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WANCHAI MURDER.

OPENING OF CASE AGAINST CHINESE COOLIE,

The Cross Street murder case

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1929.

STUDENTS DEATH.

RECOMMENDATION TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY,

A recommendation that theres- was opened before Mr. E. Wponsible authorities should. Insist Hamilton at the Central, Maxis- trney yesterday afternoon.

Yeung Kwai-tin, coolie, was charged with the murder of Yuen Lak-hong, a deportee, on July 25.

For the police, Mr. Somerset Fitzroy said that the affair occurred between 4.30 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The deceased was then taking his evening meal at a

stall. The man now charged was alleged to have walked up to the deceased, and with some sharp instrument

him stabbed

in the chest. Accused then ran away, turning off in the direction of Wanchal Road.

upon

proper precautions being taken at all quarries"lɔ ensure tho safety of the public, was made by a Coroner's jury which sat at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon to continue their in- vestigation into the death of a stu- dent who lost his life while bath- a pool off the Lafchikok ing in Road, Shamshuipo, recently.

Prior, to the hearing yesterday the Court visited the scene of the tragedy.

Mr. A. G. Burford, Land Bailir. was called to produce the conditions of the lease of the quarry to the contractora, who are working stone The victim got on his feet, and on the site. Witness, in reply to after walking into Tai Yuon questions, gaid that the section re- 'Street, collapsed in front of No:levant to the inquest was probably 12. A man who saw the deceased "C" which stated that the work collapse enmé down from his shall be carried out in a proper and house and rendered first-aid, but effelent manner for the prevention death intervened,

of land slips and the safety of the workmen,

Continuing, Mr. Fitzroy said that five or six witnesses would be called who had seen the actual blow struck. Another witness would also speak as 10 tha identity of the deceased.

As to possible motives, so far as the Crown could find out, a dispute had previously occurred between the deceased and the accused over a debt of 20 cents which the former was said to owe

the latter.

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Witness mentioned that section "D" required all holes to be fed In when requested by the Director: of Public Works.

There was no clause regarding fencing a pool, but witness was of the opinion that this came under section "C." The burden of alling in the holes would fall un the per- milee, but witness remarked that if schout bys were on the land they would be trespassing,

The foreman of the ry pointed The Crown would also say that u to witness that the hole was after the murder the accused represent when the permittee leased tarned to the place where he was | the quarry in July, 1928, and asked living, and put on straw sandals if it was not the duty of the and a bamboo hat. That sama Call and make the test yourself.

P. W. D.. to see that it had been was filled in before it was leased. Then nole

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police by a man who knew him. Hexible rubber tray for inafant removal of lee cube, automatie Replying to the charge, the cold-keeper and artistle, sturdy accused made the following stato eahineis,

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Witness replied that it certainly hould have been filled in, but he was not prepared to say that the hole was the same in 1928. Wit-

ess thought that holes should all be filled immediately but he pointed out that when the place dried up it was possible that the contractor would want to obtain more stone from the holes,

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Dr. A. Cannon, who examined Mr. P. Lim, the present per- the wound, reported that a long,mittee. said that he was granted a The pool aereseval-shaped wound, hid en- where the deceased was drowned tered between the third and was there when he took over the fourth ribs of the right side, and quarry, but there was not nearly penetrated to a depth of 5 7/16 so much water in it then. They inches. III its passage. the Instrument had been el cked for an indefinite" time by the con- traction of muscles, but it had continued its way, and reached the outer muscles of the heart. Death was due to this injury,

Shown a sack bodkin, or needle used for piercing sacks, witness agree that it could have been the weapon used to inflict the wound.

The case was adjourned,

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but he did not think criticism of that kind was fair to the school teacher. It was impossible for a school teacher to be held respon- sible for a thing like that.

The Verdict.

The jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure and added the following riders:

1. We are of the opinion that the school master is in no way ren

were never asked to fill in any ponsible for the sul death of this Light

holes, int they had been told not to cut below the mad level.

The pool had been fenced in sinca the negident at the suggestion of the Police.

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Witness said that he could not say if the hole had been worked in since he acquired the lease, but It any stones had been removed they would have been removed from the -ide and not from the bottom.

the

Lie Addressing

jury, Coroner (M. T. S. Whyte Smith) said that the inquiry was adjourned so that the jury might get further

MURDERER HANGED.information that might assist them

SEQUEL TO THE SAMPAN MURDER CASE,

in making any criticism or recom- monations. He quite agreed with them, and said that it was useless to make criticisms or recommenda- tions unless they were in a position to say who was the person or de

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2. We are of opinion that the MILD holder of the perniit of the quarryi prior to the present permittee should have been instructed on the and expiration of his permit to fill this nole tu rond level."

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Chân Kan, the 21-year-old host-narinant responsible for carrying condition, and has left the clinie. boy, who was sentenced to death on certain iniprovements or altera- |—Horan, by the Supreme Court on July 4, {tions, for the murder of two girls, the

After reviewing the evidence daughters of A inkmaster by given by Mr. Burford and the per- whom he was employed, yesterday mittee, the Coroner remarked that residence from the nursing home,

M. Poincare has returned to his 22, Des Voeux Rd. C. (Pho:e: C. 1856.) expiated the crime.

the boy's father seemed to have thought that he had a grievance to await a second operation a against the school master for allow-month hence. He is in excellent! ing the boy to leave school earlier. spirits.-Reuter. There appeared to have been ex- [M. Poincure recently under- |

aminations on; and those students | who did not alt for the examina- went an operation for an affection

of the prostate gland.} tions were let out earlier.

The execution was carried out at dawn within the compound of Vic toria Gaul, in the presence of the Superintendent of the Gaol, the Chief Warder and the Medien Obeer. No hitch was encounter. ed and the grim business was ear- ried through within the second. The father stated that his son The customary death inquiry always went straight home from was held by Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg school, but on being let out earlier at the Central Magistracy in the he had gone with some other stu- afternoon, when, the facts con-dents nected with the routing of the blamed the school teacher for the morning having been explained to boy's death,

for a swim. The father

a jury, a verdict of "death by The Court was very sorry for judicial hanging" was retagned. the fallier, continued the Coroner,

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