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H. K. POLICE RESERVE

(Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. II. King. Inspector General of Police)

CHINESE COMPANY Training Course (Part II):-The undermentioned members of the Chinese Company will attend Chi- nese Company Headquarters on Tuesday, February 16 at 17.30 hours [or Part II of Training Course:-

Constables R2 Chan Tak Chiu, R4 Tam Hiu Fung. R5 Woo How Ching. Re Chan Shik Chup, R9 Wong Yne Shun, R25 Lee "Chee Leung and R34 Napoleon · Leung

Pan

On

Inspection Parade:-All ranks of the Chinese Company will parade at Central Police Station Thursday, February 25 at 17.30 hours for a general inspection or equipment, etc.. by the Company Commander. Dress: Blue Uniform, Cap with White Cover, Belt' with Brace, Trancheon. "Pocket Police man" and note-book to be carried The Equipment Officer will make a point of being present

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1937.

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE AT THE SESSIONS

Chief Justice Postpones Sentence

A fatal, shooting affray in the Now Territories on a stormy night on January 9, last when a steersman lost his life aboard a transport junk, was narrated by Mr. E. H. Willams, Assistant Attorney General at the Criminal Sessions yesterday afternoon when Cheng Sik Keo appeared before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, charged with the manslaughter of Cheng F King at Yuen Long Wan, Deep Bay, Ping Shan district..

The following jury was empanelled:-Messrs. G. Paster (Fore- - man). H.. R. de Pinna. Hew Ah Lan, L. E. Lammert, Chan'Wan Gork, A. K. Ismail and Fang Shul Ming.

The accused was not legally represented and pleaded not guilty.

Mr. Williams, opening the Crown, case, said that the scene of the incident was a very isolated place and there was only a shop, owned by the accused's master. and a few matst.eds occupied by farmers nearby. The shop dealt in sugar and salt and stood in a compound surrounded by a fence.

INDIAN COMPANY Training Course (Part II):-The undermentioned members of the There was also a pier lending Indian Company have qualified in down from one side of the com- Part II of Training Course Know-pound. The master, Cheng Chik ledge of Police Duties and Regula- tions on Thursday. February. 4. 1937-

Constables R201 S. L. Bux, R206 Mohamed Al Oppal. R207 Fazal ilah! Oppal, R210 Abdullah Shah, R213 S. B. Hussain, R216 Lal Khan, R225 Kastın Ail, R226 A. R. Razack, R236 M. 8. Dillon, R253 Mohamed Ahsan R256 8. A. Khan, and R285 Ahmed Din.

had eleven fokis and they lived in amatshed just beside the com- pauna.

It was the duty of each for to keep guard for an hour every night between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. The fokt was armed with a shot gun and carried a cartridge belt. The master had a licence for the wea. pen, and. In reply to his Lordship, Mr. Williams said that the licence

calling out several times "What boat are you?" He continued call- ing out and the boat continued to come a little nearer to the pier. Subsequently, the master told his fokls to go to the police station and at that time the fokis did not know whether anybody had been hijured.

On the way to the station, the fokis saw No. 3 police launch which they boarded and made a report. Sergt. Manning then went to the scene and found the two survivors crouched below and the deceased lying in the main hold. The deceased's boat showed no signs of being connected with rob- bers.

ACCUSED ARRESTED - Sergt. Manning went ashore, and through the master, asked who fred the shots and the accused

WOMAN OPIUM CARRIER

Caught On A Train

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Appearing before Mr. J. Barrow at the Taipo Court yesterday, morning, a marr.ed woman, Luni Lin, alias Lum Yuk, aged 27, was charged with the possession of 15 taels' of raw opium, and was fined $450.

The facts of the case were that Оп Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese detective sergeant Chan Pul received information' at the Yaumat! Station that a female passenger on the 7.55 p.m. truin to Shum Chun had in her posses- slon a quantity of opium. He kept an eye on her until the train reached Talpo where defendan: intended to get off. He then went to her and informed her that she was under arrest. He saw that a small parcel had teen left on her seat. Defendant and was brought back to Sheung Shul Station where she Searched again.

