1939-01-26 — Page 7

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WOMAN

GENERAL

FOUND GUILTY OF INFANTICIDE

RECOMMENDATION FOR MERCY ENDORSED BY CHIEF JUSTICE

Pathetic Tale Of Poverty And Domestic Struggle

Found guilty by unanimous verdict of the Jury empanelled to try her on a charge of the murder of her 18-months-old baby. sentenced to Lau Shuk-hing, 22-year-old married woman, was Chief Justice, imprisonment for life by the

Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessions yesterday. A strong re- commendation for mercy was added by the jury, lő respect of which the Chief Justice stated that it would receive his strong- est backing.

Following the announcement by the foreman of the jury of the verdict. two doctors, Dr. L D. Pringle and Dr. H. T. Bee, having been sworn, examined the defendant in the cells below "the court and returned to give as their opinion that she was four months with child., Counsel for the defence, Mr. Zo Tung- fan, then referred His Lordship to the Penalty Amendment Or- dinance of 1911, which he submitted, provided that in cases auch. as the one being dealt with, a sentence less than life imprison- ment should be imposed. His Lordship ruled against him.

REPULSE BAY ROBBERY

Two Committed

To Sessions

Appearing before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Court yesterday, two unemployed men, Wong Wah, 40, and, Wong Fu. 4. who were charged with robbery allered to have been committed at an unnumbered hut at Repulse Bay, were com- mitted to stand trial at the Criminal Sessions.

Detective Sub-Inspector W. N. Darkin was in charge of the case.

WAR RESISTERS' INTERNATIONAL

Address By Mrs.

Short

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"War is a crime against hi- munity. We therefore are deter- mined not to support any kind of war and to strive for the removal ot all causes of war."

Once again this pledge of the War Resisters' International was made before many members who attended the weekly meeting of the Peace Pledge Union held at the Challenge Book Room yester day,

Mrs. F. Short, Secretary of the WRL, was the speaker.

Chan Tung, occupier of the hut. told the Court that early on the

During the address a pledge was morning of January 9, the two de- fendants knocked at his door and made by the speaker for response asked for a smoke of opium, say-to a letter from the International. Ing that they had not touched the seeking the support of local mem- drug for a night and were suffer-bers to sign a petition for the re- iing from the crave. They were ad- lease of the French Council mem mitted and Wong Fu was given the ber of the W. R. I. who has been drug, while the first defendant left imprisoned for several weeks.

Addressing the gathering, the the hut for a short while.

When he returned, the two men speaker sald. In part:~~

The W.R.I. witness,

was founded in demanded a loan from and when told that he had no Bilthoven in Holland in 1921, un- money, Wong Fu produced a knife der the name of "Paco." by repre- sisters in four European countries. sentatives of groups of war re- tied him with strings.

In March 1923 the headquarters England and was transferred to

The WAR.I. lrks together 54, or the name W.R.I, was adopted.

ganized movements of war resis- ter and individuals in 68 countries of the world. In, each of the five continents.

In the course of the hearing of "Later I went out for the pur- this case, references were made by pose of seeing my mother and on asked coolle buth sides to the plulful circum- the way home I stances

which led to the crime.if he could buy a dollar's worth It was chiefly on this aspect that of opium for me, He did and and threatened him and the two

returned

the

took home, and opium in some hot water.

"As I did that, my child cried. the I picked her up and gave her a

Mr. Lo addressed the jury in his fina) submissions. His Lordship also dealt largely with this in his summing-up, and

reminded

jury that they must allow no cake. feelings of sympathy to influence "I then realized that after my them in their decision.

death my child would suffer as it In passing sentence, the Chief would not go to anybody except Justice told prisoner that the me. I thought it would be better so I gave Jury's recommendation for mercy for her her die also. would be supported and endorsed her the remaining oplum,

intention of killing by himself as emphatically as he "I had no could, and he thought she may my child. When my mother-in-; rest assured that the sentence law and sister-in-law found what which she would have to undergo had happened, I asked them to would be considerably less than take the child to hospital. I re- that which he had formally fused to go." "passed.

Whyatt

Cross-examining. Mr.

The following jury tried

Ford (fore-had committed suicide. case: Messrs. W. F. man), W. Lee Fook, G. I. Reed. daughter would be left behind

T8) Chu and Leo Welll.

Yes.

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Witness continued to say that he called to his wife to run out and raise the alarm for help. One of the robbers followed her out and assaulted her.

The two men, on hearing the alarm raised, left the nut and were ursued by witness, with the help

work.

It speaks in many

of his nephew and a friend, he tongues-using 14 languages in its managed to capture the intruders

It seeks to permeate religious, and handed them to the police,

educational and political,

and youth movements with its princi ples and is supporting the work of its Chairman, George. Lansbury, in urging the need for a World Eco- nomic Conference.

FIGHT WITH ROBBERS

· Mrs. F.-A. Veniersel, residing at Hok Sze Terrace, West Point, had

your

day when

It is also investigating the pos-

of

the asked: You realized that it you an alarming experience on Tues-sibilities for settlement in Central

four Chinese robbers and South Americar States, Chung Chun-cheung, W. F. Arnet, with no one to look after her? gained admission to her home on War Resister refugees, and is car- the pretext of delivering some ing out considerable Rellef Work in Spain, and has established its own Home for Spanish Refugee children in the South of France.

In Democratic countries the movement has grown rapidly in recent year.

Mr. J. Whyatt, Crown Counsel, prosecuted.

bottles of wine.

