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Master Of Chinese Firm

Sentenced At Sessions

Convicted by a jury of what was described by His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, as a singularly cruel type of larceny, that of larceny by a trick of the sum of $19,000 from a widow, Li Hel-ting, master of the Yu Hai Leung import and export firm, of Connaught Road Central, was sentenced to two and a half years' hard labour by His Lordship at the Criminal Sessions yester- day.

In the course of his summing-up of the case, the Chief Justice referred several times to the "very strange stories told""and directed the jury that it was their duty to decide which side was telling the truth. The jury returned their verdict in seven minutes.

The case against Li was that he

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woman named Chiu L-tze, who, had been left considerable estate by her husband, by falsely pre- tending that he was the owner of No. 1 Morrison Hill Road. the pro- secution alleging that he bad la- duced her to part with the money as purchase price for that house.! Ll maintained that the charge was trumped-up, that the whole. of the complainant's story was a fabrication

that and

she had brought the proceedings against him in order to cover up from her, family the loss of her money through extravagant living and gambling, choosing him £3 the victim because he in fact owed A similar message was sent to the her $900 as a gambling debt,

Irregular forces in Kwangtung con- The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada e gratulating them upon their fine Castro Jnr., instructed by Mr. M. A, achievements against the Japan- da Silva, represented complainant. ese.

A telegram of commendation was yesterday sent by Genera- Issimo Chiang Kai-shek to General Tsai Ting-kai, Chiang Kwang-nai and Tan Chi-hstu, veteran leaders of the famous 19th Route Army, which dis- tinguished itself in 1932 in the defence of Shanghai,

while Mr. D. J. N. Anderson, in- The wire to the latter was sent structed by Mr. G. 6. Hugh Jones, through Mr Hsu Ching-tang, head of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, of the West River Administrative was for the defence..

Office.

GENERAL MIAU

The following formed the Jury: -Messrs. G. A. Lawrence (fore, General Mian Pel-nan. former man). 3. K. Helberg, F. M. Garcia, Chief-of-Staff of the Fourth Route EA. Noronha, D. L. Ballantyne. Lim Kim-chong and Au Chung

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Army, has been offered the post of Group Army Commander in an undisclosed war zone. A temporary The taking of evidence had, been resident in this Colony, General completed at the hearing on Thurs Miao 13 a brilliant staff officer with day, with the exception of a few much experience in actual com- more questions in cross-examina-mand of troops during the Nor- tion by Mr. D'Almada, which were thern Expedition. Genera). Teng put when the case resumed vester-Lung-kwong will be his second-in-

command. day.

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COUNSEL'S ADDRESSES

Council then delivered their addresses. Mr. D'Almada drew the Jury's attention to the demeanour

JEWS POUR INTO SHANGHAI

Chungking, Dec. 23.

of the witnesses which, he, said, Another group of about 700 was a good criterion by which to Jewish refugees arrived in Shang Judge the truth. He submitted

kal from Germany and Austria that it was abundantly clear that aboard the Italian liner, Conte complainant was a stupid and trust- Blancamano, on Wednesday. ing woman, by her own admission,! It is estimated that about 1,200 and that in this case her trust had Jews have gone to Shanghal since been abused.

the enforcement of stringent mca-

The jury had heard the evidence sures against Jews in Germany. of her manager in Canton in which Between 3,000 and 4,000 are ex- he had testified that complainant pected to, arrive in the future.-. left the entire managemnet of that Central News -

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banding of large sums of money, she was in truth not so. Mr. An- sometimes as much as up to $10,000, derson concluded by reminding the That manager received $15 2 jury that if they had any reason. month, and Dr. D'Almada asked able doubt, it was their duty to the jury to agree that by that give that doubt to the defendant. very action complainant had given His Lordship then summed up proof of her unbusinesslikeness in a comprehensive and detalled and of her mentality There was survey. The jury retired for only also the disinterested" evidence of seven minutes, and returned on Mr. Mak. clerk of Messra. Lyson unanimous, verdict. and Hall, and the Chinese detec- Mr. D'Almada then disclosed that prisoner had been convicted in tive, Ip Kung. iCounsel went on to ask the November 1936 for possession of Jury to consider the probabilities prepared opfum, for which he had of the case. Was it likely, he been fined $250. asked, that the

"Asked by His Lordship what he should thus perjure themselves had to say, prisoner reiterated his for $900, against a man whose innocence.

NO RESTITUTION only offence was that he had

If His Lordship: Lost $900 to one of them.

The jury have the charge was indeed a fabrica- unanimously found you guilty of tion, would they not have thought a singularly cruel type of larceny, out a better story? He submitted of a large sum of money from a that the very fact that they had woman who on her own admission told the story they did was indicais completely without gule and tion of its truth.

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without knowledge of human na- ture. There is, further, consider- ¡able reason to belleve that you have In reply. Mr. "Anderson pointed held yourself out to be the owner out what he submitted were vitally of property here whereas you are weak points in the story of the admittedly not. I have heard complainant. In particular, he nothing about restitution, part or said that her action in going mere- whole, to complainant, so the sen- ly to the house which she intend-tence I must pass on you must be ed to purchase and looking at ita comparatively severe one... You from the outside was not the or-will go to prison with hard labour dinary action of a normal, person for two years and six months. in such circumstances. Complain. In thanking the jury His "Lord, " ant had been described as very ship wished them a Merry Christ foolish. but counsel submitted that mas and a Happy New Year..

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