Was detained,

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Lum denied the ownership of the oplum, and stated that it was

left there beside her by some other passenger who had just got off. and that she had no knowledge that the contents were oplum. It was stated that she had been previously convicted for a similar offence.

CHINESE BOY'S DEATH

UTTERING

ALLEGED

Forged Note Case At Sessions

the

Wong Yip entered pleas of not guilty when he was arraigned be tore Mt. Justice Hayden st Criinina. Sessions yesterday after- noon on charges of uttering two forged 1 HK. Government bank notes, one at a shop in Bulkeley Street, Hunghom, and the other at a shop in Ma Tau Wel Road, and possession of the notes.

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The following jury was pane led:-Messrs. W. F. Simmons (Foreman), R. S. Capell, W. L L Barker, W.・ Macfarlane. :J. Jones, L. 3. Silva, E. Pasco and J. D. Kinnaird..

Mr. M.

Assistant J. Abbott, Crown Solicitor, prosecuting sald that on January 31 the defendant went to a shop in Bulkeley Street purchased packet of and cigarettes and in payment tender- ed a dollar note. The shop owner, Leung Chuen,"on examina- tion, found that the note was a forgery, and he hurr.ed to retall defendant to change it. In the street he saw the defendant buy- Ing something from another shop

Ma Tan Wel Road. "He waited, and when defendant came out he called a constable and arrested defendant,

Inquiries were made at the second shop and it was found that defendant had a'so uttered ກ forged note there.

After evidence had been called the hearing, was adjourned to this

Inspection Parade:All ranks of entitled the master only to use it. nodded his head and he was placed Inquest At Kowloon morning.

the Indian Company wil parade at Central Police Station on Wednes- day, February 24. 1037 at 17.30 hours for a general inspection of quipment, etc., by the Company Commander. Dress: Blue Uniform, Cap with. White Cover, Belt with Brace. Truncheon, "Pocket Pollce- man" and notebook to be carried. The Equipment Officer will make a point of being present.

EMERGENCY UNIT RESERVE

R402 M. Leave: Constable Affanassieft has been granted two months leave of absence, as from February 2, 1937.

Patrol Duties:-All members of the Emergency Unit Reserve will report for duty at their stations at 19:45 hours on Friday. February 19. 1937. Those members who were detailed for Bay View Police Station will report at Quarry Bay!

Dress:- Police Station instead.

Blue Uniform. Cap with no cover, and members who are in possession of revolvers will carry same.

C. CHAMPKIN,

D.S.P. (R.

Hong Kong. Feb. 15.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CHALLENGE On changing duty the foki hard- ed the weapon and ammunition to the next man, said Mr. Williams. The tokis would say that the in- structions were to challenge any person or boat nearing the pier and It they received no reply they fired into the air and if the persons or boat did not stop they opened fire on them.

The deceased, sald Mr. Williams, worked as a steersman on a boat owned by Chun Tung who also owned a lime kiln. His duty was to transport lime and on January 9 the deceased and his son and toki, who had the previous day de- livered a cargo of lime. at Castle Feat. were returning to Mong Cheng abpur. 6 p.m.

STORMY NIGHT

They arrived at Yuen Long Wan and it was a stormy and wet night so they decided to put in at the bay for the night. They were making for the shore and the three occupants were busy lowering the sall and dropping the anchor They intended to anchor near the pler. At the time they were about 20 of 30 feet from the pler

BAD CHARACTER and the deceased was engaged in

BOUND OVER

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Attempted To Resist Arrest

Wung Pik. 23, unemployed, made as appearance before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy yester- day morning on the charge of re- sisting arrest on Feb. 10 last.

Sub-Inspector Whant prosecuted and stated that the defendant was

lowering the sail when shots rang out from the compound. The de- ceased was shot in the upper parts of the leg and fell down. His fokis shouted and helped the injured man into the main hold where he died a few minutes later. In the meantime, and the confusion, the boat had got out of control and hud drifted on to the short.

The surviving occupants of the boat would say that they did not hear any calls or shouts from the shore. The accused's position at this time was at the entrance of

the compound. The other fokis

sing on, Battery Path when a were Chinese detective approached him. Defendant proceeded to run but was caught just in time The delective made it clear to the man that he was a police officer and commenced to search him.

