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"ONE OF GREATEST CURSES OF OFFICIAL LIFE IN FAR EAST

JUDGE IS SQUEEZE," SAYS

.

Sergeant Telfer Gives Evidence

A commotion was created outside the Court after the case, when the wife of the second defendant faint ed and went into a f

The jury retired for a period of a little over 45 minutes and re- turned with a unanimous verdiet

Mi. D'Almada pleaded- leniency on behalf of Telfer marking that he possessed a good Military and Police record,

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HIS REASONSTM

Sometimes he gave me no orders, space in case sċmething happened We more or less worked together in the meantime.

Referring to the morning of May. and there was no such thing as an afficer in charge. From time to 11. Telter said that he took his time he gave me orders but not squad on Japanese protective pa- always.

trol at 9 a.m. instead of the usual On May he gave you Instruc-hour of 8 aim, because of the non- He wrnt.tc of guilty against each of the de-tions where to go?-He mentioned arrival of the van

Kowloon City in such a matter of Temple Street in the course of his fendants on both charges.

fo: fact way that I did not take it as patrol. He passed through there practically every day ever since he an order.

had been with the Unit.

On arriving at Temple Street he men to search · and ordered his Irrespective of whether you're garded McLeod's Instructions as an posted another in Arthur Street so order or otherwise, somehow or as to prevent any person from es- other you decided to go to Yaumati caping through the back way. After and Mongkok instead of Kowloon about 20 minutes, Chief Inspector City?-Yes. My reason for so doing Smith and Inspector Carey came was because Kowlooh City was a un the scene, and his squad was very quiet district and as I have ordered back to the Yaumati Po- made previous arrests in Yaumatice Station. I decide to go there with the sole object of getting a case.

His Lort ship before passing sen- tence said to the accused:—

"You have been, in my opinion, rightly convicted on each of the two counts on which you have been Indicted. Instead of helng protec tors of the people, you acted as op pressors. One of the greatest curaes of official life in the Far East, is squeeze. Counsel has made a plea for leniency on your behalf, but considering the seriousness of the case, I feel that I should not be doing my duty if I were not to pass a severe sentence in each case,"

$

TELFER IN BOX

1.

. In the witness-box Telfer yester- day told the Court that he joined" the local Police force in September, 1938, having previously been in the Royal Scots and the Corps of Military Police. He was promoted Lance-Sergeant in December, 1937 and in February this year was at tached to the Emergency Unit. Kowlood, under Sergeant Melcod. On occasions when Sergeant Mc- Leod was absent, he took charge of the Unit, and in the absence of any orders he was to exercise bis discretion.

Mr. D'Almada: Even when tak ing orders from McLeod as to the district you were to patrol, can you

exercise your discretion?

still

DRINK

DAIRY FARM MILK

"FEATURE" IT AT

EVERY MEAL

The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd.,

PURE FOOD SPECIALISTS.

Getting a case, would that benefit you?-It would show that 1 have been conscientious in my

work.

Did it occur to you that by 30 doing you were disobeying orders? --I did not take it as an order and so I did not think it would do any harm..

SHARED ROOM

NO CONVERSATION

Did you have any conversation. with any member of the mah-jongg». schools?—No,

Nor to your knowledge did ahy of your squad ?----No.

Mr. D'Almada: You have heard evidence being given of what hap- pened in Temple Street on May 9.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1938.

COURVOISIER

THE BRANDY OF NAPOLEON Fournisseurbreveté de M. l'Empereur

CURVOL

COGNACS ET FINES CHAMPAGNES

Agents

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

FRAUDULENT CONVERSION

OF MONEY

Is that correct? Not corset, al Case Against Clerk

though I do not deny I was there,

Was there any demand for money made by you that morning?

Continuing. Teife: said that he-Certainly not,

To your knowledge did any of shared a room with McLedd.and on his return from" duty that morning your men make any such demand? McLeod asked him if he had been |--No. to Kowloon City. He replied that he had not whereupon McLeod said he had entered in his morning reports that Telfer had, and that he did not want to change it.

Were there many people about? - Quite a number.

NO AUTHORITY

Not Pressed

Appearing before Mr. Edwards at the Central Court yesterday on a charge of fraudulent conversion of $100 which he had received on account of the Talkoo Sugar Re-

N

nning Co., Ltd., between Septem- DEFRAUDING

ber 1 and 2, Lee Ying-chuen, alias Le Eng-chuan, 23, clerk, was given Did any one stop them from en-six weeks' hard labour.

Mr. F. G. Nigel prosecuted and tering the schools?-No, we had no authority to do so.

Detective-Sergeant H. B. Dewar was present for the pollee.

Teiter then said, that it was up to him. His reason.. for saying so

Did you or any of your men aa- was to save McLeod the trouble ofsault anybody?-NO. making out another report. Mc- Leod usually completed his report the night before, leaving a little

Mr. Nigel said that the defendant Your sole object of going to Tem-had obtained a cashier's order and after receiving the $100, failed to ple Street was to search? Yo7.

pay a freight account of the Com-

How often were searches of this klud successful in Yaungti?-Over pany. The fraud was discovered La perfod of a month I was success the following day when the ac-

countant went, through ful three times.

vouchers.

