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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

IMPORTANT CHANGES-IN |

PROCEDURE OF

SUMMARY JURISDICTION

Important changes with regard to the procedare of Summary Jurisdiction, which will take effect as from June 1. were announced by the Puisna, Judge, 'Mr. Justice Cressall, when be addressed mem-, bers of the legal profession at the Summary Court yesterday.

His Lordship said, in part:— Starting from June 1 the follow-

NO MORE "TSE-FA" RACKET

GENERAL

ROUND THE POLICE COURTS

AT CENTRAL

On Apr 2. the HONGKONG DAYLY PRESS, for the second time this year, drew the attention of Government to "one of the biggest rackets which was being, more or less, openly conducted in Hong- GAMBLERS JUMP BAIL

Wong Bang, 12, shop keeper, "and kong and which possessed such strong nancial backing that It Pun Cham, 36. broker, were chartr could afford to sneer at the ridicu-ed before Mr. H.0. Sheldon, KC..! Practitioners will be expected to

lously low fines imposed." || yesterday with keeping a common give as many particulars as are

This obnoxious form of swind-gaming house for the purpose of reasonably possible in their state- ments of clam. Failure to do so. carried on under the gulse of "pal kau" at No. 518, Queen's Road gambling, was at that time grow West, ground floor, on May 29: may result in their being deprived ing so rapidly that not even Chi- while 12 others were accused of of their costs in issuing the witnese temples could elude its ten-gambling. and the defendant being awarded tacles.

GOVT. RICE is changes will take place:-

MONOPOLY

The Board of Directors of the Hongkong Government Rice Mono- poly has decided that as and from the 16th June, 1941, "all wholesale

hold

dealings "in Rice in the Coloný are to be subject to the express per- mission of the Rice Monopoly. Al rice traders wro stocks of rice exceeding 201 piculs in quantity, are called upon to report their holdings as at midnight. on June 15. 1941, within a period ending at noon on June 18, 1941.

warded

the costs thrown away by the ad- jcurnment of the case.

Clerks, businessmen, bus-drivers and conductors, rickshaw coolles In cases in which soliqlors ap-hawkers. Chinese sailors, shop 35 pear for & defendant, a statement sistants. housewives. and

even

of defence must be flied as a mat- schoolboys and girls were among ter of course at least three days the victims of this racket. Lefore the return day.

$3

All defendants failed to appear and balls totalling $136, $50 each from the alleged keepers and each from the rest, were estreated. Table money amounting to $87.70 picked up in the rald was order-.

Poor

Det Sgt. W. Summers prosecut- ed.

J Inquiries made during the lasted to be donated to the In future solicitors' clerks will be tew days revealed that by deter- authorised to serve writs on deten-¡mined action by the Police this dants as is done in the Original swindle has, at last, been "ersdl- Jurisdiction.

cated.

at

STREET COOLIE FINED These reports should disclose the

A 30-year-old street coolie, Tang quantities, qualities and locations of

The present practice of the senior "Tse-fa" has nevertheless, been their holdings, and should be for- solicitors' cases being called first driven under cover and reduced to Man. was fined $10 or three weeks' to the Manager of the will continue subject to the ques- such small proportions that the hard labour by Mr. Sheldon yes- Hongkong Government Rice Mono-op being raised again if and when continued existence of the remain-terday, when he pleaded guilty to ode dozen poly, and. Floor, Exchange Buliding.

the Pulsne Judge considers it ne-ing depots would soon have to a charge of stealing

pairs of cotton socks, valued liquidate on their own accord. ecssary to do so, BURMA RICE

APPEARANCËS

For the prompt and energetlen from the Butterfield and The Board desires to emphasise

Where a partnerstup is sued the manner in which they have tack- Swire Godown at No. the increasing reliance upon Burma procedure in the Code on Civil Fro-led this difficult racket, the Police rught Road West on May 29. for the supply of the domestic rice cedure will be applied as nearly as

deserve the thanks' of the com- requirements of Hongkong, which is

munity," possible. due to the shortage of the last paddy crop in Thailand, and the incertainty of securing normal rice supplies from other sources.

For some months to come the local rice consumer will be offered for consumption in- creasing quantities of Burma rice, to the exclusion of the more preferred grades from Thailand and Indo-China.

SCIENTISTS NOT HELPFUL TO HUMANITY

Scale of costs require revision.

The practice of granting Automa- used for the attachment of the tic adjournments will be discon judginent.debtor's property and the latter part of it commencing with

tinued.

169. Con-

Insp. F.D.B. Tuckett prosecuted.

HEAVY FINES

Fines totalling $5,500 were im- posed on two men and two "women, by Mr: LonTy yesterday for unlaw- fut possession of 45 taels of raw oplum at Gloucester Road, In

As from June 1941, the Court the words "and we further com-front of the Luk Kwok Hotel, on will sit at 9:30 a.m. Afternoon will mand you, etc appearing in the Mar. 29.

be kept free for part heard cases. 21st line on p.204.of the Code will

Defendants were Chan Kam-ging.

woman.

