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HOUSE SERVANT CHARGED AT POLICE COURT.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1928.
POLICE TRAP.
BRIBERY, CHARGE: AGAINST AN INTERPRETER.
A Chinese houseboy, formerly Before Major C. Willson yester in the employ of Mrs. Matheson, day afternoon, Cheng King-chung," at "Huntington," Stubbs Road, a Chinese interpreter attached to was charged on remand; before No. 7 Police Station, was charged Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Central with accepting $50 contrary to the Police Court yesterday, afternoon rules of honesty and futegrity ns with being. In possession of a public servant, aeditious literature, including two The interpreter was defended copies of The Red Flag, a com- by Mr. D. McCallum, the prosecu- munist paper.
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tion being in the hands of Mr. Pare hereby notified that the cargo Included In the documents P. J. Wodehouse, C. 1.. E., Asalat-will be discharged into Holt's. Wharf Kowloon, whore it will llo at Con- seized were also certain papers ant. Superintendent of Police.
signoe's risk and subject to terms and purporting to give detailed plans In outlining the facts of the conditions of storage at Holt's Wharf. of a labour drive for membership case, Mr. Wodehouse said: At The Cargo will be ready for delivery in a radical organization in Hong-fabout 12.30 a.m. on Sunday, from Godowns on and after 22nd kong which, according to the February 12, an Indian Sergeant, February. authors, wore to be divided into No. 17, brought a man to the
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All broken, chafed, and damaged discover, and analyse the causes The charge was refused at the goods are to be left in the Godowne, of fallure of recent radical labour No. 7 Station and the man was where they will be examined on any movements, and to find a new told that he bad to get a permit Tuesdays and Fridays between tho means of effecting the union of and there would be no charge hours of 10.45 a.m. and noon. within all labourers in Hongkong into against him. The defendant was the free storage period...
one common proletariat organiza- the interpreter who did the inter- No claims will be admitted after tion." These and other docu-preting when the man was brought the Goods have left the stanmer's ments were produced in Court by in to the Station. He in alleged to Godown, and all Goods remaining un- Detective Inspector Lane, who have met the complainant after delivered after the 28th February submitted that they were not of wards near the Sallors' Home, out-will be subject to rent. the character which would be side No. 7 Police Station, and to All Claims against the Steamer handed to a mers recruit in the have demanded $50. The defen
must be presented to the undersigned so-called movement.
dant is also alleged to have gone on or before the 18th March or they to the complainant's shop once or will not be recognised, twice betweon the 12th and 13th and finally, on the latter date, the complanant reported the matter to Sub-Inspector Carrie, and a trap was lald by the police.
For the defence, it was submit ted by Mr. Horace Lo that the de- fendant unwittingly accepted the custody of those papers from a stranger in the street on being told that he would find them interest ing reading. A plea of guilty to| the technical offence of actual possession was returned.
The Inspector and a Chinese de- tective concealed themselves in a cockloft in the complainant's shop. His Worship said that clearly The defendant called on the 13th to there were two documents, at get his $50. He was to be paid least, which were of a seditious |$50 on the ground that he was in nature. They referred to the de-a position to prevent the matter portation of "Red" pickets, who being brought to court. should be given political training and instruction also in methods of street fighting.
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is that he actually did receive $50, The evidence, 1 would submit, and directly he was paid the $50, Sub-Inspector Carrie and a Chi- nese detective came out of the cock)oft and arrested him.
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STARTLING FIND.
YOUTH BURIED IN PRAYA
RECLAMATION.
News of a murder in Wanchai reached the Police shortly after the tiffin hour yesterday, as a re- sult of which, detectives, together with the police photographer, pro- ceeded to the spot.
Evidence of Character. Mr. Lo called for evidence as to character, and a servant who
Evidence was then called by the was employed by Lady Ho Tung prosecution. The witnesses, an for a great number of years, do- indian constable, the Chinese who posed that the defendant was his was arrested and his master, bore port of the murder was the out- god-brother and that he was a out the outline narrated by Mr. man of good character who had Wodehouse to the court, given no trouble..
It was discovered that the re- come of the discovery by a party of Chinese boys of a man's foot
His Worship decided that the sticking out from the earth deposit- Inspector Lane proposed to call case was one for the Sessions if ed in the Wanchai Reclamation. as a witness; Mrs. Matheson, from it went against the defendant. The spot was about a hundred whose service defendant was dis-when the Court rose, au.applica-Pards out from the tramlines dir- charged recently. Mrs. Mathetion was made by Mr. Wodehouse ectly opposite the entrance of Ship
son, said Inspector. Lane, had
Stroot, been given much trouble by the de- that bail should not be allowed.
After photographing the foot, His Worship after hearing Mr. fendant, who had threatened to kill her. That would be evidence McCallum, allowed bail of $1,000, the police caused the body to be rebutting the good character given half of which was to be in cash exhumed. It appeared to be that of a young man of about sixteen by the last witness.
and the other half in bonds,
or seventeen.
Mr. Lo disputed the admissibil- The hearing will be continued ity of this evidence, declaring that on Monday afternoon. It was natural that some unplea-| santness should have been left
behind when defendant left the Mrs. Matheson was not difficult to service of Mrs. Matheson. Mrs. get along with, other servants Matheson said Mr. Lo, was a difll- having stayed with her for a long cult employer-and it was not to time.
A superficial but thorough ex- amination of the body revealed the fact that there were no wounds or
other marks to indicate that the man was a victim of foul play. The body had been wrapped up fr a mat and was properly clothed.
be expected that after the trouble, His Worship said he was pre- It is believed that in order to Mrs. Matheson would have any-pared to grant a remand to re-anve funeral expenses the young thing good to say of the defendant, consider this point of admissibility man's relatives buried him in the Her evidence was irrelevant.. of Mrs. Matheson's evidence. reclamation without even a cof-
Inspector Lane said he would!
case was adjourned til fin. The body was later removed call for evidence showing that Saturday."
to the public mortuary.
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