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NIGHT ATTACK ON SILVER CRISIS IN

A SHOP.

FOKIS ALLEGED TO HAVE ASSISTED.

TRIAL AT SESSIONS.

SHANGHAL

APPEAL TO FOREIGN BANKS TO ASSIST.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1930.

HURT FOOT WHEN "KICKED BEEF,

YOUNG BOY FOR BROADMOOR

WITHDRAWAL OF ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE

CHOPPER ATTACK.

CHINA NAVIGATION ROBBERY.

POWELLS

Ice House Street.

SEVEN YEARS FOR THEFT AND WOUNDING.

10,

SESSIONS SENTENCE.

-Three concurrent sentences,

(Continued from Page 1.). frozen in a temperature lower than the contractual terapérature. The time for this test was 88 hours.

You will agree that if the test GOLD SPECULATION.

was as I have stated, then the latent heat was gone from the It has been disclosed that Two former fokis of a firewood

Shanghai, June 19, various produce?--Yes.

George Collier, the Richmond Tad amounting in all to seven years' shop, Wong Ping and Laual-sing, Apropos of the proposal to

If you do in fact reduce the sent to a reformatory at the Old imprisonment with hard labour, who were alleged to have opened restrict reckless gold speculation, to door of their masters shop in the Commission for the Reor- temperatures to the contractual Balley last Sesalons for attacking were imposed on Chung Wing by (Mr. Justice order to admit robbers.tood in the ganization has addressed letters temperatures, you will freeze a girl at Sheen Common, has the Puigne, Judge

been ordered to be removed to Wood) when the Criminal Sessions dock at the Criminal Sessions this to the local Gold Exchange, the fish? Yes. morning before the Puisne Judge Chinese

A test was carried out in the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asy- were resumed this morning

There were three 'counts against (Mr. Justice Wood) for trial on

No. 1 room, the time period for Sir Ernest Wild, KC, the Old accused. the first being that he two Indictments. They were

this being 22 hours 10 minutes. charged that during the night of

On Saturday last at 10.60 a.m. Bailey Recorder, made the an- stola 1 envelopes containing $9,833.78, the property of the China April 24-25, 1930, together with

various produce was placed in the nouncement.

It was an extraordinary matter, Navigation Company, and at the others unknown, they assaulted Lai

room. There was one piece of he said. "Collier was committed same time wounded Wong Lai-wo. Fau with intent to rob him, and

fresh beof, about 2 feet long and to this court on a change of havingThere was a second alternative also that they maliciously wounded

1ft. Sins, wide, six fresh eggs and attempted to murder a young girl, count of robbery in a dwelling him with a chopper.

two bottles of fresh milk. They He pleaded guilty to a charge of Rouse and a third of maliciously were placed 2 feet from the colls assault, occasioning bodily harm, wounding Wong with intent to do and as he was not then 18 he could him grievous bodily harm, maim, and one foot from the ground.

not be sent to Borstal.

disfigure, or disable him, or order, to resist arrest.

Accused, who was not represent- ed. admitted all three counts.

Bankers Association, requesting them to assist the Chinese authorities in restricting gold epeculaton so as to prevent the value of the yellow metal from continuing to rise.

The letter says that four remedial measures in connexion Mr. Somerset Fitzroy prosecuted with the silver slump were recent- for the Crown and accused were un-ly decided upon at a meeting held by the Commission and native When asked to plead, both accus- bankers and merchants. These were later submitted to the ed admitted the first count, but

Ministry of Finance and the both denied the second.

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labour for approval.

defended.

In reply to his Lordship, second accused admitted that he opened the door but said he did not know the men were robbers. First ac- cused denied opening the door say ing that second accused did so,

His Lordship recorded pleas of not guilty, and the case proceeded.

The Crown's Case.

were

General opinion concerning the silver crisis, the letter says, at- tributes the continuous rise in the value of gold to reckless specula-. tion and some people propose to impose

Jum.