As soon as the men gained ad- mittance they produced knives and threatened Mrs. Veniersel and her two amatis

You didn't want her to be left behlud? I did not. because she The Crown's case was that de- would suffer. fendant "had, 03 December 10. So you wanted her to die also?--- killed her baby by administering When I gave her the oplum I did to it an overdose of oplum, at the not know it was enough to poison same time herself trying to com- her. mil suicide by the same means. But it was your intention and

Throughout the hearing, with your wish that she should die?-the the exception of one answer she Yes;

made to her counsel, in which she In his anal address Mr. Whyatt sald that she was very sad at the reminded the jury that it was time and she had no intention of their duty to enforce the law killing her baby, defendant had which safeguarded and protected admitted her gullt. She had ex-the Integrity of human life, even plained that in view of her hus- though the life which had been band's financial dificulties, she taken in this case was that of a had decided to end her own life. young child and that it was the and, as the baby was a part of wish of its mother that it should herself, and would suffer if she be taken. were not there to care for it, she had wanted it to die with her. She had also admitted that she could not bear to be parted from It

DEFENDANT TESTIFIES

The Crown's case concluded at the end of Tuesday's hearing.

DEFENCE COUNSEL'S MERCY FLEA

Mr. Lo opened his address by saying that there" was a consi- derable human element involved In the case. It was a pathetic re- velation 01 the other side of society-of a woman who, stricken

The three women were the only

persons in the house when the tails of Spanish relief work, and The speaker gave interesting de-

afair occurred.

the rescue of ten men from "De- Mrs. Veniersel pluckily attackedvil's Island" in French Guiana.

intruders, whereupon one of the men seized her by the throat.

The Dutch lady screamed and kicked at the intruders as she struggled with them. In the affray her dress was torn.

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TAIHOKU TO BANGKOK

A German Heinkel plane, owned by the Japan Aviation. Company. is expected to pass slightly south of Hongkong at noon to-day on a non-stop fight from Talhoku, în Tuberculosis, which has been. Formosa, to Bangkok, capital of The noise she created apparent made a notifiable distase, appears Stam. ly had its object, for the intru- for the first time in the health re- ders, suddenly taking fight, de-turns for Tuesday, when 14 cases were reported. Of these, 11 cases camped.

were from Victorla district three from Kowloon.

And

The plane, which is manned by a crew of four, hopped off from the Tachikawa military aerodrome in Tokyo at 8.41 a.m. yesterday en As they fled they abandoned

route to Talhoku, It is expected their knives, which are now in police possession.

Also reported were four, cases to reach the Formosan capital at Nothing was stolen from the each of enteric fever and dysen- 4 pm

The Japanese airmen will leave" tery, three cases of measles, two premises.

cases of diphtheria and one. case Tathoku at dawn to-day. No ar- each of small-pox and chicken-rangements have been made for

a landing at Hongkong. pox.

TEMPERATURE

RISES

Yesterday's temperature showed Rubber Factories Fined For

despair of a useless struggle, was a substantial increase. the maxi- driven to a desperate attempt to mum being 69 at noon and the take her own life and, while in minimum 58. The humidity also an emotional state of mind. also ruse and averaged 72 per cent, that of her baby.

Fair weather, with periods of cloudiness, is forecast for the next

When the case was resumed yes- by poverty. forlorn of hope and terday morning. Mr. Le put his client in the witness-box.

There the accused sald that her husband's earnings as walter were insumcient to meet household ex penses, and she had to give him from time to time the jewellery from her dowry to sell.

"You, Gentlemen of the Jury. are not trying a criminaj but a most unfortunate woman who, by. a cruel twist of fate, has taken

24 hours.

Contravening Ordinance

TCR- admission

The manager of the Wah Keong in front of the iron-grill gate Rubber Factory Wis summoned before gaining admittance. before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen He found six women at work on' at the Kowloon Court yesterday the first floor and 30 other wo- for having, on January 4 at 11,5 men concealed on the premises, into two On the morning of December 10

p.m.. allowed the front and rear 20 of them packed her husband returned home from the life of a child whom she loved WOUNDING CASE

exit doors of the factory in Shum small "dry" type latrines. He be- work and she asked him to re- and not her own as she had wish- deem a pair of earrings, which Fed.

Hearing of the case against Lam Chun Street to be locked in such lieved that, after he spoke to the could not ofice toki through the iron grill had been pawned for $5.

"The accused was born of poor Tsat, second cook, and Pang Fala manner that they Defendant then described his re-parents. She married young and Scoond-Officer, of the ss. Haldis, be easily and immediately. open-gate, informing him of the

ed from the inside at а time son for the visit, his fusal to give her more than $1 and tragedy befell her early when she charged with wounding Chan while persons were employed at had been delayed to give time to the high words that followed, in lost her first-born. She

45, chief steward of the ship when which her mother-in-law took. thrifty and contented on the mea- at anchor at Parseval Bay, French the factory, and for having allow-conceal the women.

Fines were imposed on defen- undertaking part,"

con- dant of $100 and $30, gre earnings of her husband, and Indo-China on December 20, was Led 36 women to be employed in "After they had

has been a dutiful wife and fond continued before Mr. E. Himsworth an industrial

ANOTHER SUMMONS defendant continued. I went to mother. She had also in true at the Kowloon Court yesterday, trary to regulations set forth in

the Ordinance.

The manager of the Chan Wah bed and thought of committing Chinese tradition, willingly hand-evidence being taken from

$15 Mr. D. V. Phillips, Assistant | Knitting Factory was fized ed over all her valuables to her complainant and two other wit- husband "when he was in need of esses, after which the hearing Inspector of Factories and Work- when summoned for having per- was further adjourned. Mr. Peter shops, who prosecuted. stated that mitted 18 women to be employed H. Sin is appearing for the second when he visited the factory heat a late hour at night contrary

was forced to wait ten minutes to regulations.

gone away,"

suicide because I realized that my

husband's income would be in suficient if he had to look after me and his mother at two different / places.

money.

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