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On the first count against tho second defendant, he continued, the evidence was very thin. The Victim's Story?

amal! boy, not at all a bad witness, Cheong Kong Hong, stated that said he had identified prisoner at she took her children bathing and the parade, but the child mind was while they were still naked three now becoming accustomed to the men came up and without a word sight of the man through the Beized her. When she offered re-various enquiries and, he might The Arat ense to be heard was sistence she was threatened with well be a little confused, as the one of being in possession of arms; a knife and tied to a tree, aftor police said he did not identify the the charge being brought against which they took her belt contain-second man at Yaumat! Station, William Ear Hastings, under ing all hor money and ran away in the matter of King's Evidoneo, stood to be an Englishman, 'n late She was released by the elder child. this had to be taken with a great Tupee notes) den} of caution and should not be quartermaster of the s.s. President She identified the MacKiuley, Prisoner pleaded handed up and said the chop on accepted without material corro-

them was that of her husband's boration, guilty.

grocery shop in the Straits Settle- On the second count the case Mr. Hazlerigg, stating the casements. She identifled first de-was much clearer. The police had for the Crown, anid that accuses! | fendant and said that he held a discovered the notes on the bed was stopped, on Kowloon Wharf knife similar to that produced in occupied by this man only, in a by a Chinese Revenue Officer on Court, while he robbed her. house where there were many the 22nd of September, and taken

ques-more people. True, nothing was ed to get rid of the notes,. le made no contra-assertion against The search revealed five brown

The 11 year old son was next) that of the police, satisfying him- paper packages hidden inside the

a more disclaimer of man's shirt and these contained called, a bright little lad whose self with

He put forward no one revolver, the stock, one barre!, head only just reached over the ownership. a clip containing four rounds,edge of the witness box. He gave denial of the notes being there nor these three items comprialng a his evidence in a very calm manner any reason to account for their Consider- complete Luger pistol,and 320 and was unshaken by prisoner's presence when found. rounds of ammunition suitable to questioning. He corroborated his ing that they were discovered in mother's statement and identified his possession within an hour of the weapons..

both prisoners, saying the first tied the robbery and that the notes The accused had offered no re her up and the second had a knife. were of an uncommon nature to be sistance to search, and throughout

In the pocket of a workninn up to Both accused mentioned other

auch un mount he thought that had made a clean breast of the affair, saying that he was asked to men in their questioning but the the case was one which the jury

the witness said he knew nothing of might ensily decide. take the articles ashore by No. 1 Chinese Butcher As the them although he recognised pri butcher owed him large sum of Honers, to which No. 2 replied that money he had thought he would the police had conched him in his retain the guns and ammunition evidence. until the sam was repaid. It was

Peach of the Spring. obvious that the accused knew he

The informer. Yeung Sheung-tuu, guilty of the second,

A sentence of five years impri- was committing a crime as notices

'called. admitted that the name i were posted in all ships and the given was really a nickname which soument with hard labour was serious nature of the offence was meant Peach of the Spring. He passed on vach prisoner.. generally known.

2.

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cence.

The jury's verdiet was arrived at very short consideration after a and was that the first prisoner wan guilty the second prisoner not guilty of the first charge, but

#tated that he was present at the

ROBRING A MAGISTRÁTE. His Honour addressed the pri-robbery and identified the rat

Mr. Arthur Gill, the Metropo- soner briefly before passing sen-witness as the woman robized. He tence and reminded him that owing also recognised first defendant but litan police magistrate, recently to the importation of arms into there was another man concerned raported to Scotland Yard the who was not in custody: his name loss of his wallet containing the Colony by outside persons,

Treasury notes and papers. Ho Two other men

believes-it-was-stolen-from-his- many pollee officers -had-been-kili-was. Pang Fat, ed and wounded in the execution present were the second defendant

duty their

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motor-omnibus in Whitehall, us large and Pang Sul. No, 2 merely kept coat pocket as he was entering a lookout without taking active he remombors being hustled by a number E private ritizens A subjected to robbery and wound-part in the robbery. Witness had man in the crowd at the stopping to the scene of the place. Many complaints had ing. It was a very serious matter, proceeded

haderime with another man and the been received of late of pockets Continuing, he said that considered prisoner's position, who offers following, he beard Pang being picked at ommibus stop- mafi Fat say, "Let us snatch the things ping places, and detectives have as 4 quartermaster of

He followed been put on special duty for the steamer was no doubt man from the woman."