The thermometer inside the

Mr. Justice Swift ordered him to room registered 21 degrees and the one outside 22 degrees. The room be detained at the Philanthropic was locked and sealed and at 9.5 Society's School, at Redhill, which a.m. on Sunday was opened. The was a certified reformatory, for outside thermometer then register-three years.

The Recorder said that he had ed 19 degrees and the inside 21

received a letter from the Home degrees.

Office which stated that Collier was admitted to the school on May 7.

The meat was in a hard frozen condition, and was in fact so hard that if it was kiched it hurt one's toe. Would you say the latent) heat was extracted from that? Yes, if you missed the bone when kicking it! (laughter).

restrictions On gold speculation as the remedy. But, continues the Commission, it is Mr. Fitzroy explained that Lai not easy to pass judgment on this Fau's shop was situated at No. 10, question owing to its complicated Chung Sau Lane East, which was nature. Nevertheless, the normal a road running off Queen's Road ratio between the price of world's West. Both accused

fokis commodities and the gold value is employed at the shop and on the about two shillings and the recent master rise in the value of gold by 18. evening of April 24, the would say that Lau was in the 6d. is apparently due to heavy shop but Wong was out. Before gold speculation involving huge he went to bed the door was pro- sums of money. In order to perly fastened and at about ten prevent speculators from creating unfavourable situation, the o'clock he opened it to admit an Wong. He then went to sleep, but Commission suggests that restric- was later awakened when he was tions should be imposed on guld attacked and wounded. in three speculation to those who are not place with a chopper.

engaged in export or import trades because such speculation is not a and that

necessity to these merchants.

Counsel explained

the wounds were not cerious, being long but not deep.

Diatribe Against America.

No one could have entered the house, he continued, without as- sistance from inside and the evidence would be to the effect that a man met Wong on April 22 and had a conversation with him, That man went to the, shop and there met Lau, after which he

In this connexion, Lin Chang- slept at the shop that night. On April 24, that man met Wong again ken has issued a circular, desunc

the same evening ing the people of the United States saw Lau. It was then arranged whom, he alleges, have enforced that they should rob the shop, policy of "commercial invasion" in Other men had obtained informa-China by absorbing recklessly a tion from accused that the master large quantity of gold, of which had a certain amount of money in there is no urgent need in their the shop and it was arranged that they should carry out the robbery at about two o'clock in the morn

and later on

ing.

Mr. Fitzroy continued that when the master was attacked he raised an qutery and the men ran away: Two knives, the chopper and a

the latter being picked up outside

Must Be Frozen,

Suicide Attempt.

He attacked a boy named Parks and tried to strangle him.

Next day he chased another boy with a woodchopper.

in

His Worship:-Have you any- thing to say? |

Accused I have nothing to say. His Worship Is there anything on his record?

Mr. Fitzory (councel for Crown): -No; nothing.

Complainant then came forward and 'showed his "wounds to his Lordship. The little finger of his left hand had been cut off and a bone spilt in a finger on his right hand. In addition, he had an ugly gash which stretched from his left eye to his ear.

His Lordship sentenced accused to serve, with hard labour, seven years on the first count, three years at-on the second and five years on the third, the sentences to run concur- rently.

Later he escaped from the officer The description of the egge was put in charge of him, and made a determined effort to commit suf- the popular one. They were acide by throwing himself over

The shells were hard as bullets. found to be cracked, and great some railings.

wag experienced in difficulty cutting open the eggs even with an axe. You will agree that they were in a frozen condition?-Ther must have been.

The milk was in ordinary Dairy Farm bottles with sealed covers.

their

condition

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He was charged with the tempted murder of Parks and

committed for trial,

the Home Office, there had been a Now according to the letter from

medical examination of the lad,

whose mind previously had not shown any signs of Instability or

follows: The fat contained inder for his removal to the criminai madness, and the result was an or- the milk had separated from the water and was frozen quite hard. lunatic asylum at Broadmoor.