Ever been successful in Kowloon City? No, but we usually went there in a van because it was too

far."

Cross-examined by Mr. Whyatt, Telfer said he was not aware that the reason why McLeod sent him Ito Kawinon City was because there had been numerous larcentes in that district.

Mr.

Whyatt: If that was the reason, do you agree that it was a most important duty that you should have gone there?-Quite.

And it was a neglect of duty if you falled to carry out that order?

Yes, it was aware of the reason

"A DEFINITE ORDER" You have heard your superior officers say that it would be inex- cusable to break an order?--If one does not receive a definite order

ng cannot break it..

Be you say it was not a definite

order?--I du,

---Are-you-suggesting that every- thing McLeod wrote in that duty ¡list is worthless and meaningless?—

No.

Then what duties in the list do you say have some meaning?-He does not sign the list.

I put it to you that what McLeod wrote in the duty list is as order?

the

COLONY'S

REVENUE

Defrauding Coldny revenue

by issuing receipts without of with insuficient stamps was the charge against a number of persons who appeared be- "fore Mr. Butters at Central

Court yesterday.

Chan Chof of the Hing Cheong Yu firm of No. 380 Tai Nam Street. Defendant confessed to what he was fined a total sum of $30 on two of putting insuficient. had done with the money, and counts wished to make restitution. The stamps on receipts for $70.11 and complainant firm did not wish to $58.64 issued to the Tung ing

Loong shop on May 26. press the case.

WARRANT ISSUED

Liu Ng-sheung, of the Lun Heung shop, No. 14, Wing On Street, was fined $50 for issuing a receipt for $1.054.03 with only a five-cent duty. stamp.

Mr. Edwards at the Central Court yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of Au Stu-hong, aged 23, un- employed.

Tam Wal-mul, of the Yung Hang Au was charged with the theft shop, No. 165. Fuk Wah Street, and of 1,000 yen by trick from Lim-wa! Pun Bin, residing at No. 41, Spring and fraudulent conversion.

Garden Lape, were each fined $20 Au failed to appear yesterday for not stamping receipts for $23,50

and $25.60 respectively. and his ball of $1,500 was estreated. Mr. Hin-shing Lo appeared for the prosecution. while Mr. Alfred S. K. Lau represented the defen- dant

MAN HANDED OVER TO POLICE

Believed To

Insane

Be

For splitting receipts into two for sums over $20, Fan Chuen, of the Chuen On Long shop, and Ip Yau“ chun of the Hung Fat firm, were each fined $25.

Appearing on a similar offence Chan Wan-po, of the Kwong Chun Cheung shop, No. 146, Wing Lok Street, was fined $30.."

HAWKER TURNS

THIEF

With four previous convictions, for theft from, the person (and one, for aiding and abetting in a lar

Upon arrival here of the 8.5 ceny Tai Chun-lung, aged 27, un- Islam! from Saigon at 12.30 p.m. employed, was charged before Mr. yesterday. 2 Chinese passenger, Edwarda at the Central · Coure Luk Tsai was handed over to the yesterday with stealing a purse, containing 40 cents Canton money

I do not call it so,

Assuming that McLeod posted the duty list on the board, do you, police by the ship's ometals.

The cause of this action was the and a silver toothpick from a 78- regard that as an order to be obeyed or not?--It all depenas be- mental condition of the passenger year-old travelling, trader named cause I have been allowed to use who had embarked at the Indo- Bhum Luik in Queen's Road Cer- my discretion,

China port and was on his way trai.

Taut pleaded guilty and said: " In what circumstances do you re-home to the North. Tsai was be- gard a duty given by McLeod and leved to be insane, though not was a hawker, but all my capital. posted on the board as a binding violent, as he constantly removed was pald in Thies and so I yielded forder? To save argument I will his clothing, and destroyed same. to temptation."

agree with you about it.

Sentence of six months" hard Isbour was, triposed.

(Continued on Back Fage)

There appear to be no relatives of the man in the Colony.

POP-OBEYING ORDERS

WILL YOU STOP.

MIMICKING. ME

By J. MILLAR WATT

YOU TOLD ME TO

ACT LIKE A

FOOL

JAPANESE NEAR CHIEHSIEN FACING ANNIHILATION

Pinylu, Shand, September 14/ Straggled units of Japanese In Chiliping, Erhll- ling and other villages in the vicinity of Chiensten. in south Shanal, are facing annihilation

As a result of repeated Chinese onslaughts in the past few days, these units have lost more than half of their men.

More than 400 Japaness at Brhilling attempted to retreat to Chichsten on Sept. 11, but were inter- cepted by the Chinese on the way they were beaten back. to. Erblling and are now surrounded- (Central News).