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TRAFFIC

SUMMONS

Eleven Girls And A Man In Car!

Yam Li Shur driver in the employ of the Silver Dragon Garage, at Village Road, was sum- moned before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon on the charge of driving a private car for hire on Novem-

ber. 2.

while.

HEROIN PILLS CASE

Possession Proyed Against Two Men

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Wong Wing Kit, 25, a watchman of Keung Wa Factory at Chùng Sha Wan Road was charged be- fore Mr. E. L Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for larceny by servant of 98 lbs of aluminium.

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The complainant, Lui Kau, 37. said that the accused was formerly, employed in his fac- An accident on one of the tory. machines resulted

accused having four Angers severed. would like to keep him, if your Worship would bind him over for a year" said the complainant,

Detective. Bergeant Franklin was, the prosecuting officer.

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At yesterday morning's hearing at the Criminal Sessions, gullt of being in possession of 18.175 heroin

It was alleged that on Novem- He was convicted and fined $10. pills and 136 ozs. of pink mass was

ber 25. the proved against Lo Man, 27, and

defendant arranged Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios Liu Cheung, 25, of No. 1 Woo Sing

with a marine hawker to steal was counsel for the defense, and

They were from the factory some aluminium Trüffic Sergt. M. Black prosecuted. Street, third floor.

found guilty by the jury which plates. It was found later that 98

of CAR HIRED

aluminum valued B was composed of Messrs. A. Wood❘ lbs

$78.40 was stolen from the man- The first witness was Mr. E. J.foreman), R.HLA. Umnuss, J. L

ager of the factory who was re- Lee, medicine dealer, but former- Qule, LV. Sousa, E. F. Shen, H ly with

ading at Ng, 233 Chung She Wan the Cathay Ballroom," Keller and J.. A. Guterres,

a half Road, Irst floor. He deposed that he went to the Sentences of three and Silver Dragon Garage or Novem-years ware imposed by the Chief ber 2 to hire a car in which to Justice. Sir. Atholl MacGregor. take cleven girls to the Victoria on each of the defendants,

Store to purchase some

while Wong Hau Yu, 23, who materials for dresses.

admitted possession of the dan A car was given him but it

gerous drug when he appear proved too small for the amounted before Mr. Q. A. A. Mac- of passengers, and he was told to fadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy welt fer a

Another wi

three weeks ago, was punished was driven up and he herded the with five years' hard labour. An girls into it and drove into town.

order for the confiscation, and des- The ages of the girls ranged truction of all articles which were from 17 to 21, and he was to re-produced as evidence in court was turn to Village Road to pick up sued by the Chief Justice. some others for further purchases As he was sitting outside in the car in front of the Store, Sergt Black came up to him and asked Crown Solicitor, appearing for the. him if he owned the car. He re-prosecution, said that on October plied in the negative, and added 13 at 3.45 am. R.O. drimmitt and that it was hired.

Ward raided the premises at No. 1. Woo Sung Street. Admission had to be gained by breaking down the door and the three defendants were arrested before they could escape. The usual paraphernalia for manufacturing pills was dis covered. The third defendant was arrested in the kitchen where he was attempting to wash his hands.

the Pink stairs were found on hands of all three defendants.

The driver was ordered to take the car to Central Police Station, and.

the on

way

the there,

chauffeur asked him to say that

he owned the car or that it was lent to him by a friend.

CROSS-EXAMINATION

Serg. Black: Have you hired cars from the garage before? Yes. оп several occasions from Village Road to the Cathay.

What kind of car do they give you? I don't remember. as they have given me different kinds.

Do you pay or sign onits?-- Sometimes I pay at the time and sometimes I pay later. The trip costs eighty cents now as we were given a reduction of twenty per cent. because of the amount of business the girls did with them-

Was the car apprehended the same one was you hired from the garage?--Yes.

How did you know the first car was a hired one? Because they

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The defendant was bound over. in the sum of $25 for a year.

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Extradition Case Proceedings

An extradition case was heard before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy" yesterday in- volving Liem Tjoe Kwic alias Liem Toe Tee who is wanted by the Dutch East Indies government for the theft of jewelery and money to the total of 3.900 guilders,

The case yesterday was against eccond and third defendants for

Chief possession of heroin pills. Both prisoners called

witnesses who were unable to give any evidence except to identify them

SNATCHER CAUGHT

Wu Kwong age 38, an unemploy- ed washerman of No. 137 Fuk

Street, Wing

first floor

was

brought before Mr. E. 1. Wynne-

The robbery was alleged to have taken place at Samarang. Java,

Detective Inspector J. Murphy told his Worship that the defendant had expressed his wil- lingness to return for trial, and that communications had been made with the Consul for the Netherlands. Arrangements for his embarkation would only be a mat- ter of days.

