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A CRUISES ARMS

THE STORY OF A DEAL

...BY NIGHT.

The theft of five rillos, one re- volver and 220 rounds of ammunt tion, from on board the Chinese cruisor Kwong Ching, which has been in port for the last six months had a sequel at the Kowloon Maris. tracy yesterday, when the chler armourer was charged before Mr J. IL B. Nihill with larceny and alternatively with conspiracy ta commit à lareepy.

The commander of the cruiser, Kam Chiu-lung, gave formal evid- ence of the loss of the arms and ammunition, and said that until recently he had resided on board the ship. At the time of the theft he was on leave, and the cruiser was left in charge of the second officer.

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1926.

Defendant was then fold that Pun Sang, the second officer, au- thorised the sailor to sell the arms and that it would be perfectly Bafe.

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The aims were sold for $880 to Ng Ka, to whom the second officer had previously sold 18 rifles, The men later decided to purchase a meal with part of the rooney, and the five mon adjourned to house in Temple Street. They later intended to And Pun Sang and to ask what was to be done but on emerging from the house he with the remainder of the money,"

was arrested.

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for should have been charged He added that the second of with him, appearing not as a wit ness but as a prisoner.

Tor Wages Due. he had in his possession, the de- Questioned regarding the $100 fendant said that that was for him and the others in settlement of some of the wages due to them.

traordinary case altogether. Din His Worship: This is a most ex-

it not strike you as heing strange that it should be done in the mid die of the night?

A deck-band stated that during the night of March 2, he was rous ed from his sleep by the barking of a dog. On going to investigate the disturbance, he discovered that Lui Heung (the defondant), the Witness: Pun Sang said that watchman and three other sailors were missing from the ship.

ho would not allow any of the further search revealed the dismembers of the crew to know, or appearance of the arms. Witness they would report the matter to at once went ashore and informed the superior officers. the second officer, who was "in Mongkok, of the incident

Officer's Evidence.

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Then you know that what Pun Sang was going to do was unlaw- ful?-Pun Sang said that he would to responsible for the whole thing

The second officer of the Kwong Ching said that on receipt of the I put it to you that you knew report from the previous witness he that this sale of arms

was not went to the Captain's residence and proper?-1 knew. I told him to informed him of the occurrence.wait and is.form the captain first Witness then went to Temple he said that it was not necessary Street, whre he knew that the de- because the purchasers had er fendant's relatives lived, and whilst ranged at the arms should be waiting outside the house he heard hunded over during the night. voices from within. One was Why didn't you go and toll" the heard to remark that they should captain about it? I could not | catch the first train and leave thefnd him... Colony.

A Serious Allegation.

Shortly afterwards witness saw Continuing the defendant rei- a number of men emerge from the terated as accusation against the house, and after some difficulty the second ofleer, to which his Wor- defendant was arrested, The re-ship replied that he was making mainder retreated into the house A unil esenped by the rear.

The defendant was entitled to salary of $25 per month, but the last occasion on which he had. been paid any money Was in February, when he was given two months' wages.

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His Wordship: He received $25 Witness; No. He was lower in rank then, and received $28.

Then he was given a rise which he never received? Yes.

In answer to a further question witness replied that the defendant had no authority to take arms nshore. He would have to obtain permission from the Hongkong

Police.

vory serious statement, an sked if he could substantiat : what he had said.

Witness replied that everybody on board was aware of the tran- saction*

It was stated by the Police that October last year, she went int on the arrival of the cruiser in Jock and nil her armament was removed from the ship. When he left the slipway the armis were replaced, but later taken

again as the captain Teared that they would be stolen. Eventually the arms were handed over to the Police for safe custody..

Altogether 16 riffes were given Cross-examined by the defend-which together with the missing nto the charge of the police, ant, witness denied that he ever ines, sold 18 rifles belonging to the ship

to a man named Ng Ko..

Sergeant Barnicle gave evidence

rising the full armament of the made a total of 21, com-

hip.

Asked how he accounted for the

stolen, witness replied that those 21 excluded the 18 which it was

by the seccad officer.

lleged had been previously soll

to the effect that after the defen- fact that as 'there were only 21 dant had been arrested, he volun-ifics on board, there could be 23 teered to point out a junk where the arms had been sold, but on their boarding the junk, the mas- ter was found to have disappear ed. A search revealed nothing in connection with the anle of arms. On the person of the defendant the witness found $100,

SALESMAN ŞAM.

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Defendant's Statement, The case for the prosecution having concluded the defendant elected to give evidence on oath, He spoke of an alleged suggestion

The cast was adjourned until Lo-morrow.

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Mr. S. B. Jool has presented to the National Playing. Fields As- sociation nearly 20 acres on the outskirts of Reading. This be proposes to equip with football and cricket pitchos, tennis courts, made by Pun Sang, the second wading pool, for the use of the a children's playground and a officer, in regard to selling some of the ship's arms, in order to public. The National Associa raise funds for rations, as they Lieutenant of Berkshire, Mr. J. tion la inviting the Lord had not received any wages.

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H. Benyon, as president of the On March 2, one of the sailors recently formed Berks County removed the five rifles, and a rePlaying Fields Association, to| volver during the night. Witness, ask the Reading Corporation to intervened and pointed out that accept a conveyance of the land their superior officers were not on behalf of ther County Associa aware of their act or they might tion. Mr. Joel recently gave an object.

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