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THE HONGKONG” TELEGRAFH:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1921.

W. S. BAILEY. MURDER CHARGE AT

THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE & CO., LTD.,

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND

PASSENGER SERVICES.

LONDON

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London. Amsterdam & Antwerp London, Amsterdam & Antwerp London, Rotterdam & Hamburg London, Amsterdam & Antwerp London, Amsterdam & Antwerp

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CONSIGNEES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LTD.

AND

'CHINA MUTUAL STEAM

NAVIGATION UU. LID.

Lousigutes per Company's

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From NEW YORK. are hereby notified that the Cargu will be a1SCORIKEU Wharf, Kowloou, where it will at Lousignees' risk and subject to terms and cununions of storage as must's what. The Cargo wil be ready for delivery from Go- down on and after 9 September. Uptional sugu will be landed, unless notice Las been given prior. to seamer's arrival.

AGENTS.

CONSIGNEES. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

USAKA SHOSEN KAISHA. ·

ENGINEERS & SHIP- BUILDERS, HOK UN KOWLOON.

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Tel K.21

K.633 K369.

WEI-HAL-WEL.

Investigation into a Woman's

Death....

It speaks well for the people of this Territory that trials before H. M. High Court are compara- tively ruro Decurrences Your readers may recall the correspond. ence in your columns somo years; aga nn the procedure followed in criminal trials at Weihaiwek wrises the correspondeat there of [the North China Perily News, the particular instance being lav con demnation to capital punishment of three people-one a mother: with an infant A few weeks old when accused were not provided with legal defence and two Chinese assessors were substituted for a Harbour Engineers,, R.601 & jury. That correspondence seen

to have had one good result, for no one has since been triet a: Weihaiwei for a criminal offence without legal defence. Latterly. too, there has been a tendency to revert to the peculiarly British institution, trial by jury, jurors being suroued both on the present occasion and the previous trial a few months ago before Judge Wilkinson. In so small a community it might be diffut to collect a suivie tomber of men to act as jurors at is satisfactory to nole tuat several lemption have waived their right residents who could claim ex-

pru bone publico.

K.622

Telegrams "SEYBOURNE.”

CONSIGNEES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO.

The Steamship

"BESSIE DOLLAR" having arrived from New York vja Vancouver, B.C. and parts on September 9th, consignees are hereby notified that their car- go is being landed at their risk in- to the hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd, and stored at consignees risk.

DEATH BY STRANGULATION.

SHIPBUILDERS. SHIP REPARERS. -BOILER MAKERS. FORGE MASTERS.

OXY-ACETYLENE AND ELECTRIC WELDERS.

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL

OF HONGKONG, LIMITED

TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

ENGINEERS.

·DRY DOCK-

LENGTH 787 FEET. LENGTH ON BLOCKS 750 FEET

DEPTH ON CENTRE OF

SILL INWOS.T) 34 FT. 6 INS. -THREE SLIPWAYS-

CAPABLE OF HANDLING SHIPS UP,

TO 3000 TONS DISPLACEMENT.

ELECTRIC CRANE AT SEA WALL CAPABLE OF LIFTING 100 TONS AT 70 FEET RADIUS

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, AGENTS. HONGKONG. CHINA & JAPAN.

TEL. Abokrus (--" TAIDODOCK · HOAGIONE

TELEPHONE MIX 20

CELL FLAGI TUT OVER "ANS. PENNAN!~

which he succeeded in doing: that in their playful struggle the ends of the cord ga: entangled in their hands and might hava tight- Grain. Yu Hurg-po stood ar- accident: that thinking she had On July 18, before Justice, ened round the woman's neck by raigned on the charge that at one to sleep he left her: that on Port Edward on the night of Joly leaving the house he met two All broken, chafed and damaged Lin shit a woman of the "ap

12-13, he did murder one, Lumen approaching it. cargo is to be left in the Godowas fortunate" class with apparently brief and concise terms mareball- until Thursday, September 13th, considerable clientele.

