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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1938.

HUGE CLAIM FAILS ON MATTER OF IDENTITY

Appeal Against Rejection In

Bankruptcy Case

WOMEN IN TROUBLE

Defendants Bound Over: One Fined

ASSAULT CHARGE. Three women, Pun Ll-chun. 26, Pun Wo. 23and Chan Kam-yung 30. appeared before Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy Wong K-tat, a partner in the yesterday charged with disorderly bankrupt firm, said he knew both conduct.

An appeal against rejection by the Official Receiver, Mr. L. R. Andrewes, of a claim for $34.456.19 in respect of the bankruptcy of the Wing Hosiery Mills was heard by the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl

MacGregor, in the Supreme Court yesterday.

Appellant was Wong Chuk-man. for whom Mr. S. Quinn, of Messrs.

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PRISON VAN DAMAGED

Truck Driver

Fined

34 CASES OF SMALL-POX

of

Thirty-four fresh cases small-pox were notified to the local health authorities for the 48 hours ended' midnight Sunday, Of these 23 cases were reported: Tang Fong, driver of truck, No. from Victoria, six from Kowloon, 4297, appeared before Mr. G. A. A. two from Shaukiwan and one

tracy yesterday on Macfadyen at the Kowloon Maris-each from Aberdeen, New Territo-

having damaged Prison Van. No.

a charge ofries and the harbour. 3670 at the entrance of the Ial the period were three

Other diseases notified during

zases of Chi Kok Prison, on the morning cerebro-spinal fever, two of dysen- of March 10, due to careless tery and one of measles. driving.

The accused denied that he was

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G. K. Hall Brutton and Co., appear- appellant and Weng Wah-yiu. The complainant was a woman, ed, Mr. D. B. Evans, of Messrs. They were not one and the saine Shum Stil-hol.

careless and blamed the slippery PICKPOCKET GAOLED Johnson Stokes and Master. repre- person. He never saw Wong Chuk-

Mr. C. A Sutherton Russ, for surface of the road to be the sented Mr. Andrewes.

man attend any of the gartnership the prosecution, stated that about direct cause of the accident.

Kwong Tam, who described him- sel as a pen-dealer of a big con- In opening, his case Mr. Ng Quin meetings of the Wing Hoslery Mills, seven and a half years ago, the order to avold hitting the van cern, was sentenced to two months' said the appeal was against a de- The only reason, in his opinion, nest defendant was destitute and which at the time was reversing imprisonment by Mr. R. Edwards cision made by the Official Receiver why Leung Ching-chuen should say came to the complainant and ask-out of the garage on the left side at the Central Magistracy yester- rejecting the appellant's clan of appellant was Wong Wah-ytu was en to be allowed to stay in her of the road, the defendant swer-day when he was charged with the $34.456.19. Th's decision was based that he wanted to do the Arm house

Complainant agreed and ved. In doing so he skidded and larceny of a pecket book, contain- upon statements made by two men. harm,

supplied her with food and cloth-the rear part of his truck struck ng 52. from Mrs..E. Sander, of 628, Leung Ching-cauen acid Tsangi

the van causing slight damage to The Peak while she was shopping Kong. former employees of the

the rear part.

with a friend on Saturday near debtor firm, that appellant was one

Not satisfied with the evidence Pedder Building. and the same person as Wong

given, by the witnesses regarding Wah-yu, a partner in the firm,

distances between the defendant's Wong Chuk-man. appellant, sald

truck and the prison van, at the in evidence that the Wing Hosiery

time of the mishap, his worship Mills owed him $34.456.19, which

visited the scene of the accident. was secured under a bill of sale made in December 1935.

sald

Ing.

For some years defendant ap- preciated the help extended to her. but lately her temper had got the better of her and there was trouble. She even went to

the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and told him that she was being treated. Some time later she left the complainant's house.

