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HIGHWAY HOLD-UP POLICE INSPECTOR

TRIAL.

SEQUEL TO KING'S PARK AFFAIR.

ARRESTED MEN APPEAR AT SESSIONS.

NO IDENTIFICATION.

Within

an hour of a ricksha being held up and the passenger rabbed by four men in Gascoigna Hours of the morning of June 16, Rond near King's Park, in the early Chinese detectives in charge of Sergt. Mottram arrested two men on whom were found some of the stolen artfelen.

The sequel was heard at the Criminal Scasions this morning, before Mr. Justice Jacks, when Teang lu and Tui Chip, with two others unknown were charged with robbing Wong Fai ung stealing Jackel, a pair of trousers, a hat, a -pencil, a tooth brush, a handker

chief and $23.70 in money.

Mr. Somernet Fitzroy prosecuted for the Crown and the prisoners

denied the charge

"Rather Extraordinary,”

In opening the ease for the Crown, Mr. Fitzroy said the ease was rather extraordinary and per- haps not devoid of difficulty. Wong Fai nrrived in the Colony from Can- ton by the 8.8. Lungshan and al

about one o'clock on the morning in question he went to Yaumati, cross. ing by the ferry. He engaged a ricksha and. proceeded along Gascoigne Road.

When he had travelled a rertaja distance along that road, at a akt near to King's Park, Four men süd- denly, appeared, two on one side atki a similar number on the other Of these men, three wore dark clothes and the third was dressed

in clother of a lighter colour."

RETIRES.

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,

MR. AND MRS. R. C. WATT SAIL

ON SATURDAY.

SINGAPORE RIVER TRAGEDY.

MYSTERY OF EUROPEAN'S DEATH UNSOLVED.

THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1928.

"ITALIA" RELIEF

PROBLEM...

SWEDISH EXPEDITION IS POWERLESS.

Stockholm, July 18.

The head of the Swedish "Italia" Relief Expedition reports INQUEST EVIDENCE. that the Swedish planes are at present powerless to search for the Alessandrini party, since they large to act as a base.-Reuter, have no ioobrenkor sufficiently

Among the passengers leaving by the P and O. liner Rawalpindi on Saturday is Sub-Inspector R C. Watt, who is retiring, Recon- panied by his wife and son. Sub-

Singapore, July 13. Inspector Watt has served in, the Hongkong Police, with the excop-morning, before the Coroner (Mr. An inquiry was commenced this tion of a few months, since 1907, F. G. Bourne), Into the death of during which time he and his wife Frederick Crawley, the European have made a large number of who was found dead in the Singa friends, all of whom will with' them bon voyage and prosperity Pore River on June 16. in the Old Country.

|HUGE LOSS ON EGG SHIPMENT.

SIR HENRY GOLLAN'S JUDGMENT.

DEAL INVOLVING SUPPLY OF 20,000,000 EGGS.

Mrs. Hope, of Brougli. Kirkby SASSOON'S LOSE CASE. Stephen, Westmorland, died seven Detective Inspector Dixon con-weeks after her 100th birthday. ducted the caso for the police.

In H.M. Supreme Court, Shang- hai, on Friday, judgment reversing the original docision was delivered

on the appeal heard before the Full Civil Appeal Court composed of Sir Henry Gollan (President). Sir

Mr. Wait will be remembered as

Evidence was given by Dr. J. W. a bowler of no mean prowess, as Winchester, of the General Hos trophies he has won in competi- examined the deceased, whose age rammed the opinion that it was is shown by the number of local pital, who said that on June 16 he police constable had tried to tie his hands with the belt, and had tons organised by the Police Club was about 53. Witness found a Ho was also an active and popular wound on the skull which was possible for Crawley to have done Peter Grain and Mr. G. W. King, organiser, his efforts in respect of about five inches long, running it himself. Witness himself had in March last. Mr. K. E. Nowman the arrangements for the annual from back to front. The skull was tried to ile his hands up in the appeared for: S. Rakusen and Sons (China), Lbd. (appellants) and police ball being particularly ap-not fractured. The cause of death anmo way as the deceased's handa Mr. J. E. Badeley for E. D. preciated.

was drowning, which probably took were tied, but he had not been ablo Sassoon and Co., Ltd., (respon- place when the man was in a semi- to tighten the belt. conscious condition owing to the

denta). blow on the hend. The blow was aonally he thought that it was

Mr. Bourne remarked that per inflicted before death, and it was impossible for Orawley to have not caused by Crawley himself. done it himself.

