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BEACON BUNGLE.

SOLICITOR SUCCESSFULLY CALLENGES TRAFFIC RULE.

The red flashing light erected for the control of traffic at the junction of Pedder Street and Dea Voeux Road Central, and which is familarly known "The Red Beacon," figured in a traile case before Major C. Willson yester "day afternoon.

Mr. Horace Lo, of the legal firm of Lo. and Le, was summoned for failing to keep as close as possi- ble to the left when negotiating the junction in his Austin Seven on the morning of December 1. He pleaded not guilty and was de- fended by his brother, Mr. M, K.

Lo.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1928.

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CHINESE CHARGED WITH THEFT OF WOOLLEN ARTICLES.

On looking through the charges

When the trial of the cjeven Charges of larceny of various persons charged with conspiracy woollen articles from the Sho to

forged banknotes in Hing Knitting Factory of No. 1, Hongkong was resumed at the Pitt Street, were brought against Central Magistracy before Mr. three former employees before Mr. R. E. Lindsell yesterday, Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon E. R. Dovey, Government Analysi, | Magistrney yesterday afternoon.

Mr. T. G. Bennett appeared to was called to give evidence as to certain seizures made by the prosecute on behalf of the mant ger of the Shiu Hing Factory, the police.

he had defendants being represented by Mr. Dovey said that

different lawyers. Mr. C. A. S. number of examined a largo exhibits In the case. He found Russ defended the first; Mr. Leo that the paper on which the front d'Almada, jnr., the second and Mir, and back impressions of notca of, X. d'Almada jnr. the third. the Central Bank of China bad been imprinted was the same as his Worship remarked that, with a large sheet of paper scized by such a galaxy of legal talent, Mr. authorities from No. 19 Bennett might have introduced a Opening the case for the pro- Queen's Rond East. The impres dress ault into the charges. sions themselves were made from blocks which the police had seiz-secution Mr. Bennett said that the ed and which Mr. Dovey had complainant was Mr. Wong Shiu- hing, proprietor of the Shlu Hing Knitting Factory. The first de- From the inks seized the Gov-fendant was the assistant mana- | ernment Analyst made a green ger, while the second was the fore- With this evidence the do- print of one of the Bank of China man engineer, the third being the fence agreed, but stated that trafnotes, which he produced to the tally clerk. he exigencies at that particular Court. He also mnde a blue- moment required the adoption of black impression with printing a different course than the or ink of that colour which was not thodox one of turning round the amongst the inks found in the Beacon. A hand-truck was mov house in Queen's Road. ing In from the opposite direction along the tram-lines, and to avoid; in dangerous hold-up in the middle of the junction. Mr. Lo thought

The evidence given by the In- dian pointsman on duty at the junction was to the effect that Mr. Horace Lo, who had entered the junction from the west end of Des Voeux Road, failed to go

round the Beacon when he turn- ed into Pedder Street in the direc tion of Queen's Road,

he would leave out the Bencon

while cutting across ahead of the

slower truck.

to be an

Practice and Law.

the

examined,

The complainant, proceeded Mr. Bennett

received Information which led him to believe that cer tain goods which were being manufactured in his factory wore being taken away by various em ployees. He informed the Pollee and two Chinese detectives wero detailed to make investigations.

Articles employed in the pre- paints paration of lithographic were also produced by Mr. Dovey, whu sald that he also found,

On December 18, these two de among the seizures, photographie'

lates of a type that would be tectives watched the factory and used for photographing doco- at noon the three defendants came ments with a view to reproduction out. The third accused was carry- by lithography. These plates, ing a parcel containing three said the analyst, were

not used pairs of socks and a woollen pull- in photography for ordinary pur- over. They were all stopped by the detectives and taken back to the factory to await the arrival of the manager and then marched off to the Police Station.

poses.

Mr. Horace Lo said that with out being croistle he could claim expert, with An ex- perfence extending over five years, Other photographic and lith of which two were spent in Eng-graphic gear fer use in conjunc- land and Europe, where he motor-tion with articles described above ed practically every day. In were also produced in Court by: London, whenever one wanted to Mr. Dovey, most of which were of turn any road, in turning ona a chemical nature. must keep as close as possible to the centre of the roadway.

His Worship: That is all right in England. Here we have See- tion. 51.

Dealing with this Section, Mr. Lo said it was outside of their crise, although the summon Wa brought under it.

