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BOXING.

Seamon Stevens Defeated by Seamen Powell:

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Curious Story Told in Court to-day..

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ad a silver smith. He worked there a little over five years.

Mr. Shenton-At this stage: with Mr. King's permission, I will put in a document from the other, At the Police Court, this morn-case. I will show that the lettor ing, before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, and reply are in the same hand- wo Chinese were charged with writing, and have thres sxperts offences against the Boycott here to prove it.

Ordinance.

The atmosphere of the Theatre It has rarely been charged with excitement such as prevail ed on Saturday night, when Mr. Nobby Hall brought off an other surressful boxing tour-

Mr. Shenton, Messrs. Deacon, nament. There was a good at Looker, Deacon and Harston, do tendance and there were inoments fended the man Leung Kwai, when a pin could have been who was charged with having pa- board drop, so gripped was the pere in his possession calculated to audience by the bouts. Occas induce persons not to deal with ionally it was the reverse and the longkong Electric Tramway Co. cheering rang loudly throught the Ltd., contrary to. Ordinance 11 theatre. Determined combatants of 1912; also with being u faced each other with a fierceness possession of papers calculated

Witnesses. examining the reply and the letter, maid they were in the same handwriting.

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The previous witness could not give any explanation why an answer to a letter, should be in the same writing as the letter ex- cept that Young King Tai, who, was an editor, wrote them both. He did not see him write the re- ply but he saw him write the went to the Tung Tak Hing board- ing house to sit down. While there he beard about boycotting business." He saw the first letter written there. He would not take it to Canton be- cause he knew it was unlawful. He gave this man in charge, in- stead of Yeung King Tai, because there was no constable, about the place. He did not know he would get $1,000 for that case and only $100 for this. He knew it was unlawful. He did not want to exposa himself. He did not throw down the wallet himself, wait until the defendant picked it up, and then tell the police. There was the sum of $50 offered him to take the letter to Canton, but he refused, though out of work.

Mr. Shenton said the whole

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from straight boxing. The with the administration of the fact that two contests wore law, viz: to unlawfully import into in the actual time the Colony daggers; and with at- decided of eight minutes, excluding tempting to incite persons, un- tho proparatory intervals, is a known not to use the Hongkong manifestation that there was no Electric Tramway Co's. trama; mulling as far as they were oon- cerned. Then ns Scott and Bates punched each other practically standing too to too, the "oh" The case against Leung Kwai of the gloves as they landed on was gone into at length fret. to the shining bodios of the Carrying the Letter, muscular sollier and vilor, Mr. King, Assistant Superiaten- brought the more roadily imdent of Police) said that Friday pressed members of the Audience night, the 17th ult, about nine out of their soals. Noither man p.m, police sergeant 5, arrested could box much, but fight both Leung Kyai in consequence of could, and with truo sporting information he received whilst spirit the best man win they he was on duty in Queen's Rond hammered each other until the Central. On the person of the referee stopped the fight in favour defendant was found a letter of Scott, stated in the "Tole inciting: people to boycott the graph" that an exhibition of Tramway Co. The defendant was fierce punching in tant bout was going up, Aberdeen Street, and, asruro, and that in the Humley when he was arrested, he was Wilkinson contest speed would carrying the letter in his hand. be associated with every round, The evidenco was to the effect in fact every movement, that as he was being arrested the lads made. These prognos-Lo threw the wallet containing tications wore proved true by the papers into the stroot and timo, a neuter exhibition of box- the police officer took it up. He p.m. Bail in $100 each was al-The Fret of The Fanive, by Charles G. D. Roberts, $1,76. ing seldom falling to the lot of (Mr. King), would call a witness lowed. the Tiongkong fans to see. The to prove who wrote the letter, fight was not so fast as the Bux- and when it was written. The Smith encounter but it was pre-case, be thought, depended upon thier and cloner. Then came the credence in Worship would the saprise of the evening, the give to that witness. He would the defeat of the sailor's idol-call: Mr. Lindsell to prove the Stevens; the iconoclast being a translatione. fellow seaman, but of H.M.S. Monmonth, Powell. It was my expressed belief that the ring tricks Stevens mado so muchi capi-

Mr. Lindsell said. be bad tal of when he made rings round initialled thom. Cpl. Scott would not operate so Mr. King said ho would with favourably when he met a man of draw the charge referring to the his own class and a student of importation of arms and proceed style; though in offering criticism with the oibor two. it must not be forgotten that

His Worship said that was not repastry, so long as they wore acknowledged..

mosey. This was very sorious for the Government as they had been made a laughing stonk of. These men wore simply faking evidence to get the roward.