Answering the Cordner, witness said that the wound might have been caused by some long blunt

Crawley's Habits,"

Mrs. Watt is the eldest daughter of a former well-known Hongkong Pollee Inspector, Mr. Robertson, who retired in 1911 when he was in charge of No. 7 Police Station

Sub-Inspector Walt joined the local Force in 1907 and became acting Lance Sergeant on April 1, 1913, his appointment to that rank

Detective Inspector Fernandez being confirmed 'niné days Inter. of River Valley Rond witness ex-

On a wall in a road said he had known Crawley for On August 16, 1920, he was ap-amined some blood stains, adher-about a year. Crawley was seen outed to the rank of acting Sub-ing to which he found human hair in the Boustead Institute at 4 pm. Inspector, his promotion being

Jon June 15. He had been dismiss confirmed on the flowing day. During 1920, Mr. Watt was acting Inspector.

An informal presentation will heade to Mr. Watt by his colleagues prior to his departure.

DUTCH AIR PLANS.

NEW SERVICE IN THE EAST

INDIES.

instrument

Not Self-Inflicted,

in favour of the respondents The judgment originally given (Sassoon's) in this case was for the sum of £30,436 148, 4d. : in respect of losses alleged to have boon manda on a shipment of 20,000,000 eggs sent to England by. the firm of S. Rakusen and Sans (China), Ltd., on a contract made by them with E. D. Sassoon and Co., Ltd,

ed from the General Hospital At the original hearing C. P. the same morning at about 11 Rakusen denied that his firm waa The Coroner: I understand that o'clock. In the Institute he was in any way responsible for, or witness will come forward and seen talking to two other Euro-linble under, the contract which say that those stains were caused peans. Crawley was sober at the had been entered into by S. by Mr. Crawley banging his head time and appeared to have no Rakusen and Co. of London, a firm against thor.nl). What do you money. He was also cleanly dress, in which Samuel Rakusen, the say7-1 do not think it possiblefed. He left the Institute and father of G. P. Rakusen, was main- that they could have been caused walked in the direction of town. ly interested, and with which the by Crawley himself. They could, Crawley was a marine engineer by firm of S. Rakusen and Sons however, have been caused by profession and had been on several (China). Ltd. had no connexion. someone taking Crawley, by the local and foreign boats as third Judgment had been given against throat and banging hi head and fourth engineer, but he had the Shanghai firm. against the wall.

never remained long with any of

Chief Justice's Judgment. Further evidence was given by a the ships. Most of his time was It has been announced by the European, Mr. L. B. Jenkins, who spent in and out of the General Sir, Henry Gollan's judgment Postmaster-General of Holland said that on June 4 he was stand-Hospital. He was sent to the was read as follows, in parti and the Director of the "KL.M." ing outside the Anglo-Chinese House of Detention some time This is an appeal by the defen- Arms Produced.

(Royal Dutch Air Lines) that School in Coleman Street when back as the result of having been dante against the whole of the confirming previous reports--the Crawley came up to him in a rick prosecuted for vagrancy and he judgment of Sir Peter Grain These men, continued counsel, stoppexi. the rieksha and made the aeroplanes for air services of sha. He asked for sente money, had also been imprisoned for whereby he adjudged them to be compininant get out. One of the the Netherlands East Indies Air but witness at first refused, as being drunk and disorderly on liable to pay the plaintiffs the sum

of £36,436, and costs. men put his arms round Wong Fai, Company will be flown to their Crawley admitted he had been more than one occasion,

destination. These services will drinking, and witness thought the

When under the influence of There is no cross-appeal by the two others produced some form of daggers, while the fourth displayed he opened on September 1, 1928, money would only go the same drink, Crawley was always quarrel-plaintiffs, nor any notice of excep

