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THE MANSLAUGHTER CASE.

PRISONER ACQUITTED AT SESSIONS.

man's

"The evidence of this complicity is no more than mere suspicion," said Mr. F. C. Jenkin, In asking Sir Henry Gollan, at the Criminal Sessions this morning,

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1927.

DEATH OF FAMOUS NAVAL OFFICER.

VICE-ADMIRAL' CHARLES

JOHNSTONE."

London, Dec. 4. The death of Vice Admiral' Charles Johnstone recalls that he "Camperdown" commanded the during the manoeuvres in the to find that the Crown had not Mediterranean in 1893, when Ad- made out a prima facie case miral Sir George Tryon, on board against the Chinese charged with the "Victoria," sigualled" a more- the manslaughter of a coolie em- ment by an error of judgment,

Vice-Admiral Johnstone obeyed, ployed by the Dairy Farm 'Com

and the evolution resulted in the pany.

ramming the "Camperdown" "Victoria."

which The case was that. In

have three men are alleged to assaulted a fourth and pushed him into the Harbour.

After hearing Mr. Fitzroy on half of the Crown, Sir Henry Gollan directed the jury to find prisoner not guilty, and according- ly discharged him.

mun,

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The flagship sank in a minutes,, Admiral Tryon and 358 members of the crew being drown- ed.

The late Admiral Sir..George Tryon was appointed to command the Mediterranean Fleet In August, 1891, and he proceeded to follow the example of his erat- Prior to this, Mr. F. C. Jenkin while chief, Sir Geoffrey Hornby, pointed out the discrepancies in by making the squadron a de- the evidence submitted by the finitely evolutionary and, in that experimental aquadron. witnesses sald¦ sense, Crown. The lay

ran under the On June 22nd, 1893, when the that the culprits verandah until they disappeared Mediterranean Fleet was off. Tri- into Jubilee Street. Two of the poli in two columns, Tryon order- they said, were in blacked the Fleet to invert its course, clothes and one in white. The the ships turning in succession. police witnesses, on the other As the result of a fatal error, the hand, said they saw three men psychological cause of which has running, two in white and one in never been definitely established, black. They said also that the the Admiral ignored the fact that' men ran obliquely across the road. the two lines of vessels were in It seemed from" the evidence of such close proximity that the the Crown that there were two manoeuvre, as ordered, entailet parties, a culprit party and a non- the most serious risk of collision. culprit party. The man in the The two leading ships collided. deck was one of the non-culprit with the result that the "Victoria." Tryon's flagship, was cut open party.

and sank in a few minutes.]

Any evidence against the pri- saner was so delicately supported that he submitted the Crown could not possibly.succeed. It must be remembered that the lay witnesses lost sight of the running men. and that the police lost sight of or three those they saw two times.

Mr. Fitzroy, replying, said that the police were on the scene very quickly. There were very few other people about at 1.30 am.. and it was difficult to imagine two parties of three men running. He suggested that the men seen to by tura into Jubilee Street the lay witnesses and those seen by the police were the same party.

His Lordship:-They were seen under different circumstances en- tirely. You don't meet the point. There is a distinct difference be- tween three men running under a verandah, and three men run- the road. ning obliquely across How do you get over that? Pos- sibly Mr. Jenkin is right when he says there were two parties of three. Your witnesses, directly taken by disagree on the course the fugitives.

Mr. FitzroyThere is unfortu- nately a difficulty about the meta- morphosis of colour, hut on a night like, this there were

very few people about and it seems difficult two to believe that there were parties of running men. It would be strange for one party to disap- pear into thin air and another, ap- pear on the scene from apparently nowhere.

His Lordship.. addressing the jury, said that throughout the Crown's case, placing it at its highest; he had felt it was a very fine one.. The Crown carried the onus of satisfying the Court, and it seemed to him that the evidence submitted 'was not sufficient to justify him allowing it to go to a jury.

