1923-08-27 — Page 7

MURDER CASE.

A Wanchai Affair.

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CRIMINAL SESSIONS:

Illegal Arms Possession.

Sentence of four years' impri-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

"SPOTTING":"

A TYPHOON.

At the Criminal Sessions at the Supreme Court this morning, be sonment was passed by the Chief A correspondent sonds us a fore the Puiene Judge, Mr. H.J.J. Justice on a Chinese found guilty skateb, with explanatione, of a Gompertz, a Chinese waacharged of illegal possession of arme, at system by which the direction of with the murder of Lat Fung, the Crimtual Sessions, this morn-a typhoon can very easily alias Lai Fung sang, on the 15thing.

be determined. With Hongkong June, st MacGgregor Street, Prisoner was arrested by afas the chief point on the ohart, Wanchai

Obinese constable and a police the main idea is to calculate Accused, who pleaded not boatman near Tai O village be- whether the Colony is going to guilty, was defended by Mr. N. I tweeo nine and ten o'clock ou suffer the full force of the blow, a Brewer, Instructed by Mr. J. M. the night of July 6th. He was slight baokwash, or nothing at all, Hall The Attorney-General, Hop, carrying bag, in which was In brief, the idea of the system is Mr. J. H. Kemp. represented the found two revolvers, an ammun- to have a circular card like a Crown.

ition belt and an electric torch compass card, which is pinned The following jury was em date. One of the revolvers, through the centre on the point; panelled Moears. WJ. Edwards which had six chambers, was where a typhoon is notified. The (foreman), F. Muror, G. M. O'Con-loaded in five chambers. The inner circle of the card gives the ner, M. A. Gomes, T. M. Poreira, other weapon, which was found main points of the compass, and H. G. Ogder, and Shi Yu-mao.

to be unserviceable, was fully the outer cirole their oppositos. In opening the case the Attor loaded. There were sine rounds The card is adjusted with the nay General said that decessed lie the belt, three in the torch North on the outer cicle pointing carried on a rattan business at No. case and two loose rounds in the north. The radius chewing the 14 MacGregor Street, Wanchai. bag.

notified direction of the typhoon

CORRESPONDENCE.

The prionser ved at No. 9 in the Typhoon Night Capture. is then extended with a ruler or.a same street. At about 8 o'clock Another man

was charged thread, and one can judge the In the evening of the day in ques-with illegal possession of a dagger. | approxims's nearness of the pass tion the deceased's wife, with two On the night of July 21st, Ser. ago, of the wind to Hongkong. brother, (one a boy about 17 geant Taylor, who was on patrol The inner sirole gives the direc years of age) were sitting our in the Shaukiwan Road, saw tion from which the wind will eide their shop when they saw acoused pass his hand behind him blow. It is all very simple- deceased come along MacGregor and then saw something fiying provided the typboon carries on Street from the direction of through the air. There was without deviating, Queen's Road East. When he high wind at the time-No. 6 roached that part of the street typhoon signal was up-and the just opposite No. 9 some men sergeant hoard nothing fall. rushed out and stabbed him. Sorgt. Tayler searched accused, There was a little discrepancy to who resisted, and on him found be expected under the circum- two packets of papper. An Indian! stances in the accounts given by watchman, who came to the various witnesses as to the num police officer'e assistance, found bor of the assailants, but that was on the ground a piece of paper, immaterial. The deceased had | which appeared to have at some- identified the accused to be ano time been wrapped round a knife. of those assailants. The latter Although rain had recently fallen, bad lived at No. 9 for a number the paper was quite dry. The of years. There were three stab next morning, near the same wounds inflicted, one in the spot, the dagger was found, abdomen, one in the chest, and Accused was sentenced ons in the thigh, and the deceaa-three years, ed in his dying depositions taken

to

(To the Editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph."')

Kowloon Motor Buses-

inserting my first letter drawing Sir, I have to thank you for attention to the uncourteous be haviour on the part of some of the employees of this Company.

If the object for which the com. plaint was addressed to you in the first place is achieved I will be: more than satisfied.

in the Government Civil Hospital dying deposition was taken from said the wound in his thigh him in which he accused the throw away from the Kowloon I am living only about a stone's. was inflicted by the prisoner. prisoner to have been amongst M. B. Co's Garage, but this is not The wound in the abdomen and the six or seven men who attached the ärst time the same thing has in the chost were far him opposite No. 9 and to have happened, and to the same lady. more serious than the one inflicted the wound in his thigh. in the thigh. Death was caused When asked for a statement of this occasion or

No complaint was lodged on on previous by septio peritonitis, caused by the what he thought might be occasions, as it was felt that abdomen wound. His lordship the motive of the prisoner's the employee in question being would tell the jury that if a num act, the deceased said that at the probably a shareholder or a rela ber of men combined to make an end of last year the prisoner had tive, it would simply be a waste attack on a man, either with a fight with one of his fokis. Some of time and patience, and more intent to kill him or to wound him, boya were playing football and than likely nothing would even- it did not matter which, if that the ball was kicked into his shop.tuate, man died as a result of that at. The boys came in to fetch the ball | It seems peculiar that as soon tack, it was murder in the case of but ware turned out. The prisonerse a complaint is lodged through all the assailants. It did not mat came to assist the boys and fought a newspaper and a comparison ter which assailantetruck the blow his fokis. The matter was remade of the running services, which eventually proved fatal. ported to No. 2 Police Station and the Company against which the The people in No. 15, continued the Inspector cautioned both complaint le made wishes it tha Attorney General, raised the partics. 'Afterwards one, Sban to be understood that it is alarm and the assailantaran away King-look, demanded a gold ball in the direction of Queen's Road for the one lost. He also wantedopaganda in favour of the com-

peting Company.~~~ Eset and disappeared. The fol, me to join the Painter's Em. As you are aware, there is no lowing morning, the prisoner was ployers' Guild. On the evening question of propaganda in this seen to come back into Mac-of the 13th. June an apprentice of Gregor Street and back into No. another shop bed a row with, and you are at liberty to 9. One of the brothers, who saw the same gang of boys and pri- give the Kowloon Motor Bus Co., this, ran to the Police Station soner who must have thought this my address at any time to prove and brought back the police, apprentice belonged to my shop as and prisoner WAS arrested be frequently went there, tresten- in No. 9. It might seem strangeled to wring my neck.” On the that if the prisoner was one of the. 19 h June, proceeded the Attorney murderers he should dare to go. General, the deceased died, and b. ck next morning to the street the charge was altered from one where he was well-known, but of malicious wounding to one of there were circumstances which | murder. Prisoner completely might explain that. He might denied the charge and said, after have special reasone. He might being cautioned, that the deceased want to get something. He might | had "a quarrel with him and he have been out the night before had to seek protection within the with nowhere to go and got closed door of bis house. Because. thoroughly dog-täred.

deceased had a quarrel with his On the evening of the 17th. he thought ho was the man who June, the condition of the deceas-assaulted him. ed became very serious and a

THE HUMAN ZOO

The case is proceeding.

this.

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