Yes.

was frozen.

Mr. Potter:-Now Mr. Rasey,

"He is Dangerous”

AT THE CINEMAS.

"SONG OF KENTUCKỲ” AT THE QUEEN'S. In conclusion, the Commission It had pushed its way out of the

High-lights in acting and to two inches

"If these facts are proved," add-settings are registered in a "Song requests native and foreign mer-bottles from one chants to assist the Chinese au- above the necks. The water ed the Recorder, "no doubt an ap of Kentucky," a story redolent of thorities in this respect so that underneath

You plication will be made to me to the doings of that State, which is the value of gold may be prevented will agree that that milk can pro- discharge the recognisances, and being screened at the Queen's from further rising.

perly be described as frozen the bill will not come before the Theatre. The chief role is in the

Grand Jury."

hands of Lois Moran, while play- Later Mr. H. D. Roome, prosecuting opposite her is Joe Wagstaff, if you like to make a similar testing counsel, in view of the fact who is a new "discovery" of the under similar conditions the room that the boy had been certifed in-talkies. Doruthy Burgess, Don- is at your disposal.

sane under the Criminal Lunatics glas Gilmore, Hedda Hopper and Referring to cork coefficients, Act, asked leave of the court not others help to make the film go Mr. Potter produced specimens of to present the bill of indictment.

Dr. Watson, senior medical of start to finish, cork taken from the engine room

with an agreeable swing from and store room of the hotel. The cer at Brixton Prison, said that dimensions of the larger one were he had had the boy under obser- 10.016 inches by 6.125, by 2.937, vation on both remands, and in The other was 7.031, by 4.31, by his opinion he was a very dan- 8.031. The total volume was 269 gerous lunatic. cubic inches and the weight 1-b 12 ozs: At that rate, put counsel to witness, one cubic foot would weigh 11-lbs-3 ozs?—Yes.

country, from China. The writer compares the US Government with the former German Kaiser and saya that the latter tried to oppress the world with his guns while America is now trying to do the same with her money.

According to statement made by

small automatic pistol were found, A Shanghai banker, to the Sinwan- at the mouth o fa lane. A watch-pao, the amount of gold purchased man, who noticed men running, by Chinese in Shanghai during caught one of them. this proving the past ten days is estimated at

over $100,000,000. to be Wong Ping. Lau Yat-sing was arrested at Yauraati on the following day.

Denied Wounding. When charged at the Police.

Mr. D. K. Leu, the well-known economist and statisticlan, prô- poses to submit a petition to the Government advocating the issue of debentures in gold on the security

I put it to you that if that is true, then this is high density cork? If it agrees with Mott's it

"Sitting by the Window" and "A Night of Happiness" are two gong-hits agreeably conveyed to the Hongkong public through the He was under orders for Broad-A Charlie Chase comedy and a

pleasant singing of Wagstaff:- moor, but he had not yet been sent in case the court wished to see him." "I think," said the doctor, "that the excitement of bringing him up to the court would be de- trimental to him

is high density cork? Yes that The Recorder:

je 20.

It is a lucky thing he has not killed someone, And if that is the class of cork I have no hesitation in making the which has been placed in the order asked for.- Peninsula Hotel, then the refri- geration

of Mr. Hacker was wrong when he said that nothing but low density cork was used?

Station, both men deniad wound.of the Maritime Customs Revenue. Yes, if the cork used was like this.

ing their master. When charged with assaulting Lai Fau, Wong Fing made a statement in which he said he was told to open the door, of the shop and any money obtained was to be divided in the shop. At the Magistracy he said he had nothing to say.

POSSESSION OF A REVOLVER.

UNEMPLOYED CHINESE IN

TROUBLE.