A verdiet of "Not Guilty" was recorded on His Lordship's direc- die- tion, and the prisoner was charged.

FRENCH NAVY.

CHAMBER PASSES PROGRAMME.

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Paris, Dec. 20. "The Chamber has voted a Bill authorising the laying down, be- tween July 1st, 1927 and June 30th., 1928, one cruiser, six des- troyers, five first-class submarines, a submarine, mine-layer and two scouts in continuation of the naval programme-Reuter

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SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,

The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:

Banks.

Horgkong Bank, $1155. "sa. Chartered Bank, £211 b. Mercantile A. & B., £33 7. P. and 0. £10 n. East Asia, $6.

Insurances.

Canton Ins., $580 b. Union Ins., $293 b.

North China, Ins., Tis. 143 n. Yangtsze Ins., $16) hi China Underwritera, 51.40-n. China Fires, $215 ni

H. K. Fire Ins., $655 b.

Shipping.

Douglases, 2407 b.

H. K. Steamboats, $214 b. H. K. Tugs, $2 b.

Indo-Chinns, (Prefe) $30 n. Shell Trans., 90- n. Union Waterboats, $17

Mining.

11.

b.

n.

Benguete, $21 Kailans, 60/- R. Langkats, Tls. $18 S'hai Exploration, Tls. 2.90 Raubs, $3. Tranohs, 17/6 b.

Docks, etc... Kowloon Wharves, $126 b. Whampoa Docks, $32 b. China Providents $3.40 b. Hongkews, Tls. 158 b. New Engineerings, Tls. 5 s. Shanghai Docks, Tis. 90 n.

Cottons.

n.

Ewo Cottons, Tls. $7.05 b. Orientals, Tls 11 S'hai Cattons, Tls. 461 5.-- Lands, Hotels, etc.

b.

H. and S. Hotels, $7,20' 4 H. K. Lands, S61 h. 'S'hai Lands Tis. 124

Humphreys. $13.80 b Realties, $7.30 h. Territorials, Sis.

Public Utilities. Traniways, $217. s

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Peak Tramis, fold. $t4 s Star Ferries, $58 b China Lights, (tomb.) $13.40 b F'kong Electrics, $581 Macao Electrice, $44 b Telephones $3.9) n. China Buses, Tls

Gin. Singapore Tractions, 11/9 b.

Industrials.

China Sugars, $71 b.

Malabons, $30 8.

Canton ices, $21 b.

Cements (Comb) $6.60 8. Ropes (Old) $5. b.

United Asbestos $10 s.

Stores &c.

Dairy Farms, $14b. Watsons, $11 n. Der A. Wing, $6 s. Lane Crawforde, $2.50 .b. "Mackintosh, $22 5.

Sincerca, 872

Wm. Powells, $3 h.

Miscellaneous. Amusements, $20kb. Constructions, $12. B'que Ind. G. Bonds, 56%. b. H. K. G. Loan, 5% Prom

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the King Budapest, November 1-An ex- nothing. Most of the children, Congratulation from were received by Mr. and Mrs,periment has just been made in an including many who had been born and dumb ddaf, exhibited intense joy and ex- Greenyer, of 16, Harpington-villas,

Hove, who recently celebrated institute for deaf

uttering inarticulate their diamond wedding. Mr. children in Zagreb which may set citement, Greenyer is eighty-three and his fecience on the way to forcing the sounds.and moving their arms and wifo eighty-one, and they wore

married at Lewes Wesleyan Chapel prison of the dent. A number of legs in time to the music, while on November 5, 1867. The event children were made to "listen in" others who appeared to hear little was celebrated by a family reunion; to a powerful radio while a classt or nothing while the receivers were over their cars were observell, at which were present the children,

grandchildren, and great-grand-cal opera was being broadcast to "feel" the music when the children of the old couple, repre-ed, and out of a hundred and ceivers were placed on their temples senting in all thirty-one familles. twenty children only four heard in front of the ears.