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GENERAL

GREEN ISLAND CASE RECALLED

Indian Guard Appeals Against Sentence

Sher Zaman and-Fatch Khan, Indian guards convicted of man- [slaughter and sentenced to Kfe imprisonment with hard labour by His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the last Criminal Sessions, brought appeals before the Appeal Court yester- day, the first against sentence, and the second again conviction, or alternately for a lighter sentence.

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The appeal was heard by Mr. Justice R.E. Lindsell and Mr. Jas tice JA. Fraser.

Mr. H Somerset Fitzroy, instructed by Mr. G. A. 8. Russ, and Mr. G. She, instructed by Mr. A.S.K. Lau who had defended the men Mr. EH. Williams. at the trial, appeared respectively for them. Assistant Attorney-General, represented the Crown.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1938.

CHANGED HER NATIONALITY

THE CRIMINAL

SESSIONS

Ceas Of Guilty

Returned

Chilean Lady In Court

Fleas, were taken, and sentences Mrs. F. de Souza, formerly Miss passed on those who admitted gulit Lily Suin Sanches, a Chilean sub- to various charges, at the opening (ject, was yesterday fined $10 by Mr. of the April Criminal Sessions at R. Edwards at the Central Magis- the Supreme Court yesterday. " trate for failing to notify the police Before His Honour, the chief that she had charged her nation- Justice, Sh Atholl MacGregor,ality when she married. Yeung Ho-po, Woo Wal-man, and Mrs. Souza first registered in Yu, a woman, admitted various | March 1936 before her marriage.. Breaches of the Dangerous Drugs On April 8 the police sent for a Ordinance, and were sentenced to Mrs. Souza to establish her nation- three years' hard labour. each. ality, as no person by that name First accused was arrested with was in the police registers. It was 7 oz of diacetyl morphine, five oz. revealed thất Mc. Souza was of pink mass and 270 heroin pills formerly Miss Sanchez..

FRAUDULENT CONVERSION-

It will be recalled that the two trial judge was such that no rea-In his possession Becond accused men had been charged with the sonable jury could return a verdict had 16.400 heroin pills, and the wo- murder of a fellow guard on Green or manslaughter against second man had 31,500 heroin pills Island, the Crown alleging that prisoner. As far as he was con- second appellant had held down cerned, there were only two plecès the deceased while the first man of evidence, the bet and the state-

Ng Tat-sheung, jewel broker, struck him some 30 blows with a ment of the deceased.

was sentenced to two years' hard heavy stick.

This bet, of which second labour concurrently ou each of Mr. Fitzroy asked that the apprisoner had denied all knowledge, four counts of fraudulent conver peal by the second man be heard was contracted between deceased sion of jewellery entrusted to him arst, as it was his point that his and first prisoner and was con- for sale, by various Chinese jewel

absence of firms in April last year. own client had been there alone tracted during the

second prisoner, There is до AGAINST EVIDENCE

direct evidence to connect the bet the Mr. She said his appeal was) with the crime 30 far as against conviction. on the ground second prisoner," was concerned. that the verdict was given against No: evidence that he used an force the weight of the evidence. He or threats. The Crown's case must pointed out firstly to their Lord-be a yery much stronger one in ships the Insufficiency of the order to make the bet a necessary evidence against second prisoner. corollary of the crime. The trial judge, to his summing-

"Coming to the statement of the "What evidence deceased, deceased belongs to up, had said: about the few minutes before de-race whose ability to make correct ceased was found dying have we

got? Very little indeed." Further desired.

on, he had rald: "Now I turn to the case of the second prisoner. His case is much more interesting and much more difficult."

"I am taking this as my_text." Mr. She went on, "in order to show that the summing-up of the

RECEIPTS AND STAMPS

CASES HEARD AT KOWLOON COURT

Kam Sau-kiu, of No. 8 Chung Sau Street, was summoned before Mr. Q. A A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for riving receipts for $12.84 and $13 without duy stamps.

Pleading guilty to the charge, Mra, Souza said, "T thought I only had to report when I leave the Colony."

SEAMAN WITHOUT

PASSPORT

Stowed Away From

Manila To Colony

CHARGES, DENIED

Believed to have stowed away to Mr. Leo DAAlmada e Castor Jar.

