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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

MURDER TRIAL A

PRISON OFFICER TELLS WHAT HE SAW OUTSIDE SENNET FRERES' SHOP

Prison Öfficer J. Drewery, who was passing by at the time of the alleged shooting in Messrs. Sennet Freres, Gloucester Arçade, on May 2, and saw a man emerging from the premises, gave evidence before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yesterday. when hearing was continued of the case in which Li Hung-ful, allas Joseph Lee, 20, is accused of the wilful murder of Mr. J. Dubois. Mr. J. Reynolds, Crown Counsel, assisted by Det.-Insp. J. O'Donovan, prosecuted.

Continuing, Mr. Drewery, ing over defendant. In the latter's -said: "I was walking down hand was an automatic pistol. I Pedder Street from Bluebird's ran forward and pushed my left and on reaching the Swatow knee into the whole crowd of them Lace Co. heard a crack, like and grabbed the gun from him." that of a gun, coming from the direction of the Hong- kong Hotel.

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"I started across the street and was between two cars in the car park when I heard a further two shots, in quick succession coming from a Jewellery shop. I" was

directly opposite Messrs. Bennet Freres and from the open door saw a man energe, with a gun in his hand.

IN EUROPEAN SUIT "On seeing that the man was armed, and carrying ng firearms myself. I ducked between the car but was still in position to see the man" turn into Gloucester Arcade.

MEMBERS OF STAFF

"At that moment Sgt. Clarke arrived and I handed defendant over to him. I then made a search of the upstairs room and brought down some Chinese who were later identified as members of the staff. ---Insp, O'Donovan then came on

the scene and I handed to him the and three cartridge cases un which I had found"

Other witnesses heard were Mr.

RAILWAY

STATION

ASSAULT

CITY MAIDEN'S "WAR PAINT" That "a city maiden more gaily bedecked in war paint than her country mouse sister" had aroused resentment in the latter and that this had culminated in an assault on the person of his client was the story told by Mr. M.-A. da Silva to Kowloon Court yesterday when he appeared for Lo Tai-sze, a young married woman, com- plainant in a summops

for as-

GENERAL

INDIAN'S APPEAL FAILS

In the Appeal Court yesterday, the. Chief Justice, Bir Atholl Mäe- Gregor. dismissed the appeal brought by Channap Singh against his conviction at the Kowloon Ma- gistracy on two charges of falsely assuming the character of a police officer and demanding money with. menaces from a Woman named

Wong Yee at Shatintau village.

sunsh WES sentenced to six months' hard labour and fined $100. in default. two months' hard

sault against two young men of labour on the two counts,

Shatin,

Defendants in the case were Tang Kwok-wing, of Shan Hal Wan, Shatin, and Chung Ping- ton, student, of No. 380, Hennessy Road, third floor. Chung pleaded guilty to the charge of assault by throwing mud.

The complainant in company with her two sisters and niece had gone on an excursion to Shatin on Apr 14 Mr. Silva said and the assault took place at Shatin

L. D. Walch, chairman and direc- | Railway Station while they waited tor of Messrs. Bennet Freres, «Ng | for the return' train to Kowloon. Kwok-shak and Chan Stu-wah.

Further hearing was adjourned until today at 11.30 am..

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WOMAN ACCUSED

THREW WET MUD

It was alleged the two young mer threw wet mud at the complainant and her sisters,

solling com-

He was dressed in a light green The trial of Kwan Lal-chun, age | plainant's dress and her handbag European cut suit.

31, tin fong wife of a Chinese to the extent that these articles "I then got up and went to-small businessman, who is accus

were ruined. wards the door of Sennet Freres ed of the murder of Lam Ling- and saw a struggle going on inside kwal, 42, concubine, at No. 33 Hee to the left hand side of the shop. Wong Terrace, second floor. West "Two further shots rang out just Point, on May 13, will be heard be- as I was about to enter. "Enter-fore the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl at the Criminal ing the premises" I saw slightly to MacGregor,

the right a European lying on the Sessions, this week. Boor with his feet pointing to the Mr. J. P Murphy, Assistant door. To the left of me were some Crown Solicitor, will conduct the

Chinese and a voice said 'lock out

he's got a gun.'

case for the prosecution, while Mr. D. J. N. Anderson, Instructed by Messrs. Deacons, will appear for

"I saw defendant half sitting in "a corner with Ng Kwok-shak bend- the defence."

ROUND THE POLICE COURTS

AT CENTRAL

on

SNATCHED PARCEL

&

Four months "hard labour was tmposed, on Lam Ming, 18, unem- FOUR MONTHS' GAOL

ployed, "by Mr. T. J. Houston yes- -Chan Man, allas Chan Wing, 23, terday when he was charged with unemployed, was sentenced to two snatching parcel, containing months' imprisonment each $500, a cheque on the Bank of charge when he appeared before China for $450, and a pass book. Mr. Sheldon yesterday сп two Sgt. P. O. Guild said that defen-, counts of larceny.

dant was arrested by a private Det.-Sgt. Morrison. prosecuting, watchman after he had snatched stated that on June 12 defendant the parcel from Stu PIK-tsui, shop stole a

windscreen wiper blade assistant, in Bonham Strand West, and arm from car No. 2122, at For breach of an expulsion or- Stewart Road. On the same day der, Lam was also sentenced to six he also atole from car No. 179 a weeks hard labour. He was ex- windscreen wiper motor, a wind-pelled from the Colony for five screen wiper blade and arı, «

DOCKYARD MISHAP

An inquiry, was held yesterday into the death of Yuen Wal, Navaļ Dockyard coolie, following a fall on May 18 when he sustained a fractured skull. Mr. B. G. Sheldon sat as Coroner.

