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Ship Assault Case: Bench Satisfied There Was Considerable Provocation

SUCCESSFUL CLAIM FOR POSSESSION

That he had no idea whether the proper authorities of the Im- A claim for possession of the migration Department had investigated into the allegations by de- ground noor of No, s Po Kwong fendant against complainant or not, was the statement made by MR. Road was brought before the Chier JAMES R. POTE, Assistant Immigration Officer, when cross-examin- Justice, bir Atnoll MacGregor, at

ed by Mr. D. L. Strellett at the hearing yesterday of the case in the Supreme Court yesterday.

which C. J. WALTERS, Chief Officer of ss. Kau Tung. was summon- The plaintiff was Lut Lin-ngation Assistant, in the execution of his duty on board the ship on ed for having unlawfully molested Pau Po-kwan, Junlor Immigra- of No. 14. Nga Tsini Wal Road, Feb. 16 by assaulting him when he attempted to prevent the defen- second noor, who brought a claim dant leaving the ship without a pass. for possession of the premises, which was let at a monthly rental

Defendant was alleged to have was the Chief Engineer of the of $35, against the Luin Shal Tong struck complainant after having ship firm, herbalist Plaintif

been called a "bloody bastard." I walked on and he followed me claimed mesne profits from Jan.

The case was heard before Mr to the middle of the gangway. He 41 and costs of the action. Ten-GT. Lowry at the Central Magis-said: ""Sorry. I don't know.”

tracy. Mr. D. L Strellett" was for I proceeded down again, and just the defence, while the prosecution as I got on to the whart, I heard was conducted by Mr. J. H. B. Lee, him say: "You bloody bastard." Deputy Immigration. Officer.

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ancy of the premises was termin- ated by notice to qule given on Dec. 17, 1910.

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Plaintiff was represented by Mr. F. H. Lnseby while the defendant, Kwang Chung-sul, managing part ner, appeared in person.

Judgment was reserved.

the morning of Feb. 16, our party In evidence, Mr. Poye said: On

I immediately turned around and asked him, what he meant. of the gangway. He retrieved his He was still standing in the middle

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of four, two juniors. my assistant steps up the gangway and I follow- Saigon and I went aboard s.5, Kau Tung. ed him and hit him on the jaw Saigon. On boarding the ship. I posted at the head of the gangway. complainant. at the head of the gangway..

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My duty was to go aboard to complainant before that Incident. examine passports and take de-

DID USE WORDS posits from passengers without valid certificates.

Mr. Lee: I put it to you that those two words, "bloody bastard "Canton were never used by complainant Calcutta and Straits.

HEARD SHOUTING

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Calcutta and Straits. Cross-examined by Mr. Lee, de- canton fendant said that he had not seen United Kingdom and Straits,

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TSE FA LOTTERY Lut Liu-ngan said, in evidence, that she owned the premises at No. 6 Po Kwong Road which she pur- chased in December last. After purchasing the house she went to Inspect the ground floor and зaw,; in the front portion, a herbal shop on the right, while on the left use fa lottery was being put for sale. I was still in the saloon check-He did use those two words" as U. S. A., Honolulu, Japan, and Shanghai

Behind a partition, in the rearing up the receipts, when I heard clear as anything portion, the space was used as an a man shouting in English: "You opium divan with eight beds or called me a bastard.". smokers. She visited the premises a second time, on Dec. 16, and saw the same stale of affairs and the following day instructed her soll. citors to Give defendant notice to quit..

Sensing trouble, I rushed to the saloon door and met Leung Ting nam, another junior immigration assistant. As soon as I reached the doorway, I saw Leung holding the right arm of defendant.

In answer to his Lordship, plain. I tried to enquire from defen- tiff stated she wanted the premises dant what was it all about, but the back to start her own business and only reply from his was: "I don't had told her tenant a month after care who you are." the purchase that she wanted the premises back.

Mr. Lowry: Don't you think that it is "wise to make complaints

Francisco date, 28th February) United-Kingdom and Straits......

to the Immigration Department Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways regarding this incident?

vice"-San Francisco date, 16th March. Defendant: You will never get US.A. and Japan (San Francisco date 7th March). any satisfaction out of complaints Australia and Manila. to the Immigration Department, lava and Manila. especially in this case.

Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct vice" San Francisco date, 20th March, Rabaul and Manila.

After submissions by Mr. Strel- lett. Mr. Lowry said; As long as complainant was standing there as an Immigration officer on duty,

I noticed that complainant's any assault on him in the per- mouth was cut and bleeding. Iformance of his duty in law is an enquired from defendant whether offence."

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advertised to close at or before. 9 am. registered and parcel malla Andrew Lau, former owner of the the lips. He admitted it saying: justification for the assault and I used to close after 5 pm. Registered and Parcel malls are closed it was he who had struck him on I am satisfied that there was no are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day. When mails are "adver- premises, said that he still lived on Yes, I did hit him because he am the first floor of No. 8. Po Kwong called me a bastard."

satisfied that the words, at 5 p.m. Road. He knew that the floor had

"bloody bastard." were used and Mr. Lee: Before defendant told that there was a considerable de- been used as an opium divan for you that he was the Chief Engree of provocation. I shall have several years and the lottery had neer, did you know that he was?-

to consider my decision.