In one of the defendant's pockets was a packet of pepper.

Inspector Whant added that the defendant was looking at a lady who was walking along the pave- ment at the time. He WILK BD-

parently paying particular atten- tion to the lady's hand bag, and this aroused the detective's suspl- cions

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under arrest. The cartridge belt contained 22 live rounds and in the compound just inside the gats there were found 22 cartridge

cases.

The body was removed to the mortuary and Dr. G. H. Henry examined it and found that the cause of death

WDS gun shot wounds, shock and haemorrhage.

When charged the accused said. "The master told me to open fire. I was on duty there. The master said 'robbers boat.***

Cheng Chik, the accused's maa- Ler. in the witness stand, sald that there had been several robberies at the place but not since he had barbed wire fending put round the compound at the end of last year.

FEUDAL LIFE

In summing up. his Lordship said that there was no doubt that the accused did kill the man. The accused appeared to live a sort of feudal life in a castle heavily sur- rounded by barbed wire fencing. The jury considered their verdict by ballot but his Lordship directed that that was no verdict. The jury then retired and returned at 5 p.m. a unanimous verdict of gulity,

SENTENCE POSTPONED

His Lordship sald that he would postpone sentence until the neat sessions as there was a great deal in the case that he would like to know more about:

His Lordship expressed the hope that in the meantime, that Mr. Williams would take steps to see that no further arms licence waN Issued by the Hon. Inspector Gene- ral of Police to the accused's em- ployer if that was the kind of use he made of it. His Lordship con- cluded by saying that he would like a report between now and the

March sessions concerning the em-

awakened by the accused player.

Donations

In Memory Of Late Dr. Ozorio

The Hon. Treasurer, of the So ciety of St. Vincent de Paul ac- knowledges with grateful appre- clation and thanks the receipt of the following donation to the 80- ciety's Funds la memory of the late Dr. F. M. Graca Ozorio. Various Friends per Mr. D.

Inspector. Whant later stated that there have been many bag snatching cases lately in that

A. Alenco vicinity.

The defendant was bound over 14r. and Mrs. 8. Pinna *......

H and Mrs. Mr.

Figueiredo

in the sum of 850 to be of good behaviour for a year and a de poralon order was made against him.

Chinese Wedding

At Registry

$13.10.

3.00

A. the

5.00

Miss G. d'assumpeão and

Sisters

Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Gutteres

Shanghai

Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Barnes ... Mr. F. B. da Silva

5,00

2.00

2.00

At the Registry of Marriages Mr. and Mrs. F. G. M. da yesterday morning, the wedding

Costa

took place between Mr. H. Wang Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Xavier On, salesman, son of the late Mr. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. M. de

Figueiredo Ho Tak Kwal, and Miss Cheng

Yuk Ying, daughter of the late Mr. Mr. and Mrs. B. d'Assumpeao Cheng Chi Bing. The witnesses | Mr. and Mrs. 3. C. P. d'As- were Mrs. Cheng Pil Chụn : and sumpcao Mr. Phoon Yau. Mr. J. P. Murphy, Deputy Registrar of Marriages, of-- ficlated:

CANTON CRIME SEQUEL

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Magistracy

Sitting us Coroner, as the Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday. Mr. E. Hmsworia, assisted by a jury ol tho three. he.d an inquiry into

surrounding circumstances

the death of a 16-year-old boy, Lu to have Wan, who was alleged been electrocuted while removing an electric light Eult on January 24.

CROWN LAND SALE

Kowloon Lot Auctioned

At the offices of the Public Works Ng-50, 43, married woman.

Department yesterday afternoon, a'| wife of the proprietor of a rope plot of Crown Land, registered at manufactory at No. 343, Reclama-

the Land Office as Kowloon' In- tion Street, where the deceased

land Lot No. 3837, was sold by pub- worked as an apprentice, gave lic auction, the upset price being evidence that on the day in ques-based at $4.50 per square foot. tion, as she was working in her Mr. Wong Tat-glen of No. 37, cubicle, she heard a cry. Entering Bute Street, Kowloon was the only into the kitchen she saw deceased bidder, and secured the lot at the

wall standing rigid.y against the

upset price of $77,130: She with a bulb in his hand. realized that he had been electro- cuted, and hurried off to call for a doctor, but was, unfortunately, too late,

footed.

