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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

TALE TOLD OF ALLEGED COLD-BLOODED CRUELTY

THIRTY PEOPLE IMPRISONED IN HOLD: JUNK SET ON FIRE

A BRAWNY CHINESE SEAMAN, LEUNG YAU, went Into the witness-box at Kowloon Court yesterday to relate a story of a. piracy in Chinese waters that has not been matched for cruelty in some months,

It is alleged that 30 persons. 'including women and children, were bound and made to descend into the hold of a junk, after which dried hay soaked in Zerosene was set aftre and the bat- ches nailed down allowing Ettle chance for the trapped persons, to escape.

One of the hatches was, how-and they were joined later by first

ever, forced open after the pirates defendant, bad left, and the majority of the

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"PIRATES ARMEU

GENERAL

POSTAL PROSECUTION: CHINESE ACCOUNTANT FACES EIGHT CHARGES

Charged with obtaining a postal parcel containing a finger ring, belonging to John Wo and Company, of Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.. from the General Post Office, by false pretences,” LI HANG-YIP, alias LI TAN-PING, alias LI YING-CHUNG, accoun tant of the Li Man Bing tailor shop, appeared on, remand be- fore Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy yesterday.

94 Traffic Accidents

Seven further charges alleging forgery, uttering a forged docu- ment and endeavouring to obtain money by virtue of a forged docu... ment, were preferred.

Mr. J. R. Murphy, Assistant Crown Solicitor, appeared for the prosecution, assisted by Det.-Sgt.

FORTY-FIVE PEOPLE.R. Sykes.

Mr. D. C. W. Fitches, Assistant

INJURED

Superintendent of Mails, was pre- sent for the Post Once.

FRIDAY, AUGUST, 2, 1940, -PAGE 5

SUMMER SALE

LENDS TO-MORROW

SPECIAL BARGAINS IN THE LADIES' SALON.

DAY

EVENING DRESSES,

GOWNS AT HALF THE MARKED PRICE, ALSO MANY CLEARANCE BARGAINS.

OIL SILK RAINCOATS $10. OIL SILK UMBRELLAS $6.50

Yon

PATON & BALDWIN'S "TOTEM" WOOL

36 ots. per oz.

intended victims managed to Despite his superiority in num-

their lives. escape with

Many bers, witness. continued. Me decided In the Colony of Hongkong in

Mr. Murphy said that Ylk Yung were badly burnt and 27 received not to give fight is the pirates cluding the Island, Kowloon and

was an important Arm and receiv- treatment at the Haw Far Hospital, were armed and his own

Vessel New Territories during the weeked money from Chinese overseas. Cheung Chau Island'

was not. He did not resist at any ending at 3 am, on Saturday, July Many people sent money back to 27, 1948, there were altogether 94 their relatives through John Wo One man jumped overboard and stage of the piracy. three others succumbed to their After his crew and passengers traffic accidents as the result of and Company who employed a burns. In the course of his state-had been bound up and ordered which 4 persons were killed and 45 man. Lee Che-ying, to distribute ment from the witness-box, Leung into the rear hold, the pirate ves persons wera injured.

the money. made allegations yesterday that sel salted abreast of his own for Of persons killed, two Chinese

EXPERT CALLED" Mr."

Alexander Eugene be heard one of the pirates say about one hour, alter which the males, aged 8 and 40 and a Chinese that all the crew and passengers anchor of his boat was dropped. female, age-39, were knocked down. Kobza-Nagy, expert in hand-writ- should be burnt to death.

Two smaller vessels approached, and killed by buses and a private ing. was the first witness called; MEMBER OF CREW

his boat, and the cargo he carried, car respectively while crossing the Beveral letters had been submitted Witness said he could not iden-consisting of 1,250 tins of kero- carriageway and a Chinese male, to him by the prosecution. He tify any of the alleged pirates sene. about 20 piculs of medicinal age 56, died from injuries received" made photographs of all "the let- other than first defendant, who herbs and 150 pleuls of salt, 10 while attempting to board a moving ters, compared them and came to had been a member of his own baskets of dried shrimp

the conclusion that they were all and 19 bus. crew, he claimed. in league with piculs of salt fish were transferred Of persons injured, 31 were written by the same person, the pirates gang.

to these boats.

pedestrians who were struck by Mr. Pitches, in evidence, said vehicles while crossing the car-that on Apr 27 he was handed a letter which was written by a man, named Mo, in America, to Chen Kuen-kau. There were three let- ters and they were all in the same envelope with genuine cancellation stamps.

His craft, a two-masted Vessel known as the "Leung Pun Kan" and registered in Hongkong as trading junk No. T4080H, set sail from Cheung Chau about 4.30 p.m. On May 6, bound for Kwong Hol in Tol Shan, witness said.