IN TO SHAN Asked by His Lordship to explain what he meant, witness said he to ap- thought Leung had gone pellant for money which he claim- d. the arm owed him because he thought appellant was a partner

the firm, which he was not. Cross-examined, witness Wong Wah-ylu was now in Tol Shan, in the Lam Hung Fo district. NOT A PARTNER

and as far as the knew no one had

"CALL ON EVIL SPIRITS" Witness knew a man called Leung asked him to come down to Hong On the day in question she went Ching-chuen. He first met him Kong in regard to this matter.

complainant's house, accum- about two years ago when one Charley Wong another witness, panied by her two sisters, the Wong Hay-lam introduced him. He said he was employed by the Wing other defendants. They asked for (witness) was not a partner in the Hosiery Mills from 1928 to the day admittance and when refused they' Wing Hoalery Mill and had never they closed down. He identified banged on the door and threaten- attended any of the partnership appellant and said "he was noted that "they would call on evil meetings. He did not know any-wong Wah-yiu.

He knew the lat- spirits to cause destruction" Co one named Tsang Kong.

ter since he was a child because complainant. they were clansmen

in

to

. Cross-examined by Mr. Evans.

i. This is absolutely an unpro- witness admitted that when he was

In answer to Mr. Evans witness voked attack. especially after she w th the Official Receiver said Wong Wah-yi was now in had been warned by the Secretary December last Leung Ching-chuen To Shan, in the Tung Lung dis- for Chinese Affairs to keep away and another nian whom he did not triet. know had told the Official Receiver that he was Wong Wah-ytu, which he had denied,

He never knew a man named Lip Wah-ting. He was a partner in the Li Hoi Bank, which had to close

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In reply to His Lordship witness agreed there was plenty of time for Wong to come here in the last three weeks.

Similar ev dence was given by wong Kam-wing.

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from complainant's house." said counsel,

When Court resumed, the ac- cused pleaded guilty to damaging the prison van. and his worship imposed a dne of $15.

TREE CUTTERS FINED

Seventeen Arrests In Customs Pass

During the week-end

persons

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were

no less than

caught denuding pine trees in the Gov-| jernment plantation near Customs

Pass, Kowloon City.

Prosecuting them bercre Mr. K. Complainant. in evidence, stated M. A. Barnett, at the Kowloon that when she saw second defen Magistracy yesterday. Inspector dant take up a chopper she be- Russell said it appeared that the came frightened and went to the trees were cut on.one day. left to police station to make a report. dry for down, and he held his shares under

a day or two and then NOT PROVED

Defendants broke three earthen- trimmed. Forty trees valued at the name of Wong Kam-chlu. He did not use the name Wong Wah-official Receiver's office, said that

Mr. M. A. Drysdale, clerk in the ware pots, a jar and a flower pot.over $400 were shown "in court. rlu.

First defendant stated that His Worship imposed fines hang- in Leung Wing-chuen's affidavit it when she was taken lato LENT OVER $30.000

coming from $50 to $240, and ordered was alexed that the debtor firm plainant's household, Wong Hay-lam was an intimate owed him $595, which he had not promised a monthly wage of $3 a

she was that accused should be sent back friend of his. He had lent the mill su Iar proved. The statement of month, but this was not tally paid

to their native villages. $30,000 against security of affairs made by the Arm does not to her each month. certain machinery for which he had chow this debt at all. taken no valuation, accepting Wong

After evidence of arrest had This closed the appellant's case, bean taken, in which it was stated Hay-lam's word that it cost over and following a short address by that third defendant was $70,000.

Mr. Ng Quinn His Lordship said he Asked by Mr. Evans

disorderly.

when arrested. If he was agreed with the latter that it was surprised to learn that it had been a pity that Leung Ching-chuen sold for $3.600, witness said in that was not there to be cross- case he had been foolish,

examined but, at the same time, he Mr. Evans: You did something pointed out that it was also un- even more foolish. In 1936 you fortunate that Wong Wah-yiu was mortgaged the bill of sale with not there. ¡Messrs James H. Backhouse, Ltd..

over

It would have been simple for the purpose being to secure goods him to have come up to say: "I that were supplied to this bankruptam Wong Wan-yiu. This man is firm. You liability under "that not Wong Wah-ylu": mortgage could have amounted to $14.000.

