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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
ALLEGED DESERTION.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1927.
OUR
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
(Susid Was a Real Wild
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Unfinished Symphony.
No Foolin'.
Wandering on.
Bye Bye Blackbird.
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1Goodnight.
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Always.
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1 When the Rod Red Robin.
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(Holle Aloha!
Somobody's Darling.
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Sunny.
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Babying You.
Ev'ry Little Maid.
Mo Tool
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The More Wo aro Together.
4544 (In a Little Garden.
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Immortella Waltz. Sax. Solo
(Chinese Moon.
My Carmonita.
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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC
HUSBAND,COMPLAINS OF
WIFE GAMBLING.
The case in which. Wong Kin- nan, a Chinese clerk in the employ of Messrs. David Sassoon and Co., appeared as defondant in a charge of failing to provide maintenance for his wife, again came before Mr. R. E. Lindsell yesterday.
Mr. E. S. C. Brooks represented tre complainant whilst Mr. Leo D'Alamada o Castro represented
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At the outset, Mr. d'Alamada ralsed an objection. He said that under the Home Act it was laid down in Halsbury that any ap- plication made under Summary Jurisdiction. or tho Married Woman's Act must be made with- in six months of the time of the act. The provision was left out in the local "Ordinance' because the Magistrates' Ordinance provid- ed for that and therefore it was not necessary to incorporate that particular provision. He asked the Magistrate to and that he had no jurisdiction and dismiss the
cave.
Mr. Lindsell: I should like to bear your evidence and I will reserve this point should I make any order.
The defendant Wong Kin-man then went into the witness box. He said that he was married
Suffering.
BOOTE'S
TILES
14 Foundation.
15 Legumimus pinnt,
17 Encourage.
18 Superintend the publication of.
Stanza of eight lines,
24 Lyric poem.
26 Tuber of the earth-net.
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Boord's Old Tom & Dry Gins
"Cat" on Barrel Brand.
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about nine years ago and had no family trouble, until a couple of years ago when his wife took seriously
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Fire arms.
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Market for goods,
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Mineral substance..
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Afirmative.
to playing Me Cheuk
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Cultivation,
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Part of a fish,
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The Other Woman.
As regards the girl whom his leg wife saw with him in a house in 27 Pottinger Street, he explained she 20 was only a cousin of a friend of 30 his and there had been no impro- 192 priety between them. On his $4 return home he had a quarrel with his wife and afterwards went away to stay with his mother fer
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36 Package.
Makes love.
139 Things given,
140 -Cape.
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idea What happened to his wife be- tween 1925 and the time he was sumanoned to appear at the S. C. A.
a couple of nights. He had no 4
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Afterwards.
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Granular snow..
Yesterday's Puzzle.
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Short poun
He denied that previous to that 52 time his wife had made appeals through the S. C. A.
Plain surface surrounded by boundaries.
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GRIRAET
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Public walk.
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Your story is that she left you and you knew nothing about her until you got a complaint from her through the S. C. Á.—Yes.
5. Dignatary of the church.
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Used for carrying liquids.
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Clear of all deductions.
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Frozen water,
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Remain.
Mr. Brooks: I put it to you that you left your wife and went to 55 live with this woman in Pottinger 56 Street.-Nɔ, the house in Pottinger Street is an office not family house.
This case came before the Po Leung Kuk and they advised you to pay your wife maintenance 7- Yes, but since my wife could leave me, I did not think it worth while to pay.
It also came before the 5. C. A. and he also suggested that you should pay maintenance?—That was only a suggestion, but not an order.
So your whole attitude during the whole time was that you left your wife and your small child, aved eight. to their own resources
beenuse of some trivial complaint over some Mah Jongg güme?- She left me herself and so I did not want to pay."
Defendant stated that his salary was $80 per month and that he had no other income,
Mr. d'Almada: You stay with your Mother?--You,
How much do you pay her?--- 850 per month.
The Magistrate: What for? For board and lodging.
That is a deliberate He.-Well. give her $30 for herself, and the balance is for my board and lodg- Ing.
Desertion Proved.
Has your mother any means?- Sia has two or three houses, of her, own,
What need is there to give your mother $30 per month ?--Just give her some money to buy things.
Lee Wai-lum a friend of the defendant supported the story of the defendant's meeting with his wife in a
bouse' in Porttinger Street.
Mr. Lindsell asked the defendant
if his mother was in Court, and was told that she had only that morning left for Canton,
Mr. Lindsell: I find that deser Lion is proved in his case, but at the same time I doubt if the six months' Ordinance does not debar) the complainant from any claim.
Me. Brooks: A complaint was brought before the S. C. A. within
six months.
Mr. Lindsell: Yes, but not at this Court,
force majeure.
Mr. Brooks: This is a case of
Mr. Lindsell: It is certainly bard luck.
Mr. Brooks: Is that your Wor- ship's ruling.
IN
FORGED NOTES.
FORMER GAOL EMPLOYEE CHARGED.
Before Mr. W. Schoffeld at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon, a Chinese formerly em played at the Victoria Gaol, was charged with being in possession and uttering a forged $10 bank note on March 24 and with having in his possession and uttering an- other forged $10 bank note on April 4.
The evidence went to show that
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Mr. Lindsell: I should like to consider the point. (To Mr. d' the defendant tendered Almada): Is your client still will $10
note to a shopkeeper at No. 186 Lai Chi-kok Road, ing to pay the $750.
Mr. d'Almada: No, your Wor-fon March 24 in purchase of fora, but not now. ship. He was willing to do so be- certain goods. It was not sill some time later that the forgery was Mr. Lindsell: Not since his discovered. Belicitor discovered the six months' On April 4, the defendant again Ordinance (Laughter). I feel went to the shop and handed a $10 that the defendant is morally note in payment for sonic bound to make some offer to the cigarettes. He was at once chal- complainant. I am prepared to lenged by the shopkeeper. He adjourn the case for a week to made an attempt to regain the note consider this point. If I find that and escape but was arrested. I have no jurisdiction I will dis- The defendant denied guilty miss the case. If I find that I have knowledge and intimated that he jurisdiction I shall make an order would like to call Mr. Frank's, No. for $20 a month.
1 boy to give, evidence on his be The case was adjourned till Fri-half. The case was adjourned till day noon next.
Monday.
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