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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1929.
INDIAN IS FOUND. "NOT GUILTY.”
(Continued from Fage 1.) then those previous incidents oc- curred while complainant's father in-law was residing at the house in the next room.
Possibly
Blackmail.
ITALIAN PROTEST TO JUGOSLAVIA.
PRESS COMMENT. ON SEN. TENCES RESENTED.
Belgrade, Oct. 22. The newspaper Politika under- stands that the Italian Logation has presented to the Foreign Acensed had said he entered Ministry two Notes protesting, complainant's room at night with firstly, against the comments in the her consent and that she admittedJugo-Slave Press on the sentences imposed on students by a specint him. He produced to her a place Kalian tribunal for firing at of a banknote and made a demand waters at the last General Elec- on her for money, possibly some thon and, secondly, agafast the kind of blackmail in connexion with legal proceedings. He had alleged assault on tivo Italian further said that he was not given sailors at Gruz.-Reuter. the money and complainant let him out of the house; that he made his report to the police on the following morning. His story was that he threatened to report the matter of the burning of bank notes to He pollen unless he was paid.
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His Lordship asked whether that, or something like it, was the only thing that happened on the occasion? If prisoner made the domand for money he might have assaulted the woman or terrorised
RUGBY FOOTBALL.
TRIAL GAME ON CLUB
GROUND TO-DAY.
There will be a trial game on the Club ground to-day at 5p.m. sharp. The teams will be as follows:
Colours: Back. S. J. H. Fox; Threequarters, Goldman, H. D. Scott,
H. V. Koop, G. P. Lammert; Forwards, Wood, V W
Le Milne Day, him money. He might have fur A. D. Suttill, R. P. Moodie, J. E. ther-terrorised her by threatening
har in order to get her to give Stanz L.E
Hans
to go to the children's room, His Sampson, V. R. Gordonnell, B.
threats were not successful and he want away
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S A. Gragory,
Colours: Back R. J. Grieve; C. J. D. *Coppin, backs, M. G. Mills, J. D. A. Hutchison: I. A. Ross, Ferguson; Half-
Forwards, S. Dale, Lt. Swayne, W. E. Peers, E. R. West, N.. S. Loe, W. R Gammell, J. A. E. Kendrew, B. P. Massey.
Myers, A. D,
LOCAL HOCKEY.
His Lordship suggested it was quite possible the real fact was that something like that was the only thing which occurred on the night in question and the charge brought by the woman, as counsel had said, was a counter-charge to divert police attention from searching for forged bank notes; that the man's statement he was intimate with complainant on several occasions was also The following team will represent counter-charge to damage her 're the Y. M. C. A. Hockey Club in their putation. It was possible that Park versus the Club de Recreio 2nd; match to-morrow evening at King's neither of the parties was speak-bally-off 5 p.m.-Messrs. Sapsed; ing the truth when they said Allen, Jeffreys; Snelling, Sewell, Mun- they were intimate.
dy: Tate, A. B. Brown, Samson, W: Smith and G. Mitchell
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Hi Lordship added he did not say that was his view but he did for, Saturday next at King's Park suggest they should not regard any between members of the Hongkong ground as being "firm ground Ladies' Hockey Club and the Y. M.- but must consider the whole of the evidence completely.
Woman's Evidence.
A It will consist of mixed teams drawn from the following ladies and gentlemen:-The Misses F..
F.. Cousins,
E. O'flugen, D. Roburtaon, Bell, M. McCabe, B. 1. C. Bell, M. Hansen, D. Stanion, AT- B. Liang, N. McNelllie, Cressey, B. Wallace, M. Bir
Bird,
A. T.
His Lordship went or to deal with the woman's evidence from which it appeared there was ler and Messrs. R. W. Sapsed, A. R. nothing between the household Brown, T. J. Price, W. H. Smith, A. and the Indian guards except Tate, F. W. R. Allen, W. Snelling, squabbling over rice and firewood. F. G. Atyeo and W. Borrowman: She had said she had no particular Bully-off at 3.30 p.m. communication with accused at any time before the alleged in- cident of the charge, The guards were not accustomed to going into the house except occasionally to use the telephone: Her statement was that the house was locked up at twelve midnight on August 30, the only access being a door in the roof. Her father-in-law, had left on August 29.
Complainant made. no attempt to call for assistance of any kind although assistance was in the next room where the houseboy Waz sleeping. Unless the woman's story carried overwhelm- ing conviction that she was speak- ing the truth then it was not safe to conviet on her evidence.
The rule of law was that when
`LEAGUE CRICKET.
UNIVERSITY SECONDS TO MEET ROYAL ENGINEERS.'
The following have been chosen to represent the University in a second division Lengua match against the Royal Engineers Pokfulum on Saturday, at 2 p.m.-
and Signals F. Hiptoola (Capt.), A. A. Aziz, K. T Loke, G. E. Yeah, K. P. Gan, C. Can- dah, R. Rodrigues, P. L. Tan, H. E. M. Adams, A. T. Normanbhoy, and Ng Kam Soof.
er of a compatriot named Lo Kau, Yim Yat-hong (55), the murder-.
a woman brought a charge of rape in a house in Second Street, West it must be corroborated and her Point, who was sentenced to death hona fides must be established by at the September Criminal Ses- all the surrounding circumstances.sions, was hanged at Victoria Gnol Complainant's bona fides were yesterday morning. It will be re- established in. various waya. called that, the accused pleaded Firstly, immediately after the in- guilty and refused to alter his plea cident she told her houseboy when urged by the Chief Justico of what had happened. Secondly, to do so, and when the death sen- she related what had happened to tence was pronounced, remarked, the first police officer who arrived. "Never mind, I don't mind dying." She"
further stated
she The usual inquest was held by Mr. told the landlord, although A. W. G. H. Grantham and a jury: that man had not been before the Dr. Cannon, Victoria Gaol Medical Court, and she made a further Officer, who was present at the report later in, the "day to Mr. execution, said that death was due Murphy, A.S.P. She had told her primarily to "judicial hanging." story from the beginning and and secondly, to asphyxia and adhered to it in the present Court fracture. and dislocation of the without any alteration or incon- neck. A verdict accordingly was sistency.
réturned.
The Glen Line offices in Messrs. Jardine Matheson and
Accused's Version.
Speaking with regard to accused's story, his Lordship said Co's. building in Pedder Street will on August 31 at 9 a.m. he proceed shortly be occupied by the Swatow ed to Central Police Station and Lace Company, who now carry on took with him certain pieces of business at 21 Queen's Road Cen- paper which the jury had seen tral. The slight alterations re- He saw an Indian Sub-Insnector quired for converting the offices and made a report to him, when he into a shop are being made and produced several pieces of paper will be completed shortly. The although police officers said only Glen Line have one into the main one piece of paper was produced,
Accused asked to be transferred offices of Messrs. Jardine Mathe- and the report was taken to Subson, their local agents. Inanector Fraser, His Lordshir
added he took it the report tended
to show that forged bank notes other proofs of a similar nature, were kept in the house. However, there might have been an explana- accused" 'was detained and the tion.
police visited the house. They heard the woman's complaint and
The Verdict.
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As a comedian, Rex Storey, prov. ed himself to be not only delight- fully humorous, but exceedingly clevor, and whenever he was on the disregarded entirely the complaint His Lordship went on to deal
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of American artistes gave a mosting and playing by the other mem- accused was examined by the The jury returned a unanimous bright and varied vaudeville,show.bers reached a high standard, a police inspector as to the produc- verdict of "Not guilty," after half Before the rise of the curtain, It The whole show. was thoroughly tion or non-production of the an hour's deliberation."
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