Defendant was remanded in po- lice custody until his departure.

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have a sign which tells how many use Kowloon Magistracy ALLEGED FRAUD

persons are allowed in it.

Did the other car have that on 17-No

TROUBLE BEFORE?

Ms. Remedios: Was Mr. Charlie Gray the manager of the Cathay on November 27-No, Mr. Thomson Chau is the manager.

What position was Mr. Gray in the ballroom?-As far as I'know. he wasn't connected with it in

any way..

him there every

Did you see night?-No.

Are you a friend of his?--Yes. Did you know Mr. Gray had trouble with the Garage at one tone?-No, I only came here two months ago."

Do you know that it against the law for eleven girls and a man to be in a car at one time?-No, I've seen twenty people in a car at one time..

I put it to you that the driver drove up with the car and you ask- ed for a lift.-No, I hired it from the garage, but not directly from the defendant.

Did any of the girls ask for a Hft?-No.

Did you pay or sign a chit? After I left the station. I was drop- ped at the Cathay but the driver refused to accept money or a chit. I put it to you that it is untrue that the defendant asked you to say that you were the owner of the car. It's quite true. "

PROSECUTION'S VERSION® On the witness stand, Sgt. Black said that he received information at the Traffic Office that a private car, was in Queen's Road Central, near the China Emporium, doing business for hire.

yesterday for larceny of a pair of gold ear-rings valued at $45 trom Ng Kan Chi, 48, a married woman of No. 371 Portaland Street, second

oor.

- Sentence of four months' im- prisonment was imposed.

off. he drove the car in search of a prospective buyer.

He saw a party of giris at Village Road and asked "Who wants to go to town? Fll give a free ride!"

Several of the dris got in and the rest crowded in.

He told Mr. Lee that he would charge "for gentlemen, but the latter "forced his way in anyway."

Mr. Schofield told the court that the original intention of the de- fendant's showed that he was go- ing to charge Mr. Lee for the hire of the car.

The fact that the garage did not interfere was be- cause the case was a private one.

Before his Worship Aned defen-" dant he told him that the public ears had a hard enough time in gerting private cars competing.

Defendant was fined $10. ·

F

business

without

SUMMONS FAILS

the

was brought Another summons against Fung Tak On, 18, Circular Path, first floor, for allowing his private car, 2888, for hire.

He was defended by Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios, and Traffic Sgt. M. Black prosecuted.

The first witness for the pro62- cution was Lam Kee, a soap deal- When he arrived there, he founder. of 157. Hennessy Rand, first defendant behind the wheel and noor, who at one time was the Mr. Lee in the back seat. He ask-managing partner of the Bilver ed Mr. Lee the car was his and Dragon Garage. the reply was, "No."

He said that he left the garage

"Are you paying for It?—I sup- sometime in 'May or June of this pose. 2o."

year.

At the police station, Mr. Lee There were several private cara said that he did not know that it at the garage and he drove car was a private car as he had hired 2888 many Umes and received it, and defendant said that be was rares also.”

not responsible..

He was mentioning aboutá,

Mr. Remedios informed his Wor- document which would incrimin- ship that there was no case for ate the owner of car 2688, but as the defense to answer, but Mr.it could not be produced Mr. Bchofield ruled otherwice

Schofield said that the evidence was irrelevant and unkon Mr. Re- Defendant was put in the wit medios' submission that there was ness box, and deposed that, on no case to answer; defendant was November 2, which was his day discharged.

·A FEEE RIDE

Annamite Before Local Court

Hathuc Chink, a gitizen of An-

nam, appeared before Mr. W. Scho- feld at the Central Magistracy yesterday on the charges of de- frauding Mrs. Leung Tal Ying of £5 in travelers checks and of ut tering a forged document,

Defendant resides at 703. Luk Kok Hotel, and pleaded not gulity to the charges.

-As he spoke very litt'e English. Mr. A. Landau of Jimmy's Kit- chen, was asked to be the inter- preter.

The date set for the hearing was

fixed, for December 1, at 2.30 pm

CRUELTY TO FOWLS

Bitter of

Wong Yau. age 32, a 39 Portland Street, ground floor, was brought before Mr. E. I Wyone-Jones at the Kowloon Ma- glatracy yesterday, charged with cruelty to fowls. It was alleged that on November 25 the accused was arrested at the Taumati Rail- way Station, carring a small bas- ket containing three chickens and two ducks.

The accused was fined $5.

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