The Chambers list will be taken one struck out unless une judgment 27. Lam Ming-siu, 30, Tang Kwal. Saturdays at 9.30 a.m. Formal creditor obtains an order from the 29, widow, and Chan Lam-szę, 41, proof will be taken in open court Judge authorising the arrest and on Saturdays at 10:30 am and the imprisonment of the Judgment cases will be called in numerical debtor, Application for the arrest order unless otherwise directed by and imprisonment of the fudsmert

he Pulane Judge..

debtor in the Summary Jurisdiction

AT KOWLOON

The present undesirable practice of the Supreme Court under sec- ROBBED MAGISTRATE! of defendants being allowed totion 371 will be made to the Pulsne "1 was under the influence of come to the Puisme Judge's clerk's Judge in Chambers.

drink when I committed the office at all hours of the morning Mr. F. C. Nigel. Acting Secretary offence and there was something The Raffles Institution in Singa- and afternoon and consenting to of the Law Society announced that wrong with my mind," pleaded pore carried" the day "In an inter-judgment will cease.

a meeting of the Committee of the Chung Lo-pan, 19, when he was Society had been called for next charged before Mr. H. C. Mac.

esting debate against the Victoria School, the theme for discussion being that "The Scientist's Atti-

tude towards life is in the best in- terests of humanity."

JUDGMENT DEBTORS

In future form: 30 will only be Tuesday afternoon.

The discation was held at the Indian Watchman Guilty

"Victoria School in Japan Besar and the judges were Messrs. Lim Han Hoe, A. J. Braga and E. M. Tam- poe-Philips.

The proposition was led by the Victoria School, the speakers being A. Graffar bin A. Gani and Kumar Lal, The speakers for the Raffles Institution which took up the op- position were Lim Chan Yong and N. B. Menon..

Of Manslaughter

namara yesterday with stealing a coat, property of Mr. D. J. N. An-"j derson, and two towels from the Kowloon Magistracy on May 14.

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"POLE SQUATTER”. AND A COIN!

Det. Sgt. R. McVey said that! accused was arrested on informa-

A "pole squatter" attracted, a tion. He had a bid record, having

crowd in Bonhamn Stränd East five previous convictions.

Sergeant McVey added that shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday when he scaled a 15-foot lamp post and there seemed to be nothing wrong with accused since he could climb refused to come down.

A Chinese detective took a coin up to the window of the Second out of his pocket, held it up for

the pole-sitter's inspection Accused was remanded for a

Court.

him

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

and

A 22-year-old Indian, watchman, DOST, MOHAMED, charged with the murder of Kwok Man, in Canton, on May 22 last year before the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Criminal Sessions, was found Not Guilty of the capital charge by the jury who, after a re- tirement of 30 minutes returned a 5-2 verdict of guilty of man- slaughter..

Accused was defended by Mr. him to the office but was attacked week for the doctor to examine suggested that it was his the mo-

ment he slid down. The proposer and his supporter W. Lee, instructed by Mr. D. Mc-by the others and knocked down.

The man came down, was hand- maintained that the scientist's at Callum, and Mr. E. H. Williams, The man he had seized ran away titude to life was the correct and Crown Counsel, prosecuted. The and he gave chase.

Ip Hung, 26, charged with robed the coin and sent to the Mental

Hospital. right attitude and that by analysis following jury was empanelled:--

"SAVE LIFE"

bing Chan Lam of a leather at- case, containing Chinese Near the godowns the man he tache and experiments he had made Messrs. J. C. Fonseca (Foreman),

CLAIM DISMISSED valuable discoveries in the field of Leung Hew-fung, Chan Woon-fun, was chasing shouted "save life," medicine, was committed to the

"There is not a tittle of evidence medicine and astronomy, in addi-Young Kee-hung. Tsui Shang-luen, and from all sides Chinese came next Criminal Sessions yesterday

to connect. the arm as a legal en-. tion to numerous inventions. M. A. Prata and Leung Kan-tong. and surrounded him. He took out by Mr. Anderson.

tity with the so-called contract The opposition speakers con The incident was stated to have his revolver and loaded. It. The

FTV CHARGES. tended that scientific inventions occurred at the wharf of Messrs. crowd, carrying bamboo poles, was Cheung Hon-sang, 28, who ap- signed by the broker and this be such as the weapons of modern | Butterfield and Swire at Pak Hin approaching him and by this time peared on remand before Mr. Ing so it follows that the plain- warfare were destructive in their Hok. Honam, Canton, at about 6.10 he was very excited. He fired two Anderson yesterday on charges of tiffs have falled to establish their purpose and were ruthlessly used p.m.

shots in the alr to frighten the loitering at the back or No. 2 Hau daim which is dismissed for the killing. The modern scien Giving evidence, accused stated people and two further shots but, Wong Road, possession of house- costs," said Mr. Justice Cressell at tists, although they had added that about & p.m. on May 22 he as he was bringing down his hand, breaking implements and larceny the Summary Court yesterday in considerably to the material pro-was on duty when five Chinese a pole struck the hand in which of three motor pumps, was ser- damages brought by the Local gress of life by their discoveries came to the gate and while he he was carrying the revolver and tenced to a year's hard labour, and inventions, had not solved was searching the second he felt the Afth shot accidentally went

EXPORT OF PETROL

with

dismissing the claim for $944.38

the ultimate and primary purpose something which he Suspected to off. He saw a man falling down Four junk masters of life which was to lead a felf- be allver. He caught hold of the on a lighter. That man was not fined $500 or three months' hard Apu Street, Kowloon.

mah with the intention of taking the man he was chasing.

gious and spiritual life..