Deceased was bare and was standing on a wet plece

of ground.

Loose Wiring Mr. R. E. Clarke, Inspector of the P.WD., sald that OD

clase examination he found that a length of lead wire, fitted with a bulb, was attached loosely to its socket. It was possible for person with wet fect to meet danger holding the wire... o He stated that about 200 volts had passed the deceased's body.

The jury consisted of Messrs. G. Milne (foreman), Chan Wal- The chung, and F. X. L. Parla. Court was adjourned till Wednes- day at 2.30 p.m. when further witnesses will be called.

GAMBLING OFFENCES

Au Bhing, 29. charged with keep. ing n publie gaming house and together with 15 others, with gambling on Sunday, appeared be tore Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at Alleged being the murderer the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, of Kwan Shiu-chuen in Canton on I and was fined 840. The rest were December 7 last, Kwan Man Shing | each ordered to pay a fine of $2

was brought before Mr. W. Scho- For keeping No: 88 Shanghai fleld at the Central Magistracy Street as a gaming house, and yesterday morning when it was gambling with 15 others, Chan was arrested at | Ching was fined 835 while the rest stated that fe Stanley on Saturday and is want were each fined 83.

ed by the Canton Authorities;

The accused waived extradition proceedings and agreed to return to Canton for trial.

MARRIED WOMAN IN TROUBLE

A General Retires

The land, which is situated at Lai Chi Kok Road, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, has an area of about 17.140 square feet, and its antial Crown Rental 15 $314.

The lot is to be held from the Crown for a term of 15 years, with the option of renewal for one fur- ther term of 75 years.

"Mr. E. B. Reed, Superintendent of Crown Lands and Burveys, con- |ducted the sale.

EARLY

MORNING BURGLARY

Culprit Sent To Prison

x jackets, two pairs of trousers For the burglary and theft of

and two scaris from No. 159 Hennessy Road, valued at $20, Cheu Kwang-hul, aged 27, un- employed,

WAS sentenced to

six months' hard labour when he appeared before Mr. W. Scho- held at the Central Magistracy.

Outlining the facts of the case, Sergeant A. F. Estail, prosecuting.

stated that on January 27. last at

3.30 am. residents in the house

Police were aroused by shouta, whistles were blowing and a con- stable, C701 in the vicinity heard the commotion, entered the pre- mises and found the defendant's legs tied up and he'd on the floor General Bir Archibald Cameron, by a man. General Officer Commandiag-in-

the It was learnt from Chief, Scottish Command, and | Lu! Yok Wan, that he saw the de- Governor of Edinburgh Castle, re- fendant in the kitchen. tires next month after 47 · years' The clothing was scattered

mari,

Wong Blu. 34. married woman, I service in the Army. Sir Ar- about in the back yard of the was brought before. Mr. Q. A. A, chibald, who will be succeeded by house. The defendant was search- 5.00 Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magis- Lieutenant-General Sir Charles J.ed and on him were two keys

tracy yesterday afternoon charged C. Grant, DS.O., has been Colonel which belonged to the household with uttering 30 counterfeit ten of the Black Watch since 1929, cent pieces and the possession of and recently be said farewell to 40 such colna.

the 2nd Battalion of his regiment at a church parade at Maryhill Barracks.

Detective Sub-Inspector Cun ningham said that defendant went 1.00 in to No. 187 Reclamation Street 1.00 and bought

a dollar's worth of of loose coins in pasient The rice, tendering ten lose coins in shop toki then detained defendant 1.00 payment. The shop fokl suspected and went to a money-changer to 1.00 that the coins were countertelts, examine the coins which were

and kept them aside in an 1.00 envelope. Later in the day, dne fendant came in again and bought $42.10 three dollars' worth of rice this time, again tendering thirty pieces

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* and includes prisoners for political

crimes and consequently all pri soners under this head will be freed immediately.

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The police were informed defendant was arrested, o

The case

was adjourned until to-day.

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