Mr. Mossop for the Crown in when they will be examined Mossop represented

Mr.ed the facts, pointing to the pri Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke and accused was defended by there could be little doubs in the the Crown soner's guilt. He was assured

st10.30 a..

Claims will not be accepled un- less cargo is so examined by said Surveyors, prior to the above From YOKOHAMA via KOBE-date. All claims must be pre- DAIRES & SHANGHAI. sented within a month of the The Company's Steamship

3tomer's arrival here, afterwhich Medical witnesses were called ALASKA MAKU"

they will not be recognized. No to claims will be admitted after the duc arrived from the above goods have left the Godowos. AY Lug yuila Cousiguves of cargo are

All goods remaining after Sept. 19:b, 1921 will be subject

uereby notined that their goods are being laudru and placed to rent. sad sign the tougsong and AuwiQua Whart Company's Lwdowns at Kowloon, where delivery can be obtained as

No fire insurance whatever will Lodowbe effected.

soon as the guous are landed.

Goods not cleared by the 15th Sep, 1921 will be subject to rent.

Dallaged packages must Del=11

send in their bills of lading for Consignees are requested to

countersignature.

THE ROBERT DOLLAR

Agents.

GIRTON FOUNDER DEAD.

Ju lue vanwas for examination Hongkong, 9th September, 1921. by the Consignees' representative Au broken, chafed, and damag-and the Company's purveyors. ed goods are to be left in the Messrs. Goddard and Douglas, &

10 Km. On Wednesday anu Setur- where they will be Gotowns.

06). examined on any Tuesdays and

All claims must be presoNT- within Ten days of Fridays between the hours of

date they cannot be recognized. steamer's arrival here, after which

No clan will be admitted atter the goods have left the odiwas. No fire insurance whatever will be affected.

10.45 km. and noon within the free storage period.

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Mr. Lipson Ward. The following minds of the jury that Lu Lio- Messrs. C. R Burnett, S. W. hands of Yu Hang po, and while were empanelled as the jury-shih had met her death at the; Robarts. E. Leggatt, Y. C. Lee the latter was entitled to benefit and H. L. Beer (foreman).

from any real doubt there nught be in their minds, still, if they that death was came to the conclusion on the strangulation, the plain facts put before them-that instrument used being the core accused place the cord round his commonly Word by natives victim's neck with the intention round the waist to support the of killing her, it was their plain, clothing. In cross-exantination duty in the interests of justice- counsel for the defence made a however painful it might betɔ persistent, if unavailing, effort to bring in a verdietel murder, Dr. Mus, to offer a deliueable and moving appeal to the induce thenior Medical Officer,

Mr. Lipson Ward delivered an opinion on the sanity, or other- CO.,dicted to sadism.

wise, of a man who might be ad-

jury op bhali of his client, strongly cortimenting un the Ameence of bruses on the dead Other witnesses were called tooly and of similar marks or trace the wovements of accused scratches. on the night of the crime and the accura: thut people steeping a the person of day preceding it, their testimony few feet away in the same build- tending to show that accused ing were not disturbed by sounds visited the deceased on that night of a struggle: all indicated that į and that he was under the the crime was not committed by

for the Crown ad influence of drink.

one man, the man now being At the conclusion of the case

tried for his lif, but by sub- argument arose over the admis-room, certainly two, if not three, interesting sequent visitors to the woman's sibility as evidence of certain in number. Counsel farther} the lower court, statements made by prisoner in urged that it was clear from the? maintaining that he had not been have been influenced by jealousy, bis counsel evidence that accused could not properly cautioned against self-por by a

desire for robbery. not incrimination. It wa+ until Miss Davies was over 30 however, that in the preliminary absence of motive.

in fact, an entire that she took up the question of investigation by the Senior Dis the higher education of women, trict Officer. Mr. Jowett, accused

minutes the Jury brought in a WHEN A MAN'S FORTY, YEABS FOR and became hon. secretary of the had been cantioned in usuway.

verdict of "manslaughter.” committee for obtaining adrais | His Lorising finally ruled that

MANSLAUGHTER.