Batavia, way. Crawley then said, as far a revolver. They then proceeded and operate between to roh Wong of the articles men-Semarang, Sourabaya and Ratavia-As witness could remember, "I am some, but in his sober moments, he tlon to any portion of the judg- going to drown myself. I have was very quiet. There were two ment appealed against; and con- tioned in the charge, leaving him Bandoung. dressed in a short pair of trousers The machines are of the same had nothing to eat, and I cannot occasions in the past when Crawsequently no question arises as to and a singlet. Having completed pe as employed by Lt. Koppan and work." Witness gave him a ley had been "beaten up" by the variation of such judgment on the robbery, they allowed him to en- on his flight from Holland to Bata-dollar un condition that he give Chinese.. The incidents occurred the part, and in the interests, of ter the ricks but refused to allow via and back, viz., the PV11a, himself up to the police, and this in Dunman Street and Tanjong the respondents. As to the facts That Pagar respectively. Both assaults of the case, I need only say that him to proceed back to Yaumati, fitted with three Lynx englues of Crawley promised to do. saying he must go onwards.

220 h., each, manninefurett at the was the lust witness saw of him were committed by Chinese whom, the learned Judge found that Wong Pai did us he was bid but, | Siddeley Armistrong Works. They

Detective-Inspector Dixon, who it was believed, Crawley had In-Samuel Rakusen, the father, and his son, C. P. Raküsen, though not partners, were associated in the after having gone a short distance, are of the same colour as the well investigated the report of Craw-sulted. is noticed that the men had din known K.1.31. air ners, dark and ley's death, said that he went to

Tears and A Glass Eye.transaction in question In the action, and that there had been a appeared, so he returned to Yau-light blue, and each will carry the Marine Police Station on the

Crawley used to obtain 'money by ratification by C. P. Rakusen of the mali and reported the allair at the mail, for which special postage morning of June 16, and saw the

will be charged of 1a. 3d. per letter body on the bank of the river. juggling his glass eye. When he contract entered into by Samuel

Liedtook the glass eye out he could ery Rakusen with the plaintiffs. and 8, per postrard. Special The deceased's hands were

with a leather belt, and there was as much as he wanted to, there

The Contract. stamps being issued.

a wound on the back of the head.being a copious flow of tears from The Marine Police produced papers the injured eye and he used to

The contract purports to bo For the outward ischts to which showed that the deceased make this a means of inducing made between the plaintiffs and

a númber of seats are was Frederick Crawley, a Latvian people to take pity on him and give one Samuel Rakusen acting on be on arriving there, two men the Batavia prisoners) were seen to emerge available for passengers, the cost born at Riga. An address washim' money.

half of a firm styled S. Rakusen & from the bushes. They were of the ticket, Austerdam- Batavia, given on the papers as 15-A, Wilkie Reference was made to n leiter Sons, and provides for the former promptly seized and searched. The being £207, exclusive of meals, etc., Road. There was nothing in the signed by Frederick Crawley and advancing to the latter firm in first prisoner was found to be wear-en ute.The pilots' will be civil papers found which had a hearing addressed to Dr. Webster at the Shanghai certain sums of money.to ing a lot of clothing, and the out-pilots of the Dutch Indies Air Seron his death."

General Hospital. This letter ap-finance a proposed shipment of Bide pair of trousers that he was vier, the auxiliary pilots belong to

peared to have been posted on eggs; and it is accepted by Samuel wearing Were identified by the com- the Netherlands Indian Air Force.

Rakusen in his firm name of "S June 15. Commencing with an plainant by means of what counsel A mechanic will also be carried on

The body was dressed in alexpression of thanks to Dr. Rakusen & Sons." There is no- described as "itk marks." The com- eat a plane. plainant's pencil and tooth brusli The crow of the second arroplane khaki trousers and jacket, brown Webster and the other doctors at thing in the contract to show that were fonal in a packet of the sec- will consist of Mr. Moll, ex-pilot of shoes and socks. The singlet was the hospital the letter went on to Samuel Rakusen contracted other- In addition, one $10- the Dutch Indies Air Force, and for and bloodstained. Aparently say, "I am leaving this port and wise than as a principal and as

Rakusen & Sons." note was found in the possession of latterly employed by the K.L.M Air. it was deceased's own belt which have nothing for a cold (er ? representative of the firm of "S. the first prisoner. With regard to Lines, with A. Von Hazelen as a had been used to tie his hands. climate."

detective Witness said that a

The hearing was adjourned, that, one of the detectives would spare filot, whilst Mr. Behage (an say that the prisoner offered the ex-Engineer officer, who will be ap money to him as "Tea money." pointed manager of the Technical When charged at the Police Department of the Indian Air Com- Station, the first prisoner gave arany will accompany them. long account of himself in which he Keuken and Van Hazelen are at alleged that he was struck by the the moment en route for Holland. polico and denied that the trousers The Third aeroplane will be piloted belonged to Wong Fai.

by Mr. Van Biessel, at present In

Police Station.

