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CABLES

CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. MACNAMARA

"At the War Memorial Hospita I examined Mr. Challinor's wounds and found he had, several fairly

(Continued from Page 83 M. Macnamara asked in cross-large ones." examination:

You say accused attacked you with a hammer?—Yes.

Was he calm and collected or did he appear to be excited?

WOUNDS DESCRIBED

Here the doctor described the wounds and said in his opinion they would have a serious effect Can you give any reason why resist an attack, as he had lost a on Mr. Challinor's capabilities to he should attack you with a hamn-considerable amount of blood. The mer-Since I have been watching wounds could have been caused by him I discovered that on occasions either or both of the knives in... he engaged in deep study of court. things. So I formed the opinion that there was something wrong with his bead.

Hew long have you belonged to the Yan Ping Villagers' Associa- tion? witness had mentioned thi in examination in chief-I have been member for about two years.

:

Mr. Macnamara: You are aware of the condition eplieptic equiva"

ent? Yes.

Win you please explain it? It is a rare condition in which an epileptic fit takes the form of maniacal outburst of fury in place of the usual convulsiona..

Maniacal? That is pertaining

o maniac?—Yes.

That means for the time being the person is mad?—Yes.

Witness: I asked what sort of question because I did not under- stand the question,

Mr. Macnamara:... Surely the question was plain enough: 'did you administer a caution?”---I know now.

When you gave evidence at the

lon. Whether or not the inter- Magistracy you said nothing at all about having administered a can- preter put it to the court for me

I do not know.

"I DON'T REMEMBER

told the court that?-I don't re-

His Lordship You

member noW.

Mr. Macnamara:

mean you

formally that you never cautioned I put it to you him at all.-I did.

I put to you again that what you really salg to this man was this: why did you attack your Did you ever hear of anything there to cause you to think that

mistress?--I did

not put that there was anything wrong with

question at all. hi head? On two or three occa-

Mr. Whyatt (re-examining): Did These attacks, what is the con-you write down at the time the slons I have seen accused quarrel-dition. of the person attacked?- ling with other people.

Yes. I wrote them down on aj answers the person gave to you? Did you ever se things?-No.

plece of paper.

him breaking event.

"30-CHAI”.

You know he was referred to in this

club

as "So-cha!" (Sully) Chun-I have never heard him called that

Did you know of "any reason at all why he should attack the rar- dener with a hammer?--I can't say

rl

Was there any reason why any. body should say he was a leper? -According to what he said he heard mistress had said he was a leper.

have you held

He usually has no memory of the

What is he like after the event? -He may appear to be quite normal

years,

Witness produced a piece of paper from his pocket and read from It: "Lam Chun, 30 "HE WOULD NOT HAVE"

Yan Ping, Lung Hwan. I cut my Mr..Whyatt (re-examining: Can master." Not only I, several others you give any opinion as to whether also had taken part. The coolte person who committed a crime cut mistress. Fa Wong kept during an attack of epileptic watch. 4 a.m. on May 5. Time ac- .quivalent would. have made cuzed was arrested 4.55 a.m. Gar- preparations for it?—No, he would dener's name Huen On. coolle Ho 1ot have.

Yu-wah."

Have you ever heard of a case when a person has made prepara-

lons? No, from the very nature. of the occurrence It would be

*bsurd.

Hong Kong

Man Held

As Spy

ARRESTED AT WUCHANG

Hankow, July 11. Peter Prevet, a British sub- ject born in Hong Kong, was detained by the Chinese au- thorities at Wuchang aero- drome on June 28 while board- ing a plane for Hong Kong. It was revealed today. He was

detained on alleged

espionage activities.

Or hearing of the arrest, the British Consul-General "requested that Prevet be handed over, and the request was immediately com- plied with.

Prevet is remaining Hankow pending elucidation of the situa- tion.(Reuter).

Did you understand what boy was meant?-I understood to be the boy who served at the dinner- table at No. 499.

Then when you got to the house

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this blood-stained Agure jumped WILD EAGLE OF

from the roof and you started to question him?—Yes..

"SLIGHTLY CONFUSED". His Lordshp: Why was the an- swer he gave you about his being the houseboy not in the paper?-| You asked him arst his name. He told me he was the houseboy second his age, third his name but I did not put it down,

and address?—Yes.

And next his occupation?~'

Why didn't you?-I did not put Directly when I asked him, "what it down.

did you do,' he said "I attacked my master."

You say you heard the detec- tives asking him questions.

Wong Hip, P.C. C578, said he re- Did you hear what the questions were? 445 a.m. on May 5 to go to No. ceived certain instructions at about -The detectives asked him what 499 The Peak. On the way he and he wanted to stab mistress for.

