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COURTS

FIGHT ON NEEDLE HILL Armed Robber THAT ENDED IN DEATH

Manslaughter Charge Fails Through Lack Of Evidence

Sentenced

To Two Years

RAIDED HUT ON TSUN WAN ROAD

Sentance of two years' hard' labour was passed by the Pulsne Judge, Mr. Justice R. E. Mindsell, on Tans Tiu-sang, a Hakka_of Tsun Wan Village, Now Territories.

Arraigned on, a count of manslaughter, Ho Tung-hei, alias Ab Long, was discharged at the Criminal Sessions yesterday when the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, directed the jury to return a verdiet of not guilty on the ground that there was no evidence."

Messrs. S. W. Minahali (fore-a ruptured spleen. The man died when he was convicted by a jury man), M. J. Medina, C. Berry, LG, 230 pm despite all that could at the Criminal Sessions resterday Cordeiro, Wat Hew-kin, Wing be done. A post-mortem revealed on a charge of robbery with others Hong-kwan and D. B. Bone formed that death was due to internal not in custody.

haemorrhage from D the Jury...

ruptured Tang pleaded not guilty. The

formed the jury:- Mr. EH/Williams, Assistant At-spleen, which was very much en- following

larged.

Messrs. K. Bair (foreman). J. A. B. torney-General, "prosecuted.

Accused was arrested about an Randle. E. A Figueiredo, G. W. Mr. Williams said accused was charged with the manslaughter of hour later near Tsun Wan. When Abbas, G. E. L. Pearce, Chiu Jack- a man named Lau Lak at Taun charged, he said: "I did not know man and A. M. Larcina.

Mr. J. Whyatt. Assistant At- Wan on February 18, the man hav-hhn and I'did not fight."

that the Following evidence by Dr. G. Ktorney-General said ing died after a fight with defen-

Yeo. Chan Kim said that on the Crown alleged that Tang had dant

day in question he was going up robbed two men, Wong Tam and "No. 2 Hill" with deceased. Ac-Tim Fat of certain property! An cused came up and-struck deceased overcoat, a hat $2.40 in money, two pairs of spectacles, two oplum with his fist and they struggled.

..

The reason for the fight might have been a previous quarrel: de- ceased and accused had both bean employed by Messri Maruman's at Shing Mun and at the beginning Questioned by His Lordship, wit- pipes and an electric torch had of February they were involved in ness later said he was walking been taken from Wong, and two a quarrel as the result of which ahead and his attention was arst pairs of trousers and a pair of attracted to the fight hy shouts of spectacles trom Yim. However, deceased: was dismissed.,

There might have the crime was a serious one, for On February 18, about 8 am, de-fighting." ceased, with another man named been half a dozen blows struck be- the robbers, armed with offensive entered the victims' Chan Kin and three women, went fore he saw what he had termed weapons, up to Needle Hill, where accused the first blow.. He did not know bome at dead of night and bound

and gagged them was working with a group of men. who started the fight.

Accused walked up to deceased, put his arms round him, and they struggled and struck each other with their asta. They were se parated and accused went off down the hill.

Deceased walked a short dis- tance and then collapsed. He was carried to Shing. Mun and later

removed to the Kowloon Hospital

There he was examined by Dr. Yes,

who found symptoms of severe

shock and suspected that there was interval haemorrhage.

The doctor performed an opera- tion and found that deceased had

GIRL, 9 YEARS,

ILL-TREATED

After further witnesses had been

HIT ON ARM On the evening of February 18, called, none of whom could my who started the fight, His Lordship Wong and Yim retired to bed in there was no evidence in their hut by the motor road at said

a kerosent support of the Crown's cats and Tsun Wan.. leaving

About he must ask the jury to return a lamp burning in the room,

12.30 am, they were awakened by verdict of not guilty.

the sound of someone pushing open the cubicle door and, on saw three men enter

N

HARD LABOUR ng up.

FOR UTTERING

the hut. Two of the men were armed with iron bars, about three feet long and an Inch thick. Wong was hit on the left arm with a bar

-FORGED NOTES by one of men, who then pro-

Man Convicted At Sessions

ceeded to tle his arms and feet with wire..

Tim was dealt with aimilarly. after which the men ransacked the place.

On March 9, a Chinese detective.

A verdict of guilty 'was returned acting on information, arrested

Before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen on one of four charges in connec-arrested defendant at Teun Wan. taken to the police at the Kowloon Magistracy yester-tion with forged banknotes pre-Tang was day Lo Mux-tal. 30. married wo-ferred against 4 in-fong. 8 na-station and searched and a pair of man was charged with ill-treating.tive of Un Long Village, New Ter-spectacles, which were subsequent- assaulting, and neglect of a gritories, at the Criminal Sessions ly identified by Yim as his, were year-old child, 20. Mul yesterday and sentence of two found in his pocket. A, pawn Mr. H. W. Fraser, of the S.C.A. years hard labour was passed on ticket relating to an overcoat was also found on Tang. The overcoat said that the child was to be the him.

was later redeemed from the future wife to the defendant's son, and was bought two years ago

pawnshop.