Lau Yat-eing, at the Police Station said, in answer to a charge of assault with intent to rob, that Arrested on board the s.s. Lim he told the other men his master Chow prior to her departure for had about $1,000 in the shop coastal ports yesterday, an un- They asked him to assist in the employed Chinese passenger was robbery but he refused. He brought before Mr. Whyte Smith denied assaulting his master, and at the Kowloon Magistracy this added that when his master shout-morning on a charge of being in ed out he (accused) was the first possession of a revolver.

man to run away. Before the

Magistrate, he said he was asked Detective Sergeant Poyntz in- to open the door but refused to do timated that he had been instruct- 80. Later in the statement he ed by the Divisional Superinten-: said that he opened the door and dent of Police to ask for 48 hours, some people came in. A short remand. He remarked that the while afterwards his master shout revolver had been concealed and

ed "save life" so he promptly ran the ship was due to arrive at away. His statement continued heher destinaion during the next day was told not to go back to the shop or two, the police were waiting to as some men had been arrested scc, whether there were any deve- for robbery so he walked about lopments on board, before they until eight o'clock the next morn- proceeded with the case against ing when he went to Yaumati the defendant. where he was arrested.

The case is proceeding.

An Imperial statute of 1676 haa been successfully invoked in the police court at Brantford, Ontario,

The case was accordingly ad- journed till Wednesday.

The care displayed by two burglars for a baby was a redeem-| ing feature of a robbery at the

in defence of a man who refused flat of Mr. Edward Solvy in to allow a police officer to enter Chicago.

;

his house on a Sunday. The The burglars met Mrs. Solovy in policeman was armed with a war-the hall, and escorted her with -rant to search the house on sus- revolvers into the flat. They took picion that liquor was kept there her baby from her arms and bound illegally. There was a struggle, her to a chair... and the householder was arrested On the baby beginning to cry, for obstructing an officer. The,the burglars freed Mrs. Solovy's magistrate dismissed the case on arms, into which they placed the the ground that no subsequent infant. They then went to the legislation overruled an ancient fee-box and found milk, which statute of the British Parliament they prepared expertly under Mrs. which provides that no writ, pro- Solovy's directions. ress, order judgment or decree" shall be executed on the Lord's day.

Having satisfied the little one, the burglars collected £240 worth of jewellery, and made off.

Mr. Potter:-Oh yes. I will] give you an offer to dig inte the wall and you can try it,

REPARATION LOAN.

SWISS PROPORTION OVER- SUBSCRIBED.

Assuming that it was high

Berne, June 21. density cork installed, your work- ing of the coefficient was on low plan Reparation Loan, namely The Swiss portion of the Young density, and would therefore be 74,000,000 Swiss francs, has been wrong? Yes.

over subscribed.-Reuter.

The case is proceeding

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*Ta like to look over your marbles.

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CUSTOMS AND "STORY- TELLER'S HOLIDAY.”

Mr. George's Moore's "A Story teller's Holiday" was subjected to some very varied criticism in the Customs Court at New York.

W25.

The "action was over a copy of the book Inscribed: "To Edmund Gosse from his old friend, 'George Moore," It

brought on appeal against a rulingforbid- ding Mr. Paul M. Bonner, the col- lector to Import the book' on the ground of its alleged obscenity

Miss. Mary Rehan, counsel for Mr. Bonner, alleged that it was prudlah vandaliam on the part of Bome' Customs officiul

"I found pencil marks along the margins, she said. "They were obviously made to point out passages thought by someone to be obscene.

This is a rare book, and it is inexcusable for an officer of the] Government to despoil it.

"It fans though markings had been made by some prudish per- Bon on Botticelli's painting of Venus rising from the sea.

Mr. Peter Abeles, Special United States "Attorney, asked that the part of Mies Rehan's statement holding the Government réapon- sible" should be struck from the record. A DEJA

He contended that the markings might have been there before the book was imported

"It isn't likely," Chief Justice 1. F. Fischer replied, "let the testimony stand."! 2” y

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