Mr.

his companion met second and

Why not? Answer the question Whyatt

(re-examining): third witnesses who reported some was then slightly confused You said that you formed the thing to them. opidon that, there was something No. 499 the other detective pressed!

When they reached therefore I did not put it down.

"WAS THE BOY" wrong with his head. How long the bell and he himself flashed his the rest down but you left out that he told you first and foremost

You were calm enough to write

You have told us previously that that opinion?-torch all round the place. observed that he had been trying

one part?--I missed it. On the roof I saw the dark figure to pick his nails and seemed to be which appeared to be that of a most immediately that he was the

Again, you say that you knew al-that he was a boy. He himself engaged in deep thinking only man squatting down.

never told me he was a boy. I after he had received notice from jumped down and landed "on the known then and there that he was/later that he was the boy.

The man boy there. Then you must have was informed by the Fa Wong concrete pathway. I went up to the suspect. the person you were Macnamara and I that you asked Why did you tell us, both Mr. When he was που in deep him to question him. Sergeant after. Then why ask him why he him what was his occupation and thought, when he was preparing Moran arrived and he instructed was covered with blood?-I saw meals in the kitchen and so on. mé to question him. dict' he

him covered with blood. I asked he said he was a boy?-Witress re- appear to you to know "I asked him why be was covered him what was the matter.......

peated his previous answer. what he was doing?-That even-in blood." witness went on, "and

You have told the Ing that he was doing cooking in he said I have been attacking my asked him why he was

court you the kitchen he missed mething master. Not only myself. The with blood.-I have put down all covered that he should have done.

houseboy attacked the mistress the questions here. and the gardener kept watch'."

the master.

"KNEW OF NO REASON"

Mac

Cross-examined by Mr. namara, Huen On, the gardene.

" "GO QUICKLY"

You have not. All you purport to give is the answers.--Yes.

Well. be more careful! Mr. Macnamara: What did Ser- who also gave evidence corrobor geant Moran tell you before you

WITNESS' GIDDINESS rating the Crown's opening, sald left the station?-He said "Go he knew of no reason why accused quickly to

The question was repeated and should attack him. When he came houseboy was attacking his master. he was feeling giddy and asked His No. 499 The Peak, a witness told the interpreter that "Into witness' quarters and attack- So, seeing him covered with Lordship to excuse him.

ed the two of them he appeared blood it was not difficult to put two to be very excited

and two together and to know that was the man you were after?-Yes I put it to you that what you aald was this: Why have you been attacking your mistress'?-No.

How long did this interrogation take?-At the most ten minutes.

As the result of that interroga tion which lasted at the most ten

His Lordship then delivered an- other warning:. Now, you be more that you asked him what he did careful. You told the court twice

boy-I did ask him what his for his living and he sald he was

occupation was," but He did not

answer,

Just now twice you told us he said he was a boy-I do not re- member what I said just now.

JAPANESE NAVY.

Captured Aviator Receiving Medical Treatment

Japanese flying ace who was shot

Canton, July 11. Lieut--Commander Y. Ishita, the

down on July 7 while carrying out bombing operations over Yinglak, on the Canton-Hankow Rallway, is receiving further medical treat- Injuries to his legs and arms. ment for the burns on his face and

Instructions are awaited from Hankow as to whether the captive should be sent there for confine- ment like other captured Japanese

mander Ishita showed gentleness airmen. Known as "Wild Eagle of the Japanese Navy," Lieut-Com-

cerning the circumstances of his and docility when questioned con-

fight.

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SUCCESSFUL CHINESE RAIDS IN YANGTSE

Warplanes Attack Japanese

Naval Concentration

Hankow, July 11.

Defying a terrific outburst of anti-aircraft gunfire and diving low over Japanese vessels, a strong Chinese squadron infilcted fur- ther serious blows to a group of 16 Japanese warships in the vicinity of Bukow on the Tangise yesterday afternoon.

LEADER OF SQUADRON * The flying officer insisted thet his first bombing expedition over Kwangtung was un July 7 when

dive. He first claimed to he was shot down during a power-

third-class

be a able-bodied seaman, but a discarded uniform found near the place he landed disclosed that

commander in the Japanese Navy he held the rank of lieutenant-

With his high rank, it is believed that Commander Ishita was the witness he was no longer in the minutes. In the depositions it oc- witness from the ber to one of the learn that fact from him, but from he took part in. previcus raids on by Chinese air squadrons yesterday.

leader of the squadron that bond employ of his master, He asked

Do you say dow that you did noted the railway on July 7 and that that he be allowed to leave his cuples only seven lines. I put seals, where he was given a drink the gardener? Be careful--I got Canton International).

question by question and he an- of water.

this information from the gar

Lani Hel, cook, employed at No. 551 The peak, said accused was a clansman of his and he had known him since he was a boy.