Two Men Arrested..

As a result of the report, said Mr. Fitzroy, Sergt." Mottram went for the spot with some detectives and,

and man.

Passage Costs.

Lts.

The second prisoner said, in re-training at the KLM. Air Lines A ply to the charge, that he went for Depot and Lt. Waltman. a walk with some clansmen, hay-mechanic has not yet been appoint- ing nowhere to sleep, and his cluns-ed.

men told him to sit on the grass. The fourth plane is piloted by This he did while his clansmen went Mr. Prillwitz (at present a pilot

away. Shortly afterwards they of the KLM, Ahr Lines, who will returned and gave him the pencil and toothbrush..

No Indentifleation.

be tinnsferred to the service of the Air Traffic Company of the Dutch East Indies) and Lt. Wegner. This last plane will carry an Eng- Concluding, Mr. Fitzroy en-lish mechanic from the staff of phasised the fact that nobody the Siddeley Armstrong Factory. Identified the prisoners as actually Lis. Waltman and Wegner are at being present at the robbery. He present in Holland where they are added that there was a rule in Eng-in training as second pilots with Hish law that if articles had been the KL.M. services. recoritly stolen and were found in thie posession of an individual, un- less that individual could give n reasonable account of how they, came into his possessión, the jury was ontitled to nasume that he stole them. Counsel pointed out that the articles were found on the prisonera less than an hour after the robbery was committed.

The case la proceeding.

Mr.

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II. Partabrai Deewani, General Manager of Messrs. M. Dialdas and Sone, of Hongkong and Canton, is leaving the Colony for

The Route.

The route to Batavia has been planned as follows:-Amsterdam, Nuremberg, Budapest, Sofia, Con- stantinople, Aleppo, Baglidad, Bushire, Bendar Abbas, Diask. Karachi, Jodhpur, Agra, Allahd bad, Calcutta, Akyab, Rangoon, Bangkok Medan, Palembang, Bata- via. The dates of departure will be June 28, July 12, July 26, and Aug. 9, at about 4 h.m. from the Amsterdam Aerodrome,

Mr. J. C. Cobbett's motion to India on P. and Ő, as. Rawalpindi | admit Mr. F. G. Vaux, of Messrs. on Saturday. Mr. Daswani ina Rodyk and Davidson, was post- Singapore Supreme prominent figure among the Indian poned at community here and was the Hon. Court, as notlee had not been Boorétary of the Bind Hindu served on the Attorney-General or Merchina's Association of Hongkong, the Bar Committee.

Hands Tied With Belt.

1228, BY HEA' SERVER, INC.,

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"--and, my dears, I am suro these new shades of hosiery will please you and you will all be wearing them

B000."

The learned Judge held that there was not sufficient evidence on which he could come to the con- clusion that Samuel Rakasen, the defendant firm, and C. P. Rakusen, who is the son of Samuel Rakusen and the owner of the defendant firm, "formed one partnership in fact and law or were "in fact and law partners for the purpose of the contract in question in these proceedings,

The Lower Court's Finding.

..

Coming to the grounds on which he based his judgment in the Court below, Sir Peter Grain used the following words:

"The next question is, had Samuel Rakusen authority to make a contract as agent (whether a partner or not a partner) for S. Rakuson & Sons, of 42 Whangpoo Road; and to make them liable on Auch a contract? If not, was the contract ratified by S. Rakuson & Sone (China) Cp., of 42 Whangpoo Road.As I propose to, found my decision on the ground of gatiflen- tion, I will not deal with questions of authority to contract, because the subsequent assent or recogni- tion try the party for whom the agent professed to not is equivalent to a previous authority,A

"I am therefore satisfied that C. P. Rakusen as S. lakusen & Bona (Chinu) Co., accepted and ratified the contract entered into by his father with Sassoon & ̈Co. on behalf of 8. Itakusan & Sons, Shanzhat, of 42 Whangpoo Road, and that he carried it out.ns a joint venture with his father. Whether he was to be a partner with his father in the venture, or what share of the proceeds he was to take is immaterial,. Ho accepted the contract made on

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