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44 THREE BEARS

Fine Pantomime

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The Pantomime" entitled "The Three Bears" given in the Helenal May Institute yesterday" afternoon| was very well attended. The many! children enjoyed the performance which

and was very well acted staged throughout,

Mr. and Mrs. Bear, portrayed by Mr. V. C. Labrum and Miss Winnie Cox, respectively, and Baby Bear, acted by David Isley, brought forth much amusement from the audience of children.

FOUR ROBBERS SENTENCED

Four Years For Junk Hold-Up

on

Convicted

of charges

and robbery by two or more, possession of arms and "am- munition without liçencs, faur Chinese were sentenced to four years' hard labour each by the Acting Pulsne Judge, Mr. Justice B... H. Williams, at the Criminal Sessions yester- day.

COURTS

HEROIN CASES

Two Men Get 24

Years Each

On a charge of possession of one-third of an ounce of heroin, 43 oz of pink mass and 13,140 hercin pills an unemployed seaman named Taum Kam was sentenced to 21 years' hard labour by the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice R. E Lindsell, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday.

Accused pleaded not guilty and was tried by the following jury:- Messrs. A. Minoot (Foreman),

A. da Roza, Watt Kam-yuen, F. H, Mody, Poon Shing-wing. P. W. Calderara and J, P. Pereira.

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The men were Wong Kam, alias The performance of Dick Labrum Wong Lam-hol, Chan Luk, alias and H. F. Sommers, who provided Luk Chal, Tang Yung and Ng Sai-

Mr.Whyatt, Crown Counsel, the first and second "dream episode, lo, and they were charged with the

prosecuting, said accused were cleverly arranged and execut-robbery of 42 plculs of grass an arrested on November 21 following board a junk at Deep Bay on a rald by Revenue Omcer J. L The third dream was a ballet November 17, and with possession Stephens, Mr. H. A. Taylor, Gov- toe dance by the lovely Miss Batty of one revolver, dhe Mauser auernment Monopoly Analyst, and Pestonji which held the young tomatle pistol and 20 rounds of attendants spellbound and called ammunition. for several curtain calis,

ed.

The first three accused admitted The script and production work the second charge, fourth accused of Crista Womack should be com-denied it. and all pleaded not mended as being thoroughly en-suilty to the first count. joyable, light, understandable and The following comprised interesting.

Another performance will bej given at the Institute at 5.30 pm to-day and due to the popularity and seating sales an extra per- formance has beer arranged for Thursday, December 22, at the

same houe

FOUR PRISONERS DEAD

Verdicts of death from natural causes were returned by juries at the Central Court yesterday when Mr. T. J. Houston, sitting as Coro ner. conducted inquests into the deaths of four prisoners who died at the Hongkong Prison, Stanley.

the

JuryMesars A "Vago (foreman) Kong Kwok-cheung, J. M. Xavier. W. H. Peters, Tsau Ding-han, Cho Chik-sang and L. W. Wade.

others, on a house in Shek Kip Mei Village. They found the rear part of the house being used as a heroin Accused now pleaded pill factory.

not guilty, but at that time he freely admitted that the articles were his, and at the Magistracy he even-went-so-far as to say he made the pills himself.

Accused told the Court he was a refugee, and that when he had Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assistant Crown Arst come to the Colony he had Solicitor, prosecuting, said theto beg for food. Later he met a who offered him three un the friend story of the case rested evidence of Leung Chau-fat, mas-meals a day if he assumed respon- ter of a shrimp catching boat sibility for the pills in the house. stationed at Castle Peak, and his He did not know it was an offence fckis.