At about 10.30 p.m. on May 4 prisoner came to see him, bringing with him his clothing.

He told

clothing there for several days is swered each

he was going back to the country. He left about five or ten minutes past 11 p.m.

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"LIE OR MISTAKE?" Witness was morging his race that is what you said just now. Whether you remember or not with a handkerchief and appeared was that a lle or a mistake?- to be swaying a little and Mr. don't remember whether or not I Whyatt suggested that he might did or did not ask him that. be recalled in the morning.

His Lordship allowed witness to why he was covered in blood. Is You have told us you asked him leave the box for a rest but said that correct?—Yes. he wished to recall him Boozer than that.

Did you at that time know he Inspector Rozeakwy then assisted

was the boy?—No.

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- Police evidence was given by Ber-dener. I put it to you that the questions geant H. N. Moran officer in charge. and answers must have been a or Gough Hill Police Station. De- whether he had any further ques- In reply to His Lordship as to Ilis demeanour appeared to be tons made by you?-These were all Detective Chu Leung.

great many more than in deport-tective-Inspector C. Rozeakwy, and tions. Mr. Macnamara sald I just This idea, this evidence of your What I suggest to you is this want to remind him that when he having given a caution was made the questions and answers that

Mr. R. D. Gillespie, Director was in the police court (to wit-up in the witness-box today--It is took place.

of Imperial Chemical Industries ness) you were quite clear that you (a rule that when a man is arrested body of Mrs. Challinor, whom he was the cookboy at No. 199,---I did (China) Ltd., said he identified the asked him and that he replied he he must be cautioned. knew well, on May 8,

say that in answer to the Magis-

quite normal.

Mr. Macnamara: You

have known accused since childhood. Have you. In the interval between 'childhood and the present time, seen

htm frequently, or infre- quently?-Only, on rare occasions did I see him

POST-MORTEM ÉVIDENCE

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trate.

"NOT ABLE TO MOVE"

Which is correct, what you sald So you made up your mind to

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Two cruisers, according to an omcial announcement, were re- peatedly hit and were in a sinking condition. The other 14 vessels. were either damaged or had to steam downstream.

The attack on Hukow, the an- nuncement stated, was the secund

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JAPANESE BAID NORTH KIANGSI of a series of three raids conducted

Nanchang. July 11. In the first rald, in which an north Kiangsi at 8.30 am. yester

Eight Japanese planës broke inte.. undisclosed number of planes par- day or an extensive reconnaissance ticipated, a fleet of Japanese ships fight. In the vicinity of Kinkfang.! between Tungiu and Fengtseh vas 12 bombs were dropped which, the target of the attack.

however, die not cause any damage. sunboats were seen in formation three planes visited Yushan from Later in the afternoon another near the north bank, and were m mediately attacked. Two of the siles on the outskirts of the town.

Cheklang and released eight "mis cruisers, it was claimed, were hit and badly damaged.

(Central Newn).

Three cruisers and many smaller

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RETURN SAFELY In the third raid, six large and

other small vessels were attacked at Tungku. Japanese

minutes? I only guess at the time That took you at the most ten

You have told us at some stage of the questioning that he was cookboy at No. 499. When you were before the Magistrate. you formed a post-mortem examination

Dr. L D. Pringle said he per- at the Magistrate," or here?-I' in- arrest him before you asked him several said he gave his name DE. J. Durran said he lived in /Chun, aged 30, of Yan Ping, and wounds on the body. They were His Lordship: You told the Magis- |

as Lemon Mrs. Challinor and found eight quired from the gardener after-a single question?-He was not able May Road. At approximately 432/said he was cockboy at No. 499.-all Incised wounds, as cut by arate that he said so himself.

wards what his occupation was... to move then.

DOCTOR'S EVIDENCE

am. on May 5 he received a tele- phone message as the result of

which he drove to Mr. Challinor's house. He was admitted by Mr. Challinor, who was covered with

Yes.

Was that the order in which the long, situated immediately below knife. Wound No. 1 was 24 Inches information was imparted to you. the outer end of the left collarbone.ardener that was when I knew he

Yes.

Here Mr. Macnamara said some wounds, which he said could have Witness also described the other thing to His Lordanin regarding been caused by either or both of

Witness: When I heard from the

was the boy.

A direct hit was scored on two large ships, one of which emitted smoke and the other caught fire.

During the second rald, the Chinese Biers were challenged by a squadron of Japanese biplanes but managed to re- turn to their bass safely.- (Central Newa)a|j

Mr. Macnamara repeated the question-Certainly.........

did not know anything about him. His Lordship: I see, though you

blood from head to foot, and had the admissibility of certain evi- the knifes In court. He thought the Magistrate he said so himself? your mind to charge him?--Yes.