Hong Kong from Manila on board pleaded not guilty on behalf of the President Pearce on April 9, each of three men, Yeung Pick,

lan was yesterday charged before Yung Yee and Chan Kin, charged an American named Joseph Kap. on six counts of possession of Mr. E. Edwards at the Central forged, banknotes and possession

the entering Magistracy with of instruments for forgery. ...“

Colony without a valid passport Yik Man denied possession of and with vagrancy. two oz. of crude heroin,

Ho Tung-hel, alias Ah Lung, &

Kaplan was formerly employed

statements leaves much to be deat. man, pleaded not guilty to on the President Jefferson He

Mr. Williams: We have evidence of that.

AUTHORITIES CITED

the manslaughter of a man named sailed to Manila with the ship, but no Lau Luk, allas Lau Lin, at Chung. he missed the vessel when it left

Wan on February 8, 1938.

PUISNE JUDGE'S COURT

port.

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An expulsion order was made to meet the first charge, and on the

In the court of the Puisne Judge.second, Kaplan was committed to Mr. Justice R. E Lindsell, five des the House of Detention.

were dealt with for At breaches of the Deportation Or-

Mr. She then went on to sub- mit that in any case the state- ment made by deceased had been made at a time when he was in portees no position to speak clearly. least it was up to the Crown to dance. prove that his mind was clear..

Sin Man, Chen Kan, Chan Sang He then reviewed the medical and Man. Shui, sent away for life. were given four years, five years, evidence and concluded by quoting four years, and four years' bard a number of cases in support of

arguments.

Mr. Fitzroy asked leave to make his appeal now but Mr. Williams objected, saying. M. She's case should be dealt with Arst. wasr upheld.

This

labour respectively. All had bad re- cords, including previous breaches of the Deportation ordinance.

Lam Po was given two years', hard labour for returning from a ten years' term, made in February last year.

CHRISTIAN AID FOR THE WAR WOUNDED

Good Samaritans In China

China's wounded soldiers, white Mr. Williams then proceeded to With 32 previous convictions In

being sent lo the base kopitals in answer all the points made by the last 30 years, Chen Wing the rear from the battlefronts in One of the receipts was origin Mr. She. The case was adjourned charged with stealing a dinner shansi Province, have found walt- ally made out for $22.84. but the when he intimated that he had Jacket valued at $90 from Mr. Hing upon them, cheering them and first cypher was altered.

nearly concluded his submissions. Cooper, of Clarement Hotel, on dressing their wounds Friday, April 22, at 230 p.m., was April received six years' hard various cities en route groups of fixed for the continuation.

He pleaded guilty and was fined

$25,

Appearing before the same Ma- gistrate, Chan Tang of No. 180 Des Voeux Road West, was ined

for putting a 5 cents stamp in- stead of a 10 cents stamp, on a receipt for $72. Accused said that there was something wrong with the accountant's eye-sight.

Lo Kam. married woman, was also summoned for having afixed a 5 cents stamp on a receipt for $38. She was fined $15.

Det-Bergt. Grainger prosecuted in all the cosas.

BAR APPLICATION REFUSED

The Licensing Board yesterday refused an application by Tong Tak-san for a publican's license without bar at No. 39 Hennessy Road, ground door, on the grounds. that there were at present sun- cient Hicensed premises in the Wan- chai district.

The Board consisted of Mr. N.L.

Smith, (chairman), Mr. J.A. Fraser (vice-chairman), Mr. HB.L. Dov biggin, Mr. C. Champkin. Mr. C.B. Brown, Mr. W. L Lo Bart Sparrow (representing the Police), MT. Ngan Shing-kwan and Mr. AL Cole

| labour.

TUTORING IS CHINA'S NEW EDUCATIONAL POLICY FOR

COLLEGE STUDENTS

China is modelling her new educational policy for college students after the pattern of Oxford and Cambridge. Hence, forth special emphasis will be laid on tutoring whereby closer relationship between the teachers and students will be effected and and extra-curriculum the latter' characters supervision over

at the

Christians, beloning to the Chris- tian Bervice Council for Wounded Soldiers.

