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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

Abusing the Kindness of a- Clansman.

The January O-iminal Sessions opened today In the first Court before the Chiei Justice, Sir William Ree: Davies, San Chu- kan, pleaded guilty to stealing. numerous articles of jewellery, five promissory notes auf money to the total value of $205,

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He was arrested and his state ment at the Police Station referred to another prisoner. He would ask the jury, as they could not avoid hearing the statement which referred to the cecond prisoner, to disregard entirely anything enid by the first prisoner against the second prisoner, be- cause, subject to what his Lord- ship might esy, it was not ad- missable evidence against him. When they considered the care of

a band without Court Cards. (2.)|the second prisoner they had to

The Attorney General ia Hagenbeck's Wonder 200 now on slating the case said that the at Olympin. case was not serious in some ways although

it way one

in which a man's base ingratitude i was exemplified. Apparently the' accused man was a relat ve of the man from whom he stole the articles. The complainant had a pawnshop and reused was in the habit of taking his evening meat there. One night accused was givon permission to leep at the house, as he intended to go away by steamor early in the morning. Early That mora ng the complainant returned to his shop, found that the accused had goue, the safe open, and the

artiolea extractsd. Eventually the police found must of the ariinien

Prisoner: I was not.

do the same as wae the case with the first prisoner in the way of scensation.

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The Chief JusticeAt any From that statement he was rate you were there 'terpting either guilty of snatching the Models of Cleanliness and, in these particulars, are probably

to commit a robbery. The sen- toned of the Court is that you be imprisoned with Lard fubuer for thres years and receive ten strokes with the ent

SECOND COURT.

purse from the bag or

in was guilty of receiving. Before unsurpassed in the World. the Police Magistrate, he made a further statement which was to the effect that he came down to pay the second "man a visit; the second man anatehed it and gave him the money.

The cond de- fendant was arrested afterwards.

The case

ugainst the Bime- different and not so

orconil what

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at the acoused'e house, and when The Snatching Case at Kowloon, clear. At the spot where the bag!

that

charged, he madlo no denial The

was found, another foki of Mesora. money had not been recovered!

Before Mr. Justice Gompertz,

Holt'e godown stuff found a key The Chief Justice said it was very regrettable to sen a man of this morning, Chan Shing and be recond prisoner. After the setting in Uriminal jurisdiction, and a whistle which belonged to accused's apparent respectability Chan Pak, were charged with arrest of the fat prisoner, whilet standing in the deck charged assaulting Miss, M.E. Britto at hewas in the watchman's quarters, with that offence. He had abused the kindness of his clansman who Kowloon, putting her in fear and the second prisoner came along. had allowed him to sleep at his robbing her of a handbag and it was not quite clear from the house. He was prepared to re-

contents to the value of $20. depositions whether he waszen cognise the fact that accused had

Mr. J.!. Kemp, Crown Solici-there or whether he came up as readily assisted the police in tor, prosecuted, prisoners being the thing recurred, but the recovery of the goods, and oudofonded:

would be cleared up in the evid- The Crown Solicitor asked his ence takon. He however admitted Lordship's permission to amend Ownership of the key and whistle. The evidence against the second prisoner was not much more clear than that against the first. There was some slight evidence and he thought the man ought to be idioted and was there mentioned to consider the 0-89 Carefully. in the case.

lio asked the jury.

also that

the

larceny

WAB

a

a simple one. There was 10 the indictment by adding violence or anything of that kind: Ele would pass what he considered second count of receiving, the lenient sentence of twelve The charge was thus on ended, As the jurors were being called Mr. J. W. Taylor raid: So far haven't been able to distinguish that reason i don't think i will a word said in this Court and for

be of much value.

months hard labour and hoped that that would be a Jesson to the acensed when he came oat" of. prison not to do such a thing #gain.

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His Lordship—Are you deaf ? | Mr. Taylor-Slightly in the 'left our.

His Lordship-Can you hear what Leny now?—Yea.

1 think sitting at the back of the Court you would not hear so very well.

The juror was then worn.