Mr. Whyatt: (re-examining) You "PERJURY"

said you made up your mind to Witness went straight to the bedroom and look-ence but curtailed his remark by considerable force must have been-Do you want to and yourself in

His Lordship: Why did you tell arrest him. Had you made up ed at Mrs. Challinor. Mr. Chal-saying he would ask the witness used to inflict some of the wounds. the dock for perfury?--I don't re- whether the man who had attack-4 linor saying he was sure she was another question...

What with?-I was wondering dead. He examined her and found

The first wound was the most member what I said to the Magised his master had run away, or this was correct.

severe wound. The sub-clavium trate. vessels which were severca would

not

several

wounds,

"I CAUTIONED HIM”

To witness: Did you administer

The caution which is given to person before arrest.—I did.

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"I then attended to Mr. Chalany or what caution? What kind linor," Dr. Durran went on "who of a caution? was still bleeding from several Wounds, and applied first ald dressing After this I phoned the War Memorial Hospital and asked them to prepare the theatre for an operation.

You cautioned him?-I die. His Lordship:-Be careful. Witness:-I did..

WANTON TUNGKWAN BOMBING

Hankow, July 11. A belated report received here naturally cause a fatal haemorr-which you say you administered to the Hong Kong Police have you than 20 civilians were known to tells of a wanton Japaness air raid Mr. Macnamara: This caution

In the course, of your career in

'over "Tangkwan on July 1, the war Fage and death would ensue with him. When was that administer-

anniversary," during, which more in two minutes. Death was, in ed?-At the time when I put the ever charged anybody? Yes. witness' view, due to haemorrhage questions to him. from multiple stab wounds.

أحمد

SHIPS IN HARBOUR WHARVES

Kowloon.-Taronga. Singapore and that

Holt'a-Menelaus and City of

Douglas--Halching.

Taikoo 8R-Nanchang. A. P. C.-Cowrie. Lafchikok-Unita. Yaumati-Kronviken,

Haidia. ::

Kaiapol,

Stonecutters-Gustav Diederich-

sen, Prosper.."

Quarantine-Kaying.

BOCKS Kowloon-Don Jose, Kum Bang.

Talkoo-Tower Field, Anking.

Tinhow.

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No. A 1--Serooskerk, No. A 3-Hong Pens. No. A 5-Tai Ping No. 7-negara.

have been killed outright while Hero, Silversandal, On this particular morning, had many more were buried alive in a After which question did you you made up your mind to charge dag-ont when it collapsed as a re- After Chan Tak-ki, interpreter caution" him? When I 'walked, to him and If so, what with-Forsult of concussion. atationed

at headquarters, had him I cautioned him straight away. murder. Mr. Macnamara: During your read the statement made by 'pri- "I then called up another doctor course of training with the police soner when he was charged. Wong abic."

Mr. Macnamara: This is remark- and asked him to come up and are there any instructions given to Hip. F.C. C578, was recalled. help me if he could. While I was you about cautioning people whom His Lordship: Think carefully who he was. phoning there was a disturbance you are about to arrest? Yes. before you answer any question outside the front door. I opened

Altogether 18 Japanese bombers, His Lordship: Although you didifying from a northeasterly direc not know anyone had been mur- tion, broke into Tungkwan and His Lordship: Before you knewdered? Because he was covered rained more than 100 bombe on the

with blood,

city. Whole rows of houses along Mr. Macnamara: There la no If that is so, why did you ask and answer truthfully. If you tell mention in what you put downed friend that you did not mention bombing.

Mr. Whyatt: You told my learn the ground during the terrific the main streets were levelled to It and saw a man lying on the me just now, what caution?-les you will get into hopeless trou about any caution-I did caution ground, with two other Chinese have been informed that you comble. What were the actual words him though I did not put it down having administered a caution at More than 10 bombe landed on standing over him, apparently mitted such a crime and I am ar- the interpreter told you at Gough there, questioning him. A little later resting you for it.

the Magistracy. Did anyone ask Hill station? He said 'At No. 499 the police and an ambulance ar- Els Lordship: Buppose you an The Peak a boy attacking master you never made any mention of The hearing was then adjourned

Furthermore, at the Magistracy you at the Magistracy?--No swer Mr. Macnamara's question.

till 10 am today,

rived.

or mistress.

this?-

a hill in the eastern part of the dug-out and burying many re- city, causing the collapse of the

fugees alive-Central News).

No. A 8-Penrith Castle

No. A12-Phemins, No. A13-Kalgah,

No. No. B 2-Yat Shing

4-Hiram

No. B 8-Kwal Bang

No. B10-Michael Jébser No. 814-Bogchow, No."

321-Tainan

No. B28Bentomont No. C1-Hauk