nor that the pills contained heroin,

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SIMILAR SENTENCE

In the early morning of Novem- ber 17 he was engaged by the four The same Jury tried Lau Fuk- accused, who came on board his sang. 28, furniture maker, who was boat at Castle Peak and asked him charged with, possession of 33,500. to go to Nantao and bring a cargo heroin plus. Accused was arrested by back to Castle Peak. The other Indian Constable B772 on Decem- occupants of the boat at the time ber 1 walking up Cochrane Street were Leung's younger brother, two with a rastan basket in his hand. fokis, the wives of Leung and his When the constable approached brother and two very small chil-him he dropped the basket and at-

tempted to run The prisoners were Kwok Wing, dren.

away. but was who was sentenced to six months'

caught. GRASS BOAT HELD UP hard labour on July. Tae Kuen,

Defendant pleaded that he was At dawn the next morning they asked by a man named Lam to who was undergoing three months' Imprisonment, Wan Chan eight were just off Chek Wan, months and Yuen Siu four months, Leung noticed that two of the carry the basket, and that he did men had revolvers. Soon after not know the nature of its con-

tents. dawn they noticed a grass boat

Without retiring, the jury re going down

towards Hongkong turned a unanimous verdict of First defendant fred a shot across guilty. His Lordship passed sen- the bows of this boat and when it

tence of 21 years' hard labour. stopped, second, third and fourth "accused rowed over to it in the dinghy of Leung's boat, while the first prisoner stood on the stern and covered the occupants.

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A robbery on board a cargo junk) tied up the grass boat to the stern in Chinese waters last month had at Leung's craft and the robbers a sequel at the Criminal Sessions tried to make for Chinese terri-yesterday when, before the Acting tory, but the wind and tide were Pulsne Judge. Mr. Justice E. H. against them and they were forced to turn back for Deep Bay,

Some time after that they came across a fishing boat, and, on the occupants of Leung's junk shout- ing for help, the master of the former opened fire, whereupon the robbers gave in and stopped.

williams, two men, Leung Kwok- hong and Tam Yan-shing were charged on two counts of receiving property stolen from that, junk,

The two men pleaded not gulity, but were convicted by a jury and sentenced to a total of three and a half years hard labour.

The following jury was empanell-

"Being a very cautious man." Mr. Prentis went on, the master ed: Messrs. D. D. Forbes, (fore- of the fishing boat took no chances, man), Fing Man-shui, Wu Zlang- but tied up everybody in the two mel, T. F. Bradford, A. MacIndoe, junks and put them into the hold W. A. Hellwig and W. Sue Ing. of his own craft. A search was Mr. J. then made of Leung's boat and the Crown Solicitor, prosecuted.

B. Prentis, Assistant

TRAFFIC CASES

Mr.

revolvers and ammunition found and taken possession of by the master. He then set sail for Castle Peak and handed over all the

Mrs. I. W. Shewan, of May Road, people and the arms to the police. and Mrs. D. J. Gilmore, of The The police sorted out the sheep Peak, were cautioned by from the goats and eventually the

R. A. D. Forrest at the Central four men were charged.

Court yesterday for causing ob- DEFENDANTS' STATEMENTS structions with their cars in Cón- "At the police station the accus-naught Road Central on December ed made the following state-16." ments:-

K. A. Watson, of the Hongkong First accused: "I did not rob and Shanghai Bank, was cautioned them; their property is still there for driving bla car in Wellington and hasn't been lost."

Second accused: "Whether it

was a robbery or not, It was Wong

Street without a permit.

Kam's business: I did not go over belong to Wang Kam, I am Wong on the boat and I know, nothing Kam's foki.*", about it."

Evidence was then called. All defendants

the Third accused: "They have lost

except second man made nothing:"

statements

Fourth

they had not accused; "We towed reiterating that them from Chek Wan Hau: they committed a robbery, as the junk have lost nothing."

people had lost nothing.

After a short retirement the jury "The second charge, that of possession of arms and ammuni- returned their verdict of guilty. tlon, has been adimitted by the After passing sentence His Lord- first three men. The fourth man ship highly commended the fishing pleaded not guilty. In the police junk master, Tang' Tal, for his court he had said: The arms and courageous conduct in bringing ammunition are not mine. They the accused to justice.

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