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Threw Away the, Wallet. Stevens fought at the trementions Police Sorgoant 5 mid he was and fatal disadvantage in avoir on duty in Queen's Road Central dupois of sixteon pounds Thore ear. Aberdeen Street at the is no doubt that if ever Powell time and date mentioned. Tu gets himself down to Stevens' consequence of information, he weight the latter will not only went after the defendant and win but win well. Anyhow, for arrosted him. Defendant was the time being wo must keep to hurrying. After he arrested him whtlus control. Powell im defendant throw away the wallet, written judgemant, which was PARTICULARS AND CONDI pressed the spectators in the first produced. The four papers, pro-read by the Chief Justice, held TIONS of the latting by Public Auc- minute by his calm and careful diced, were in the wallet. He that the appeal minst fail and tion Safe, to be held on Monday, the deliberation. Ho made no fuss took the defendant to the Central that the proper remedy was 10th day of February, 1913, at p.m., and played Stevens at his own Station for enquiries,

that the proper parties should the Offices of the Public Works game. Like a rocket from the Mr. Shenton:In this case have brought an action for redemp-Department, by Order Deck of a bottle «Sinvens' left it is important that a derrin tiou against all the executiore dellency the Guvernor, of Two Lo's of Crown Land Dear Ship Street and would shoot out, but the hig do went here should be trans Whether the plaintiff, as seemed below Kennedy Road, in the Colony having arrived, Consignees of cargo are round head of Powell would drop lated. I think Mr King and I are most likely from the correspond of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, hereby informed that their Goods, with before it connected. I was not agreed it is a certificate of ence, was conniving in the action commencing from 18th September, 1890 the exception of Opiam, Treasure and for some considerable time that chracter.

of the thres trusteos in the matter, and 1th February, 1913 respectively Valuables, are being landed and stored or whether she was simply mis- with the option of renewal at Crown at their risk into the hazardous and/o taken in the position, he did not Bents to be fixed by the Surveyor extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong- seek to detormine. If the latter of His Majesty the King, for one far kong and Kowloon Whar! and Godown were the case, he was sorry for ther term of 75 years.

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Stevens could measure up his Mr King-Not of this mam, man, but eventually he found you Worship, that Powell was careless in Mr Sheaton: No, auother the lower guard and no sooner man. had he realised this weakness His Worship:-You can put than, crash, the right went to the the question to him" Was not this body and Towell grunted from document also found in the Wal-

The two other judges'conour- its consequenoon, li wan ono often?"

ring, the appeal was dismissed those rights that Scott will for a Mr Shenton-It is in the Ger- with coste, stay of excation being long time remember and one that man language, your Worship. It granted, on the application of Mr. will not be effuced from Powell's a certifinite in German of an-Slade, until time had been allow- memory for some time to come other man; admittedly not this ed to apply to leave for appeal. The men sparred on, but the min. Rounding of the gong was wel- Chan Ping sail he gave the in- comed by Powell and he came to formation. A man named Yeung bis corner almost a broken man. King Tai wrote the latter on Jan. It was a great lesson and one 13 in a boarding house in Lower which Powell will long remember. Lascar Row. Ha asked witness When the boys come up again to take the letter to Canton but. Powell fought cautionsly, and witness refused. Yueng King Tai Stevens did not press matters called at witnesses's house and This was where Stevens made a neked him to take the same letter great mistako, There were still to Canton,

souie ten rounds to go and Stevena By Mr. Shonton:-He had not reckoned there was ample seen the reward poster. He never time, but this was

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