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AT KOWLOON

THEFT OF MONEY

Arrested in

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Bide lane

off

The assault, Mr. Siva said, followed an earlier exchange of words between complainant and her party and two girls of Shatin who had ventured comments about the sisters as "parading for sale their beauty on the platform.”

This exchange of words took

place on the sisters arrival by the 12 o'clock train, "Nothing further bappened then until 4:30 pm. when the party had returned from their excursion to the hills and were awaiting the return train,

Complainant WHA climbing aboard the train when she felt she was hit on the chest and on looking down; some one had thrown 'mud at hér. She turned round to see Tsang who informed her. "I am a native of Shatin, and this is not all I am going to give to you!"

HIT ON NECK Complainant's sister was similar- ly hit in the back of the deck, and complainant saw that an other man. Chung, was also hold-

some mud,

in wrapped ing paper, in his hand. They con- tinued to throw this mud and followed this with stones, none of hit complainant

her which party.

Evidence was given by .com- plainant and by Pang Man, an employee of the Hongkong Land Investment Co.

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Defendant, disclaiming having taken part in the assault, said he had attempted to hold back Chung who was intent on pelting com- plainant with mud.

In judging Tsang guilty of the as- Peking Road in the early hours sault, Mr. QAA. Macfadyen bound On the day in question deceased of Wednesday morning with $45.95 him over in $15 to be of good be- Was standing at one end of a log in his possession, an unemploy-haviour. He was ordered also to which was being lifted by a crane, ed Chinese, Pun Tak, 30, was pay compensation of $2.50 to com- When about eight feet from the charged with larceny and received plainant, and Chung to pay a fut

Chung, who did not appear in Court, will be warned to pay the money into Court within the week.

ground one of the supporting sentence of four months hardther $2.50, chains suddenly broke and decens- labour when he appeared

before ed was thrown to the ground, Mr. E Himsworth yesterday.

Mr. N. B. Kitchell, formerly, in ·Defendant' 'admitted he stole charge of outdoor labourera, said $25.95 from No. 14. Peking Road, that a notice was posted in the and $20 from No. 35, Nathan Dockyard to the effect that it was Road dangerous to be near, or on, logs

when they are being lifted.

Following further evidence

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SEIZURE OF ARMS

Two ancient gingals, approx verdict of accidental death was re-mately six feet in length and corded.

with barrels about three inches in diameter, found their way into an

arms confiscation order issued by Mr. Himsworth yesterday.

GAMING HOUBE For keeping a common gaming bouse at No. 10 Anton Street Lazi The gingals with one more mo- Hal, 38, unemployed was fined dern ride, were seized by police in $50, in default, one month's im-a routine search carried out on prisonment when he appeared de junks in the Taumati Typhoon fors Mr. F. G. Sheldon yesterday. Shelter on June 12 They were Det-Sgt. V. Morrison prosecuted palaited over with a silver coating

and were "stated to be in good. THEFT OF BOOKS

order.

The junk losing these old style

of

Singh said he was completely in- nocent. The woman owed him $10, he said, and when be asked for repayment of the debt her husband repudiated it.

DID NOT BELIEVE

His Lordship dismissed the ap- peal, saying that the whole of ap- pellant's story had been told to the Magistrate, who, not sur- prisingly did not believe

of it

e word

"It would have been remarkable indeed if the woman had invented the story against you,” sald his Lordship. ""because you have no less than six previous convictions for the offence of assuming your- self as a police officer."

Police Raid In Wanchai Road Flat

FINES IMPOSED ON

TWO WOMEN

Chan Yuet-ho, 33, married woman, of 230 Wanchai Bond ground floor, and Leung Sing, 40, widow, of the same address, sp- peared before Mr. H. G. Sheldon at the Central Magistracy yesterday charged with keeping "a common gaming house at No. 238 Wanchai Road, ground floor.

• Mr. C. A. Sutherton Russ, ap- pearing for the defendants, plead- ed not guilty for the first defend- "ant and gulty for the second.

Mr. F. W. Shaftain. A.D.C.F, who prosecuted, stated that at 5.30 p.m.

June 5, accompanied by Sub- Insp W. N. Darkin and a police party, he raided the premises. The flat was occupied by Sgt. Jessop and his family and he received $110, rent allowance from the Gay-

nment.

Continuing, he said "that the door was opened to a police in- former and the police, party rush- ed in The door opened into a passage and it was in a square further down the passage that the gambling was going on,

SHAKING DICE

From the passage it was possible to see the participants and the first defendant was scen standing at the table. In front of her were two bowls containing money. The second defendant was in the act

of shaking the dice, Tabia money. amounting to $104.58. was picked up.

SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1940. —PAGE 5

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REDUCTION OF CAPITAL

H.K. ESTATES, LIMITED

An application for confirmation of reduction of expital, brought in the Supreme Court yesterday by the Hongkong Estates, Ltd., was franted by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor.

Mr. H. C. Macnamara, instructed by Mr. R. M. M. King, appeared for the applicants.

The reduction was through the cancellation of 4.000 preference shares, bringing the capital of the: Company from $2,000,000 to $1,-

600.000.

LENT BACK

Mr. Macnamara said that the The first witness for the prose money which would be affected by cution was Yuen Chu-wing, detec- the cancellation would be lent back Live a member of the police party to the Company by the holders of that carried out the raid, Witness the shares, the Asia Life Co., in also described how the game was

HEALTH RETURNS

The following. is a return notifiable diseases that occurred played. in the Colony during the 48 hours ended midnight June 13

Tuberculosis 48. xix cach of dysentery and enteric fever, and

the form of debentures. 8o long- as the Company had to pay an interest of five per cent, on these preference shares, it could not pay any dividend on ordinary shares. The remaining 1,000 shares held by Asia Life would be reduced to the status of ordinary shares.

He said that he saw Leung (second defendant).In the act of shaking the dice in a bowl and standing on her left was the arst one each of measles, cerebra- defendant, There were two bowls spinal tever, chicken-par and of money in front of the latter. small-pox."

There were 30 others in front of

The arrangement, said Mr. Mac- the table.

namara, had been arrived at by Sub-Insp. Darkin" also gave evid-mutual agreement. ence.

MARINE COURT

ANCHORING OFFENCES Two cases came before Commdr

Questioned by Mr Russ, witness said that it was impossible for

the gambling or that she was anyone in the house not to know. LA Fong, 35, unemployed, was re-

where it was being conducted any that gambling was going on. From standing near the table with the

bowls of money in front of her. manded for 24 hours for anger weapons in the confiscation order, Jolly, R. N. R., yesterday. prints when he appeared before was a trading vessel, No. · T3651H.'

tenants wishing to go to the kit

"She also denied, when questioned Mr. R. Edwards charged with It was stated the junk held a

Three mistresser and a master chen or Lavatory had to pass the by Mr. Shaftain," that the "knew of a sampan pleaded guilty to spot. theft of five books from the Bible licence from the Harbour Office to having anchored their boats in that was attended by a certain not allowed to Sub-let their pre- Moreover, it was a game that Government servants were Book and Tract Depot, Cueen's carry two rifies and the arms the Central, harbour cable area. amount of noise. Building. The Rev Frank Short seized were being carried in excess was the complainant.

of what was permitted by this Det.-Bgt. T. Cashman said de licence. fendant was arrested by a private Yeung Ping, 37, master of the

watchman when he was seen lear-junk, was fined $10. ing the building with the parcel

of books. When questioned, he ad- mitted stealing.

TRESPASS CHARGE

SILVER .CONFISCATED

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between Douglas Wharf and Stone Pler, without authority.

Bergt. Medley stated that each one of the craft was anchored in the cable area with

a granite block about one foot square. The Magistrate find each fendant $10, in default, ten days hard labour.

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The Arst defendant then took

Leung 8ing then gave evidence the stand. She said that she was and said that she had been a well- the wife of Sat. Jessop and oc- ant at No. 230 Wanchai Road since cumed two inner rooms with her April 8 at a rental of $100 per family. She states that she nad month, including board. She deni- the whole tenancy of No. 230, Wan- | ed that first defendant assisted her chat Rand except the square and in running the school, maintaining a small room which had been less-that, at the time of the rald, only ed to secand defennant since. Apru seven persons are gambling the 8, for $100,

others merely looking on.

A DENIAL

A confiscation order was issued by Mr. E Himsworth at Kowloon yesterday in respect of 201 silver Four Chinese were each sen- ingots and 301 ilver dollar pieces Mak So, 49, mistress of a sam- tenced to opé month's hard labour found by revenue officers in the pan, pleaded guilty to having ap "by Mr. T. J. Houston for trespass- ice-box of a Norwegian vessel that proached within 30 yards of a

ing on protected premises at Tal- reached port on June 12 Revenue vessel, when it was flying the Po- She said that, at the time of the koo Docks on June 2. Accused Officer Aherne, applying for the lice nag over the Code pennant raid, Byt Jessup bad just returned were Wong Tai-tin, 27, Chau Pul. confiscation order, said that the at a buoy She was fined $5 and was in the sleeping room pre 24 Kwok Pak-shun, 31, and Li value of the silver was estimated with the alternative of five days paratury to writing She denied Yau, 32.

at about $10,000.

bard labour.

that she had anything to do with

After Mr. Russ had addressed. the Court, Mr. Sheldon Aned, first defendant and the second de-

at $50 fendant

The sum of $104.90 was ordered to be placed in the Foor Box.

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