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COURTS

THREE YEARS' SENTENCE

FOR ROBBERY

Kowloon Crime Recalled At

Criminal Sessions

At the Criminal Sessions yesterday Mr. Justice E. H. Williams, Acting Chief Justice, passed sentence of three years' hard labour on Yeung Hing who was arraigned on, a charge of robbery by two or mare at an unnumbered hut in Kowloon Chal on the night of Sep- tember 14,

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Mr. J. Whyatt, Crown Counsel, prosecuted, and the accused pleaded not guilty...

The following were the jury empanelled:-Messrs. L. B. Warren (Foreman), Chan Ming-tal. Arthur Carneiro, Loong Tsing-yung. Ip Ping-fu, Lar Hon and Eduardo Alves.

Mr. Whyatt said that on the After the robbers had left, the night in question, the accused to inmates managed to free them- gether with three or four other selves, and Tsong Fook went to the men robbed the inmates of an un- Kowloon City Police Station numbered hut in Kowloon Chal. where he made a report, in con- sequence of which an Indian con- The victims of the robbery were stable was sent out with instruc-- a man, named Tsang Fook, histions to search any person he wife and his mother. On the suspected. night, in question, Tsang Fook re- turned from work in the evening. Shortly after; husband and wife retired in their cubicle in the nut. leaving the lamp burning.

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About 3.30

the constable 34W the accused some distance away. from Kowloon City. Suspect- ing him. the constable searched him and noticed a gold ring on Nothing disturbed the occu-accused's pants of the hut until some time that he had got the ring in Kow- Onger, The accused after midnight when Wong Mul. loon City where he had been play- the mother of the complainant, ing mahjong.

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was aroused by noise in her room. When she got up she saw four or ave men in her room. They told Not satisfied, the constable ask-" her to get out of bed and cne of ed accused where he was going the robbers asked her if she had and the latter replied that he was. any money. Wong Mut did not say on his way to Kowloon Tong. The anythnig and they relieved her of constable, knowing that that was her earrings and a gold ring from the wrong direction in which one her Anger. She was then bound would_proceed_to_Kowloon Tong. and Kagged. The cther two took the ring off accused's finger. inmates of the room, both girls were also tied up in a like manner.

LIGHT BURNING Meanwhile, continued Counsel, the noise had disturbed Chan Fook and his wife who were asleep in the next room, but before they could do anything about it, the robbers had entered their room, The light was still burning.

Accused then changed his story regarding the ring, saying that he had got it off a friend. Accused sald he was an earth coolle. This further aroused the suspicions of the constable and the accused was taken to the Kowloon City Police Station. He was identified later as one of the party of men that had robbed Tsang Fook's hut.

Wong Mut also identified the ring as her own property. Accus- One of the robbers, the defen-ed, however, denied that he had dant, who was armed with a re-taken part in the robbery.

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volver, and another with a knife.

After corroborative evidence had asked Tsang's wife to hand over been given by Tsang Fook, his wife her earrings. She did so and they and mother, the other inmates of then bound her with rope. Tsang the house, and the Indian con- Fock was also tied up.

stable, the defendant. In his de-

The robbers proceeded to ran- fence, denied having taken part in sack the cubicle, but before leav- the robbery but the jury, after a ing they warned Tsang Fook that short deliberation, returned a un- if he blew a police whistle, they animous verdict of guilty and the would return and take his life. sentence above was passed.

TROUBLE OVER DISMISSAL

Tent-Makers Face Assault Charge

TRIED TO PASS BAD NOTE

Now Six Months In Gaol

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"You want, these men dismissed Pleading guilty to the charge of -and when you get them dismissed possession of a forged $5 bark note you can take $50 from every new of the Hongkong and Shanghai coolle you employ?" inquired Mr. Bank. Li Wing, unemployed, was C.A. Sutherton, Puss, 'n cross-ex-sentenced to six months hard amination of Lo Yau, complainant. labour by Mr. H. R. Butters at the with Taim Tak, in the care against Central Court yesterday. four tent-makers employed by the Detective-Sergeant Allen, R.A.O.C.-charged with assault- oc-prosecuted, told-the-Court-that-on cas'oning bodily harm.

October 5. defendant bought a bet- Mr. Russ is defending two of the tle of mineral water from a fruit tent-makers Lel Shi-sing and Le stall near Bonham Strand West. Shiu-sing in a case before Mr. E. and tendered the forged note in Himsworth at the Kowloon Court.payment. A foki discovered that Wan Fuk is represented by Mr. E..the note was not genuine and de- C. Brooks, while Wan Yin-kong, the Rendarit produced eleven cents and fourth defendant, did not appear left the stall. The foki fallowed yesterday.

defedant and after a certain d'a- tance met a district watchman and informed him of the facta.

Lo Yau, in ev'dence, alleged that on June 15, he, with Tsim Tax and another man. had been assanter Defendant was taken. into by the four defendants, and about custody, but before he was arrest- seven other men, who had attacked)ed he threw the forged note away. them with hammers.

The cause of the assault, L HEALTH RETURNS

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claims, was his cousin's, Wan Fuks, bellef that he (Lo Yau) had been Bixteen cases of cholera, responsible_for_his_dismissal from which seven were fatal, are rem the employ of the Ordnance Corps Ported in the health returns for at Mataukok.

the week ending October 15. The refence alleges that the re- Eight of these were from Kow- son for the charges belog brought loon, six from Victoria and two by the two compia'nants against from Aberdeen.

the four tent-makers was the de-ire Other cases of notiñable diseases of Lo Yau, foreman of the Chinese in this period were 17 of enteric work crew, to employ four new fever is deaths), four of diph- men from whom he would he able theria (three deaths), and 16 of to extract some "acneézs,”..... dysentery (six deaths).."

In support of their contention, For the 24 hours ending mid- the defence cited the fact that night on Monday, four more cases' although the date of the alleged of cholera were notified, and two 'assault' was-given as June 15, no of diphtheria, one of enteric fever action was taken by any of the imported) and dysentery.. Injured part'es until October 8 Also, the defence.claimed, the first complainant had been before a

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defendants had ssau'ted Lo Yau him and he felt that the situation Lo claims that the reason why he was becoming dangerous, finally swore out a warrant against Fither hearing of the case was the four tent-makers was that adjourned to the afternoon of Oc they were consistently assaulting fóber (20)

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