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Following the decision reached.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1929.

TRIAL OF INDIAN.

ACCUSED TELLS STORY AT

SESSIONS.

When the Criminal Sessions were

by the banks in Hongkong lastressed yesterday before the weak to re-establish the currancy

Pulsne Judge (Mr. Justice Wood), of the Colony on a silver baals, the trial of Gurdult Singh on a a meeting of representatives from

all banks was held in the board charge of the rape of Chung Mi- room of the Hongkong and sau, a married woman, at a house Shanghai Banking Corporation | near Felix Villos, was proceeded yesterday afternoon for the pury with. Complainant alleged that pose of exchanging ideas and accused threatened to harm her arranging details.

children if she refused to marry

The meeting was a private onehin and further said that she bad and lasted for about an hour. In a statement to the S. C. M. Past to drag him away from her chill- afterwards, Mr. A H. Ferguson, dren's bedroom door when he said Manager of the "Chartered Bank he was going inside to kill them. of India, Australia and China said the meeting had decided to issue the following notice:

Mr. H. K. Holmes is prosecuting for the Crown and Mr. Leo D'Alma- du, jur., is defending.

Accused said that he first came

"The "Banks in the Colony. hereby give notice that on and after Thursday, the 24th inatto Hongkong at the beginning of they will be prepared to receive He was assigned to take up duty 1928 and became a police guard. and will pay out Mexican and British dollars on the same basis at complainant's house about four months before the night of as the notes of the lasuing August 30-31. After August 15 his duty was from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 2 am, to 678.ML

Banks."

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Mr. Ferguson added that the decision to re-establish the

currency of Hongkong on a silver

basis was a unanimous one.

There had also been a meeting that same afternoon of Chinese bankers and they had come to s similar decision.

By this means it is hoped to

allver got

freely circulating throughout the Colony, added Mr. Ferguson.

The existing one dollar notes would be withdrawn as they were received by the Banks, which would pay out with silver dollars. It was hoped that this would be a temporary measure until such time as it was generally ap 'preciated that the allver dollar was of the same value as a dollar nate issued by one of the thres issuing banks.

CAPT. A. W. TAYLOR.

DEATH IN THE GOVERNMENT

CIVIL HOSPITAL.

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said that

Continuing, accused two days after the change of duty! mah-jongg party and touched his complainant came out "after" a face. He then touched her face after which she opened the door and invited him in. He went! inside and she suggested a certain and remained about ten minutes. act be committed. He complied

following nights, anid accused, on The same thing happened..on August 21, 23 and 24. From August 24 to August 28 he visited her every night.

Cookhouse Scene,

On the night of August 29-30, however, when he was on duty, he saw complainant and the house- boy in the kitchen and noticed that they were burning bundles of notes. Through a crevice accused succeeded in extracting part of one of the notes. As he was walking. away, however, the houseboy hit him on the head with a piece of wood and abused him. Accused returned the abuse. He explained that the couple had previously burnt notes.

We regret to record the death, which occurred in the Government Civil Hospital yesterday, of Capt August 30-31, accused said that Dealing with the night of A. W. (Spot) Taylor, late of the complainant invited him inside 38 sa Haiyang. The deceased, who was 52 years of age, was admitted previously but it was untrue that. to the hospital in the morning, and her will." He said his carbine was he had dealings with her against passed away later in the day; ***** The late Capt. Taylor was

placed against the wall. After- master mariner very well known piece of paper he had secured wards he showed complainant the on the China coast, and his many from the cookhouse and asked friends in Hongkong will learn. of what she had been burning. She his death with sincere regret. A replied they were notes, so he then native of Bristol, he came out here asked her for $10 to buy a pair of some years ago, and for eleven shoes. When she said she had years was with Messrs. Jardine, not the money, he said he would Matheson and Co. as a chief officer. He then. resigned, and station and report what he had take the paper to the police went to Singapore, where he joined the Straits Steamship Com- pany, serving with them for period of two years. Leaving the Straits, he returned to Hongkong. and joined the s.9.- Lyemun as second officer; subsequently re- signing and joining the Douglas Steamship Company.

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The late Capt. Taylor was A well-known member of the V.R.C., and was liked by all with whom he came in contact.

The funeral is to take place to day, passing the Monument at 4.30 p.m..

CORRESPONDENCE.

Acknowledgment,”

[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]

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Accused said he then went downstairs; followed by

left the house plainant. He ad by complainant and resumed through the door which was open- duty while she returned upstairs. In the course of a lengthy cross- examination by Mr. Holmes with regard. to the burning of notes, accused said he thought the notes might have been the proceeds of a robbery, in which case it hel reported his discovery to the police, he stood a good chance of being rewarded. After he had succeeded in obtaining a fragment of one of the notes, accused then tried to obtain one intact so that it could be produced, as evidence to the police.

When he asked the complainant for $10, he did not do so with the threat that if she 'did not comply with his request, he would report the whole matter to the police, but naked her in a friendly manner, Accused explained that although

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lent Society, I beg to acknowledge, wanted the complainant to supply On the morning of August 30, Mr. Holmes suggested that the His Lordship then remarked that with grateful thanks, the sum of him ample proof to support his he went to the Police Station and accused had never had intimacy it was getting late and asked the $6 from Mr. and Mrs. Courtney in story. If she had given him a there showed Sub-Inspector Noor with the complainant at all but jury whether they would like to memory of the late Mrs. Mary note which was in any way similar Mohamed a few fragments of the the accused affirmed that he had. consider the case then or adjourn Sverre Berg-

to the fragment he had already notes he had obtained. He was Accused also denied that he had it. The jury preferred the latter had in his possession, he would told that they were only fragments raped her on the night of August courae,

The case was adjourned till this have had enough evidence to go to of "joss" papers and that they 29-30, and said that he had never the police.

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