IDENTIFICATION PARADE from a go between for $42

Later that same day, Mr. R. H. The prospective mother-in-law prised the jury:-Mesars, C. G. was looking after the child until Anderson (foreman), E. M. Alara-E. Marks, Assistant Superintendent identification February 10 and from that time kia. M. W. Barton. Tang Chee-of Police, held an

The case was heard before the Fulsne Judge, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell, and the following com-

till April 14 the child was con- cheong. C. P. Baste, E. J. Ainslie parade, and Yim picked out Targ

and W. Sporleda. tinually ill-treated.

She was brought to the Yaumati Police Station hý two women, and on that day she vomited and was faint. The case was remanded tti [Monday.

HEAVY FINE FOR DIVAN KEEPER

from a line of nine men. Wong, At however, failed to identify him. Mr. J.. Whyatt, Assistant-

When charged with the crime, torney-General," prosecuted.

The charges were: (a) uttering Tang said that a woman named a forged $1 note on the Hong Kong Chol Szé had given him the pawn and Shanghai Banking Corpora ticket. He had asked her where tion to one Chan Vik-kai at Un she had got it from, and she said Long Market on March 10; (b) a man named Tsang Shang had attering a similar rate to the same given it to her. The woman, Tang man at the same place on the claimed, asked him to redeem the same day; (e uttering, a similar overcoat for her, but he told her Charged with possession of pre-note to Chan Bau-kal at Un Long he had no money. pared oplum, possession of danger-Market on the same day: [d] DoS- After evidence had been given

Tim, detective ous drag and keeping an opium session of three forked $1 notes on by Wong: divan, Wu Yan, 36, unemployed the Hong Kong and Shanghai Yung Fai, Chan Chol the pawn- was fired $309, or in default, 11 Bank months imprisonment by Mr. Q. A A Macfadyen at the Kowloon Court yesterday,

ORDERED PURK

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broker, Mr. Marks Police Bergeant AE Banks and Ip Hol-to, police Mr... Whyatt said Chan Yik-kai interpreter, defendant elected to was standing outside his pork stall give evidence. R. O. Warden, prosecuting, aald in the early morning of March. 10|

His story was a complete dental that he found 14 men in the place when defendant went up to him of all knowledge of the crime.

On the Jury returning nine of whom were sindking. Fi and ordered, ten cents' worth of mace of opium and 704 heroin pills pork for which he tendered one of animous verdict. His Lordship were also found..

the notes, which was accepted 90 passed sentence as above.

"Calling Wong, and Yim before cents change being handed to him.

Some three hours later accused him, his, Lordship told them that. went to a rice shop in the same they were very lucky that defen- market and ordered 68 cents worth jdapt had ever, been caught. He their duty to the of rice, offering another 1 note, pointed out Chan Su-ka, who served him, public, which was to make a re- rejected the note, convnced that port of the crime to police at it was a forgery. He handed it once. If they could not do so back to accused, who put it in his personally. they should have sent pocket without a word, and pro someone else,

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Shortly after that accused went back to the pork-dealers stall.

COMMITTED TO

SESSIONS...

Tsang To, 38, memployed rick- This time he ordered 12 cents' pork shaw puller, of Canton, was com-, and again produced a $ note, mitted for trial by Mr. K. MA Chan Yik-kal, more

wary now. Barnett, at the Kowloon Magis- examined the note, compared it tracy yesterday, on a charge of with the first, and came to the attempted, highway robbery with conclusion that it was forged.

ADMITS POSSESSION":

violence.

It was alleged that defendant

He seized defendant and asked threw pepper in the face of Mrs, him whether he had any, more

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The Government Analyst testin- money. The latter said he had 69

ed that a woollen cardigan, a cents ànd-handed this, över. A Chinese detective arrived, a report ladies dress, and a Chinese jacket, was made to him, defendant as had pepper, on them.

arrested; and taken to Au Tau po-

ilce station. There he was search-

The accused reserved his defence.

ed and in his possession, was found accused made a statement. He another 32,centste

admitted possession of, the notes When charged, he said: "I sold but maintained he did not know taros at Un Long Market to a per- they were forged.

Ban who gave them to me.Id After a short retirement, the „not know they were forged "jury returned a unanimous verdict Evidence was given in support of guilty on the second charge and of the Crown's ease after which not guilty on the other three.

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