If he bad not previously worn The following morning Mr. Jas-glasses, he should lose no time in sion for wo:DER to University the voluntary and duly attested up by the learned Judge the jury to four years" penal servitude, and If he had worn them, he should Following the usual summing tice Crain sentenced Yu Hung-po having his sight properly tested. examinatiocs.

statement by accused should be retired to consider their verdict took the opportunity to congrat- make quite sure by a scientific She was of the band of women put in as evidence, but that the but reappeared in Court as the fulate counsel for the Crown and test that his glasses do not want who did much pioneer work for directquestions put to him and his result of a written question sent for the prisoner on their able pre-altering. 1bis is important. Up woman suffrage, and in 1866 was replies therete must be omitted. by them to bis Lordship. Mr.sentation of their case, adding to the age of forth the muscles among those who presented a now under contemplation a plausuffrage to John Stuart Mill, by

monster petition for household THE ACCUSED'S STORY.

Justice Grain instrusted them that, in his opinion, Mr. Lipson of the eyes will sometimes make to hold an extraordinary joins whom it was laid before the lower court Ya Hung-po admitted if they found that accused was English Bar.

that in British law drunkenness Ward's defence was in keeping up for defect by straining. After In his statement before the was no excuse for crime: that with the best traditions of the forty, the elasticity of these mus- view to discussing toe subjects House of Commons. No. 3

For some years a member of night with the deceased: that the woman's death and was created considerable local interest kong Optical Co. Successors to

that he had spent part of the unintentionally responsible for

cles gradually lessens until they the London School Board, also a before leaving they both had in-guity of aegligence in leaving and which has, no doubt, furnish Clark & Co. Refracting and So bad ended a case that has become quite tact. The Hong- College, London, Miss Davies had horsepley, the woman endeavour admittedly had left her, it would the local native population on ed in 53, Queen's Road Central goveroor of Loiversity dulged in a certain amount of her in the condition in which he fed an important object-lesson to Manufacturing Opticians, locat been honoured by iasgow Univer- ing to place the fatal cord round amount to manslaughter. After British methods and procedure in bave the equipment to test your sity with the degree LL.D. bis neck, and he round ber's la further retirement of a few the administration of Justice. sight accurately.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 15: September, will be subject to real

Consignees are requested to send in the sins of Lading for Countersignature immediately.

USAKA SHUSES KAISHA.

Y. 1A5UVA.

All Claims against the Steamer must be preschied to the under- signed on or before the 29th Seph. or they will not be recognised.

Manager. Fire Insurance will be ringkong, 9th September 1921. No effected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents, Hongkong, 8th September, 1921.

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION No. 1 THERAPION No.. 2 THERAPION

No. 1 for Bladder Estarrb. No. 2 for £inert & Main Pacemats. No. Stor Chiruns Weatzensen, Bold by Landiagťbemista, Price in Lagi 3. U. Leiers Med. Co, Haverstock Kost. NOW 5 Louden. The Trale kak word "Iderspion ie op the Gǝrs, stamp shred so takime prok4:2,

BANKERS AND THE Pacific COSFERENCE.

Tientsin, zend August.-Ac- cording to the Chinese press, Le Baukers' ASSOCIATION nere bras

conference

in entsin with a

to be submitted by China to

Pachic Couteronce, and has al

ready issued a circular tele to Dancers' associations of local

provinces.

Passes Away at Ninety-two.

of the founders of Girton College, Miss Sarah Emily Davies, one Cambridge, died at her home in Belsize Park, London, in her 92nd year.

She was the daughter of the Rev. Dr. J. Davies, afterwards rector of Gateshead, and was educated at home. it was

life

shown,

There was,

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