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Scattered in four main stations are 150 Christian young men and women playing the "Good Sam- Britans" to the war-afflicted. Most of these wÊI service volunteers were drawn from Christian educa- tional intitutions like Yenching University in Peiping, and Cheetoo University in Tsinan, Shantung Province. They joined the Chris- tlan, Service Council for Wounded Soldiers because they were unable to go back to their schools ou activities will be exercised.

es glo account of the war. The new programme of the the initiative in holding debates, The force of 150 members was Ministry of Education, already conferences. tea-parties and tours divided into 17 units distributed approved by the Executive Yuan afters class-hours and in holidays.to the four stations in proportion on March 1, is designed to help These gatherings will aim at styr to the local demands. relieve the grave educational siting more group life and better one of the four stations is at ation in China caused by the War organizing ability to the students. Loyang, Northem Honan, where is Tutors will submit monthly re-located the branch orice of the and Japan's wanton destruction of Aumerous Institutions of higher ports to the school authorities Christian body work in close co- and parents or guardians of their operation with the Chamber of learning in Chinese cities.

Tutoring is not new in China. students about the latters moral. Commerce and the military head- In the sixth century, B. C. Con physical and scholastic records. quartera Dr. Fu Lan-sheng, direc fucius and Mo Tsu, two of China's These reports will be subject to tor of the Chinese Army Medical greatest philosophers, employed examinations by local adminis-Service, is directing the services calechism as a means of teaching trative organs of the Ministry of among the wounded soldiers. their doctrines to their disciples. Education.

The three other stations of the.

Service Council for That antiquated method of in-

Monthly faculty meetings for Christian struction was not much different discussing the merits or defects of Wounded Soldiers are located at from the present-day Oxford and the tutoring system will be held. Yenshin and Tungkwan in Shang Cambrige system of tutoring. It attended by the tutors. These Province and Blan in Shens1 Pro- was on, a combination of both conferences are to be presided vince. Mr. William B. Djang, former that the new educational policy over by the President or by the ly professor of Cheeloo Univerity in of China, was formulated.!

proctor, in the former's absence. Tainan, serves as Regional Direc According to the new system,

Tutors are to be responsible for tor of the Christian Service Coun every college, every university and the thoughts and conduct of their cil for provinces of Shansi and every advanced technical. or pro students both inside and outside Honan..

The Christian Bervice Council' fessional institution will be ze the school campuses. Should a

Wounded Soldiers with its quired to divide its studenta into student show any eminence in his for sections of not less than five and scholastic record or career. bis headquarters in the Central China not more than fifteen each... tator is, to receive equal praise and city of Hankow will soon branch Each section will be assigned to encouragement. The reverse is out to Nanchang where ten ad- a tutor, appointed by the Presi- also true here.

ditional units of 100 young men dent from among the Faculty. If a student graduates from the land women Christians will be or- He will instruct the students acustitution, he is to receive a certi-ganized. This important task has cording to their individual habits acate from his tutor testifying to been placed in the hands of Mr. of thinking, behaving and learn his bona fide record during the K. 8. Wang, formerly General ing. He will help them develop period under his tutorship.

Becretary of the International Re- along the channels into which With the co-operation of the in- lief Committee in Shanghai, who their talents and personal inter- yestigators of China's Ministry, or is going to Nanchang shortly

Education, a

Various departments Meantime, s training class for" TROCTOR WILL BE NAMED and bureans of education in the 60 youths' in, war service is being The President also will name cities and provinces will from started in Wuchang by the Chris- Mr. H. R Butters at the Central a proctor to exercise disciplin-time to time, send out special de- tian Bervice Council Upon com- Magistracy for driving a motor ary powers over the students legates to diferent Institutions pletion of the training lasting lorry at an excessive speed of 30-32 in the instituilon. But the best whose mission will be to see that from ten days to two weeks these, the Individuál | the tutori ystem a effectively youths, will be sent out, live to miles per hour along King's Road

(China Informs each service, unit on April 1. He pleaded guilty to scholars will be made by their enforced.

mation Committee); respective tutora, who will take Committee): the summons.

(secretary).

FAILED TO ANSWER

Y CHARGE

BRIBERY

Li Hon-sang, district watchman charged with attempting to obtain a bribe, failed to answer when his name was called before the Chief Justice Bir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday.

His bail was estreated and a war rant was issued for his arrest.

SAPPER FINED FOR SPEEDING

E Hibbald, of the Royal Engi-jests, may lead them. neers, stationed at Wellington Bar- racks, was yesterday fined $19 by

China Infor