Witness: Yes,

VERBAL AGREEMENT

All that he had, however,"was a cumber of persons, all with the same surname and all of whom dis- played a most profound knowledge Mr. Evans: Why, If you had no of the real Wong Wah-yiu but a Interest in this firm, did you go to callous disinclination to know this length? I put 130 this anything about Wog when he was mortgage only to secure $3,000, and in Hong Kong."

there was also the condition that Nor was there an independent Wong Hay-lam was to, hand over person who might say.

"Wong

to me all his properly in the coun-Wah-ylu, who came to us, and had try.

business dealings with us, is not

In reply to a further question Wong Chuk-man, the appellant." witness admitted that his was only His Lordship then dismissed the

appeal with costs.

a verbal agreement.

SUMMONS NOT

PROVED.

SHIP'S OFFICER

FINED

Summoned at the Instance of Kjell Hung, second officer of the Mr. John Dobson, of the P.WD. Norwegian steamer Woolgar, ap- Kam Yu-chung. registered owner peared before Mr. H. R. Butters of houses No. 13 and 15 Wanchaiat the Central Magistracy on Road appeared before Mr. H. R. charges of being drunk and dis- Butters at the Central Magistracy orderly and assaulting a police yesterday afternoon.

officer. Delendant admitted the Defendant WAS charged with first charge. that ол December 20 last he' Det.-Sgt. J. Bently prosecuted. allowed a contractor to use im-: Defendant was fined $25 on the proper material in the construc-first charge and $10 on the second. tion of a reinforced concrete roof: He was further ordered to and that he allowed the con- pay $2 for the damage done to tractor of the buildings to carry Sgt. Bently's watch.

on work not in accordance with

plans approved by the Building Authorities.

Mr. M.K. Lo. appearing for the defendant. submitted that the

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GAMBLING RAID

Two Shanghai seamen were fined faults had been remedied before $22 each when they appeared be- the building was completed, ac- tore Mr. H. R. Butters at the Cen- cording to the plans. The con-tral Magistracy yesterday charged tractor should have been sum-on counts of keeping a common moned instead of the owner. gaming, house and gambling.

Mr. Dobson stated thist the con- tractor could not be found.

Twenty-two others who WITE gambling at the time, were aach His Worship dismissed the 'Oned $2 and eight others, who were' "summons against Kam, and

journed the summons against contractor sine die,

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ad-, absent, had the estreated.

their balls 01 $3

Det.-Sgt. R. MacVey prosecuted.

three pounds of lead from a rub- bish heap at the Kowloon wharf on Saturday,

STOLE THREE LBS

OF LEAD Wong Chun, 34. appeared before Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at the Accused who had a previous re- Kowloon Magistracy yesterday cord for larceny in 1923 was bound morning on a charge of stealing over for one year in bond of $15.

Mrs. Sander stated that she felt ish tug at her coat pocket. She turned round and saw defendant running away.

Alfred V. Lai arrested the delen- dant.

Summoned for causing an ob-

struction by placing or leaving a Lub of bean curd and two tubs of" bean sprouts on the pavement out- side an address in War.chal Road. on February 28, Lo Siu-tong was given the benefit of the doubt and was discharged by Mr R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yester- day.

Mr. F. H. Loseby appeared for the defendant and Inspector Baker was present for the Police.

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HOPE FOR EARLY SETTLEMENT

Workmen And Repairs To Asama Maru

An early settlement was hoped for in regard to the refusal by workmen to carry out repairs to the Asama Maru, an official of the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co. of Hong Kong, Ltd., stated last night. A

Work was commenced on Satur- Worship imposed a fine of 35 on day, after the salvaged vessel had third defendant and bound all been towed to the yards, but on three defendants over in a sum of Sunday none

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