SOAKED WITH KEROSENT

Before leaving.. the pirates set riageway. fire to the junk, having spread A bicycle rider and a rickahs dried hay soaked with kercsene puller were injured as the result, of ....collisions between vehicles: a lorry about the decks.

are 8 passenger was injured when the

40. Ngorry ran off the road.

Defendants in the case Shing, 30, Hui Fuk-sing. Yau, 32, Hu! Sik-man, 27, and Lo FELL FROM VEHICLES Fuk, 29. A man and a woman, Two persons, a bicycle rider and alleged to have participated, were a lorry passenger, were injured on discharged as the prosecution is falling from moving vehicles.

He later checked the application forms for Post Office boxes, and found that the applicant's name for Box No. 1867 was Li Yuen. This box expired on April 30 but

The piracy occurred about 9 p.m. when the junk was approached by a two-masted craft with white salls. This was just off Ling ring Toland. There were six or seven offering no evidence against them, pedestrian was injured by a lorry he did not close it as he had no persons aboard the pirate boat. The case is proceeding.

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which ran into a side channel

Four bus passengers and two tram passengers were injured while alighting from moving buses and

instructions.

PACKET ARRIVES

On May 30 a packet arrived by air mall from America. The

ROUND THE POLICE COURTS moving trams, respectively; and two sender's name was given as John

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two

On July 12 defendant came and was brought into his office. He gave his name as Li Hang-yip and admitted he was the holder of Box 1867. He said Li Yuen was his other name,

bus passengers were injured while wo and Company and was sent to attempting to board moving buses. Box 1867. He gave the packet to DEFENDANT IN HOSPITAL ...

Of 94 accidents, 35 were collisions a clerk with certain instructions. Lee Chan-lam, alias Lee So, between vehicles: 36 were collisions alias Tse Chu-lam, 26, prisoner, between vehicles and pedestrians: MEAN TRİCK

who is charged on counts 23 accidents were due to other Remarking that it was a mean of wounding with intent to mur causes. trick, Mr... Edwards imposed der, and wounding with intent :sentence of two months hard to do grievous bodily harm, Pri- labour on a 17-year-old youth. son officer ES Frinks, at Hong-a British liner, appeared, before Leung Sal yu. who was charged kong Prisons, Stanley, was again mr. Sheldon yesterday on remand with stealing" 3600 in Chinese remanded one week by Mr. Shel-on a charge of assaulting a car Currency and $20 Hongkong don yesterday.

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As witness was suspicions, he' telephoned the Central Police Station. Together with Sgt. Sykes, penter, Li Choy, 23, they said that he went to defendant's house at

No. 42 Village Road.

money from his aunt, Leung Mu. It was stated in Court that they were prepared to pay $50

come

her.

com

his

defendant was in the Prison compensation to complainant. AC- Hospital suffering from mumps.

cused were also ordered to sign Det Insp. WN. Darkin is ap-bonds of $100 each to be of good pearing for the prosecution. behaviour for a year.

12 STOKES OF CANE

When the packet was opened on

July 12 it was found to contain an imitation diamond ring,

Hearing was adjourned to 2.30 p.m. today.

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AIRPORT NEWS

IMPERIAL PLANE

of Ho Gage Street, second floor.

Sgt. J. Headridge, for the prose -cution, sald that defendant was invited by complainant to to Hongkong and live with

It will be recalled that the two The money was kept by

Li Chiu, 17, who was zemand-defendants assaulted complainant plainant in a tin box on July 29 ea for 24 hours on Wednesday in Connaught Road Central On at about 6 p.m. defendant was to see. If he was it for caning. Saturday "evening, as a result of missing from the house, and 80 was sentenced by Mr. Sheldon which Li suffered a fractured nose i was the money,

yesterday to receive 12 strokes of and slight concussion, Defendant was found in

the cane when he was convicted Det.-8gt, P. J. Cullinan pro- uncle's home in Macao and was on the charge of snatching a secuted,

DELAYED brought back by the complain-handbag from Cheung Yip-fung. THEFT OF PETROL

IMPERIAL

Inward AIRWAYS married woman, at Thomson A fine of $100, in default, six ad-Road on Sunday.

was expected to service, which weeks' imprisonment, was imposed

Hongkong "arrive la.

yesterday mitted that he spent $15 for At the previou, hearing de by Mr. Sheldon yesterday on Fung food and had sent $30 back to fendant denied that he was

the Man, 29, licensed motor driver, who afternoon, was delayed and is now his parents.

real snatcher and said he only was convicted on a charge of theft expected to arrive at Kaf Tak this picked up the witch when it was of four gallons of petrol from car

The next inward service is due to arrive in Hongkong on Monday, August 5.

ant. was

Of the amount stolen missing. Defendant

11 VAGRANCY CHARGE

545

terday for being a vagrant in previously, denied. the Colony.