Kethe robbers when they run away purpose of catching the thievos, unblemished character, but

and was given the coat of one of some of whom are said to he could not see his way elear

Later in a certain women. inflict lighter sentener than the children, nine months' imprisonment with house he saw, Pang Fat handing hurd Fabra. Sentence was arcard-fout the banknotes shown In court. ingly passed and prisoner, whose The dagger produced belonged to appearance had created a decidedly the second defendant who passed favourable impression, received it on to Pang Fat who in turn gave with the silence which has charac-it to first defendant. terised his bearing since the day of his arrest.

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Prisoners Recused, witness of getting them to take part in the robbery and then informing GR them.

be-

of

Rabbery and Pussession, - Cheong Sai and Chrong Cheung Pang Sinu," unether witness were jointly charged with robbery for The prosecution, said

the 13th did not by two or

prisoners see Kam Shek

Ma, fore 5 p.m.

the day 04 September at against the person of Cheong Kong the robbery and then second de- Fong, and the second defendant. fendant gave him three silver Cheong Cheung, with possession of rupees to change. He sold one to certain monies knowing them to previous witness for 40 cents and have been stolen. A plea of not changed the other two for one doi- gulty was entered on all charges. Hur and six cents through a money! The following jury was emehanger. He was told to buy food! panelled with Mr. Humphreys as with the money. He knew nothing! Torenza, Messrs, D, Tavares, Wing of the robbery.

F. Ram Yuk. 4. R. Noronha, Police evidence was then given Travis, T. Ferguson, and 1. I which had mainly to do with the Goldenberg. Jurors in waiting charge of possession 'and arrest were called for Thursday, at 10.30 unling us it did with the search 1a.m. Mr. Huzlerigg, opening the for a house at Mn Leung Kung, in case for the Crown, outlined the which prisoner was found lying on fnets which were to the effect that in bed. As the police entered he on the afternoon of September quickly withdrew the bundle of 13th, Cheong Kong Fong ook her banknotes produced in court from two children down to a stream to his pocket, threw them on the bed bathe. After, the bathing wwsand jumped up. A search of the completed, but before the children apartment revealed a cont hanging

23:141, 1W4 were dressed, five

of up. in the pocket of which was This whom were armed, led her to affound one silver rupee.

nine evidence tree and robbed her of

was corroborated by LON rupee notes, four silver members of the svareli párty. rupees. two $50 Hongkong notes and six sovereigns. Two ni the five concerned would give evid.in defence the first prisoner hadi ence although they had taken no nothing to say, but this second stat- part in the robbery. One confirmeded that he knew nothing about the the statement that he looked on. robbery, The police had arrested The tale of the distribution of the him and having found nothing on spoil would be told by one of the bim, had Jaisely accused him, Nobody had identified him. He informors.

The prompt action of Inspector Was visiting a friend in the house Hutchins was responsible for and had only been there five min- large part of the money stolen utes when the police arrived. He! being rucavered, and this could be called a witness. identified by the victim by a chop

Defence and Sentence.

This witness proved to be a on the back, she also producing neighbour who was not present at either the robbery or the arrest, letter with the same chop on, which had come through the post but he said that prisoner wan a to hor. She and the elder child good man and worked as a substi- could identify the first defendant, tute. seaman op American ships.

Mr. Hazlerigg did not cross- but nobody could identify the

examine neither did he address] second.

The interjection of No. 1 at the the Court.

His Honour, summing up, sald Kowloon Station on being charged' and faced with the informer was, that the ovidence as applied to "You were in charge of the chil- the first defendant was firm. He' dren" which proved beyond doubt didn't say he wasn't there, but his complicity. The ovidence that he was told off to keep watch against No. 2 would be his physical which made him as much concern- postésalon, his attempt to get rid od ka, the actual robber. It was. of the robes and the absence of the jury's duty to convlet in such Any excuse, for their presence. la caso, d

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