Tis Lordship-You heard what was said?-Mont of it

The Way to Punish Scoundrels, In the First Lourt, Chun Luk was charged with robbery with violence, Eafore the Chief Justice (Sir. Willaim Rena, Davios), and ho pleaded guilty, the ictim of of the attuck being a wealthy Chinese lady of advanced years Most of it! Could you under- Prisoner in pleading guilty stand it all sub taatially ?--Well, said "I went there for that par know it (the outh) already. PORE

The Attorney General in stating the particulars of the case said that the prisoner had attempted

rob and

"to

had

Miss Britto and several other witnesses gave evidence bearing out counsel's opening statement.

The jury after a few seconds deliberation found the first pri soner guilty of stealing, and the second prisoner not guilty.

His Lordship, thereupon die charged the second prisoner and sentenced the firat prisoner to three years with hard labour and twelve strokes of the birch.

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In the Second Court, Chan Can you understand what 1 Ting was charged with having in bave said now ?—Yes.

his custody on December 17 a Without difficulty ?—Yes. certain bill of exchange parport- I think you had retter go on.ing to be for $1,000, to le drawu M D B. Clark, Mist G. B. Clark, Loo or remaining on board after 4 p.m. Cargo impeding the discharge The jury was sworn as follows: from the International Banking Wai-thuen, Mr and Mrs HP Wilkinson, the 19th inst., will be landed nssaulted an elderly who possessed, apparently, con(foreman). Hendrik Corneias van Vancouver, and that he did, forge Mr and Mrs Steverson, Mrs Ford, Mis F

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Hongkong, 17th Jan., 1914. [1143 door of the place was opened s00-patching a bag containing by an man end the woman then money and other things from a ing the case said that there were came in with the note. Follow young lady in Kowloon, or charg threo counts against the prisoner. ing closely behind her heels were ed alternatively with the effence of Be was charged with forging two or three nien of whom the receiving a bag and other proper an endorsement on the back accused was one, being identified by. On January 4, about 7.30 of the hill of exchange; he was by three of the women living in p.m. Mies Britto was walking charged with uttering and put the house. The men ran into along Nathan Rd, Kowloon ting off that endorsement so that the house according to the latters going towards the ferry, and when of the right and proper person; account, with knives. One wo-whe got to the corner of Nathan and he was also charged with man said that the accured carried Road and Salisbury Road, attempting to obtain by falee a knife, which he denied. Ao- Chinese came up behind her. pretences the amount on the cording to the story, the accused seized bar by the arm, snatched order representing himself to he pushed the old woman into a away a bag that she was carrying the person whose name cubicle and as she persisted in and pushed her down to the mentioned on that order. shouting "robbers" and "thic ground and ran away. In the The case was proceeding as we

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ves", the accused hit her on the bag were a pares, postage stampe, went to prees. bead with something hard. Alan engagement book, handker- constable in his evidence said that chiefs a ticket and some money-- he found the woman being held $4 80. The next piece of evidence up by the other women and that was that the watchman at Meeers she was blending. He added that Holt's godowas,, about eight| while all this was going on the o'clock on the same evening, saw son was blowing a police whistle the first prisoner climbing over and a policeman and other people the wall from the road into By the B.u. Zafiro there arrived arrived on the scene previous to the yard of the godown. The in Hongkong 10-day Ex-Governor which the men ran away, none watobman ran up to him and the Adams of Colorado, and Mr. having at the time taken any-first prisoner threw a leather Thomas G. Stallemith, Chief of thing. It was only fair to say bag the ground. The watchman the Department of Agriculture that the constable said that be picked up the bag and took the at the the forthcoming Punami- had searched the premises and first prisoner to the watchmen's Pacifo International Exposition. failed to find any weapons, quarters. Afterwards the wat-They have on delegated by The lady stated that she found chman sent back a foki and the President Wilson to visit Austral- a knife behind the door on the foki picked up in the same place, in, New Zealand, the Straits following day.

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W. CHATHAM, other men and recording over the wall and was seen to was al ons of the official party, to the servants you were armed throw away the bag which was but be lois Len detained in Mani! Public Works Office, with a kaile,

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