MOTNINE.

A European, William. Frank dropped by the man who did the No. 40 at Kam Hong Street, Quarry. Yeo, 36; unemployed engineer, was snatching. He also admitted he Bay, on July 11." charged before Mr. Edwards yes had one conviction, which" he Defendant, who was defended by

Imperial Airways next outward Mr. C. D'Almada, pleaded not

service is scheduled to leave Kat Det. Sgt. V.M. Morrison repre- guilty.

Tak on Sunday morning, taking Defendant was formerly a sented the Police. second engineer on board a ship

STOLE PAPER

Mr. T. H. Jordan, of the Naval Hongkong mails to Durban from which left the harbour on July Man Chung, 18, unemployed, Dockyard, said he issued petrol and where they will be taken by sea 17 and he is

oll to cars hired by the Naval auto the United Kingdom.

CLIEPER SERVICE thorities. On July 9 defendant ployment.

arrived at the Dockyard and took

rested at the Luk

on July 31,

Yeo

for further inquiries.

Sgt.

Kwok

Feadridge

for the prosecution.

appear

SNATCHEES SENTENCED

Bst. Rockson prosecuted,

4

months

CHARGES WITHDRAWN.

Sgt. T. McInnis prosecuted.

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now without em was sentenced to four Defendant was ar-¡ imprisonment with hard labour

Pan American Airways American Hotel by Mr. K.MA Brnett yesterday out 10 gallons of petrol and on Clipper is now on its Brst night

when he appeared on a charge

July 11 drew five gallons,

to Hongkong." The 42-ton flying- Was committed to the of stealing one ream of paper

When the naval authorities hir-boat is scheduled to reach Hong- House of Detention for a

week from the Kwong Ah Manufaced the car they were told that it kong on Tuesday next, August 6, turing Company, 161 King's Road.could go 14 miles to the gallon with US. malls dated Ban Fran- Defendant was cautioned by When the car returned on July 12 cisco, July 30, and will take off on ME. Sheldon when he was charged he checked the speedometre and her return fight is Manila on with the same cœlence.

found that the car had travelled the morning of August 7./ TWO unemployed youths L1

152 miles.

"The American Clipper will be Kau, 19, and, Leung Wing-kwong,

Defendant said that he drove followed, `on August 13, by the 17, appeared before Mr H G

Charges against Mak Cheung-the car to Quarry Bay to lock for Philippine Clipper.. Sheldon yesterday on charges of hing, 27, unemployed salesman, of a friend. When he came back to Tareens of a leather handbag, embezzlement of sums of money the car he saw a policeman there containing $15 and five reys, and from Thom Groceteria, Des Voeux and another man who ran away. receiving stolen property, respec-Rdad Central were withdrawn as He saw the drum of petrol by the tively.

it being held by the Court that side of the car. He did not know Det.-Sgt. V.M. Morrison, prose- as defendant committed the who the other man, was. cuting. sald complainant Lam alleged offence in Macao and was 'Chan, 38;. married, woman, was arrested there did not come walking along Fleming Road on under the jurisdiction of Hong- Wednesday, when first defendantį kong. came from behind and knocked the handbag from her hand,

AT KOWLOON

A. CORRECTION

It was inadvertently stated i our issue of yesterday that the defendant in a Police Court case, named Yeung Wal-king. against whom certain allegations of assault were made by a woman, was an

·NURSE VICTIMISED employee of the Asta Life In- Mak was

charged with five Charged with larceny of a hand-surance Co. The defendant was counts of embezzling $343.85. He bag from Miss La Po-luen, a nurse never at any time employed by was sent to. Macan to collect the of Kowloon Hospital, in Market this company, and the error 18. re- money but spent it.

Street on Wednesday, a Chinese gretted.

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Two witnessee, who saw what "happened, gave chasó andar Tested the defendants, Second Mr. J. Reynolds, Crown Counsel, named Tam Chung, 20, -received defendant was arrested in a coal-appeared for the prosecution, sentence of three months: hará yard in Jane Road.

assisted by Det Sub-Insp;

C.labour when he appeared at Kow- Barracks, Wong Yuen, N1, unem

toon Court yesterday before Mr. ployed, was fined $5, in default The case was befoze__Mr. E4- E. Himsworth. He will be recom- two weeks hard labour, Defen- mended siso for expulsion, "dant was arrested by Driver Baray DARRESTED, BY SOLDIES - Khan of the Mule Corpe in the Charged with, trespassing, on] barrácks" "Toum and handed-over

property at Whitfield to the police.

First defendant, who had a Byron previous conviction for the same offence was sentenced to six wards. months imprisonment and second defendant was remanded 24 hours in Police custody

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