SIGNING CHITS FOR PURCHASES A PERNICIOUS SYSTEM

"In the ight of what has been stated during the hearing of this case. It appears to me that the local custom of trading by means of signing. chits for purchases made is a pernicious system which deserves the strongest condemnation," said Mr. Justice Cressal in giving judg- ment in the Summary Court yesterday in favour of the husband in a case in which 'plaintiffs claimed the sum of $30 for goods supplied to his wife during the month of April, 1940.

His Lordship said, inter alia:-

Commercial. Agency, of China Building, second floor, against the were each Victor Knitting Factory, of No. 12

labour by Mr. Anderson yesterday Asked by his Lordship whether

Plaintifs were represented by for moving petrol outalde of the Mr. M. A. da Silva and defendants his defence now was that the shooting was an accident and not harbour with a view to exporting by Mr. F. E. Nash. in self-defence, accused agreed.

Mr. Williams said that the case

them.

Accused were Wong. Lok, 34, fastening against accused was that he de-Lau Sam, 31, Cheng Tal, and Wong moving ship. liberately and intentionally killed Wah 39. * Kwok Man.

Accused admitted they were transporting the petrol to Bwatow.

their Junks to the

Accused were fined $50 each.

MADE FALSE REPORT THE DEFENCE

After giving $5 to her sweetheart, Regarding the possibility of a Fung So and Wong Hel-hop a woman, Wong Shuri-ching, went verdict of manslaughter, Mr. Lee were summoned for attempting to to the Kowloon City Police Sta- said the defence did not rely on export 2,000 tins of petroj from tion and reported that she had provocation or self-defence. He the Colony without a permit, been held up by two "men submitted that there was no direct They were additionally charged robbed her of the money. evidence that the man who tell on with stealing 2,000 tins of petral, The woman was charged before the lighter was the man accused valued at $19,000, property of Mr. Anderson yesterday with Hung Mah-chi, from funk No. making a false report to the Police, The Chief Justice, in nia sum-T4788H, and with conspiracy to and was cautioned.

ILLEGAL PRINTING

had been chasing.

his own house, has the right to ming-up, asked the jury to put all steal the petrol. It is admitted by the plaintiffs limit the expenditure of his wife, racial questions out of their mind. that the husband is unknown to and if, as in this case. It is eatab-

*

who

The complainant, Hung Mati- For printing tse tam" tickets!

the firm and that he has never shed that he has actually done having no legal right to searching to export petrol.

TI accused, his Lordship said, chi, was summoned for attempt- and possession of a printing press dealt with them. They contend so, he la not liable for any debt in- attempted to search a man and

without a licence, Mok Kau." 22. Mr. C. D'Almada appeared for was aned $150 or three months' however that the wife was entitled curred by her in opposition to his the man ran away and was pur accused, while Mr. Hin-shing I, hard labour and to be expelled to pledge. his credit for the. pur-directions.

sued, and as a result there was a who represented Hung, asked for from the Colony by Mr. Anderson chase of the articles.

scuffle between them in which ac- an adjournment until June 12, yesterday. The printing press was In the case under review m

Four men, armed with two re-cused attempted to apprehend him which was granted. satisfied that any presumption ofvolvers and a dagger, ransacked and accused's revolver accidentally

ordered to be confiscated. authority that may have arisen na rattan ware shop on Wednes- went off and killed the man the

JUNK FOLK FİNED

CHARGE DISMISSED

the the mind of the plaintiff from the day and decamped with $300.

The sinking of a launch and Remarking that this was law was that it was manslaughter, two junks in the fact that the second defendant was

harbour on second occasion that he suspected According to a report made by Asked what he had to say before Wednesday had married to and living with the first Cheung Keng-yu, manager of the sentence was passed on him accus Mr. Anderson yesterday when nine dence, Mr. D. J. N. Anderson- YES- a sequej before the Sergeant of giving untrue evi- defendant has been satisfactorily shop at No. 211, Yee Kok Btreet, ed said he was still innocent and junk mistresses-and two masters terday dismissed Pang Ting-ying rebutted by the testimony of the the four. intruders entered his it was not his intention to kill.

were charged with breach of the mistress of a shop at No. 855, husband, which I accept,

shop about 5.15 p.m. and after

His Lordship passed sentence Immigration Order by approach- Nathan Road, who was summoned "I may

remind the plaintiffs bloding and gagging them, escaped of four years' hard labour.

ing a ship while she was flying for failing to comply with the that a husband, as the master in with the money.

The jury were exempted for one the Immigration flag, and with shop closing order by selling cloth.

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