The Section reads: (a) "A driver of a motor vehicle shall, on approaching any curve, crossroad or fork or on rounding any corner or bend, reduce speed so für as may be advisable and shall sound his horn." (b) "He shall, when rounding day corner or band, keep as close as possible to the left side of the road, and shall not juse or attempt to pass any moving motor vehicle which he overtaken."

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Copper plates, bearing the in- pressions, of the front and back of certain Central Bank notes, were also produced by Mr. Dovey. One interesting exhibit bore the signatures of two officials whose names appear on these notes, one of which was that of Mr. T. V. Soong.

As regards the forty forged Hongkong Bank notes of $50 de nomination Mr. Dovly was asled hy, Mr. T. Murphy, A.S.P., pra- secuting. If the inks seized could have produced those notes. Be fore witness rould reply, Mr. Lindsell disallowed the question on the ground that there was nothing in the charge to suggest that the notes were printed in Hongkong. Mr. Murphy replied that the only object he had in

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They were asked for their ad- dresses and each was taken to where he claimed to live. Tho first defendant accompanied the Police to No. 284, Reclamation Street and in the rear · cubicle; there were found three, woollen waistcoats. While the search was going on the defendant's brother entered the house wearing a wool- had len pullover which he said been given to him by the late assistant manager.

The three pairs of woollen socks which were the subject of the churre against the first defendant, said Mr. Bennett, were the three pairs which were found in the possession of the third defendaal when the men were arrested at the factory. He had told the Police that the first defendant gave the socks to him, the first defendant admitting this statement.

Dealing with the first half of king the question was to obtala fendnut, said 'Mr. Bennett, he wan

the Section, Mr. M. K. Lo said it might be wished out of their case, it was agreed that his brother

driven bad

slowly and had sounded a horn on ap- proaching the junction. He was able to stop immediately, upon ixing called by the Indinn.

Legislature's Intention,

a reply in the negative.

The hearing was adjourned un- til Monday morning at 11 am..

With regard to the second de

asked where he lived and he took the Police to No. 7, Saigon Street. This however, turned out to be the residence of a relative of his and in a search of a cubicle the Police found 26 pairs of socks and a box containing five pull-overs. The defendant later admitted to the Police that the things belonged to

ing in the direction that his brother took. Mr. Horace Lo could pass the Beacon without turning round it, and yet he could be just as much "to the him, left."

The charge against the third de As regards the second half of

As regards the Beacon, Mr.fendant in respect to the threo the Section, Mr. M. K. Lo said M. K. Lo said he was entirely pairs of socks was the same paira they were agreed that the june ignorant of any statutory support as in the case of the first defend- tion was a cross-road. Those who of it as being a part of any re-ant. Two woollen waistcoats were framed the law must have had gulations. He could and no inen- found in possession of a prostitute the present circumstances Intion of "Beacon" in the regula- who would tell the Court that they view when they only referred to a lions, or even a Hyllable that were given to her by the third de- bend or curve where a driver, in sounded like "Beacon" to make fendant turning, mint keep ля стоне possible to the left. They had not intended to include a cross- road such as the junction, within the meaning of this second half of the Section, otherwise the term of "cross-rond" which appeared In the first half would have been re- pented here also.

him sit up and take notice, and to

Evidence bearing out his open- lift his hat to it every time he ing was given after which the

course of the case was adjourned.. passed it in the day. In any event; the Section with which they were concerned

the present Bencos came into existence. was drawn up long before the made long before

summons. for cars to keep more Summing-up, Mr. M. K. Lo sub-closely to the middle of the road mitted that it was all a matter when using the Garden Road junc- of discretion and of safety; that tion. As a motorist, he expected the judgment of the driver must better service from the Police, always be exercised in the dirne and he protested against mo- Lion most conducive to safety. Lorists being prosecuted as in this In any case, in such an open He (Mr. M. K. Lo) had been in case for retty offences and be- junction like the one they were timately associated with plans ing subjected to petty annoyances, be dealing with, with five openings for the regulation of trife along fe asked that the summong into it, It was hard to know what enfer lines in this Colony, and dismissed. is meant by keeping "as closely there had been an increasing

Major Wilson dismissed the as possible to the left" when turn-adoption of a suggestion he had

Hence, it was Mr. Lo's submis- sion that this second half of the Section had no application to the case at all.'

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