CIVILIAN CLOTHES

been running for the last two No, Sir. years. He had several times, in- formed the Police but no action was taken. He went to Kowloon that would identify him as such? Was defendant wearing anything City police station one day with plaintiff with a letter but were told that the Police had no aa- thority in turning people out.

carried à, bag. -He was in civilian clothes and

Mr. Strellett: If you had been

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in the gangway instead of your Interesting Talk At Chau Sze, servant of plaintin, junior, and he came along and testined that she had often bought told you that, he was Chief Engi- tse fa lottery tickets from defen-neer, would it have been all right? dant,

-Yes, but I would ask him to pro- KNEW ABOUT BUSINESS duce a passport.

great burdens on the German peo- Defendant denied that he ran an

Had Investigations been held byple, but it did something more-it oplum divan or tse fa. lottery. the proper authorities to enquire distorted and falsified their view These were run by his two sub-into the allegations by defendant of history and their judgments of tenants, but admitted that he knew against complainant? I had no other nations," said PROF. H. C. about the business.

idea whether the proper author-BROWNELL in an interesting talk Judgment, with costs, was award-ties had investigated into the on "What Germany Forgot" at the ed to plaintiff, and defendant was

allegations against complainant in meeting of the Y's Men's ordered to give up possession with-

Club held at the St. Francis Hotel in three months.

DEFENDANT TESTIFIES

yesterday.

Straits and Parcels only for United Kingdom. Defendant was next called to Mr. Wong Kwok-fong, Vice-Presl-

The speaker was introduced by Canton the witness box: He said: Examident, who said that Prof. Brownell nation of the ship by the Im-had been Professor of History in

Arst Lingnan University for 30 years.

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L. Karpovich continued in win-migration Department was ning vein in the Colony Open carried out some time in January. Chess Championship when he beat At the beginning, they sometimes perhaps not

Prof. Brownell said that it was strange that, since

G. S. Coxhead last night in a game asked me for a pass and some-the gunpowder burned up and the that lasted 6 hours, and was re- times let me off without being dead were buried, the Germans Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa and Reg. signed on the 78th move.

asked. They changed every morn-forgot the effects of the World Parcels only for United-Kingdom.

In another, game, E, Zimmern. ing, but the procedure was never War itself and regarded the Treaty Bombay. the Victoria Chess Club's only re-changed.

of Versalles. presentative in the Championship On that day I proceeded to 60 stigma and the source of all their

as a continuing Hollo this year, beat K. Weiss.

ashore at 8.55 am, I had a parcel sufferings, and even the outlandish }, The standings to date:-Kar in each hand. On arriving at the inflation of the povich 6 points: Sequeira 4. Egangway, I saw an Immigration effects. Zimmern 3. Coxhead and Weissmcer standing at the head of it. 3, Carvalho

I approached him and passed him,

In the Junior Tournament, A. T. and he did not ask me any ques-: Birlukoff beat A. Kurrik, Un Kwal-tions.. yung beat V V. Kolatchoff, J. Gre- falda beat A, Morton and J. Trusz beat J. H. d'Almeida.

St. John Ambulance Assen. & Brigade

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AFTER EFFECTS Dealing with the after effects of the last war, Prof. Brownell said that by 1918 the people of each nation involved bent their efforts As I walked on for two more to rebuild, to re-employ, and to paces, however, he pulled my arm gather profits once more. and asked in Chinese something "The Germans by 1922 had for- to the effect" Have you papers?" gotten the privations which every I replied to him' in English that I family had suffered during the practical slege of the country dur- ing the last two years of the war. They turned their whole thinking on the two intolerable servitudes, as they painted these for them- selves, of 'war guilt and repara- tlons," he said.

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The following candidates passed the recent First Ald examination conducted by Major H, G. G. Ro-, bertson, RAMC," on March 3, 1941: Ezrael Abraham, Cheung Sik Lung. Lam Kin Kai, Lee Nal Tong, Li Chuen, Yeung Pui Chong.

Dealing with the developments Certificates should be ready in

after the war, the speaker first about two weeks' time and appli-

compared the national expendi- ture of three Powers for 1921-22. cation for same should be made to

"Owners of private cars are re- Then came the fallure to keep up the Secretary at St. John Ambu-minded that they should attend at reparation payments which was Manila Macassar and Bourabaya. lance Headquarters, Tat Hang Rd, the Tramic Department, Central followed by the occupation by the Straits and Rangoon,

Owners

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HEALTH BULLETIN information as the Controller of that Hitler, when asked by a newa- traits and Rangoon,

day, for the purpose of giving such Concluding Pro Brownell said The following is the Return of Land Transport may require un-man after his renewal of the war Calcutta notifiable diseases nolined as hav- der Regulation 73 of the Defence in 1939, whether he felt sure how ing occurred in the Colony during Regulations, 190, in relation to the of undoing the Treaty of Versail- the 24 hours ended at midnight on use of their cars in emergency, Mar. 11:-Cholera, two

Cars of the following makes, and sailles, but the Marne," Though Diphtheria, one case Enteric manufactured later than 1838, are he had a different thought in Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the Beg Fever, four cases; Menales, four affected:-Auctin 8 Austin 10. mind, said the speaker, his words cases; Chicken-Pox,

case; Hillman 10, Standard 8, Standard exactly fit the war that Germany

Ord. Cerebro-Spinal Fever, two cases; 19, Standard 10, Morris 8, Morris 10, forgot

Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow, for the Hongkong Dysentery, eight cases; Tuber Ford .. Ford 10, Sunbeam-Talbot The speaker was thanked by Mr.

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