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BOATSWAIN AND BOAT- WOMAN LENIENTLY FINED. That the defendant was mistaken-i

vordlet of manslaughter | ly identified, was the defence of the against the driver of the car, was boatswain of the s.s. Chonan, who returned by the jury who sat at was charged before Mr. E. W the Central Magistracy yesterday Hamilton at the Kowloon Magle-te Investigate the deaths of twe tracy yesterday, together with the Chinese interpreters formerly quartermaster and a sampan wo employed by Messrs. Lee and man, on charges of unlawful pos- Russ, solicitors, who were drowned session of 90 tales of raw opium.in consequence of a car which was The twe members of the crew of being driven from West Point the .a. Chonan were represented toppling over the Praya Wall near by Mr. S. Fitzroy, (instructed, by the Western Market on the early Messra. Lee and Russ),

morning of June 12.

The jury, composed of Messrs. LA ¡A ROBO, (foreman), C. d'Almeida, and F. E. Fernandez, further expressed, in the form of

manner in which the two surviving members of the party: gave their evidence.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1925.

CHINA'S TARIFF.

THE PROPOSED. CONFERENCE.

once is not yet able to confirm Tokyo, August 19.-The Foreign. the press reports concerning the Chine 10. Government issuing tariff

conference Invitations to the propositions are very serious the powers. Considering that the Foreign Office intends giving the moat careful consideration there to before publishing its policy.

Reuter.

Poking, August 19.. Formal evidence of arrest being

China's invitation to the Tariff ziven by an Indian guard who saw

Conference, after mentioning the the woman on board the ship on;

provisions of the Treaty under MANUFACTURED the afternoon of last Sunday, the

which the conference has been BY THE MOSTmaster of the ship, Capt. R. Ashley rider, their dissatisfaction at the convened, goes on to state: In

went into the box.. He stated that

connection with the said Treaty, In consequence of a statement made

it may be recalled that on January to him he mustered the entire Chin-

fat, 1922, at the seventeenth meet- ese crew for identification. On the

Dr. W. L Paterson, was the firsting of the Committee on Pacific men being paraded the woman did witness called yesterday and he and Far Eastern questions of the not see the man she wanted and said that the dacensed, Wong Woon Washington conference, the Chin- pointed to the first nun in the line, chuong, was admitted to the Gov-se delegation, in giving assent who happened to be the quarter ernment Civil Hospital shortly thereto declared it was their in- master. Witness at once saw that before three o'clock on the morning tention to bring up again the ques- his boatswain was not present on of June 12. The deceased was aption of the restoration to China of tariff autonomy for consideration parade although he was on board Parently suffering from inmersion

Officer was then ordered to search admission: At the request of the the future. In pursuance of the for the absentee in the after-part aid not perform a post mortem

relatives of the deceased witness above, declaration, the Chinese, of the ship, but the officer returned

Government has proposed that the and informed witness that the examination. He examined the missing man could not be found body and there was a possibility In company with a Police sergeant of there being an injury to the who had arrived in answer to the head but without a post mortem Police flag which was hoisted when examination this could not be the female defendant was arrested,

ascertained. In the doctor's witness himself went direct to the opinion death was due to immer- after-house to

The Foreign Offeo this afternoon a cabin where he alon knew a number of mattresses were A. D. Forrest, witness said that that Japan willing to consider cus In reply to the Coroner, Mr. Rthe tariff conference. It is stated received, the Chinese invitation to stored. Three mattresses. were

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pulled away from the heap and the boatswain was found crouching be- tween the mattresses. He Wis then given in the charge of the police officer.

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atmortem examinations, were always performed, but on this occasion he had obtained permis. sion from Major Willson.

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that the defendant was' in the ed by the speedometer. cabin as he had been seen by the that as far as he knew there was Sub-Inspector Alexander stated second engineer to go in. The de- fendant was reprimanded by wit- no speedometer on the car.

ness for going ashore without per-accident it would, in all probability, there had been one before the mission. His behaviour was very have been smashed. suspicious since the ship's arrival

Without retiring, the jury after!

in port on Saturday as he had fre-consideration returned a verdict as

quently gone ashore. Witness had stated.

no grievance against the boatswain but in his report of the case sub- mitted to his superiors, Capt. Ashley had said that his ability was good, but.character was bad.

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asked her to take a parcel, which was subsequently found to contain the opium. She did not know that, the package contained drugs. The

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second defendant told her to con- defence and Mr. Fitzroy then nd- No witnesses were called for the ceal it beneath her jacket.

In reply to his Worship, the wo- man said that she wrongfully iden- tifled the quartermaster because his appearances were similar to those of the boatswain,

dressed the Bench. He emphasied the unsatisfactory manner of the dentification and submitted that the evidence was untrustworthy. It was most improbable that any man would attempt to smuggle opium

Cross examined by Mr. Fitzroy the bout woman said that she had into the Colony by handing it to a not met the defendant previously, That person could easily sell the person whom he did not know. but he was the man who had re-drug as he was not being followed quested her to take the parcel ashore.

Mr. Fitzroy: How do you know? Witness: He must be the man that the man who had given the because-when-the-Indian-arrested-

opium to the woman intended going

by the owner.

Scared Stiff. Counsel ald that he suggested.

me he was found hiding between shore and that his client was not the beds.;

The reason you say he is the man been scared and was hiding in the the person. The defendant had) is because he was found in the cabin. It is known that during the cabin?—Yes.

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But did you not know who the You first picked out the quirter- master? Yes, but I now recognise the boatswain.

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the learned counsel, that the. evl Boatswain's Denial.

dence of Identification was not as Continuing, witness said that evidence of the first defendant was good as it might have been. The nobody had seen the parcel given unsatisfactory. It was clear that. to her. She had queried the con-she attempted to throw the blame | tents of the parcel but the defen- on the second defendant and one dant refused to tell her. The man would have to exercise utmost had assisted her to tie the con- caution before convicting the de-. traband round her waist.

After further questions counsel fention,

fendant on the evidence of identi- put his client into the box and the boatswain made a complete denial point of the defendant hiding in the His Worahlp commented on the of the charge preferred against hini: cabin and said that a Chinese in his When arrested he said that he was position, would, not hide if he were lying on the top of the mattresses. Imocent. He could not possibly Explaining his presence in the conceive that the second was not cabin he said that he had heard that guilty. He would convict both de the female defendant had been fondants. arrested. The Captain had accused He would not inflict the maxi- bim of being the owner of mum, due which, was ten times tha the package and would muster value of the opium, as he thought the crew together. He went that that would be a little too hard. into the cabin to sleep as he He would therefore divide the fine desired to be away from the between the two defendants. They bow of the vessel in case he was would be fined 8900 each or undergo accused of being the owner of the nine months hard labour in de opium.

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