWER 'CRAZE

Muk, unemployed, charged with Pleading guilty before Mr. Mac-the larceny of two stew pans and + teapot from No. 13 Village fadyen at the Central Magistracy yesterday to the theft of 31 heads Road, ground floor. of cauliflower at Jubilee Street, two young unemployed men, Chan

Sentence of six weeks was pass- Fuk, aged 18, and Wong Kan, aged 25 were each sentenced to ed on a youth L Woon-ting by Mr. E. I Wynne-Jones at the Prose- three weeks' hard labour. cuting.

Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for Acting-Sub-Insp. Smith stated defendants were observed stealing a Singer sewing machine by two Chinese detectives running belonging to his brother-in-law. away with ' & basket of cauli- flower, and chased by a crowd. The defendants were eventually First caught in Wing Wo Street. defendant was found to "have signed a bond only a short while

be forgeries, the said notes being 480. He was ordered to surren-

one 850 Hong Kong and Shanghai der the bond of $30 or undergo Bank note with two notes of the two weeks' hard labour,

Banque de L'Indo Chine, one für 20 plastres and one for 5. plastres. The accused had admitted the possession of the note has denied knowledge that it was forged.

The case for the Crown was that the accused had been search ed and, knowing that the desk was going to be searched, endeavoured to hide the wallet on his person,

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GAMBLERS CAUGHT

A youth. Ku Hing, aged 18, ap- peared before Mr. Macfadyen at the Central Magistracy yesterday on a charge of keeping a common, gaining house at No. 2. Possession Street, ground floor. He pleaded that it was only a small gambling party to celebrate the New Year.

so that it would escape detection. A fine or `825 was imposed. Seven The Crown contended that the other men were charged with gam- accused must have known that bling on the premises, but only one,

the note was a forgery or else why Kung Chi, aged 51, appeared. He ball should he try to hide it. He would was fined $2,50, while the have succeeded had not the $3 each) of the absentees were constable scen the suspicious estreated. Table" money amount. movements.

ing to $9.80 was ordered to be Mr. Pinna of the Chartered Bank placed in the Poor Box. stated that the note was a forgery,

The colour was slightly differen from that of a genuine one and

the

AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COURT

the number was printed rather

"Seeing that he likes the Court unevenly. The pictures on

S much we will keep him here front and back were not clear and to-day remarked Mr. E the paper was of a thicker quality, Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Ma- The police interpreter. of the Kistracy yesterday to a man nam-

Central Police Station next gave evidence as to the reading of the with wearing a hat in Court.

ed Chu Jan, who was charged

charges to the accused.

Defendant stated that he did Inspector Andrew and P.C.583 not know it was against the law then gave evidence regarding the

When to wear a hat in Court, finding of the money.

asked why he was in Court at all he said he had come up to see how the hawkers got on

ACCUSED'S. DENIAL

The accused then made a state

his Worship ordered him to be detained until the Court rises this afternoon.

NO. TICKET-

ment from the dock and stated As defendant had only 19 centi that he had received the $10 note as a loan from a friend, and that it was his intention to send the money to his family in the coun- try. He hat borrowed the midney on a Friday and intended to send Telling the ticket-collector 0 the money up by traveling the Shamshuipo Ferry on : <Wed- salesman on Saturday's boat nestay that he had a monthly There was no boật on Saturday ticket, Tong Yuen-heung, 28, Was and he was arrested on Sunday. (subsequently, found to have none. He admitted tucking the walle! He said he had left it at home. more firmly under, his belt and but when inquiries were made it stated that the wallet was in his was discovered that he never pos- belt when the Inspector had first sessed ones and no p searched him. The Inspector had. This was the story told to Mr. only, searched his pockets and had E. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon ommitted the back

Magistracy yesterday when the For his defence the accused man was charged.net

called only one witness man Inspector Ellis said defendant who had known him in the coun way found to have four cents. try. The witness established the when charged. He could have character of the secrsed, stating, taken a third class, tick Lor that he was a good man three cents but he was found in

The Jury then retired for a short the Best class compartment. time. And returned a verdict of Autine of $25 or month was

imposed

money from the. stall He WELS

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laży, useless and a spendthrift, and never helped the family. He had a wife and a child of four, and was always either beating his Lancashire makes almost every- brother, his wife or his mother. thing tha: Lancastrians want.

Inspector Chester Wood stated | -Mr. J. C. Grime. that the family owned bean-

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curd stall in the village. The A fine of $25 or a month's hard trouble arose when defendant labour was imposed by Mr. W. wanted to take some money from Schofield, at the Central Magla-... the stall and when objections tracy yesterday, on Yuen Shing, were raised by his brother and unemployed, who admitted steal- mother, he assaulted the former.ng a dried duck The mother tried to separate them and was hit on the thumb with

a plece of wood. The Anger was pain when she reported the mat- dislocated and she was in great fer to the Police Station,

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